Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 7392, for Ebenezer Morley, Massachusetts

SERVICE
Mass.
NUMBER _____
Morley, Ebenezer Prudence
1P 7392
CONTENTS

13,745
New York 4
Ebenezer Morley
of Camillus in the state of N. York who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Nixon of the Massachusetts line, for the term of one year 1776
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th of July 1819 and sent to Joshua Forman Esq Judge, Onandaga, New York
  Arrears to 4th of March 1819  $79.74    Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept. "  48.00    9 m. 30 31  $127.74  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Application of Mrs. Ebenezer Morley to Joshua Forman Esq. Judge of Onandaga Co. N.Y.

Ebenezer Morley 13.765
13.75 X.
Sep 1819
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State of New-York, } ss : Onondaga County }
On the First day of September 1820, personally appeared in open court in the court of common pleas in and for the county of Onondaga, being a court of record proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of their proceedings, Ebenezer Morley aged sixty four years, resident in Carmel in said county, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:—
I Entered into Captain Joseph Thompson Company Massachusetts troops Colo. Nixon Regiment Nixons Brigade in the year 1776 in which said company I remained until Duly Discharged and now hold a pension certificate No 13744 & applied for said pension May 6 th 1818
and I do solemnly Swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
   Inventory of property table $ 75   1 Yoke of Cattle $40.00 1 old plow 2 00   1 Bow 16.00 1 Chain 1 40   2 yearlings 10 00 1 Rake 16   4 hogs & 3 shoats 7 00 1 pitch forks 12   7 Sheep & 3 lambs 10 00 1 axe 40   8 Knives and forks 7 50 1 ball 2 00   1 old kettle 1 00 1 little wheel and wheel 2 50   1 pot 7 50 7 old hoes 44   1 old Dish kettle 37 1 ox yoke 75   1 Tea kettle 37 1 note note against Peter Nunn   1 Spider 37 payable on the first Day of 20.00   1 table plates 25 for a mortgage for 128 03   3 Bowls 12 Debts which I owe   7 Chairs 87 amount to 43 45   2 Chests 1 40 66 93   $89.25  
I, Truman Adams, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in
and for the county of Onondaga, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is one hundred twenty dollars and three cents. 4 times
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this twentieth day of September 1820.
Truman Adams Clerk of the court for the County of Onondaga.

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Ebenezer Morley - 6 May — private Nixon's reg t Massachusetts Jan 76 One year Wanted the judge's certificate of the reduced circumstances of the applicant.
Reference wanted.
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Judge Common
onion: Hollow, N. H.

State of New-York, } ss:— Onondaga County, }
On this fifth day of May 1818, before me the subscriber, First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the said county of Onondaga, personally appears Ebenezer Morley aged fifty two years, resident in the town of Camillus in the said county, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war:" That he the said Ebenezer Morley enlisted in January 1776 for one year at West Springfield in the state of Massachusetts in the company commanded by Captain Thompson in Col. Miller's Regiment of the Massachusetts Line ; that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States until the first of January 1777 when he was discharged from service in Monmouth in the state of New Jersey that he was in the battles of  battle of Bunker Hill and afterwards in the evacuation of New York & in the retreat thro' New Jersey into Pennsylvania and engaged in taking the Hessian at Trenton
and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Joshua Forman
Ebenezer Morley
I, Joshua Forman — First Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Ebenezer Morley did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy; And I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. Onondaga May fifth 1818.
Joshua Forman
I, Joshua Forman First Judge &c as aforesaid do further certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Ebenezer Morley is in reduced circumstances in life & stands in need of the assistance of his country for support — Mar. 22 d . 1819
Joshua Forman

