Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 23480, for Ephraim Minor, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Minor, Ephraim Astell, Elizabeth
W 23480
(Former widow)
CONTENTS

165 Massachusetts
Elizabeth Arstell dec'd. Ephraim Minor died on the Mass of in the State of who was a Rev. in the commanded by Captain of the commanded by in the time for Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll of Boston at the rate of 21 Dollars 72 Cents per annum, to commence on the 1 day of March, 18 31, End 14. Feb. 184
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 day of Novr 185 Land sent to -
Issued to the 4th of Abijah Catten Semi-annual allowance ending Hanover Ct.
Recorded by R. M. Hae { Revolutionary Claim, Book L Vol. 2 } Act July 4, 1836, Section the Clerk, Page 344

Town Clerks Office Washington Litchfield county Connecticut Dec. 2 o 1847
„ Ephraim Meiner of N. Preston, with Elizabeth „ Goodsell of Judea Feb eighteenth, One Thousand „ seven hundred seventy eight { $ 8. 18. 3/4
I Daniel B. Brinsmade Town Clerk of Washington in the county of Litchfield and State of Connecticut of lawful age do testify and say that the foregoing certificate of marriage is a true copy of the original record in my possession with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures thus (Feb. 18. 1778) Which record of marriage is the ninth couple recorded on the page and is taken from the records of the Rev d Daniel Brinsmade a Congregational Minister who lived and died in Washington which records are deposited in this office - The $ 8. 18. 3/4 was the marriage fee paid by the Bridegroom, as indicated in the beginning of the record. Headed also „Marriages in Judea, Judea being the name of the Ecclesiastical Society
I further state that I know the record to be in the hand writing of the Rev d Mr s Brinsmade And further the Deponent saith not.
Daniel B. Brinsmade Town Clerk
Litchfield County ss Washington Dec r 13 th 1847. Personally appear d Daniel B. Brinsmade Town Clerk of Washington, to me personally known and made oath to the facts stated in the foregoing affidavit before me - :
Daniel T. Gilchrist Justice Peace

State of Connecticut.
I, ROGER H. MILLS, Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern. That Daniel S. Mitchell was, at the date of the foregoing attestation, is and since the 20th day of June last past hath been a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Litchfield in said State, duly appointed and commissioned, having full power and authority by the laws of said State to take the Acknowledgment of Deeds and to certify the same; also to administer Oaths, to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give Certificates thereof; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to his official acts and attestations.
And I further certify, That I believe the foregoing signature of the said Daniel S. Mitchell to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said State at Hartford, this 8th day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty fifty.
Roger H. Mills
Secretary of State.

State of Massachusetts Berkshire County ss
On this first day of February in the year one thousand eight hundred & forty Eight personally appeared before the Court of Probate within for the County of Berkshire aforesaid now sitting in session in said County Anna White Wife of Thomas P. White, a resident of Windsor in said County, aged sixty one 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 July 4, 1836. — That she is the daughter, and only surviving child, of Ephraim Miller late of Windsor in said County of Berkshire, deceased who was a Soldier in the War of the Revolution and served as herein after stated viz The said Ephraim Miller enlisted as a Teamster in a Company commanded by Capt. Samuel Buck in the month of April or May 1781 at Parn in said Berkshire County Mass. where he then resided — he voluntarily re-enlisted — that he marched with said Company to Yorktown that she has no documentary evidence, other than that herewith transmitted. She refers to the accompanying proof for further particulars

