Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18789, Ebenezer Curtiss, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Curtiss, Ebenezer.
S. 18789
CONTENTS
Carded

Connecticut 17. 81
Ebenezer Gurtiss 17813
of Fairfield Co in the State of Conn who was a Pri — in the Conn commanded by Captain Patterson of the Regt commanded by ————— in the Conn Second line for 17 mo —
Inscribed on the Roll of Conn at the rate of 56 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of Sept 1873 and sent Fitch Wheeler Bridgport Conn
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1873 $ 116. 66 Semi-ant. allowance ending Mar 6 34 — 18 33
Died $ 34.99 Mar 4, 1837
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by E. D. Bullock Clerk, Book 4 Vol. 3 Page 30

State of Connecticut La. Auto. County. On this 20 th Day of July 1833 Brother also appeared before me John White Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Fairfield
John Brooks of the town of Bridgeport is credible Witness who being first sworn testifies & says that he is well acquainted with Ebenezer Curtis the witness named Applicant. In March 1781 the Deponent enlisted into a Guard at Stratford in S o County commanded by Capt. Walker & served in said Guard nine Months. John Bangs who was Lieut. & then known to the Deponent in said Guard was Stationed on Long Island Sound & was under strict discipline & in constant service. The said Ebenezer Curtis enlisted into said Guard at the same time & did serve with me in said Guard nine Months without interruption. I know the said Capt. Curtis was a Private in said Guard & served the United States therein nine Months. This is the same service stated in my Declaration already forwarded to the Department I allowed & after which I received a Pension. Had Bangs who was Lieut. & then known to the Deponent in said Guard been with us - said Guard was raised by the State - All the officers in said Guard are dead - The name of the Captain of said Guard was Robert Walker. He was discharged in December 1781.
John Brooks
Fairfield County July 20 th 1833
Lewis Burton Esq. of the town of Trumbull will testify to me John White Justice of the Peace for S o County to be a credible Witness being first sworn testifies & says that he is well acquainted with the witness named Applicant Ebenezer Curtis & served with him in a Guard at Stratford commanded by Capt. Robert Walker nine Months in the year 1781 - The Deponent enlisted into said Guard in March & was discharged in December 1781 - said Guard was in constant service & was raised by the State for the purpose of guarding the Coast on Long Island Sound. The Deponent well remembers said Curtis & knows that he served in said Guard nine Months. & that John Brooks was also in said Guard - The Deponent has heard the testimony of said Brooks & knows that to be correct. The enemy landed & moved once at a place called Half-Moon & the Guard attacked them & drove them off all the officers were wounded & some were dead.
Lewis Burton
Brother also appeared before me John White Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Fairfield on this 20 th July 1833 Matthew Beers of the town of Stratford to me well known to be a credible Witness & being first sworn testifies & says that he is well acquainted with Ebenezer Curtis the witness named Applicant & served with him nine Months in the United States Service

State of Connecticut, } ss. Bridget Dyer County of Fairfield, }
On this 20 th day of July 1833 personally appeared, in open Court, before the Court of Probate in & for the District of Stratford in 2 d County
now sitting, Ebenezer Cummings — a resident of Stratford — in the County of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut, aged Eighty one — years, who being first 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 entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated.
For the best of my knowledge in the year 1776 through 1777 and 1778 as to the year I enlisted at S d Stratford for six months into a Company of State Troops or State Guards commanded by Sam- uel Patterson & served in S d Stratford  six Mon- ths The Guard was stationed on Long Island bound for the purpose of guarding the coast & was in constant service. Richard Board of S d Stratford was with me in S d service but I do not recollect any other persons living who was with me. I cannot re- call any other person who was in S d Guard except the Capt (or Lieut) Patterson who commanded it — My memory is very faint & from loss of memory I cannot state any incidents or particular of my service — Afterwards in the Mon- th of March 1781 — I enlisted into S d service for nine months under Capt Robert Walker & served in his company at the same place on Long Island bound in S d Stratford  S d period of nine months John Benjamin was Lieutenant & Isaac Bro- wn was Ensign in S d company . Had Ben- jamin in John Brads  James  Brown & Walker were with me in S d service . All the Officers under whom I served are dead — I was also in the service in the Militia in the City of New York under Capt Nathaniel Wheeler  State of Stratford but how long or in what year this service in New York was I cannot from loss of memory state to the best of my knowledge it was not less than two months but I have not been able to prove any witness to this 2 d months service which was in the summer . I recollect that I came home sick & had the dysentery after my return my Broth- er  Isaac was with me & he also had the same disease on his return & died with it —

I have obtained all the information & can say my age is 81. & I was born at S t Shaford on the 20 th of March 1752 as appears from my Father's Record which I have always lived at S t Shaf- ord - I have my own Documentary Evidence my S r Service - I enlisted into the Quakers for the life periods above stated one of six done by me Months & went in the Militia under a Draft 10 Months 2 Months serving in the whole 18 Months for which I claim a Pension. Some well known to David Brooks & others known at S t Shaford & to David Brooks Esq r who can testify to my reputation for truth & their belief in my services
The said Ebenezer Curtis 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:
Ebenezer Curtis
We, David Brooks  residing residing in the town of Shaford and Ebenezer Curtis residing in the same, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Ebenezer Curtis who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 81 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.
David Brooks Ebenezer Curtis
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 David Brooks Esq r who has signed the preceding certificate, is a gentleman resident in the town of Shaford and that Ebenezer Curtis who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Shaford and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Martha Moore Judge
I, R. S. Nichols Clerk of the Court aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the appli- cation of Ebenezer Curtis for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of this 20 th day of July in 1832  1833
Office,
R. S. Nichols, Clerk

