Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6220, Ebenezer Byxbe, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Bybe Ebenezer Wannah
W 6220
CONTENTS

4532.
Ohio. Cincinnati,
Hannah Bysbe widow of Ebenezer Bysbe Esq. who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Reported
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 26 Dollars //
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of March 1849 and sent to
Wm Daniel Duncan M.C.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 333 Vol. 41.

No 13465
Hannah Bysebe wid of Ebenezer a
Act 7 May 1838 43444 No 9596.
Married 1791 Husband died 1813
Adm d 7 mo 25 days Jan y 26 11
Accts 38 43444 48
Wm Daniel Duncan A.C.C.

State of Ohio Delaware County ss
On the 21 st day of September A.D. 1897 personally appeared before the undersigned associate judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid Hannah Byxbe a resident of Berlin Township in the County of Delaware aged Eighty four 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 of the act of Congress passed July 7, 1838 entitled "An act granting half-pay and pensions to certain Widows!" That she is the widow of Ebenezer Byxbe who was a private in the Company of Capt Daniel Barnes in the Reg t commanded by Col Jonathan Ward in the War of the Revolution; that said Ebenezer Byxbe resided in Partridgefield in Berkshire County and State of Massachusetts during the said War of the Revolution and entered the service on the 7 th day of May in the year 1775 as she verily believes from her recollection of the information she received from said Byxbe in his lifetime as well as her certificate of his service from the Secretary of State of Mass, hereto attached; the length of time that said Byxbe was in the service she is not able to say, but from the best of her information and belief she thinks she was engaged in the service during the most of said War either as a volunteer or a substitute, and at one time held the post of corporal at what period of his service in said War or in whose company he held said post she is not able to say. Said Byxbe was from the best of her information and belief at the taking of the Ft. of Ticonderaga, and accompanied the expedition of Gen.

Montgomery to Quebec, and was subsequently in the battle of Saratoga, at the capture of Burgoyne and the battle of the White Plains, She further declares that she was married to the said Ebenezer Byxbee on the day of May in the year Seventeen hundred and ninety One that her husband the aforesaid Ebenezer Byxbee died on the 2 d day of October Eighteen hundred and thirteen; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the mar- riage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four viz at the time above stated.
Sworn to and subscribed on the mark day and year above written before me.
M c Griffin Associate judge
The State of Ohio Delaware County ss I, Marshall L. Griffin Associate judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid, hereby certify that the above named Hannah Byxbee declarant in the foregoing declaration is old and feeble and in consequence of bodily infirmity she is prevented from appearing before the Court, given under my hand officially this 21 st day of September AD 1847
M c Griffin Associate judge of Court of Common Pleas Del. Co. O.

The State of Ohio Delaware County ss
Be it remembered that on the 23 rd day of September AD 1847 personally appeared before me Marshal L Griffin an associate judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid Moses Byxbe (well known to me) aged sixty three years who being duly sworn according to law upon his oath says; that he is a son of Col. Moses Byxbe a brother of Ebenezer Byxbe who was a soldier of the Revolution; that affiant has heard his father in his lifetime as well as as well as his uncle Benjamin South of whom were soldiers of the Revolution, say that said Ebenezer Byxbe was a soldier of said war of the Revolution; that he entered the service sometime in the Spring of 1775 and that in the fall of the year 1775 he started in the Army from the City of Boston by way of the Kennebec river in Maine and so across to the St. Lawrence, to Quebec, that he was at the taking of the Ft. of Ticonderoga from which campaign he did not return until the next spring to wit: in the Spring of 1776; that he said Ebenezer as this affiant was informed by his father and uncle aforesaid, was subsequently in the battles of Bennington, the White Plains, Saratoga and at the capture of Burgoyne. — Affiant further says that his father the said Col. Moses Byxbe in the month of November or December 1792 was living in the lower part of the Town of Washington in Berkshire County Massachusetts, that at that time his father moved up on to what was called Washington Street in said Township; that at that time and previous thereto the said Ebenezer Byxbe and Hannah Byxbe were living together as man and wife; and this affiant further says that the said Hannah Byxbe has been the reputed and acknowledged wife of the said Ebenezer Byxbe for a period of more than fifty five years, Moses Byxbe Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written M c Griffin Associate Judge