She further declares that her said father Ephraim Miner was married to her Mother now deceased, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Goodall at Washington, Litchfield County, Connecticut on the Eighteenth day of February Seventeen hundred and Seventy Eight, that her father the aforesaid Ephraim Miner, died on the third day of April Eighteen hundred, Nineteen at said Windsor; that her said Mother again inter married with one Thomas At- tell on the fourth day of February Eighteen hundred & Eighty Three - that the said Thomas Attell died on the Twenty sixth day of February in the year Eighteen hundred & Eighteen, and that there after wards the said Elizabeth his Widow continued unmarried to the time of her death, which took place on the fourteenth day of February eighteen hundred & forty six. - at said Windsor. All which will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed. - The said Elizabeth, mother of said Anna had no Children by her said second marriage. - The facts herein before stated, are claimed from the accompanying proof, not being within

to the personal knowledge of the said Anna (S. Feb. 1. 1793) Anna White
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire ss. At a Court of Probate held at Lenox in & for said County on the first Monday of February, in the year eighteen hundred & forty eight Then personally appeared in open Court the above named Anna White who made solemn oath that the foregoing declaration by her signed in my presence was true
In presence William P. Walker
Judge of Probate
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire ss. I Henry W. Bishop Register of the Court of Probate within & for said County do certify. That William P. Walker Esquire. whose signature is affixed to the above certificate of oath is the Judge of said Court duly commissioned & qualified and that the foregoing signa-

here purporting to be his is his genuine signature.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this first day of February in the year eighteen hundred & forty eight, Henry W. Bishop.
Bucks Co. ss. I. Henry W. Bishop Register to the Court of Probate within & for said County do certify that satis- factory evidence has been exhibited to the Judge of said Court, that Ephraim Minor who is said to have entered the service of the United States as a teamster died on the third day of April 1813. That he left a widow Elizabeth Minor That the said Elizabeth afterwards, on the 4th February 1816 intermarried with Thomas Axtell of Peru, and that the said Thomas Axtell died at said Peru in the year 1818 and the said Elizabeth on the 14th February 1846 and that Anna White wife of Thomas P. White now residing in Windsor in said County is the child of the said Ephraim and Elizabeth and the only surviving child of said Elizabeth and that it appears upon the Tomb stone erected to the memory of said Thomas Axtell that he died on the 26th day of July 1818.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this first day of February in the year eighteen hundred & forty eight, Henry W. Bishop

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Berkshire ss.
On this twenty fourth day of January in the year One Thousand Eight hundred and forty five personally appeared before the Judge of Probate in and for said County (She being by reason of bodily infirmity unable to appear in open Court) Elizabeth Myner a resident of Windsor in said County aged ninety years who being duly sworn according to Law — On her oath makes the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836, entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows — That she is the Widow of Ephraim Myner late of said Windsor deceased who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution and served as will appear by the accompanying proofs to which she refers for the particulars of his services, — The Marriage having taken place prior to his doing the Service, although he did some service in 1775 before the Marriage — Some time in the year 1781 he entered into the service and continued to serve for the term of one year or more — She further declares that she was married to the said Ephraim Myner on the eighteenth day of February Seventeen hundred and Seventy eight that her said Husband the aforesaid Ephraim Myner Died on the third day of April Eighteen hundred and thirteen, — That she was married to him prior to his leaving the Service, Viz. at the time above stated — She also declares that she has not intermarried since the death of the said Ephraim Myner, but still continues his Widow — from age and loss of memory I cannot state the day of my marriage —
Elizabeth Myner
mark
July 27 1845

Berkshire ss. Jan'y 27. 1845.
subscribed and sworn to by the said Elizabeth Meinn at Windsor in said County, she being unable, by reason of old age & infirmity, to attend in open Court - she stated she was married in July. 1778 - but the day of the month she did not remember -
Before me, William P. Walker Judge of Probate
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire ss. I Henry W. Bishop - Register of the Court of Probate within & for said County of Berkshire do certify that the Hon. William P. Walker is the Judge of said Court duly commissioned and qualified and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is his genuine signature.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this fifth day of June in the year Eighteen hundred & forty five Henry W. Bishop - Reg' Prob.

Ephraim Minor N. 23480 Mass.
A return of teamsters, horses, oxen carts etc, for Jan. 1, 1782. signed Samuel Buck W Con- ductor, has been removed from this case to be forwarded to the War Dept.
M.R.
MAY 13 1911.
Sent to War Dept. Jan. 16, 1913.

