Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15141, for Ebenezer Nye, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Nye, Ebenezer Lucy
W 15141
CONTENTS

6883
Massachusetts
Oliver Dyer
of Wadsworth in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain White of the Regt commanded by Col Putnam in the Mass line for 10 months  Private
Miles & Co. Bk
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of - 23 - Dollars - 33 - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th day of March 1833 and Rev. Wm. John Davis of the Prov. Res.
  Arrears to the 4th of March '33  $ 116.66    Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. '33  16.67     $133.33  
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. D. Adams Clerk, Book D Vol. 2a Page 69

Declaration, in order to secure the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7 th 1832. —
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. —
County of Worcester ss.
On this twenty first day of August in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester, now sitting, Ebenezer Dye, a resident in North Brookfield in the County of Worcester, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged twenty one years, who being first duly 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 th 1832. —
In the year 1779. I volunteered, (I think) as a private soldier in the Militia, in the service of the United States, and went to Rutland in the County of Worcester aforesaid, to guard the troops of Genl. Burgoyne, and I remained there and performed duty about one Month, and I was then dismissed (as it was called) and I returned home to the town of Barre in the County aforesaid, where I then lived. — Abraham Hunter of New Braintree was one of the Lieutenants; and the other Officers I do not recollect. —
In the fall of the same year (1779) I again volunteered or was drafted (I cannot recollect which) as a private soldier in a Company of Militia — Houghton of Petersham was Captain, — Toby of Barre was 1 st Lieut., and — Stone of Rutland, was 2 nd Lieut.; I engaged for three Months; we joined the Regiment at Albany, and I think the Regiment was commanded by Col. Denny of Leicester; we staid at Albany Flats some, and then our Company were directed to cross the Mohawk river and were stationed there some time; we then marched back to Albany Flats, and at the end of my three Months, I was dismissed within about six miles of Albany, the name of the place is changed, and I do not recollect what it was then called. —
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In the Month of June 1780, I again enlisted as a Soldier in the Militia for the term of six Months, in a Company Commanded by Captain — White; — 1 st Lieut. Jonathan Stone; — 2 nd Lieut. Park Holland; — We were first Mustered at Leicester, then at Springfield, and then at West Point, when we joined the Regiment Commanded by Col. Rufus Putnam of Brookfield. — We crossed the North river at Stony Point into New Jersey; we were at several places, and I do not recollect them all; we were at Hackinsack, Orange Town, and a place called Totaway, and at a place called English Neighborhood or Simsbury, and I cannot tell which; I served my six Months and received a discharge signed by Col. Rufus Putnam, but that discharge has been lost many years. — I lived in Barn in the County of Worcester aforesaid, during the Revolution, and went from that place each time when I entered the service. — Since the Revolution, I have lived in Brookfield in that part, that has since been incorporated into a town by the name of North Brookfield, where I now live. — I was born in Rochester in Plymouth County and Commonwealth aforesaid, and on the Records of said town may be found a record of my age: — I have a family record of my age now in my possession, I was born in the year 1761. —
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of any State.
Sworn and subscribed } the day and year aforesaid } Before Nathl. James Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
Ebenezer Nye

We Saml. Miftos & Oliver Green residing in the town of New Braintree and Joseph Green residing in said town of New Braintree hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Ebenezer Nye of Northbrookfield, who has subscribed the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy one years of age, that he usually attends Meeting in said New Braintree, and that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and we concur in that opinion — Given to the & subscribed the day of  Samuel Miftos and year aforesaid — Joseph Green Nathl. Paine Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the Ward department, that the above mentioned applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. — And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them, that Saml. Miftos who signed the proceeding certificate, is a long time resident in the town of New Braintree; and that Joseph Green who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of New Braine- tree, and is a credible person, and that this statement is entitled to credit.
Nathl. Paine Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Ebenezer Nye for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 2 d day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two

I Theophilus Wheeler Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Plymouth in Massachusetts do hereby certify that the foregoing are the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Hannah Nye for a Pension and that Samuel Nixter is a justice of the peace in the said County in full credit -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Probate Court this 21 st day of August A.D. 1832
Theophilus Wheeler Register of the said Court of Probate in the County of Plymouth in Massachusetts