The State of Ohio Delaware County ss
I Marshal L. Griffin an associate judge the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid, hereby certify that the within named Moses By affiant in the foregoing Affidavit, is well known to me and that he is a very respectable and intelligent man that he stands high for truth and veracity.
L. Griffin Associate Judge

The State of Ohio Delaware County ss
Be it remembered that on the 21 st day of Sept. A D 1847 personally appeared before me Marshal L. Griffin One of the Associate judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid William Smith Eliza Eighty two years (well known to me) and being duly sworn according to law upon his oath says: that he was married at the House of Col. Moses Byxbe a brother of Ebenezer Byxbe in the Town of Washington in Berkshire County in the State of Massachusetts 20 th day of September A D 1791: that a year from the next spring following to wit; in the year A D 1793 the said Ebenezer Byxbe and Hannah Byxbe his wife with whom this affiant was well acquainted was furnished with a team by the said Col. Moses Byxbe to move off to the Susquehanna river in the State of Pennsylvania, that at that time and previous thereto the said Ebenezer Byxbe and the said Hannah Byxbe were living together as man and wife; the said Affiant discloses the above circumstances as a fact by which he cannot be mistaken that the said Ebenezer Byxbe and Hannah Byxbe were living together as man & wife previous to the 1 st of Jan y 1794, to wit in the spring of 1793.
William Smith
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written
L. Griffin Associate Judge
The State of Ohio Delaware County ss
I, M. L. Griffin Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County aforesaid hereby certify that above William Smith affiant in the foregoing affidavit is well known to me and that he is a very intelligent and respectable citizen of the County aforesaid
L. Griffin
Associate Judge

TO ALL WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County, do hereby certify, that Marshal L Griffin Esqr before whom the foregoing Declaration & affidavits appears to have been made  sworn  before me  was at the time of subscribing the same, and now is, an acting Judge of the  Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I the Clerk aforesaid, have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court at Delaware, in the said County, this 24
day of September A. D. 1847.
George W Stark Clerk.

December 13, 1910.
Mr. Eben Putnam,
Wellesley Farms, Mass.
Sir:
In response to your letter dated the 30" ultimo and received the 2" instant, relative to the Revolutionary War pension claim, Widow's File No. 6,830, Hannah widow of Ebenezer Bixbe, you are advised that her claim was allowed for his services as Private for seven months and twenty-five days, based upon two reports from the Secretary of Massachusetts, one dated September 8, 1847 which states that
" the name of Ebenezer Bixby is borne upon a Muster Roll of Captain Daniel Barnes's company in Col Jonathan Ward's regt. in the Eight Months service, as a private of Partridgefield, from May 7 to August 1 1775, 12 weeks and 2 days- so stated upon the roll.
Upon a Return of said company, in said regt. as a private of Partridgefield, No service named. From said return it appears that Said Bixby went to Quebec, - said return was probably made out in October 1775.
The above is all the evidence of Service of any one of the name, shown by the Military records in this Office."
and one dated December 13, 1847 which states that
"the name of Ebenezer Bixbee is borne upon a Muster Roll of Capt Daniel Barnes's Company in Col Jonathan Ward's Regt. in the Eight Months service, as a private of Partridgefield, from May 7 to August 1, 1775, 12 weeks & 2 days, so carried out upon the roll. Also upon a Return of said Company in said regt. as a private of Partridgefield, - no service named & said return is not dated. Against his name is written the following-viz. "on command at Quebec." It also appears from said return, that a soldier whose name is borne thereon, died "September 29, 1775." which shows that the return was made out at or subsequent to that time. It has always been understood at this Office when the name of a Soldier is found upon a Return of the 8 Months Men of 1775, dated as late as October of that year, that the Commissioner allowed service of that Soldier from his

