Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2,448, Ebenezer Coe, Conn. Continental

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn. Continental
Coe, Ebenezer
S. 2448
CONTENTS
carded.

N o 5477
New Jersey
Ebenezer Coe
of Morris Co. in the State of N. Jersey who was a Sergeant in the Company commanded by Captain Hubbard of the Reg't commanded by Col. Huntington in the N. Jersey line for 1 year Conn.
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 60 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th day of Feby. 1833 and sent to Hon. L. Condict, N. B.
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1832 — 90.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4. March 1833 { 30.00
$ 120.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Dead. Let to Hon J W Miller Aug 17 1842
Jan. 24 - 1839

DECLARATION, IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE BENEFIT OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS, PASSED JUNE 7, 1832.
Morris Com. Pleas, August special term, 1832.
STATE OF NEW-JERSEY, } County of Morris } ss.
On this seventh day of August , 1832, personally appeared, in open court, before the Judges of the Superior the court of Common Pleas now sitting Ebenezer Coe Esq. a resident of Randolph township in the County of Morris and State of New-Jersey, aged seventy seven years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1775, on the 7th of December , with Capt. Ebenezer Hubbard and served in the 15th regiment of the Connecticut line, under the following named officers: viz: Colonel Jedidiah Hux- tington - General Parsons commanding the Brigade. - Joined the Company on the 29th of December 1775, at Roxbury in the State of Massachusetts near Boston . Remained there on duty until April 1776; on the 4th  April , left Roxbury - marched through Providence in Rhode Island , & New London in Connecticut , to the city of New York , where he arrived with the Army, on the 20th of April . - continued there till the month of August , when he marched moved with the Army over to Long Island , where after several skirmishes & engagements, he was taken prisoner in battle, at Flatbush , with most of Capt. Hubbards company to which he belonged. He was detained as a prisoner on board a prison ship, & in the city of New York , until some time in January 1777, when he was released on parole. He enlisted for the term of one year & performed the duty of a sergeant. - He was taken prisoner on the 27th  August 1776, with his Lieutenant, Jonathan Gillet , - his Ensign Ebenezer Lyman , the 3 sergeants besides himself, namely, William Talman - Sergt. Parsons & Williams - Corporals, Aaron Drake , Ebenezer Brookfield & Seth Turner , together with eleven others, privates, whose names are recollected & could be mentioned, but presume it is not necessary. Some of them died whilst prisoners, probably from the privations & cruelties exercised upon them in the prison ship of the French Church whilst under Cornwallis . He never performed Militia service, having never been regularly discharged. Was born July 19th 1755, agreeably to a family record kept by his father, a copy is in his possession.
He refers to the testimony of Seth Turner Esq. of Connecticut then a Corporal in the same company, & a fellow prisoner & sufferer, whose deposition is herunto annexed. - He refers to Lewis Condict & Saby Mills of Morris town for his standing in society, & as regard the general report of his being a soldier of the revolution.

Morris Com. pleas, July term 1832.
Morris County New Jersey
I Lewis Condick, the person before whom the within deposition was taken appearing this day in open Court, do solemnly swear on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God, that I was, at that time of taking said affidavit, one of the judges of said Court, & that my own proper signature is attached thereto
Lewis Condick
Sworn & subscribed July 27 th 1832.
William Britton
John T. Farnum of Newark

State of New Jersey County of Morris ss
On this fourth day of July in the Year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and eighteen hundred and before me Lewis Condick One of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Morris, personally came Seth Turner, who being by me first duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he is personally acquainted with Ebenezer Coe: That he knew him as a Sergeant in Captain Ezezer Hubbards Company of the Regiment Commanded by Col. Sedediah Huntington of the Connecticut Line: That he enlisted into the said Company and Regiment at Middletown in the State of Connecticut, on the seventh day of December seventeen hundred and seventy five, and joined the Regiment at Roxbury near Boston the twenty third day of the same month; That he the said Ebenezer Coe continued in the said Company and Regiment, until the twenty seventh day of August Seventeen hundred and seventy five, on which day he the said Ebenezer Coe with this Deponent was taken Prisoner at Flatbush on Long Island in the State of New York at the battle at that place; That the said Ebenezer Coe and this deponent remained the prisoners of the enemy until some time in the month of January seventeen hundred and seventy seven; This Deponent further saith that he was a part of the time a corporal of the said Company and Regiment; That it was on the Continental establishment on which they both served; That the time of their service and imprisonment would embrace a period of more than one year.
Seth Turner
Sworn and subscribed before me one day and year first above written, Lewis Condick.

He 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, is only on that of the Agency of the State of New Jersey .
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Stephen Vail
We, Lewis Condick , & Jabez Mills , Ebenezer Coe residing in the County of Morris hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Ebenezer Coe Esq. who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy seven years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood 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.
Stephen Vail
Lewis Condick
Jabez Mills
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, that the abovenamed applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
Stephen Vail
William Britton
I David Day Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Ebenezer Coe for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this Seventh day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirtytwo.
David Day
I certify to the Secretary of War, that Ebenezer Coe Esq. the above Declarant is well known to me, as a man of integrity & truth, & that full reliance may be placed in his declaration. I have known him well for 25 years or longer, & am well satisfied of the truth of his narration. He is now, I have been many years, one of the Magistrates & Judges of this County.
Morris town, N. Jery. August 10 th 1832.
Lewis Condick , one of the Representatives from N. Jery.