I Philip Delano of New Braintree in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do testify and say, that in the year 1780, I was a soldier in the Militia in the Army of the Revolution; I was acquainted with Ebenezer Dye now resident in North Brookfield in the County of Hampshire, and I saw him several times, while I was in the service, and know him to be a soldier at that time in what was call'd the six months service; I think, I saw him once on the east side of the North river; and I saw him several times on the West side of said river in the state of New Jersey, and I have every reason to believe that he served his six months out —
Philip Delano
Worcester ss. August 13-1832 — Personally appeared Philip Delano Ebenezer Dye above named and made oath, that the above declaration by him subscribed is true —
Before me Samuel Hixson Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify, that the above named Philip Delano Esq. is entitled to credit —
Samuel Hixson
The name "Ebenezer Dye" was inserted by mistake and corrected by me Samuel Hixson

I Robert Hoyt of New Braintree in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do testify and say, that I was a soldier in the Army of the Revolution, and am now a Pensioner under the Act of 1818; and that I was acquainted with Ebenezer Nye, now resident in North Brookfield and I saw him several times, while he was a soldier in the Militia in the Revolution, and on what was called the six Months service. He was in the same Regiment with me, and it was commanded by Col. Rufus Putnam, but he was not in the same Company with me; I received my discharge on the 13 th day of November, and I believe said Nye was in the service, when I returned home. —
Robert Hoyt
Worcester ss. August 13 1832 — Personally appeared Robert Hoyt above named, and made oath, that the above declaration by him subscribed is true —
Before me Samuel Nixter Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify, that the above named Robert Hoyt is entitled to credit
Samuel Nixter

I Daniel Nourse of Barre in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do testify and say, that in October 1779, I was drafted as a private soldier in the Militia in the United States service. My Officers were Capt. — Houghton — 1 st Lieut. Isaac Soby — 2 nd Lieut. John Stone; we were drafted for three Months; we went to Albany and from thence to what was called Albany Flats — I was acquainted with Ebenezer Nye now resident in North Brookfield in the County of Franklin, and he then lived in Barre and was drafted with me, and marched to Albany with me, and we continued in the same Company during the campaign — He was drafted as a private soldier — We were discharged at the same time, and I think we were dismissed a short time before our three Months was out —
I lived in the town of Barre when I was drafted and have lived in that town most of the time since — My age is seventy four years the thirteenth day of last September —
Daniel Nourse
Worcester 1 st August 21-1832 — Personally appeared the above named Daniel Nourse and made oath, that the above declaration by him subscribed is true — and I further certify, that I am personally acquainted with said Nourse and that he is entitled to credit — Before me Samuel Minter Justice of the Peace

I certify that Samuel Mlixtor within named is a justice of the peace within and for the county of Worcester Mass and that the within signatures are his writing
John Davis
Glenn Page
7056.

6203
Massachusetts
Suey Nye, Decd. widow of Ebenezer Nye, who was a Private Mass. in the Mass a Line
Payable to her children Bonum Nye, Ebenezer Nye, Lucy Nye, and Bethiah Nye, of North Brookfield, and Anna McClinton of Clare in Hampshire County
Atts R. M. Stone Esq March 17. '48
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 24 Dollars 88
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843. Vend 7 22 Sept. 1843, the day of her Death
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th day of Septem. 1844. and sent to
Sara M. Barton, Gloucester, Mass.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 35

9047 Lucy Dyer
Mass.
apt 7. July 38
m 90. d 38-

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Worcester, ss.
I, Charles G. Prentiss, Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester, do certify, that Jno H. Benton is the Judge of Probate for said County, duly commissioned and qualified - and that his signature to the paper hereto annexed is genuine.
I further certify, that Beman Nye is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified - and that his signature to the paper hereto annexed is genuine.
In testimony whereof I do hereto set my hand and the Seal of said Court this tenth day of May one thousand, eight hundred and forty three.
Chas. G. Prentiss, Register

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Worcester ss.
On this ninth day of May in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty three, personally appeared before the Court of Public for said County of Worcester Lucy Rye a resident of North Brookfield in said County aged eighty two, she being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the pension made by the Act of Congress passed July 7. 1838 and the 2 d act of August 1842 and the joint resolution passed August 16 th 1842, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war.
That she is the widow of Ebenezer Rye late of North Brookfield in said County, who served as private in the Army of the revolution and a pension of the United States under the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832, as shown as set forth and shown by the papers in his case, but she is unable to state the same as of her own knowledge.