"enlistment to January 1, 1776, whether there was positive proof of it or not.
There is no other roll of Said Capt Barnes of 1775 in this Office."
There is no testimony of any person who served with him, on file in the claim.
The widow alleges that she married said soldier in May, 1791, and that he died October 3, 1813. In an affidavit executed in Delaware County, Ohio, on September 23, 1847. Moses Byxbe states that he is sixty-three years old and is the son of Colonel Moses Byxbe a brother of Ebenezer, and that he also had an uncle Benjamin, all of whom were Revolutionary War soldiers. He also states that Hannah had been the reputed and acknowledged wife of said Ebenezer for more than fifty-five years.
Septimus Witter testifies that he went with Ebenezer Byxbe in the Spring or Summer of 1791 to Mr. Babcock's house in Middlefield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts and brought his daughter Hannah Babcock to the house of Ebenezer's brother Colonel Moses Byxbe in Washington, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, from whence they went to the Rev. Mr. Ballentine (but the affiant did not go with them), upon their return they were reputed married.
There is no record of said marriage or of soldier's death on file.
The above noted is the only Revolutionary War pension claim filed on account of the services of a soldier named Ebenezer Byxbe or Bixby or any similar name.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

1909 Aug. 11. Hist. Soc. Willard G. Bixby & L.Mc. 1910 Dec. 12. Data to Eben Putnam, Wellesley Farms Mass.
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 6220
Hannah Bixby Wid.
Ebenezer Bixby Port. Rev. War
Act: Feby. 28/48
Index:—Vol. a , Page 111
[Arrangement of 1870.]

N 13465 Hannah Pysebi
Lt. Col. J. R. Hubbard Nov. 2 '47 James R. Hubbard, July 14, 48
Act July 1838

8570. Ohio. Cincin. Hannah Byrbe. widow of Ebenezer who was a Private in the Revs
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 2 Dollars //.
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of March 1849 and sent to H. Duncan Daniel Duncan M.C.
[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 201.

10.604,
Ohio Cincinnati
Hannah Rygge
Widow of Ebenezer
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 1813.
of in the State of
who was a Pri. in the Company
commanded by Captain of the
Regt commanded by in
the line for 7 mos & 25 ds
Inscribed on the Roll of Cincinnati at the rate of 26. Dollars 11.
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of March 1849 and sent to
Wm Daniel Brucan M.C
Total amount, $
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by G. Schuch Clerk, Book D Vol. 1 Page 383,

Prun M Feb 3
IV
James R. Hubbell. Attorney at Law. Delaware. Ohio —

Peru. Feb. 3 rd . 1848
Dear Sir—
Your letter of the 23 rd of December was received a few days since. and is now before me. You ask for information respecting the marriage of Ebenezer Babbitt and Hannah Babcock. I have examined the records of the Town of Peru and also of Partridgefield and can find no record of the names of either of the above named persons. And I further certify that according to my best knowledge there is no record existing of the solemnization of a marriage of the said parties.
Respectfully, Yours. Milo Stowell James R. Hubbell Town Clerk

Delaware O. December 27, 1848
Col. J.S. Edmuns,
Sir-
Sometimes in the month of September (I think) I forwarded you the Affidavit of Mr. Septimius Witter showing the marriage of Mrs. Hannah Byrle (an Applicant for a pension) with Ebenezer Byrle and as yet I have received no reply, The delay to me is unavoidable and I have been fearful that possibly the communication had been mislaid on the way. I trust I shall have as early a reply as convenient.
And much Oblige
Your Ob st Serv t
James R. Hubbard
Delaware
Ohio
Col. J.S. Edmuns
Commission of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston:
September 8 1847.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Ebenezer Dixby is borne upon a Muster Roll of Capt Daniel Parnas's company in Col Jonathan Ward's regt. in the Eight Months Service, as a private of Partridgefield, from May 7 to August 1 1775. 12 weeks and 2 days - So stated upon the roll.
Upon a Return of said company, in said regt, as a private of Partridgefield, No Service named. From said return it appears that said Dixby went to Quebec. - Said return was probably made out in October 1775.
The above is all the evidence of Service of any one of the name, shown by the