I George Wrisley of Glastenbury County of Hartford and State of Connecticut. depose and say, that I was born at said Glastenbury March 21 st 1762 and have always lived in said Town, except when in the revolutionary War, & absent on business. That I was well acquainted with Ebenezer Morley late husband of Prudence Morley, he lived very near me & I have often been hunting with him. I was in the Revolutionary War, and was married in the year 1785, and this deponent has a distinct recollection, that said Ebenezer Morley was married and had a family some years before I was married, and had two or three children at that time, but this deponent does not know the exact time that his marriage took place, but knows it was some years prior to his own, and during the Revolutionary War. And further the deponent saith not.
State of Connecticut
County of Hartford ss. Glastenbury
On this 22 nd day of June A.D. 1838 personally appeared George Wrisley, signer of the foregoing affidavit and made oath to the truth of the same before me. And I certify that from my personal knowledge he is a credible witness and his evidence entitled to credit.
George Merrick Justice of the Peace

I, ROYAL B. HINMAN , 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 George Munick Esquire, is, and for more than Six months last past, has been a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Hartford in said State, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified, having full power and authority, by the laws of said State, to take the acknowledgement of Deeds and to certify the same; also to administer oaths to witnesses and 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 the official acts and attestations of the said Munick in Court and Country.
In testimony whereof, I have, in my capacity of Secretary as aforesaid, hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at the City of Hartford, in said State, the 22 d day of June in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight .
Royal B. Hinman Secretary of said State

June 17 th 1781 Prudence Morley wife of Ebenezer Morley was admitted to the the Baptismal Covenant in this Church
June 17 th 1781 Susanna, Daughter of Ebenezer Morley and wife was baptized.
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of Church records of the First Ecclesiastical Society of the Town of Glastonbury kept at that time by the late Reverend John Ellis and now in my possession as successor in the Ministry.
James A. Smith.
State of Connecticut County of Hartford } Glastonbury
On this 22 nd day of June 1838 personally came James A. Smith and made oath to the truth of the foregoing certificate by him subscribed.
George Morelock Justice of the Peace.

Isabella was born May 11 year 1781 John was born May 8 1786 ————— and died August 10 Chester was born February 20 year 1789 May 2 John was born 23 March 1789 Elizabeth was born April 24 — 1791 Martin was born April 20 — 1793 Chester departed this Life the 5 day of June 1794
May 2 Chester was born March 12 — 1795 Frederick was born 1796 May 1797 Ephraim was born July 1797 — 1799 Frederick departed this Life May the 12 1824

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed July 4, 1836
State of New York
Onondaga County: On this 11 th day of June 1838, personally appeared before me
Goodwin first judge of the court of
common Pleas in and for the said coun- ty of Onondaga at his place of residence Frederick Morley of the town of Cam- -bridge in said county of Onondaga aged seventy Eight years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declara- -tion in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of congress pas- -sed July 4, 1836: That she is the widow of Ebenezer Morley who was a soldier in the revolutionary war - and who drew a pension under the act of congress passed March 18, 1818 - as she believes.
That she was married to the said Ebenezer Morley the last of the summer or part of the fall in the year 1780 and that her husband the aforesaid Ebenezer Morley died on the nineteenth day of October eighteen hundred and thirty two and that she has remained

a widow ever since that period, and she further declares that she was married as aforesaid by one Jonathan Wells a justice of the Peace at Glousterbu- ry county of Hartford and state of Connecticut, in the year nineteen hundred and eighty as aforesaid - and that her first child was born in the month of May 1781, (and is now living in the state of Michigan as this de- claration declares), and as appears by the record of the said birth in the hand writing of the said Ebenezer Morley deceased, unto annexed - that her oldest child's name was Susanna,
and she further declares that she has no knowledge of any record of the said marriage or any documentary evidence of the same, and that she knows of no living witness who was present at said marriage - This declaration further saith that the leaf herunto annexed is this day taken from the family bible owned & kept in the family of the said Ebenezer Morley deceased during the time this declaration lived with him as his only & lawful wife & it contains a list of the births of the children this declaration had by the said Ebenezer Morley & each of the entries on said leaf were made by the said Ebenezer Morley at the several dates as therein mentioned said bible was given to said Ebenezer Morley by his father & was published as appears in its title page in the year 1753 - & further saith not. -
Prudence X Morley
Subscribed & sworn to before me in due form of law - This 11 th day of June 1838. Groom Lawrence Esq. Judge of Probate Connecticut Commissioner.