She also declares that she was married to the said Elmer Dye on the thirteenth day of June in the year nineteen hun- dred and ninety, that her husband the aforesaid Elmer Dye died on the twenty eighth day of December in the year eighteen hundred and thirty eight, that she was not married to her said husband during the time that the marriage took place previous to the first day of January nineteen hun- dred and ninety four his, at the time above stated. She further declares that since the death of her said husband, she has not been married, and that she is still a widow
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written
My name.
Lady Dye
Mr M. Bilton Judge of Peace Court of Probate
The word "years" was introduced before the birth and subscription
Mr M. Bilton J.P.

Barnum Dyer of North Brookfield in the County of Franklin and State of Massachusetts do depose and say that I am the son of Ebenezer and Mary Dyer his wife. My father died on the twenty eighth of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight thirty eight, and my mother has not married since his decease and is now his widow.
Barnum Dyer Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Franklin. May 9, 1843. Sworn to by me a person who is known to me as a magistrate and man of truth.
Before me
John M. Batchelder J. P.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts -
I Thomas Bigelow of New Braintree in the County of Worcester, certify that I find upon Records of said town, The Record of the Marriage of Ebenezer Nye and Lucy Woods both of New Braintree Solemnized on the thirteenth day of June A.D. Seventeen hundred and Ninety, by Percival Hall Justice of Peace, of which this is a correct copy with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the Record in plain legible figures as follows "June 13 th 1790" -
I Thomas Bigelow above named, depose, and say, that I hold the office of Clerk in the County, Town, and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said New Braintree, with the exception above named as certified by me.
Thomas Bigelow Clerk of the town of New Braintree
Sworn before me Benjamin Nye
Justice of the Peace

6457

State of Massachusetts
County of Worcester ss.
On this seventeenth day of September in the year eighteen hundred & sixty four, personally appeared before me M. Billings a justice of the Peace for said County, Bonum Dye a resident of North Brookfield in said County aged forty nine years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration, as well on his own account, as on account of Elmer Dye of the same North Brookfield, once Anne M'Clintock of here in the County of Hampshire in the same State: once Lucy Dye once Hattie Dye, they being the children and the only children of Elmer Dye once Lucy Dye his wife, late of the same North Brookfield deceased from some of the United States, in order to obtain the benefits of the pension made by the Act of August fourteenth on the third day of March 1848, granting pensions to the widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war.
That they the said Bonum Dye Elmer Dye, Anne M'Clintock, Lucy Dye and Hattie Dye, are the children and the only surviving children of the said Elmer Dye and Lucy Dye

That the said Lucy Aye was the widow of the said Elmer Aye who was a private Soldier in the Army of the United States and a pensioner of the United States, and that she was a pensioner of the United States, and received a pension under the Act of July 7 th 1838 at the rate of twenty four dollars & eighty eight cents per annum, and thereon on the twenty second day of September in the year 1843. And he further declares that his mother the aforesaid Lucy Aye remained a widow to the day of her death aforesaid.
Sworn to & subscribed over the day and year above written
Benjamin Aye
Before me
Wm M. Barton for Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester County, ss.
I, William Garrison, Assistant Clerk of the Judicial Courts for the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, do hereby certify, That Ira M. Benton , Esquire, is a _____ Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; and that his signature to the certificate, on the deposition of _____ Bonum Nix _____ hereunto annexed, is genuine.
GIVEN under my hand, and the Seal of said County, this seventeenth day of September , in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty- four .
William Garrison, Assistant Clerk as aforesaid.

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
WORCESTER, ss.
I, Charles G. Prentiss Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester, do hereby certify, that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court, that Suey Nye was a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of $24.88 per annum ; was a resident of the County of Worcester in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and died in North Brookfield, in said County in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-three on the twenty second day of September ; that he left five children only, to wit: Beman Nye, Ebenezer Nye, Suey Nye & Bathiah Nye, of said North Brookfield - and Anna McClintock, of Ware in the County of Hampshire.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Worcester, this seventeenth day of September in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty- four .
Chas. G. Prentiss Register.

7056 Ebenezer Dye
Private 10 May Admíro

7056  BRIEF in the case of  Ebenezer Vye  County of Worcester  in the State of Massachusetts  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? _____  3. How old is he? 71  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Vol. In 1779 about 1 _____ Private Gen. Lieut. A. Hunter   Vol. 1779 fall _____ 3 _____ do. Capt. Hufton, Lieut. Toby   Enlisted 1780 June _____ 6 _____ do. Col. Denny, Lieut. P. Stone, Col. R. Putnam  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Barn, Worcester Co. Mass.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional & witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. Waugh Examining Clerk.  Jany. 25, 1833.