Military records 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 C. Hovey,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

FOR CERTIFICATE OF REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES, the Widow of the party who rendered the service.
State of Ohio City of Delaware Town of Berlin .
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office, of the service of Ebenezer Bybe in the war of the Revolution.
He was a native of the Town of Roxbury in the County of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts
He enlisted from the Town of Patridgefield in the County of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts in the year 1775 as a private in the Company commanded by Captain [blank] in [blank] Regiment and he served as follows, * viz:—
He was from the best of my recollection at the taking of the Ft. of Ticonderoga and accompanied the expedition of Gen. Montgomery to Quebec, and was subsequently in the battle of Saratoga, at the capture of Burgoyne, and the battle of the White Plains: She said Bybe my deceased husband was I think a corporal in the Army, but at what particular time he held that office or the length of time he was in the service I am not able to say as I obtained what knowledge I have upon the subject from my husband.
* Here describe as fully as may be, the length of service, the rank &c. of the claimant, or the capacity in which he served, and all other particulars known.

previous to his death which which occurred in the year 1813 but my impression is that he entered as a volunteer or was drafted at different times during the whole war and did not remain any very considerable time in the service at any one time or period. The names of the Capt of the Company and the Col of the Regiment to which he belonged I do not now recollect.
I am now 84 years old, and my memory does not enable me to state the services more fully than above stated.
WITNESS my hand, this 12 th day of August A. D. 1847.
Signed by said Hannah Byxbe in my presence, James R. Hubbard JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
Hannah her Byxbe mark

THE STATE OF OHIO, DELAWARE COUNTY, Ss.
I, GEORGE W. STARK, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County, do hereby certify, that R Hurbell before whom the foregoing Declaration appears to have been attested was at the time of subscribing the same, and now is, an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I the Clerk aforesaid, have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court at Delaware, in the said County, this 13 th
day of August A. D. 1847.
Geo W Stark Clerk

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, December 13 th 1847.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Ebenezer Brimbee is borne upon a Master Roll of Capt Daniel Parnell's Company in Col Jonathan Ward's Regt, in the Eight Months Service, as a private of Partridgefield, from May 7 to August 1 1775. 12 weeks & 2 days. He carried out upon the roll. — Also upon a Return of said Company in said regt as a private of Partridgefield. — no Service named. & said return is not dated. — Against his name is written the following viz. "on Command at Quebec." — It also appears from said return, that a Soldier whose name is borne thereon, died "September 29 1775," which shows that the return was made out at or subsequent to that time. It has

always been understood at this Office when the name of Soldier is found upon a Return of the 89 months men of 1775. dated as late as October of that year, that the Commissioner allowed service of that Soldier from his enlistment to January 1 1776, whether there was positive proof of it or not.
There is no other roll of said Capt Barnes of 1775 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.
Wm. S. D. Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Delaware O. Nov 9, 1897
Dear Sir -
I recd from you a certificate of the military service of Ebenezer Byxbe in the War of the Revolution. Said certificate did not specify the corps to which said Byxbe was attached nor when he returned from Canada. If it is possible to ascertain from the archives &c those facts it would aid his widow much in the prosecution of her claim against the Government for a pension, accept my thanks for your promptitude in complying with my former communications.
I am sir very respectfully Yours Ott Lio 9
James R. Hubbell Delaware, Ohio.
To the Secy of State Maps

Oct 21/48 Mrs Biscbee
July 21 1848 Hannah Biscbee Wid of Ebenzer
Hon. Chas. G. Bennett Commissioner of Pensions Antonia Washington City U.S.