I, Norman Miner of Windsor in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged Forty years do testify and say that I am the grandson of Ephraim Miner late of Windsor deceased and Elizabeth Miner his Widow - That the said Ephraim who was my Grandfather, died at said Windsor on the third day of April Eighteen hundred and thirteen and the said Elizabeth still contin- -ues the Widow of said Ephraim Miner deceased I was present at his death and funeral
Norman Miner
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire ss Jan. 27 th 1845
Personally appeared Norman Miner made oath to the facts stated in the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed are true I certify that the said Miner is a credible witness
Before me Hon. A. Dyer Justice Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire.
I Charles Sedgwick clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County do certify that William A Bates Esq before whom the foregoing Deposition of Norman Miner was taken is sworn on the twenty seventh day of Febr y January last a justice of the Peace within said County duly commissioned qualified that duly believe the foregoing signature purports to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this tenth day of March eighteen hundred forty five.
Charles Sedgwick

N 7 1/2 Elizabeth Arroll ad map
Sister Hon Julius Rockwell 22 nd Mar 1850
S. Ballin SP 9/51- July 29/51 " Same - Feb 11/52.
AD - No 5165
at 14 July 1836

Vic
6499
Elizabeth Mayner
Mass
Vol. to get at Peace
July 23. '45.
J. L. Coombs 18 th Nov. 1850.
✓
Ad. July 4. 1836.

Ephraim Minor Minor R. 75-46 or Myner

Eliz th Artell widow of Ephraim Miner of Mass Do not know what act.

Washington St Jan'y 25 th
free D. B. Reinmann P.M.
W. B. Pease Esq.
Lenoir
Mass.

State of Connecticut
Probate Office
St. Washington Jan'y 25 th 1845
I Daniel B. Brinsmade Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Washington do hereby certify that I have in my possession the Records of the Revd. Daniel Brinsmade formerly Pastor of the Church in said Washington now deceased. Among which are the record of the marriages solemnized by him in said town
And I find on said record the marriage of Ephraim Meiser of St. Preston with Elizabeth Goodsell of Judea February eighteenth seventeen hundred and seventy eight. I certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the record except the date which is expressed in fair legible figures as follows (Feb. 18. 1778) on said record. And that in addition to the above is the following purporting to be the marriage for expressed as follows - 8-18-0-
In confirmation of the truth of the foregoing I have hereunto prefixed the seal of the Court and signed the same with my name and office.
Daniel B. Brinsmade Judge of Probate for the District of Washington -

Dear Sir
I have sent you a certificate in the same form that I have made out many for similar applications - I presume it will answer your purpose Try it if it fails I will get one agreeable to your copy - The reason I have not complied with your form is that it is 12 miles to the G. Clarke office and would cause some delay -
Yours Truly D. B. Brinsmade
Washington Aug 25. 1865 -

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston;
Jan y . 3. 1845.
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 Ephraim Mynor is borne as a waggoner upon "a Return of persons names that draw provisions in the Quarter Master General's department at the Post at Fishkill," — dated "Fishkill Oct r . 11. 1781." In the column under the head of "remarks," are notes against the names of a number of "enlistment ends," at various dates from Jan y . 1. to April 20. 1782; — but against the name of said Mynor and the greater part of the other names upon the return, in the same column, are blanks. The name does not occur upon any other document in this office.

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 within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Sawyer Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Application for Certificate of Revolutionary Services, made by the Widow of the party who rendered the Service
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish from the Rolls in his office, of the service of my husband Ephraim Miner in the War of the Revolution. He enlisted from the town of Patridgefield (now Peru) in the County of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts in the year 1775 as a private at Bunkerhill and served near the close of the War. She cannot state any other particulars of his service. I am now eighty years old and my memory does not enable me to state my husband's service more than above stated.
Witness my hand this Eleventh day of November in the year of our Lord One Thousand eight hundred and forty four.
Elizabeth Miner
Berkshire ss. Windsor November 11 th 1844
Then the widow of the above named Ephraim Miner to wit Elizabeth Miner did in my presence sign and seal the above application. Wm A Bates Justice of the Peace.

