Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S, 37814, Ebenezer Byington, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Byington, Ebenezer
S 37814
CONTENTS

18.678
Connecticut
Ebenezer Byington, aged 70
of New Haven in the State of Conn who was a Sergeant in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Meigs of the Conn line, for the term of 1777- 3 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 4 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 of June 1822 and sent to Mrs. Bridget Byington New Haven, Conn
Arrears to 4th of March 1822 375.99
Semi-annual allowance ending Sept 1822 48
216 mo 27/4 8 368 130 131 $423.99
6.96 1.3 $375.99
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
May 1. 1820
Not on list

17, 120.
Eleazer Byington New-Haven Co. Conn. 4. April 1818. April 4 th 1818
S. Baldwin Secy Co. Haven, Con.
deserted 22 Dec. 1778
inadmisible
Col. Meigs regt. Connect. line, March, 1777, to July, 1780.
Stated to have deserted 22 nd Dec r 1778.
Will m Bristol, agt. New-Haven, Conn. rec d 15. July, 1820.

Appointed Serf. by Col o . Meigs, 4 th March, 1777 —
Procured Jacob White as a substitute, and discharged by Sam l . H. Parson, B. H. June 9, 1780.
Inadmissible — The applicant having enlisted for 3 years, — deserted before the expiration of the term, — and not afterwards joined his regiment.

Connecticut ss
I Ebenezer Byington a citizen of the United States States residing in Branford in New Haven County in said State, do declare under oath that I hereby swear that I served my country in the revolutionary war on the continental establishment more than three years - That I enlisted on or about the 24 th of March 1777 as a Sergeant in Capt Jonas Brewster company in Col. Mays regiment usually called the 4 th in the Connecticut line of the Army - otherwise called the 6 th regiment on the Connecticut line & continued to serve till the 9 th of June 1780 when I procured a man to take my place & was regularly discharged & now produce my warrant & discharge -
and I further depose & say that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life I now need assistance from my country for support.
I therefore pray that I may be placed on the Pension List of the United States according to the provisions of the Act of Congress of 18 th March 1818. in such case made & provided - Dated at New Haven this 4 th day of April 1818
Ebenezer Byington
New Haven County ss New Haven Apr. 4 th 1818
I certify that the above named Ebenezer Byington to me then made known personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the declaration above by him subscribed in my presence before me Simson S. Haddow a Judge of the Superior Court of Connecticut

New Haven County ss
I Thomas G. Wolcott of Branford do hereby say that I well knew the above named Eben H. Hvington & know that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he now needs assistance from his country for support. New Haven April 4 th 1818.
Thos. G. Wolcott
Simson Baldwin a Judge of the Superior Court of Connecticut
To the Hon. The Secretary of the Department of War
I certify that it appears to my satisfaction that Eben Hvington the applicant served in the Revolutionary war against the common enemy as stated in his Declaration. I therefore certify & transmit the evidence in his case & enclose his warrant & discharge.
April 4 th 1818
Simson Baldwin a Judge of the Superior Court of Connecticut
State of Connecticut New Haven County ss
New Haven April 11 th 1818.
I Dyer White Clerk of the Superior Court of State for the said County & having the seal thereof do certify that the several certificates annexed are subscribed by the name Simson Baldwin in the proper handwriting of Simson Baldwin one of the Judges of the said Court of State well known to me. In testimony whereof I affix the seal of said Court.
Dyer White

Schedule.
District of Connecticut ss. New Haven, county of New Haven
On this 29 th day of May A.D. 1822 before the Superior court of the State of Connecticut, held according to law, by the special appointment of the chief justice, being a court of record, with jurisdiction unlimited in amount, and keeping a record of its proceedings, personally appeared in open court, being a court of record for said county Ebenezer Pynchon aged seventy years resident in Branford in said county of New Haven who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the revolutionary war as follows, viz. as may fully appear by my declaration, by me subscribed and sworn, now on file in the office of the department of war, to which reference is made as part of this declaration. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818. and that I have not since that time, by gift sale or in any manner disposed of any property or any part thereof, with intent thereby or to diminish it, so to bring myself within the provisions of the 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 18 th 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, viz. one broad acre of the value of one dollar, one hand saw of the value of fifty cents, two joints of the value of one

dollar fifty cents, one tenant saw, of the value of fifty cents, three augers of the value of dollar, an old set of knives and forks of the value of fifty cents, one set of pewter plates of the value of one dollar fifty cents, one small iron pot of the value of seventy five cents, one old tickle of the value of fifty cents. My occupation is that of a joiner, being seventy years of age, and infirm, I am unable to pursue my occupation. I have a wife who is old and feeble, and I reside in the family of my son, who affords me my principal support; who is of age, and has a family of his own, and is dependent on his own industry for his support. New Haven May 29 th 1822 Ebenezer Boyington.
Sworn to and declared, on the 29 th day of May 1822 before the Superior court for New Haven county. Attest,
Chas. A. Ingersoll Clerk Pro Tem
I Charles A. Ingersoll Clerk Pro. Tem. of the Superior court of the State of Connecticut for New Haven county, 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 seven dollars seventy five cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this 29 th day of May 1822.
Chas. A. Ingersoll Clerk Pro. Tem. of the Superior court of the State of Connecticut for New Haven county.