I Gron Laurens First
Judge of the county courts in and for the County of Onondaga do hereby certify that the within said declaration is an informed person and in my opinion unable to attest in open court - I further certify that I have the most satisfactory evidence that she is a reputable woman and one whose statement might be relied
upon with confidence. I also certify that I have been well acquainted with the said declarant for twenty two years & upward & was acquainted with her husband the said Ebenezer Morley in his life time from the year 1816 to the time of his death I am also well acquainted with their children Ephraim, Chester, John, Martin, Pardon & Ebenezer. Pardon married Peter Warner & died in the County of Onondaga of Consumption in the month of May 1824. - I also certify that the reason the said Pardon did not sign her name to the foregoing declaration was that she was unable to write her name. - given under my hand this 11 th day of June 1838
Gron Laurens First Judge of Onondaga County, Councillor etc.

Secretary's Office, Hartford June 22. 1838 This certifies to all whom it may concern, that Simon Wells was a Justice of the Peace in the year 1780, within and for the County of Hartford in the State of Connecticut, as appears by the records of that date now in this office. In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand and affixed the seal of said State
Royal Albrinson Secretary of the State of Connecticut

State of New York Onondaga County
Clerk's office } I Elijah Rhoades, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, Onondaga County do hereby testify that Grove Lawrence whose signature appears on the preceding affidavit and certificate is first Judge of said Court & County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his signature thereto to be genuine and that he was first Judge at the date of said affidavit & Certificate
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court this 22 nd Day of August 1838
E Rhoades Clerk
V3746
Constance D. Morley
N.Y.
act 4 July 36

3746 NY Aug 27 4 July 1836
W. L. Chaplin Esq. Council of Chancery Newburyport Mass
Dear Sir I have recd. your letter

Yours sincerely, W. H. Dallinger
to the National Bureau of Standards Gaithersburg, Maryland 20885 in connection with the National Bureau of Standards Special Publication 400-4, which is the official NBS Special Publication 400-4 NIST Special Publication 400-4

State of New York
Onondaga County ss: John Morley of the town of Van Buren in said county of Onondaga being duly sworn saith that he is the son of Ebenezer Morley late of said town deceased, and of his said Widow Prudence Morley — he further saith that he has examined the record of births annexed to the declaration of the said Prudence Morley to which this is annexed also, and knows said Record to have been taken from an old Bible of the said Ebenezer & Prudence and believes the same to be in the hand writing of the said Ebenezer Morley, and that the said Record contains the names of all the children of the said Ebenezer & Prudence and of their several births according to the infor- mation & knowledge of this depo- nent and that this document always mentioned from his said parents that said Record was correct
This deponent further saith that he has lately been to Glaston- bury County of Hartford in the state of Connecticut and there made enquiry for Jonathan Wells the justice of the Peace mentioned in said declaration and was in- formed that he had been dead

many years, and he further saith that he made diligent enquiry for any record docket or memorandum kept by the said justice during his said services as such and could not find or discover any, or any informa- tion that he can bestow any, if he did what had become of them, and he further saith that he knows that his said father Ebenezer Morley was a Pensioner at the time of his death, in consequence of his services in the Revolutionary War
Subscribed and sworn before me this 6th day of July 1838
E. Rhoades Clerk John Morley of the level of Cameron place of Lancaster County
Witness the Seal of Said Court

15/45 NY John J. L. Edwards Com of Pensions Washington D. C.