I certify that Mr. Seth Turner whose affidavit is annexed to the foregoing papers per- tains a fair character as a man of integrity & veracity & is entitled to credit.
Atty Washington Feb. 2 d 1833
William L. Storrs Representative in Congress from Conn.
Ebenezer Dorr No 4. 630
[Faint handwritten text, possibly "I certify"]

Ebenezer Lee No 4630
New Jersey
Lisbon Jan. 1833
Day 5:14
Abner L. Condit
Admitted
Myer Sergeant
P-197
$60
E

Family  BRIEF in the case of  Robert Lee of Randolph  of Morris in the State of  New Jersey  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 77  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.     Dec In 1775 17th Connecticut Regiment 1 Sergeant Capt Hubbard. Col Huntington Genl Parsons  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Long Island & Flatbush  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Connecticut  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living & Traditional  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.
Jas McKim Examining Clerk.

Ebenezer Coe, Jersey Coll, act June 7. 1832, at $60 per Annum.
Be pleased to say to what time he was last paid
Parson's Office Aug 17. 1842.
Died 24 th Jan. 1839.
Paid to day of his death 2 nd yr. 1839. —
ABT/B.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section AWF/eel
January 24, 1930
Elsie M. Huntley 785 Main Street Great Barrington, Massachusetts
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.2448, it appears that Ebenezer Coe was born July 19, 1755.
He enlisted December 7, 1775, served as a sergeant in Captain Hubbard's Company, Colonel Jedediah Huntington's Connecticut Regiment until August 27, 1776, when he was taken prisoner at the battle of Flatbush and held as such on board a prison ship and in New York until January, 1777, when he was released on parole.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 7, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Randolph Township, Morris County, New Jersey.
He died January 24, 1839. 4 B
There are no data as to his family.
The above noted is the only soldier named Ebenezer Coe found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau who served with the Connecticut Troops.
Very truly yours
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.

1920 Nov. 1 Hist. to Mr. N. J. Conkling. 1930 Jan. 24 - Hist. to Eliza M. Hambley See letter in Ebenezer Lewis Conn Service no papers w. J. 1938 June 10. Hist. to Mrs. Robert H. Baker
Rev War
2448
INVALID.
File No. 2448
Ebenezer 600
Sergt Rev War
Act: June 7. 1852
Index: — Vol. 4 , Page 72
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Conn

336. Pension Office, August 17. 1842.
Sir,
Mr. Fruden's letter is herewith returned. In reply I have the honor to state that Ebenezer Coe was pensioned under the Act of June 7. 1832, in February 1833, at the rate of Sixty Dollars per Annum, to commence on the 4 th of March 1831. Payment was made from that date till the 24 th of January 1839 when he died. Neither of the laws granting pensions to the widows of deceased Revolutionary Officers or Soldiers provides for the widow in this case.
Hon. J. W. Miller Senate U States.

Hon. J. W. Miller
Aug 17. 1842

404 MICHIGAN AVENUE URBANA ILLINOIS
May 21 1938
Pension Office Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs:
Will you please send me the pension record of the following person, in the form desired by the D.A.R.?
Ebenezer or Robert Ebenezer coe of (or near) Morristown New Jersey b July 19 1755 in Middletown Connecticut date of death unknown details of service ..
Very truly yours
Mary H. Baker
(Mrs. Robert H Baker)

404 MICHIGAN AVENUE URBANA, ILLINOIS
5/18/38 May 26 1938 5/24/38
Veterans Administration Washington D.C.
Dear Sirs:
I'm receiving my returned return postage, I notice there is an error in the name as given on the File number (which I enclose). It should be
Ebenezer Coe or Robert Ebenezer Coe It is given both ways. But this file number omits the last name.
Very truly yours Mary H Baker (Mrs Robert H -)

VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON
May 24, 1938.
YOUR FILE REFERENCE:
Mrs. Robert H. Baker, 404 Michigan Avenue, Urbana, Illinois.
IN REPLY REFER TO: BA-G EBENEZER, Robert