Delaware Febreary 15. 1848
Hon. Jas. L. Edmuns,
Dear Sir
Enclosed I send you the Certificate of the Sec'y of State of Me. ap. with reference to the Revolutionary Service of Ebenezer Byxbee, by which it appears said Byxbee entered the service in May 1775 and that the return was made out subsequent to the 29 th day of Sept 1775. which I trust will be satisfactory evidence to show that his widow is entitled to a pension for the six months service. I have written to the Town Clks of Washington and Peru to ascertain whether any record evidence was attainable from the records of said Towns of the marriage of said parties, but am informed from the enclosed answers that no evidence can be found of the marriage of said parties. I presume that no record evidence exists of the marriage of said parties. And forward you the enclosed letters and to lay the foundation for the introduction of the testimony of individuals and for that purpose I hope they may be satisfactory. - You will observe by a careful examination of the Affidavits of Messrs Smith & Byxbee both of whom for truth & intelligence stand high and above reproach, that said witnesses know from circumstances by which they could not be mistaken (although trivial in their character) that said Ebenezer Byxbee and Hannah Byxbee were living together as man and wife sometime previous to the 1 st of Jan y 1794. I trust and hope that the evidence you have of the service and marriage may be satisfactory.
I am Sir very Respectfully
Your G d Serv t
James P. Hubbard.

July 3/48 Hannah Ruby
Also
Hon. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.
Jas R. Muble Delaware Ohio

Delaware June 27, 1848
Sir-
I wish to know what disposition has been made of the application of Mrs. Hannah Byle for a pension "on account of the service of her deceased husband, Ebenezer Byle, in the Arty of the Revolution. And also whether you have rec d a Certificate & other evidence from the Secy of State Mass, in regard to service of said Byle. An early answer is much desired.
Yours Respectfully, James P. Hubbard Delaware Ohio
To the Hon. J.S. Edwards Comm r of Pensions

Sept 16. 48 Add. En. Mr. W. C. C. Bayle.
J. B. Northell,
Col. James L. Edwards Postmaster from Fleming Washington (D.C.)
FREE

Delaware Sept. 11. 1848
Sir -
Enclosed I send you the Affidavit of Mr. Septimius Witter as to the marriage of Wannah Byxhe with Ebenezer Byxhe an applicant for a pension on account of the services of said Byxhe in the War of the Revolution. I trust the evidence of Mr Witter taken in connection with the affidavits of Major Smith & Byxhe, that you have upon that subject will be satisfactory. Mrs Byxhe in her declaration says (from my recollection) that the marriage took place in 1792 she thinks; the other witnesses think earlier in 1791. The old lady is aged and infirm and her memory has very much failed her. I think however you will have no doubt whatever but that the marriage took place just to as early as 1792 for all the witnesses are positive upon that subject. A speedy reply is much desired.
And much obliged
Your Ob t Serv t
James P. Hubbard Delaware
To James L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.
Ohio

13465 Sep 30 47
Samuel Bypeve
1838
Wm. H. Calhoun
Common Pleas of Penn.
Washington
(15)
P.O.
4/2

Delaware Ct. Sept 24/47
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Sir -
Enclosed I send you the declaration of Mrs Hannah Byxbe an applicant for a pension under the provision of the Act of Congress of July 7, 1847, and trust that it will be satisfactory. The old Ladys memory is very treacherous and having no family record she does not recollect the day of the month that she was married; but the Affidavit of Messrs Smith and Byxbe considering the high respectability of the men will I trust be satisfactory to you that the marriage took place previous to the first of January 1797, please reply at as early a date as practicable, and
Much Oblige.
Your Obt Servt
James R. Hubbell
To the Commissioner of Pensions