Ovid Jan. 11th 1845
Dear Sir
Pardon me for respectfully asking you to please to inform me how much Service & the particulars of the Service of Ebenezer by Mosly who was a pensioner of New York at $96. per Annum, I beg leave to ask this favor for the reason that the widow I hear is dead the children are not able to give that history a clue to his history of his Service is what I respectfully ask
Respectfully Your Most Ob st Servt Abad Say
Hon J L Edwards Comm te of Pensions Washington

State of New York } Personally appeared Nathaniel Jefferson County } Miller and being duly sworn
Deponent saith that that he is personally acquainted with Elenezer Morley who is also present and that the sd Nathaniel is well knowing to the sd Elenezer Morley having served in the United States Army in the Massachusetts line in the Regt Commanded by John Brien in the Company Commanded by Joseph Thompson in the year 1778 and that the sd Morley did faithfully serve as long as 11 months in sd year and was honorably discharged in December of the year gone sd in the State of New Jersey. — The sd Deponent was a non Commissioned Officer in the Company of one sd and further this Deponent saith not
Sworn and subscribed to before me this 17 th day of May 1819. —
Nathaniel Miller
Wm Robinson Judge of C. of C. Pleas —
I hereby certify that the above named Nathaniel Miller is well known to me and his character for truth & veracity is good. — Wm Robinson Judge of C. of C. Pleas
Clerk's Office
Jefferson County State of New York
I certify that the above named William Robinson is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Jefferson and duly qualified to act as such — Dated, May 17 th 1819.
Lee Ladd Dep. Clerk

N. York Prudence Morley let. to G. Lawrence 29. Sep. '38. Registered letter to A. Joy, Jan'y. 30. 45.
7392
Act. 4. July 1836

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
7392 P. O. Budenco Morley Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____
_____ Recognized, _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

State of New York Brooklyn County } ss. John Ingalsbe of the Town of Camillus in the County of Onondaga aged fifty six years being duly sworn saith that he is personally knowing to the fact that Ebenezer Morley of the said Town of Camillus did serve in Capt. Thompson's Company in Col. Nixons Reg. of the Massachusetts line in the year 1776. That this deponent was a soldier at the same time in Col. Ruds Regiment of the New Hampshire line - & went from Boston to the City of New York in the spring of 1776. For his arrival there he became acquainted with said Morley in Col. Nixons Regiment & continued to know him until about the time in the month of June when this deponent left the City of New York with Col. Ruds Regiment & marched to Canada & did not see any thing more of said Morley afterwards as the Regiment of Col. Nixons remained at New York the time this deponent was personally acquainted with him in the service was between one & two months - That he has understood since & verily believes that he found out the man gave reason for which he enlisted & was discharged
Subscribed & sworn this 19 th day of May 1819. before me J. P. Forman Not Judge of Onondaga County, New York
John Ingalsbe I deponent certify that the above named John Ingalsbe is a credible witness - June 29, 1819 J. P. Forman Not Judge of Onondaga County New York

State of New York, } In the 14 th day of June 1819 per- Jefferson County } Personally appeared before me Calvin McKnight one of the Judges of the common Pleas for the County aforesaid Joseph Spaulding who being by me first duly sworn according to Law doth upon oath that he was well acquainted with Ebenezer Morley in the year 1776 & that the said Morley was at that time a private soldier in Capt Joseph Thompson's Company in Col Nixon's Regt of the Massachusetts Continental Line & he was well knowing that the said Morley served in the Company and Regt above mentioned the full term of eleven months and was honorably discharged at Morristown in the State of New Jersey & further this deponent saith -  Joseph Spaulding
John & subscribed to the day & year above written before me Calvin McKnight Judge
I certify that the above is the proper signature of Joseph Spaulding who is a man of undoubted veracity Calvin McKnight Judge
Clerk's Office } } Jefferson County } New York } June 14 th 1819 -
So I certify that the above named Calvin McKnight was on the the fourteenth day of June 1819 a judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Jefferson & duly qualified to act as such Benjamin Stevens Clerk