Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12202, Ebenezer Benedict, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Benedict, Ebenezer
S. 12202
CONTENTS
Carded

1678
Connecticut
Ebenezer Benedict of Danbury in the State of Conn who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Smith of the Regt commanded by Col Waterbury in the Connecticut line for Militia for 1. year 9 mo
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 76 Dollars Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of Nov 1832 and sent to Edward Taylor Danbury Conn Aars to 4th of Sept 1832 $ 11 11 Semiant. allowance ending Mar 1833 3 5 $ 15 2
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by E. D. Bullock Clerk, Book 8 Vol. 3, Page 33
Pay suspended let agent 6 aug 1834. Certif recalled 6 aug 1836 let to pensioner

State of Connecticut, County of Fairfield ss.
On this 25 th day of July 1832, personally appeared in open court before the court, before the court of Probate for the District of Danbury in the said county and State now sitting at Danbury in the said county, Ebenezer Benedict said being a resident therein, aged sixty eight years who being first duly sworn, according to law, took an oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of January passed June 7 th 1832 - That he was born in said Danbury on the 4 th day of September 1763 and has always resided there, excepting when absent in the service of the United States as herein after mentioned - That he has no record his age, but from the information received from his parents he firmly believes the above to be his true age - That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated - I that about the 18 th day of April 1780, he enlisted as a Private soldier in the Connecticut State Troops for the term of nine months, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Beebe - (We think his father's name was Benjamin) - in the company commanded by Captain David Judson - In said company Benedict and sergeant Gamaliel Newcomb were officers in the said company - Major Davenport and Adjutant Bull were officers in the said Regiment - He served in the said company and Regiment the full term on which he enlisted, and was honorably discharged on the first day of January 1781 - by said Colonel Beebe at Housatonic in said State of Connecticut - no written discharge was given but the said Regiment was paraded and dismissed

He served during the campaign under this enlistment on the lines at and near Fort Mifflin - he was engaged in no battle with the enemy; but frequently participated in skirmishes with detachments of Dolan's boys then stationed within the British lines - He enlisted at Said Danbury -
# That about the 1 st of March 1781, at Said Danbury he again enlisted as a Private Soldier, for the term of one year, in the Connecticut State Troops in the Company commanded by Captain Charles Smith in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Waterbury. Sergeant Hoy was an officer in the said Company - There were two Battalions in the said Regiment. He belonged to the Battalion commanded by Major Shipman - He served in the said Company and Regiment the full term of one year for which he enlisted and was discharged at New Stamford by said Colonel Waterbury on the last day of February 1782 - no written discharge was given him - During said year he again served on the lines at Fort Mifflin under the command of said Colonel Waterbury. There were frequent skirmishes between Detachments of Continental and the troops with whom he served in which he participated; but was engaged in no battle -
That he has no documentary evidence and proof of service - whose testimony he can prove who can testify to his said service - that their books whose deposits are hereunto annexed -
Elizer X Benedict mark

The said Elueyger Benedict hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid in open court.
Elueyger Benedict mark
We, Levi Osborn a clergyman, residing in the town of Danbury (aforesaid) and David Root Esquire residing in the same, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Elueyger Benedict who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be sixty eight years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid in open court.
Levi Osborn David Root
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Levi Osborn who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Danbury (aforesaid) and that David Root Esquire who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Danbury and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Attest Edward Taylor Clerk
I, Edward Taylor Clerk of the said Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Elueyger Benedict for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of my said Office, this 25 th day of July — 1832.
Attest Edward Taylor Clerk

State of Connecticut, Newfield County, ss. d. d. -
I, Reuben Booth of Danbury in the county of Newfield in the said State Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Danbury in the said County and State do hereby certify to all whom it may concern that Edward Gayle Esquire who hath signed and certified the foregoing proceedings of the said Court, in letters of the said Court of Probate and was Clerk as aforesaid at the time of signing and certifying the same and that the said signatures above written which purport to be the signatures of the said Edward Gayle are in truth his proper hand writing. And that full faith and credit are due to his official acts as such Clerk.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand in said Danbury this 25 th day of July 183 -
Reuben Booth Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Danbury Connecticut

1263
BRIEF in the case of Ebenezer Benedict of Danbury — in the State of Conn. (Act 7 June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? in Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 68 years —  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. As a Gen.     ✓✓ In 1780 Apr — 9 — Private Colt Beebe's Reg t State   ✓✓ 1781 Mar 1 — — " Colt. Waterbury's do. —  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? no battle only skirmishes —  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Danbury  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? by Witnesses Certified to be credible, & the traditional evidence of two others, one a Clergyman —  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct — 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
E. Stephen Examining Clerk.

Rev. War
12.202 INVALID.
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File No. 12,202
Ebenezer Benedict Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. A , Page 30
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I David Root of Danbury in the County of Fairfield, aged sixty seven years, being truly sworn, do depose and say that in the year 1780, according to my best recollection I enlisted a Volunteer in the Connecticut State Troops as a recruit, and in the early part of the latter year of that year, joined the Regiment commanded by Colonel Beebe at King's Street on or near the lines at Bordeux - I served in said Regiment until I was discharged in the Fall - and was in the Company most or all the time com- =manded by Captain H. Lewis. When I joined the said Regiment, as afore said, Sergeant Benedict of said Danbury who had -applied for a Pension was in the said Service as a Private soldier in said Regiment; but I do not remember in what Company he served. He continued to serve as a Private soldier during the whole time I remained in the said Service - Whether he was discharged at the same time I was, or whether he remained after I left the Service I do not recollect, nor how long he had been in said Regiment when I joined it - My impression is the Regiment was what was called nine Months men - Adjutant Byll was an officer in the same Regiment - Lieutenants N. Barnum and Sedgwick were also officers in the same Regiment a part of the time I do not remember any other officers -
David Root
July 25 th 1832 - Sworn & subscribed in open court - And the said Court further certifies that the deponent in said David Root and being a good character for truth and is a credible witness.
Alton Edward Taylor Clerk