Ephraim Allen died 1813 - Elizabeth Allen died July 14 1846
Anna White only child Dorothy
Maries 1778

Pension Office, February 11 th 1832.
Sir:
If you will produce to this Office, the Certificate of a Court of Record, showing the exact date of the death of Elizabeth Arbell formerly widow of Ephraim Mear, with the number & names of her surviving children, an allowance for 6 months & 16 days service will be made, under the Act of 4 th July 1836.
I am respectfully, Your Obed t Serv t . Wilson
for Comm r of Pensions
Abijah Collins, Esq r . Hartstown, Conn t .

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 23485
Elizabeth Astell Wid of Joseph Astell Prin Rev war
Act: July 17th 1836
Index:—Vol. A , Page 23
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Acts of July 14, 1962, and March 3, 1973.
REJECTED
7546
P. O.
Elizabeth Meyer
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18

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Brief in the case of Elizabeth Astell former widow of Ephraim Minor County and State of Mass act July 11 1836
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Proof of service. Record, & scroll " " Marriage " "
The length of time he served found on the back of the old muster Roll furnished with the papers. —
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Care admitted by the office, upon the production of a certificate showing date of her death & name of heirs, which is now furnished.
Name and residence of Agent Abijah Catlin Darmenton vt
Thornton Tiptlett
Examining Clerk.

no. 6. 15-
476 320 156

Lenox June 5 th 1845
Mr Edwards Esq,
Sir,
I send you the Declaration of Lucinda Redway the Daughter of Nathaniel Money deceased - The Declaration has been a long time getting finished for the poor creatures have no team & it has been very difficult for them to get to Lenox - I think the Second Declaration that John Pierce made out the request of the heirs should have been sufficient I think that a wrong decision of the Department - although she has at last made out to get here -
as Pierce
And, I, also send you the Declaration of Elizabeth Miner enclosed in the same sheet - I have had her Declaration made out some months & have been waiting to get a Deposition from Abner Pierce the widow thinks that the said Abner Pierce served with Ephraim Miner one year or more in the War of the Revolution but we fail of getting his Deposition on account of not ascertaining where the said Abner lives he did reside in the State of New York but a few years since but she cannot ascertain where - I think the said Pierce does not draw a pension he has a nephew living here & he saw him a few years ago & his Uncle told him he could draw a pension but was wealthy & would not trouble himself about it but where his Uncle lives he cannot tell
Respectfully yours
asial Pease

Elizabeth Myner widow of Ephraim the Myner
Mass.
Jan. 1836
7546

Washington, June 13 th 1850
Sir:
I am requested by M rs Abigail Pease Esq. of Lenox, Massachusetts, to attend to the case of Elizabeth M y ner, widow of Ephraim M y ner dec d ? for a Pension under the Act of 4 th July 1836. From an Examination of Copies of the Evidence on file, I think there can be no doubt that the claim is well made out. I would be much obliged if you would cause the case to be examined as early a day as possible, and advise me of the result.
I enclose a line from Mr. Pease authorizing me to attend to the case
I am very respectfully Your obed Servt J. L. Coombs
Hon J. L. Edwards
Com r of Pensions.
I authorize Mr. Coombs to attend to the above case
Abigail Pease

Ephraim Minor died in 1873 -
Elizabeth Axtell died 14 Feb 1846
leaving Anna White only surviving child

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Berkshire County ss.
I, John Branning, Register of the Court of Probate for said County of Berkshire do hereby certify that at a Court of Probate held at Lenox within and for said County on the first day of February 1848, it was satisfactorily proved to said Court, (as appears by certificate on file in the Probate office) that Ephraim Minor was a teamster in the war of the Revolution, that said Ephraim Minor died April 3 rd 1813, leaving Elizabeth Minor his widow who afterwards on the 4 th day of February 1816, married Thomas Astell, who died in 1818, that the said Elizabeth died February 14 th 1846, - that Anna White wife of Thomas P. White of Windsor in said County is the child of said Ephraim and Elizabeth Minor and the only surviving child of said Ephraim and Elizabeth.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court of Probate this twentieth day of October eighteen hundred and fifty two. John Branning

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Berkshire, ss.
I, Charles Sedgwick, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Berkshire, do certify, that Henry Pierce Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Henry Pierce and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth, this ninth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty .
Charles Sedgwick
Clerk.