Ebenezer Boynton of the 6 th Connec t Regiment having procured Jacob White to enlist to serve during the War is discharged from the Army June 9 th 1700 Sam H. Parsons B G

RETURN JONATHAN MEIGS, ESQUIRE, Colonel and Commander of a Continental Regiment of Foot, raised in Connecticut, in Defence of the Thirteen United States of America.
To
Ebenezer Byington
GREETING.
REPOSING special Confidence in your Courage, Skill and good Conduct, I do by these Presents Constitute and Ap- point you the said Ebenezer Byington to be Serjeant of the at Company in the Regiment now under my Command. You are therefore faithfully and dili- gently to exercise the several Trusts and Duties of said Office, in a strict and careful discharge of the same; and you are to observe and obey all such Orders as you may from Time to Time receive from me, or other your superior Officer: And to instruct them the said Company in the use of Arms, and all necessary Duties; command- ing them to obey you as their Serjeant, for which, this shall be your sufficient WARRANT.
Given under my Hand and Seal, at New London this 4 th Day of March Anno Domini, 1777
Ebenezer Byington
BYINGTON, EBENEZER

37 814
INVALID.
Revg
File No. 37 814
Ebenezer Byington
Serg Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: — Vol. 2 , Page 59
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I the Subscribers being personally acquainted with Lemuel H. H.ington and am knowing to his being very Poor but that he has ever in a firm friend to his Country and I have heard it observed that he deserved a pension
John Patten
State of Connecticut New Haven County ss Branford December 17 th 1821

I David Thompson of Guilford in the County of New Haven & State of Connecticut being of Lawful age do Testify & Say that I served as a Sergeant in Col Meigs Regiment for a number of years in the Revolutionary War and that I was Personally acquainted with Ebenezer Byington of Branford in said New Haven County & was knowing to his serving as a Sergeant in the same Regiment for more than a year and that I understood by common report that he enlisted for three years and was returned during the war and have since then that I was knowing to his procuring a substitute to serve during the war upon which he received a Discharge from General Parsons and I have always understood that he was Friend to his Country and further the Deponent saith not David Thompson
New Haven County ss Guilford December the 28 D 1821 Personally appeared the aforesaid David Thompson who was cautioned and Examined and sworn agreeable to Law to the foregoing Deposition taken at the Request of John Scranton Junr agent Improved by the said Byington & to be used and of Obtaining a Pension from the United States of America Sworn before me David S Fowler Justice of the Peace

Old Can. 17, 120
Ebenezer Byington.
New Haven Co. Conn.
Mr. Bristol Agt.
New Haven, Conn.
John L. D. D. D. New Haven Feb 4 9 Newburyport

Sir
New Haven July 10 1820 -
I have the honor to transmit you the Petition and declaration of Ebenezer Dymitson, with its ten additional testimony shewing the circumstances under which he left the army - and have to request that the Secy of War will see amice the same -
The applicant conceives that a fraud was practised upon him when he enlisted and that his leaving the army, was justifiable or at least excusable under the circumstances which attended it. and he conceives that the conduct of Genl. Parsons in granting him a discharge upon procuring a Substitute, was a misapplication of the terms of enlistment stated in his affidavit by the Commanding General; and that if ever in the army was an offence that permitted him to the subsequent acceptance of a Substitute and giving him a discharge , is an act of policy by which he is restored to his rights under the act of 18 March 1818 -
Mr Dymitson is a very honest man & meritorious Soldier - entitled to every indulgent consideration which the law will warrant -
He has not made out an inventory agreeable to the act of last Congress; not supposing that necessary at this time as his Declaration was long before the last mentioned act.
If this business is deemed indispensable at this time, I will thank you to inform me and it shall be done -
With much respect
Saml C. Goshorn -
Feb 5th 1820

Pension department
Recd 212 June 1822
Hon John C Calhoun
Secretary of war
Washington City

New Haven June 9 th 1822 -
Sir -
I now transmit a schedule of Mr Byington's property agreeable to the act of loaning and the request of Mr Edwards. Mr Byington wishes the answer to his application transmitted to me at New Haven.
I have the honor to be very respectfully
Yr obb St - Wm Bristol
Hon John Calhoun. Secy of War -