May 20, 1907.
Mr. Henry W. Nye, 118 Locust Hill Avenue, Yonkers, N. Y.
Sir:
In reply to your letter dated the 6th instant and received on the 7th, you are advised that from the papers in the claim of Ebenezer Nye it appears that after his first service of one month in 1779 he was discharged at Rutland, Mass., date not given; second service of three months from October, 1779, discharged within six miles of Albany, date not given; third service of six months from June, 1780, date and place of discharge not given. He resided at Barre, Mass., during the war.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Rep d , A new certificate has been issued in this case the one granted on the 11 th inst d . Having been defaced by having been in the fire see within.
Letter to Hon. C. Hudson. H. of Rep s . Jan y . 18 th 1844.
Massachusetts 7630
Lucy Nye widow of Ebenezer Nye
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 28 th December 1838 of Worcester Co. in the State of Massachusetts who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain White of the reg t . commanded by Col. Putnam in the Mass. line for 7 mos. & 14 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 24 Dollars 88 Cents per annum, to commence on the 1 th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th day of September 1843 and sent to Ira W. Barton, Worcester, Mass.
Arrear to the 1 th of March 1841 $124:40 Pensional allowance ending
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book A. Vol. 1. Page 115

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 15141
Lucy Nye
Widow of
Ebenezer Nye
Pri Rev War
Act: March 3d 48
Index:—Vol. M , Page 92
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1907 Apr. 22. History to Henry W. Nye - c 1907 May 20 letter to above c. 1907 June 4 Hist to Mrs. Martha B. Nye Bishop - c

9047 Lucy Nye Map.
Wt to Inu M. Barton. June 20. 43
Act. 7 July 1838

RECEIVED DEPUTY COMMISSARY MAY 18 1907 U.S. PENSION OFFICE.

North Brookfield Mass. May 16 1907 Mrs J. L. Davenport
Dear Sir-
I have been advised by the authorities at the Genealogical Society of New England No. 18 Somerset St. Boston, to write to you for information regarding my Grandfather Ebenezer Nye who served in the War of the Revolution, and was a pensioner. He was born in Rochester Mass. July 12, 1761-
Married Lucy Woods of New Braintree Mass. June 13, 1790
Died in North Brookfield Mass. Dec 28, 1838-
His pension was paid in Boston Mass. to his Grandson (my Brother) John A. Nye - then a resident in Boston, & by him forwarded to our Grandfather - Can you give me any information regarding his enlistment, length of service -

where he served - & in any engagements, date of dis- charge - & Company & Regiment in which he served?
Our Town History simply gives the fact that he "served in the Revolutionary War - and drew a pension" - but gives no particulars -
My Father Bonume Nye was his eldest son - and I am the last of my branch of the family - and am anxious to get the facts concerning my Grandfathers service - but have no means of obtaining them here -
If you can assist me, by an early reply - I shall very gratefully appreciate it.
Respectfully
Mrs. Martha B. Nye Bishop - North Brookfield
Box 438 -
Mass -

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Ebenezer Dyer which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? No VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Two Attestations
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? Yes
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? Witnesses
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? yes
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? Yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 5. 7.
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.”

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Yonkers N.Y. April 9 th 1907
Bureau of Pensions Washington D.C.
Among the Archives of your Dept can you find anything that will assist me in obtaining the military record of Ebenezer Nye of Massachusetts. Born at Rochester Mass July 20. 1761 died .. North Brookfield Mass. Dec 28 1838
He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and a pensioner, said Pension being paid him at Boston.
The published report by the Commonwealth of Mass of the Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolu- tion gives the names of seven [7] Ebenezer Nye's who enlisted in Army or Navy. Of these seven I am able to eliminate four, the remaining three are in doubt. His Pension was signed for in Boston by his Grandson John A. Nye.

and by him forwarded. It does seem to me that either in the Pension Office at Washington or at Boston I ought to be able to obtain some information regarding him.
Can your Dept help me any, and can you suggest any method I may be able to acquire this record. Any information I would be very thankful for
Very respectfully Yours
Henry W. Nye 118 Locust Hill Ave Yonkers N.Y.