Gamaliel Benedict of Ridgefield Fairfield County and State of Connecticut aged Seventy one years - depose and say that in the year Seventeen Hundred and Eighty I enlisted in Capt David Olmsted Company as Second Serjeant in said company for thirteen Months commencing the first of April in said year and was discharged the first of January 1781 - Also I further depose and say that Ebenezer Benedict served in the same company with me as a private Soldier by enlistment and was discharged at the same time - That said company was organized State troops raised under the authority of the State of Connecticut and said company was under the command of Col Beecher and that Major Davenport and Adjutant Bull belonged to said regiment - And furthermore said deponent says that said Ebenezer Benedict is known to him to be the same person that served in said Capt Olmsted company - said regiment was stationed on the lines at Horseneck Kingstreet &c - and furthermore the deponent says not Gamaliel Benedict
Fairfield County ss Ridgefield July 20 1832
Personally appeared Gamaliel Benedict and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed - said Gamaliel Benedict is well known to me and believed to be a man of truth and veracity
Elias Butchard Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut County of Fairfield } ss.
Sworn. Benedict Garnet Benedict Deposition
I Reuben Booth of Danbury in said County a State Notary Public in & for said County duly admitted and sworn do hereby certify that Elias Birchard Esq. before whom the foregoing Deposition of Garnet Benedict was sworn, as a Justice of the Peace for the County of Fairfield duly commissioned and sworn and duly authorized to administer oaths & take Depositions -
I further certify that the signature to the foregoing certificate purporting to be his is genuine & in the proper hand writing of the said Elias Birchard - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of my said office of Notary in Danbury this 25 th day of July A.D. 1832.
Reuben Booth Notary Public

I Enos Nichols of Danbury in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut aged seventy one years being duly sworn do depose and say, that I am well acquainted with Ebenezer Benedict a said Danbury who hath applied for a Pension for Revolutionary services. He said Benedict enlisted as a Private soldier for the term of one year in the Regiment of Connecticut State Troops commanded by Colonel Waterbury with company commanded by Captain James Smith - As the first and second lieutenants were also officers in said company, one of them lieutenant and the other sub-lieut. said Benedict enlisted and was said on the 1 st March 1781, and served in said company under his said enlistment as a Private soldier until the 1 st March 1782 when he was discharged at Stamford in Connecticut. No written discharges were given. I served in the same company with said Benedict the whole period of his said service - We served at Danbury King Street and then moved on the lines. The word "Benedict" interlined before signing -
Enos his Nichols mark
July 28 th 1832 Sworn & subscribed in open court and the said court of Probate certifies that the deponent sustains a good character for truth & is a credible witness
Attest Edward Taylor Clerk

No 1263.
July 31 1832
London Office
admitted
private 17 th 9 th
$76 correct
RE 6 aug
E Taylor
Barbury

I advise J. Lacey of New Fairfield in the County of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut being duly sworn - to depose and say: that I am well acquainted with Ebenezer Benedict of Danbury in the said County who has applied for a Pension for Revolutionary services. The said Benedict in the month of March 1781, and about the 10th of said month enlisted as a Private soldier in the Connecticut State Troops in the service of the United States, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Waterbury - in the company commanded by Captain Charles Smith - said Regiment was composed of two Battalions. one commanded by Major Shipman, and the other commanded by Major Humphreys - said Company of Captain Smith belonged to Major Shipman's Battalion - Jesse Hoyt and Josiah Smith were the lieutenants in said Company. said Benedict served one year as a Private soldier in said Company under his said enlistment, and was discharged about the 10th of March 1782 at Stamford in Connecticut by said Colonel Waterbury. No further discharges were given to the soldiers of the said Regiment on the expiration of their term of service, but the Regiment was paraded and dismissed verbally - said Regiment during said Benedict's term of service, was employed on the lines at Stamford, Norwalk, Danbury, East Sturtevant, New Britain, White Plains, and

King - sheet - I had knowledge of his said service for I enlisted in the same company at the said time said Meneger Benedict enlisted. and served therein with him until June or July following his enlistment. But I had knowledge of his leaving the whole of said time - Isaac Hacey
July 25 th 1832 Known and subscribed in open court - and said court of Probate certifies that Isaac Hacey the respondent is a credible witness
Attest Edward Taylor Clerk
No 260. July 31 1832 London Apprentice
admiralty probate 174 9u o #76 E Taylor Canbury
Consent Pl 64
July 31 1832

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Olivero Benedict 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? yes
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? yes XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? 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? so stated 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 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? it would appear so 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? so stated by the Court
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 each 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 affidavits must be properly authenticated, as above directed.
‡ QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates 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 ends 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.

Danbury July 26 th 1832
Honl Lewis Capt Secretary of War
It is the desire of Skeeney Benedict the Applicant that if his application is allowed the certificate should be directed to Edward Layler blocks in the courts of Probate Danbury Conn
Respectfully your obt Servt
Edward Layler
Honl Lewis Capt

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Benedict, Eleazer GRADE Private LINE Connecticut
WARRANT NUMBER 5409 and 13947 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Dec. 9, 1789 to John Benedict, adm rs .
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.