Boro 7/20 THE NEW JERSEY SOCIETY SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
OFFICERS
PRESIDENT CARL MONTAIGNE VAIL FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT HON. ADRIAN LYON SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT FRANK HENRY PRESBY SECRETARY SAMUEL ALBERT CLARK TREASURER EDWIN ALLEN SMITH REGISTRAR WILLIAM JOHNSON CONKLING HISTORIAN DAVID LAWRENCE PIERSON GENEALOGIST JOHN THORNLEY NEFF CHAPLAIN RT. REV. EDWIN STEVENS LINES, D.D. CHANCELLOR HARRY FRANK BREWER VICE-PRESIDENT GENERAL THOMAS WRIGHT WILLIAMS TRUSTEE OF NATIONAL SOCIETY CHARLES SYMMES KIGGINS
Headquarters
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(Entrance 1 Clinton Street)
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PAST PRESIDENTS
HON. JOHN FRANKLIN FORT JOHN LENORD MERRILL WASHINGTON IRVING LINCOLN ADAMS CHESTER NEVILLE JONES
September 21, 1920.
Hon. G. M. Saltzgaber, Commissioner, Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly furnish certificate showing military history of EBENEZER COE, Sergeant, Connecticut Continental line during the REVOLUTIONARY WAR. His name appears under MORRIS COUNTY, N. J., list of pensioners. Placed Feb'y 11, 1833; commencement March 4, 1831.
Any family data contained in his application will be appreciated.
The information is desired to prove eligibility of an applicant for membership in this Society.
Thanking you for your courtesy, I am
Very truly yours,
W. J. Conkling Registrar N. J. S. A. R.

THE NEW JERSEY SOCIETY SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
OFFICERS
PRESIDENT REV. LYMAN WHITNEY ALLEN, D.D. 881 South 17th Street, Newark, N. J. FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT HON. ADRIAN LYON SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT HARRY FRANK BREWER SECRETARY DAVID LAWRENCE PIERSON TREASURER EARLE ANDERSON MILLER REGISTRAR WILLIAM JOHNSON CONKLING GENEALOGIST SAMUEL COPP WORTHEN HISTORIAN REV. MASHEIM STECK WATERS CHAPLAIN RT. REV. WILSON REIFF STEARLEY, D.D. CHANCELLOR RAYMOND TOWNLEY PAROT VICE-PRESIDENT GENERAL THOMAS WRIGHT WILLIAMS TRUSTEE OF NATIONAL SOCIETY CHARLES SYMMES KIGGINS
Headquarters
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Sylvester H. M. Agens Alfred William Alesbury Bridgewater Meredith Arnold Frederick B. Bassett Frederick Z. Board Herbert Royal Crane Edward O. Cyphers, M.D. S. Carl Downs William Simonson Eddy William C. Gallagher J. Stewart Gibson Frederic D. Hahn Ray Henry Hart Frederick Hoadley H. Donald Holmes Henry R. Kent Hon. Joshua R. Salmon Rev. Frank Austin Smith Bert Elias Underwood John Brewer Wight Thomas Wright Williams
PAST PRESIDENTS
Hon. John Franklin Fort Major W. I. Lincoln Adams John Lenord Merrill Chester Neville Jones Carl Montaigne Vail
September 21, 1920.
Hon. G. M. Saltzgaber, Commissioner, Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly furnish certificate showing military history of EBENEZER COE, Sergeant, Connecticut Continental line during the REVOLUTIONARY WAR. His name appears under MORRIS COUNTY, N. J., list of pensioners. Placed Feb'y 11, 1833; commencement March 4, 1831.
Any family data contained in his application will be appreciated.
The information is desired to prove eligibility of an applicant for membership in this Society.
Thanking you for your courtesy, I am
Very truly yours,
Registrar N. J. S. A. R.

June 10, 1938
Mrs. Robert H. Baker 404 Michigan Avenue Urbana, Illinois
Ebenezer Coe S. 2448 BA-J/AWF
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Ebenezer Coe or Robert Ebenezer Coe, born July 19, 1755 in Middletown, Connecticut, served in the War of the Revolution, after which he lived in Morristown, New Jersey.
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 2448, based on the military service of Ebenezer Coe in the Revolutionary War. The name is not shown Robert Ebenezer Coe.
Ebenezer Coe was born July 19, 1755, place not stated, nor were the names of his parents given.
Long Ebenezer Coe enlisted at Middletown, Connecticut, December 7, 1775, served as sergeant in Captain Hubbard's company in Colonel Jedediah Huntington's Connecticut regiment until August 27, 1776, when he was taken prisoner at the battle of Long Island, and held as such on board a prison ship and in New York City until sometime in January, 1777, when he was released on parole.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 7, 1832, at which time he was

a resident of Randolph Township, Morris County, New Jersey.
Ebenezer Coe died January 24, 1839.
Reference was made in 1842 to his widow, name not given.
In order to obtain the name and address of person paid the last payment of this pension, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and furnish the following data-
Ebenezer Coe Certificate #5477 Issued February 11, 1833 Rate $60.00 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 New Jersey Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
N.Y. 2448
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Ebenezer Love a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Dec. 7. 1775 Aug. 27. 1776 Sergt. Ebenezer Love Jedediah Huntington Conn.    he was taken prisoner in battle of Flat Bush and detained as such on board a prison ship in New York until Jan'y 1777 when he was released on parole.   
Battles engaged in, See above  Chey Conn Troops
Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated
Date of application for pension, Aug. 7. 1832 His el. was ab.
Residence at date of application, Randolph Twp. Morris Co. N.J.
Age at date of application, { born July 19. 1755
Remarks: { died Jan'y 24. 1839. A.P.
There is no data on file as to his family
Respectfully,
Commissioner.