M. 15, 141.

118 Locust Hill Ave
Yonkers N.Y. May 6 th 1907
Commissioner of Pensions Interior Dept Washington D.C.
Dear Sir,
Ebenezer Nye a soldier of the Revolutionary war, (born in Rochester Mass 1761. died No Brookfield Mass 1838) was granted a pension in 1832. He enlisted three(3) times serving the first enlistment of one month under Lieut Hunter. The second enlistment of three months under either Capt Houghton or White in Col Jermy's Reg. The third enlistment of 6 months under either Capt White or Houghton in Col Rufus Putnam's Reg. I think all these enlistments were in 1779 and were credited to the town of Barre Mass. Can you tell me from any papers among your files the when he was located and date of his discharge from each of the above enlistments. If such information is not obtainable

in your office will you be so kind as advise me, and place this paper in the proper channel for reply -
I am most
Respectfully Yours
Henry W. Nye.
118 Locust Hill Ave
Yonkers
N.Y.

In reply to your request of _____, received for a statement of the military history of Ebenezer Nye 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 15141
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Oct. 79 1 mo. Pri. Ht. Abraham Hunter ✓ Mass.   Oct. 79 3 mos. " Capt. Houghton Denny   June 80 6 mos. " White Rufus Putnam  
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Barnes Worcester Co. Mass.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 21. 1832. Alloms.
Residence at date of application, North Brookfield Worcester Co. Mass.
Age at date of application, Barnes Rochester, Plymouth Co. Mass. 1761.
Remarks: Sol. m. June 13. 1790 Lucy Woods  He died Dec. 28, 1838 W. m. ap. May 9. 1843 ae 82 res.  North Brookfield, Mass. she d. Sept. 22, 1843 leaving ch. Beman, Ebenezer,  Lucy, Bethiah and Anna McClintock.
Very respectfully,

9047, Lucy May Mass ts Act July 7 th 38
Admitted June 14 th perio $24.88 per an.
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Fra M. Bartol's Worcester Mass ts

Supplementary
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Oct 5 18 44
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Ebenezer Dyer is found upon the payrolls of Capt. Ebenezer Dyer, Col. Spars hawk's to Bennington & the northern army from Barre from Aug 21 1777 29 days
The name of Ebenezer Dyer is found the payrolls of Capt. Joseph Palmer of Simonds Fitch's, Col. Green's, alarm at Salem and Parliament Sept 1778 19 days, and upon a pay roll for guarding the shore, by the Selectmen of Salem from July 10 1782 June 15 days #
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Sleeper Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Payment to be made at Boston by J. Hatten, Esq. Agent for paying pension- ers, in the Agency of Massachusetts
Payable on the 4th March and 4th September in each year. application Issue Duplicate & send to Ira M. Barton Worcester Mass. Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book A. Vol. 1. Page 115 by D. Brown, Clerk.
Jan 22, 1833

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Widow's Pension.
I certify that in conformity with the act of July 7, 1838, Lucy Nye, of Massachusetts ————— widow of Ebenezer Nye ————— who was a Private in the Revolution ————— and died on the —28 th — day of December 1838 ————— is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Twenty-four ————— dollars and Eighty-eight cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1836, and terminating on the 4th of March, 1841, unless the Pensioner married or died before the last mentioned date; in which case the pension is not payable after the time of such marriage or death.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this eleventh day of September one thousand eight hundred and forty-three.
M. Porter Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.

Boston, 10 th Dec r . 1844.
Gir.
By the request of the Administrator of the Estate of Lucy Mye dec d . I forward the enclosed Supplementary certificate for an increase of her pension under the laws of 1832. & 1843.
I would respectfully observe that that part of the Secretary's certificate heretofore enclosed in red lines I have reason to suppose from the names of the officers, & location of the towns, probably relates to another person of the same name, and no claim is made for this unless the same was alleged in Mr. Mye's declaration under the law of 1832.
I am very resp y . Your Ob t . Serv t L. M c . Stone
J. L. Edwards Esq r Comm r of Pensions Washington D.C.

Washington Dec 18. 1843
Sir
I enclose you a letter from Bo- nner Nye Esq. making certain in- quiries concerning a pension Certificate.
Respectfully Yours
Charles Hudson

9047 12 May 1843 Map. Oct 7 Feb 1838.
Shurton Pye 32
FREE
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Densons Washington D.C.

Concord Mass. May. 10. 1843
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Sir
Evidence on the Seafarers in the case of Lucy Dyer for a sum - under the act of July 7. 38 H. You will please forward the Certificate to me
I am Very Respectfully
Thos M. Burson

6457 Sept 19 44
Mass
Mar 30 1843
Lucy Nye decd
$24:88 per ans. pay to
22 Sept. 43, when she died,
to her children Bonum
Nye, Ebenezer Nye,
Lucy Nye and Bethiah
Nye of North Brook-
field, and Anna
McClestock, of
Wade, in Hampshire
county
Send cut: to
Ira M. Barton
Worcester,
Mass.
P.O. Washington D.C.