The State of Ohio Greene County ss.
Be it known that on this 30 th day of Aug- ust A.D. 1848 personally appeared before me John A. Foss a justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid Septimius Wither, well known to me, aged seventy seven years and being duly sworn in due form of law upon his oath says that he was intimately acquainted with Ebenezer Byxbe a soldier of the War of Revolution and Hannah Babcock wife of the said Ebenezer both before and after their intermarriage which Affiant thinks took place in the Spring or summer of the year Seventeen Hundred and Ninety One (1791); That in the Spring or summer of that year; to wit, A.D. 1791 the said Ebenezer Byxbe requested Affiant to go with him to Mr. Babcocks in the Town of Middlefield in the County of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts and bring the said Hannah to his (Ebenezer) brother (Col. Moses Byxbe) in the Town of Washington in said County and that the said Col. Moses Byx- be would procure the attendance of the Rev. Mr. Ballentine on their return to solemnize the mar- riage of the said Ebenezer Byxbe to the said Hannah Babcock; that on their return the said Rev. Mr. Ballentine was not there and the said Eben- ezer and Hannah then went to the House of the Rev. Mr. Ballentine accompanied by a young man and woman living at the said Col. Moses Byxbe's, but this Affiant was not with them; they returned and were reputed to have been married and Affiant has no doubt whatever but what they were lawfully married; they went to his fathers and afterwards set out for his home and were ever after that recognized and acknowledged to have been man and wife and lived and cohabited together as such; that said marriage Affiant is quite

Certain took place in the spring or summer of the year AD 1791 and knows from the following facts or circumstances that said parties were living and cohabiting together as man and wife and were reputed and acknowledged as such persons to the 1st of January AD 1794,
Hannah Babcock had previous to her Marriage lived in the family of Col, William Richards some years in the neighborhood where I lived and Elizabeth Babcock her sister younger lived with my Brother about three years at the same time where I made my home. Mrs Bybee has a sister now living in Auburn about five miles from me who remembers my coming to her fathers with Ebenezer Bybee at the time they went to be married her name is Olive Ormsby her first husbands name was Burton in the same summer subsequent to their Marriage I worked as Journeyman on the Muting House in Middlefield which was in the year 1791. I was twenty years old the January Previous to their Marriage if I live to the coming January I shall be seventy eight Septimius Witter Sworn to and subscribed the day & year above written John A Ford Justice of the peace
The State of Ohio Greene County ss
The undersigned justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid hereby Certifies that the said Septimius Witter Affiant in the foregoing affidavit is well known to him and that the said Witter is an aged and respectable person of unassuming integrity, of sound mind and memory and that his foregoing statement is entitled to full faith and Credit John A Ford Justice of the peace

The State of Ohio I Lorenzo J. Rider Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Geauga in the State of Ohio do hereby certify that John A. Ford Esquire before whom the annexed and foregoing affidavit was taken was at the time of taking the same and still is a justice of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn agreeably to the laws of the State of Ohio and to all whose official acts as such full faith and credit are and ought to be given throughout the United States and elsewhere. And I further certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said justice and the foregoing signatures purporting to be his official signatures I believe to be genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Leavittown this fourth day of September AD 1848
Lorenzo J. Rider Clerk By Wm Keeny Deputy

Washington Mass Dec 6 th
10
James R. Hubbard Esqr
Delaware
Ohio

Washington Mass Dec 3 1844
Sir I received the letter from you wishing me to examine the marriage record of my Father Rev H m G Ballantine the former Minister of Washington and the Town records which are now in my possession as Town Clerk which I have done but can find no record of the marriage of the persons named in your letter - But I find by examining the records that my Father married some of the Bybee family & likewise one of the Babcock family who lived then in the town of Partridgefield so called who married their wives in Washington Jones Babcock was married in the year 1792 - I find also other records where both parties belonged to Partridgefield - The Bybee family lived in that part of Partridgefield which is now called Hinkdale and there is an elderly Lady living in that town since to the said Bybee whose name is Meecham a Widow she may know something about the marriage or there may be some old Town records in the Town (now called Peru) of the marriage I can give you no further information at present
Yours Respectfully H m G Ballantine J. B. Hubble Esq