I James Harrison of Branford in the County of New Haven and State of Connecticut being of Lawful age testify and say that I am personally acquainted with Ebenezer Byington of Branford in said County and that I was acquainted with him during the Revolutionary war and am knowing to his serving as a soldier more than eight months at one time in the said war
And further the deponent saith not
James Harrison New Haven County ss Branford December 17 th 1821 personally appeared the aforesaid James Harrison who was examined caution and sworn agreeable to law to the foregoing deposition taken at the request of John Scranton Jr. agent to the said Ebenezer Byington and to be used and improved by the said Byington for the purpose of obtaining a pension from the United States of America
Sworn before me
John Potter Justice of the Peace

This is a warm tea as Inter Lined
John Potter

17.120.2
Ebenezer Brington John
M r Bristol.
New Haven Conn t
Recd 22 Jan: 1822.
Schedule no. 12 June 1822.
Suspended for Schedule 12 April 1822.
Washington City D.C.
Secretary of the Navy
Paterson
Ship

State of barefooted
Ebenezer Byington of Brattleboro in the County of New Hampshire being duly sworn deposes and says that on or about the 4th March last year he was approached by Jonas Reuter a Captain in the a company of Col. Mays Regiment = The Deponent further says that said Reuter had two papers for soldiers to sign who enlisted one to serve during the war, and the other for three years; that a conversation took place between the Deponent and said Reuter relative to the duration of the service and as to the terms of enlistment, when said Reuter informed me that if I would enlist I might be discharged at any time after one year provided I should work it and would retain a furlough = The Deponent says that upon this representation and with the most implicit reliance upon the word of said Reuter, he agreed to enlist for three years and no longer - and to sign the articles for three years - when and your Deponent did accordingly sign certain articles

of enlistment which were laid upon the table for him to sign merely supposing and believing them to be an enlistment for three years - and and from said Reuter in consequence thereof made a Sergeant's warrant - and the Depo- nent further says that sometime after this, great surprise he found that instead of signing articles for three years, his signa- ture had been obtained to an enlistment during the war - This discovery the Depo- nent acknowledges caused in his mind much dissatisfaction at the conduct of his Captain and the some complaints of the mis- tion which had been practiced; and after serving more than a year service the Deponent finding it necessary to return home applied to said Reuter for liberty to leave the army and return home upon procuring a substitute agreeable to his original contract - but said Reuter wholly refused this application alleging that he would not discharge good men and take others whom he did not know. The Deponent once desired some of the Officers of the Company to apply to Reuter and receive him of the circum- stances attending the enlistment and the promise of a discharge upon procuring a substitute which he had from him which was accordingly done - but Capt. Reuter refused their application, alleging as the Officers told me, that unless such return

practiced, no Soldier would ever be obtained. Under these circumstances the Deponent left the army; and finally procured Genl Parsons to accept of our Mr Jacob Whistler a substitute and to grant the Deponent a discharge - which discharge never reached the Assistant. The Deponent says that he was compelled to pay said Whistler one hundred & thirty Dollars in Silver besides a Horse, Saddle & Bridle to in- sure him to take his place; and he humbly conceives that if his leaving the army was an offence that still this has been overlooked & pardoned by the Commanding General, and that he is thereby restored to all the rights which he would otherwise have. The Deponent will further state that from his the present intention he had faithfully served his Country for nearly two years in 1775- & 1776 - That he was at the taking of St Johns, was on Long Island when the British landed there; was at the battles of Harlem, & White Plains and some other engagements with the Enemy - That he trusts, been once attached to the corps of Infantry. New Haven July 7. 1820
Sworn to this July 1820 Ebenezer Byington Before me Wm Doolittle Judge of Sup Ct

State of Connecticut
I Jesse Smith of Woodbridge in the County of New Haven & State of Connecticut before and say that I was an acting Sergeant in the same Company with Ebenezer Byington; and of course had to make out all the inspection returns for the Company for some time said Byington was classed with the three years men, or with those who enlisted for three years - This was continued until Captain Prentiss decreed that his name should be transferred to the class of those who enlisted during the war - which accordingly obeyed - There was much complaint in the Company of Capt Prentiss as to his unfairness, and it used to be observed that he saluted others & some during the war - I mentioned well said Byington told me that he enlisted for three years; and that he was again to get a substitute - and I did not hear him far learning under the circumstances - said Byington was a good and faithful Soldier New Haven July 7. 1820 - Jesse Smith
New Haven July 7. 1820
Before me J. Bristol a Judge of the Superior Court
I certify that Ebenezer Byington, sustains a fair character for truth & veracity, and in my opinion, the facts stated in his affidavit are true. July 10th 1820 J. Bristol a Judge of the Superior Court