Cambridge Mass. Sept. 17. '84
Sir
Enclosed you will see a copy the Deed of Bonner Nye for a farm in right of his mother Mary Nye deceased
Please let the Certificate of for- kinder to me
Very Respectfully
Ann M. Ballou

Sept 22 nd 1863
7630. Lucy Nye 38 map with
St. Charles River
Miss. Penins
Washington
D.C.

Winsted Mass. Sept. 20. '43
Dear Sir
I send back to you the Certificate of Lucy Dye for renewed annex amendment. The premium of her husband's insurance Dye, under the Act of June 7. 1832 was $23.33, and in ref- -erence she is entitled to the same. If there is any discrepancy in the evidence in her case, please suggest what it is and her funds will endeavor to supply it so that justice may be done her
I am very Respectfully
M. M. Barton

July 17, 1843.
B.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Com te Pensions Washington D. C.
Mss.
Lucy Hays

Worchester, Mass. July 12. 1845
J. L. Edwards Esq r
Sir,
I herewith transmit to you the evidence in the case of Lucy Aye, sought by your letter of the 20th. ult.
Please let the Certificate be forwarded to me.
Yours very Respectfully
J. M. Billings

of said widow before the expiration of said five years, the pension will cease on the day of such marriage or death.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this second day of October one thousand eight hundred and forty .
R. V. Pierce
Secretary of War.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

payment to be made in Cincinnati, J. S. Armstrong, for paying pension= Agency of Cin- ti, Ohio.
on the 4th March September in each First payment to be the 4th day of _____ next.
in the Pension Book A. Vol. 2.
by J. M. Curdy, Clerk.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, July 11 1842
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Ebenezer Wye is found upon the Pay Roll of men detached from the regiment of Col Sam Denny, as a private to go with the guard from Rutland to Enfield Conn Nov 3 1778 - 15 days. The name of Ebenezer Wye is found upon the Pay Roll of Capt Hough's Company, in Col Sam Denny's Regiment from Oct 21 to Dec 1 1779.
The name of Ebenezer Wye is also found upon the Pay Roll of the town of Barre, certified by the Selectmen, and is credited and paid for his services as a private from July 12 to Dec 21 1780. - 5 mos 9 days.
There are no rolls in this office that show further service with regard to said Wye.
15 1.10 5.19 6.44
And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this

Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone: and that said application and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances which tend to satisfy me of the identity of the party described in the application with the individual who rendered the service.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Jno A Dole
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Hon Ira M. Barton Norwich.

Whereas all men by these presents that I Lucy Dye of North Brookfield in the county of Worcester and commonwealth of Massachusetts, Widow of Ebenezer Dye late of North Brookfield deceased, who was a pensioner under the act of Congress passed in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, do hereby constitute and appoint Benjamin Dye of North Brookfield aforesaid, my attorney to make application to the pension office at Washington for the pension due me in consequence of services rendered the United States by my late husband; and to procure and forward such testimony as may be required in order to obtain said pension; and to receive the same when granted, for me and for my use and benefit.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty seventh day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three Lucy Dye Attest. Pliny Dye. Justice of the Peace
To John C. Bolles Esquire Secretary of the State of Massachusetts
Sir
By virtue of the foregoing power of Attorney, I request you to examine the rolls and papers in your Office for the purpose of ascertaining the services of Ebenezer Dye late of North Brookfield in the County of Worcester who was a private soldier in the Army of the Revolution and a pensioner of the United States at the rate of $33.33 per annum

He went into the service from the town of Barnes in said County, and I will believe he served one month under Lieutenant A. Hunter (name of Captain not known) at Rutland in said County, guarding Housatonic river. Three months under Capt. Houghton of Col. Quincy, Reg- iment in S. York; both these services in 1779. Six months at least first in 1780. The above services of the said Elkanah Dyer, together with such other services of his, as may appear from the papers in your Office, I wish you to certify agreeably to the Regulations of the War Department, to the end that a pension may be obtained for the said Elkanah Dyer, agreeably to the Act of Congress passed July 7, 1838 and the acts and resolutions in addition thereto.
Elkanah Dyer
Declared and subscribed at Rutland in said County this 29th day of June A.D. 1843.
Before me
Sam M. Babcock Jus. Peace