OFFICE OF  BLACKINGS.  S. M. Bixby & Co.  FINE SHOE
Nos. 194 & 196 HESTER ST.
New York, July 30, 1909.
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
I write to ask if you have on record in your books, any information about Rachel Byxbe, Peletiah Byxbe or Ebenezer Byxbe, pensioners of the Revolutionary War. I believe all lived at one time in Washington or Partridgefield, Mass., and have heard that later one lived in Eastern Pa., and still later in Delaware Co., Ohio. If you have any such information will you kindly send me a copy of it., if you have not, can you tell me where I could obtain further information in the matter.
Hoping to hear from you shortly, I remain, Very truly yours,
Enc St. Env. NFG
S. M. Bixby

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by A. P. Wilson Dec 6, 1910
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant Ebenezer Pixby or Pixby Soldier _____ or any spelling of the name
Service _____
Additional Service Rev
No. _____ claim, State records _____, 190_____
No claim, combination records _____, 190_____
REMARKS:
No O. W. Inv. Wid. or Rev. as above except Wid 62 S. O.

DEC 2 1910 ack Dec 6 1910 aw
Personal
Wellesley Farms, Mass., Nov. 30, 1910.
My dear Miss Wilson;
I fear when I was overhauling the Bixby revolutionary papers, I failed to obtain the papers in case of Ebenezer Byxbe, widow file 6220. perhaps because of the odd spelling of the name. I have a brief of his service, supplied to Mr W.G.Bixby, probably by your assistant, and as it is in direct contradiction to our state record, I am hoping you may be able to do me the great favor of reading the affidavits etc on file in the case, and to tell me if there is any evidence to sustain the application, of a nature which you think I would care to have copied.
Hannah the widow Ebenezer Byxbe was 84 when she made her application in 1847, and claimed to have married her husband in 1791. She claims he was of Partridgefield, Mass., Barn's company, Ward's regiment, which identifies him with the Ebenezer of the Mass Rev. Soldiers etc. But the Mass. Rolls show that said Ebenezer also enlisted in Cleveland's company, Jackson's regiment, and was killed in 1777.
Furthermore there was living in 1853, she died that year, a Rachel Bixby, widow of a Partridgefield Bixby who was in the war and who was killed in the war, and it would seem his name was Ebenezer. These two ladies had children bearing the same names, but Hannah's naturally were younger.
I think in some way, the government must have been either imposed upon, or else we have a very peculiar condition I can't explain. I would like to get the names of the men who said they served with Ebenezer, so I can follow their record on our rolls. There were Aaron, Benjamin, Ebenezer, Moses, Peletiah Bixby all brothers, in the army, and of these Peletiah and Ebenezer were killed. Ebenezer was born in 1744. Rachel's husband is said to have died in 1777, and Hannah's in 1813. Eben of 1777 could hardly have had a son of same name old enough to also served.
I trust you are well.
Sincerely yours
Ebenezer Bixby
Miss Wilson, Pension Bureau.
Both Rachel & Hannah lived in Ohio. do you suppose Hannah got pension on her father in law's record, having married a son of same name?

sion on file in this Bureau. Ebenezer Bybee wid. File 6220
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   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 7, 1775 — Pvt. Daniel Barns Jonathan Ward Mass.                                                   
Battles engaged in, Fort Ticonderoga, White Plains, Bunker Hill, Saratoga Residence of soldier at enlistment, Stratford, Berkshire Co. Mass. Date of application for pension, Sept. 21, 1847 Residence at date of application, Berlin Twp. Delaware Co. Ohio Age at date of application, 74 yrs.
Remarks: Soldier was a native of Roxbury, Mass. He married  May — 1791 Hannah Babcock and  died Oct. 2, 1813.
brothers Moses & Benjamin
Very respectfully.