No 7613
Elizabeth Acuteas Mumey Mow of Ephraim Minor Map act 4 July 1836
Alme Bille
Application & papers

Home of Representatives
15th March 1850
J. L. Edwards Esq Com r of Pensions Sir
Enclosed is the application and Anne White, of Windsor (afterwards A. White) papers of the daughter of Elizabeth Minter for a pension on account of the services of Ephraim Minter a tenant in the Revolutionary war.
He was in Samuel Buck's Company.
To show that Samuel Buck was a Conductor of teams, reference is requested to his papers on file in the Pension Office.
Very respectfully,
Yours- obed Servt Julius Rockwell

I George Pierce of Pease in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Depose and say that I am Seventy nine years old Last August that I Moved into this Town with my Father in the year 1779 in the month of May and have resided here ever since and was well acquainted with Ephraim Mines who lived within a mile of my Father that the said Ephraim Mines Entered the service of the United States in the spring of 1781 as a Teamster or Driver of Buggy waggon in a company Commanded by Capt. Samuel Buck Conductor and that my Brother Abner Pierce Mason Hatfield Moses Gleason Elijah Morse William Hatfield Yange Chady entered the service at the same time in the same Company of Teamsters they left here in the spring 1781 and that they were gone till some time the last of December or January 1782 I well recollect that the Snow was so deep that they had to leave their Team at Newnawick about twenty miles from this place
George Pierce
State of Massachusetts County of Berkshire ss Pease January the 25 1849 Then personally appeared George Pierce and made oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true and I further certify that I am well acquainted with the said George Pierce that he is a person of a remarkable sound mind and retentable memory and of undoub- -ble veracity and Truth
Henry Pierce Justice of the Peace

Hoosick 19 Nov 1851
Claim of Elizabeth Astell Act 7 July 1838 & Massachusetts
Dear Sir & Mother
I send two affidavits to prove the identity of Elizabeth Astell with the widow of Ephraim Miner for whose services in the war of the revolution an application is now pending before you. This evidence has been required I trust will be satisfactory
Yours Respectfully Abigail Walcutt

I Abigail Pierce of Goshen in the County of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts do hereby certify that I am eighty two years old since last February that I was born in the town of Washington in the County of Litchfield State of Connecticut that I knew Ephraim Miner and Elizabeth Goodsell before they were married that they removed to Peru in the County of Berkshire in said Mass I think in the year 1774 my father having moved to the same place with his family the year previous both families living within one half of a mile of each other that I was well acquainted with Ephraim Miner and Elizabeth his wife until their deaths the said Ephraim died about thirty five or forty years since in the town of Windsor about two miles from me and afterwards Elizabeth his widow married Thomas Still who died at Peru about thirty years since and left Elizabeth his widow who died at Windsor in the winter of 1846 I further do hereby certify that I was knowing to Ephraim Miner giving a testimony and Abner Pierce went into the service with him and that I knit two pair of Stockings for Abner Pierce before he went into the service in the company commanded by Capt Buck in the year 1781 I was twelve years old at that time
Abigail for Pierce mark

State of Massachusetts County of Hampshire ss Goshen October 18 th 1851) Then Personally appeared Abigail Pierce and made oath that the within deposition by her subscribed is true I further certify that I am acquainted with the said Abigail that she is a person of sound & retentive memory and undoubtable truth & veracity
Luther Stone Justice of the Peace

I George Pierce of Goshen in the County of Hampshire and state of Massachusetts depose & say that I am eighty three years old last August that I moved into the town of Peru in the County of Berkshire with my father in the year 1779 in the month of May and resided there until May 14 th 1850 and have resided in this town since and was well acquainted with Ephraim Miner who lived within half a mile of my father's the said Ephraim entered the service of the United States in the spring of AD 1781 as a transfer or driver of baggage Waggons in a company commanded by Capt Samuel Buck conductor and that my brother Henry Pierce Mason Hatfield Moses Gleason Elijah Morse William Hatfield Dennis Chapy entered the service at the same time in the same company of transfers they left Peru in the spring AD 1781 and that they were gone until some time the last of December or January AD 1782 I well recollect that the snow was so deep that they had to leave their teams at Norwich about 20 miles from Peru The above statements I have previously sworn to be on the twenty fifth day of January A.D. 1848 And I further depose and say that that the said Ephraim Miner resided in said Peru after leaving the service eight or ten years then moved about two miles into the adjoining town of Windsor and that he died between thirty five & forty years since and that I attended his funeral and that he

left a widow whose name was Elizabeth that said Elizabeth afterwards married Thomas Astell and lived near by me in said Peru until he died
And I further depose and say that the aforesaid Elizabeth Astell was the identical widow of the aforesaid Thomas Astell Ephraim Miner who served as treasurer in the United States Army in a Company commanded by Samuel Beech
George Pierce
State of Massachusetts County of Hampshire ss (Given October 10 th 1851) Then Personally appeared George Pierce and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true and so far as I am acquainted with the said George Pierce he is a person of a sound and reliable memory and undoubtable truth and veracity
Luther Stone Justice of the Peace
N.B. The Ennui above was made before the signature was as affixed
Luther Stone Justice of the Peace

The fee for a certified Seal is 50 c. Please send me the balance part paid in Post Office Stamps
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
HAMPSHIRE SS.
I, Samuel Wells, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Hampshire, do certify, that Dutcher
Esquire , whose signature is affixed to the certificates on the papers hereto annexed, was, at the dates thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit is, and ought to be given, to his acts and attestations, done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Dutcher Esquire and believe his signature to said certificates is genuine.
In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, for said Commonwealth, this fifteenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty
Samuel Wells Clerk.

200 Wauwatosa 14 June 1857
Hon Jas E Heath
In reply to your letter of the 9 th April last in relation to the case of Elizabeth Attelee former widow of Ephraim Miner I herewith transmit additional evidence of the identity of said Elizabeth applicant with the widow of Ephraim Miner as required by that letter - although I did, do still consider that fact already proved.
I referred to the case of Samuel Buck whose papers would furnish confirmatory evidence. He was pensioned under the act of 1818 at $96.00 per annum increased under the act of June 7 1832. His papers will be found on the New York roll not Massachusetts. In this, I was mistaken. And you will please refer to these papers in the case now under consideration. You will find the commission of Samuel Buck & that a pension was granted him as a conductor of teams to which company of teams Ephraim Miner belonged and the original paper in the widow Attelee case shows more than six months service. It shows the time the Co marched & the time discharged & Miner's name is there. These two periods make

more than 6 months Service And the Service is should be allowed back to near the time of the date of Bachs Commission , But the principal reason why I referred you to the case of Samuel Bach was to rebut the presumption heretofore taken that the Service of Miners was in a civil not military capacity. For I apprehend the conductors & teamsters under him must be treated and considered in the same light If one was military Service as you have decided the Service under him cannot be treated differently
Yours sincerely Abijah Dutton Haworton Ct
Wm J E Howard Your Pensions

43248.
St. Louis - sent to 3rd and R
Jacy Murray - widow of Edward Mc Michael
} filed from New York 1850 papers L.M.
Hen Peter Rose

Eleanor Roosevelt Mark T. Roosevelt
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps W. Jameson March 1878

Elizabeth Steele, formerly widow of Ephraim Mowatt, M.P. Acquired 1838
Wearhouse Musk House

Elizabeth Axtell widow of Ephraim Axtell, Map
Sam. Buck N.Y.
Please get out some-time to-day Triflett

Washington 23 Decr 1859
Wm Lloyd E Heath
Court of Pensions
The enclosed letter will authorize my application for a reexamination of the case named.
As it is now decided that Incestus were embraced in the Act of Jan'y 1832. & moreover as the document on file in this case afford conclusive evidence that the service rendered was in a regular organized company under a Conductor Samuel Buck whose regular commission is on file - in his own case I apprehend no difficulty can occur in allowing the widow a pension
Yours respectfully
Abijah Gattine
Hamorton
Sidleyfield Co (Connt)

Elizabeth Dxtell dec former wife of Ephraim Minor Map
adm? July 4 1836
Pri 6 mos & 16 ds $21.77 per annum from
4th March 1831 to 14th Feby 1826
when she died
Payable to Anna White only surviving child
Abijah Collins Haimenton Cont

Pension Office.
March 22 1850
Sir
I have the honor to inform you that the papers in the case of Elizabeth Astell deceased formerly Widow of Ephraim Miner under the act of 4 July 1836 have been examined and filed
It appears from the papers now presented that the only service rendered by the husband of Mrs Astell was as a Teamster. This service is not embraced by the provisions of the pension Laws
Unless therefore it can be shown by the records of Massachusetts that Miner was enlisted as a Soldier and paid as such his Service Driving Teams does not authorize us to grant a pension to his Widow
Hon. John Rockwell House of Representative
I have the honor to be very Respectfully your Obt Servt J L Edward,

I Norman Miner of Windsor in the county of Berkshire and commonwealth of Massachusetts being Forty seven years years old this present month of June, depose and say that I am a Grand son of Ephraim & Elizabeth Miner deceased, that I will recollect the time when my Grand Mother Elizabeth Miner was married to Thomas Axtell, that they were married at my Father's house in Windsor aforesaid, that I do not recollect the year in which they were married, but that I was a lad at that time about Twelve years old that I have often visited my Grandmother after her intermarriage with said Axtell, further your deponent saith not
Norman Miner
State of Massachusetts County of Berkshire, Windsor June Fourth Eighteen Hundred and fiftyone, Then personally appeared Norman Miner and made Oath that the above instrument by him signed is true before me And I certify that I am well acquainted with said Norman Miner at that time he is a respectable person and a credible Witness Philo Wright Justice of the Peace
And I further certify that I was well acquainted with Ephraim and Elizabeth Miner above mentioned that I will remember the time of said Ephraim Miner's death death that I also remember the time when Elizabeth Miner widow

Widow of said Ephraim intermarried with Thomas Astill That I was well acquainted with Thomas Astill within mentioned and that they lived together as man and wife Philo Wright Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire. I William S. Tucker Clerk pro tem of the Court of Common Pleas of the Common- wealth for the County of Berkshire, do Certify that Philo Wright Esq is one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned qualified and that the foregoing signature pur- porting to be his is genuine.
In testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this fourth day of June 1854.
Wm S. Tucker Clerk pro tem

Son Therenwith send you a copy of Mrs Edward's Letter in the case of Elizabeth Axell the former Widow of Ephraim Miner I wish you to call up the case and get it allowed you will find among the papers a return of Samuel Buck Company of Teams which bears the name of Ephraim Miner on the back of said return you will find entered the time that the Company marched and the time of their discharge you will also find among the papers of Samuel Buck conductor in the Pension Office the committion of Samuel Buck now I think that the Commissioner ought to allow half of the time from the date of the committion to the 3 d of June when the Company Marched and were Discharged 19 th of December 1781
I think that Samuel Buck committion is dated the first Day of April 1781 you can see by looking for it you will see that there is six Months and sixteen Days from the 3 d of June and the 19 th of Decem- ber. &c
Eli Tainton
Abijah Cattin Esq

Sir my neighbour Mr Bradford Packard Father Jedediah Packard enlisted in the War of 1812 in the Ninth Regiment and died at Sackets Harbor in Service was intitled to Bounty Land as is supposed I wish you to ascertain if you can whether there is Land due the heirs and what Company he served in and the names of the Company Officers
Respectfully yours
E Taintor
A. Patton Esq