at Shadford on Long Island bound in the year 1781. and out came Richard Matthews John Onegans & others Benjamin in both of Bridport & Francis Branton Esq of Humbull were with me in said Guard - said Guard was a State Guard & in constant service I am perfectly certain that S o Company served as a Private unit said Richard Matthews nine months. - The said Matthew further testifies that previous to the above mentioned service in 1781 and in what year the Disponent cannot say the Disponent served six months at S o Shadford in a Guard under Capt Samuel Ralston who then commanded the Guard The name of the Guard was John Whiting & of the Sergeant Stephen Rose. The said Richard Matthews was with me in S o Guard during this six months service Enlisted & was discharged at the same time with the Disponent has always known S o Company & recollects perfectly both these periods of service & that said Company was a Private unit in S o Guard nine months under Richard Matthews & six months under Samuel Ralston. All the officers of S o Guards are dead. The object of the Guard was to protect the coast & it was raised by the State The Disponent is 76 years of age & has always lived within a half a mile of S o Company the S o Applicant
Albion Penn
The above Depositions of Richard Penn Lewis Branton Esq & John Brooks (who are all credible witnesses) - whose Subscribed & sworn to before me on this 28 th day of July 1833 -
Albion Penn John Brooks Lewis Branton Esq
State of Connecticut Lamfild County August 31 st 1833 I M Nichols Clerk of the Court of Berkshire for the District of Shadford in said Lamfild County do hereby certify that Herbert Matthews Esq before whom the above Depositions of Richard Penn John Brooks & Lewis Branton were taken to a true copy of the same in & for said Lamfild County & that the above is his genuine signature In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of my said office at
R. L. Nichols Clerk

February 9, 1934
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Mrs. Holen H. Petersen Gardston Hotel Estherville, Iowa
BA-J/ELL Ebenezer Curtiss-S.18789
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Ebenezer and Mark Curtis, soldiers of the Revolutionary War, of Connecticut.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon military service of soldiers of that war.
Search made by 9/21/34 A careful search of the records has been made in your behalf and no record found of such claims having been made on account of the services of a Mark Curtis, under any spelling of the surname. The history of Ebenezer Curtiss is furnished you herein, the data for which were obtained from the papers on file in his claim for pension, S.18789, based upon his military service in the Revolutionary War.
Ebenezer Curtiss was born March 20, 1752, in Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut. The names of his parents are not shown in the papers in the pension claim.
While residing in said Stratford, Ebenezer Curtiss enlisted and served as a private with the Connecticut Troops as follows: from sometime in 1776, exact date not given, six months in Captain Samuel Patterson's Company; from March, 1781, nine months in Captain Robert Walker's Company; both of these services were rendered as a guard on the shores of Long Island Sound; he also served two months in New York in Captain Nathaniel Wheeler's Company; dates of this service not given.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 20, 1833, while residing in Stratford, Connecticut.

Ebenezer Curtiss died March 4, 1837.
It is not stated that soldier was ever married.
Soldier stated that his brother, Thaddeus, served with him and died during the war. There are no further family data.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLIER Assistant to Administrator.

18/89 INVALID.
File No. 18/89 17915
Obermeyer Curtis Pri Rev War
Act: June 7" 32
Index:—Vol. / , Page 87
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Uch. 30-1900 Hon J. R. Hawley - U. S. S.
1931-Nov 5- Hist. to Hon R. P. Freeman, for Mrs. Mary B. Bishop - EGS Letter to Sol. Sec.
1934-Feb 9- Hist. to Mrs Helen H. Peterson - EGS

Gardston Hotel Catherineville, La. Feb. 1, 1934
Veterans' Bureau Washington, D.C. Dear Sir:
Do you have any information regarding Ebenezer Curtis and Mark Curtis, his son, as to Revolutionary War Service. These men I believe came from Connecticut - possibly, Waterbury or Wallingford, Conn.
Anything you may be able to tell me will be greatly appreciated. Thanking you in advance. - I remain
Sincerely Mrs. Helen H. Petersen
Dates of birth, death and marriages needed, War Service Record and Residence.

VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON
November 5, 1931
BA-J/EEL
Honorable Richard P. Freeman House of Representatives Washington, D.C.
My dear Mr. Freeman:
Reference is made to your letter from Mrs. Mary B. Bishop, of Putnam, Connecticut, relative to Ebenezer Corttis or Curtis and John Fisher, soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.18789, based upon the military service of Ebenezer Curtiss (his signature does not appear as Corttis or Curtis) in that war.
Ebenezer Curtiss was born March 20, 1752, in Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
While residing in Stratford, Connecticut, he enlisted and served as a private with the Connecticut Troops as follows: from sometime in 1776, exact date not given, six months in Captain Samuel Patterson's Company; from March, 1781, nine months in Captain Robert Walker's Company; both of these services were rendered as a guard on the shores of Long Island Sound; he also served two months in New York in Captain Nathaniel Wheeler's Company, dates of this service not given.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 20, 1833, while residing in Stratford, Connecticut.
Trumbull He died March 4, 1837.
It is not stated that soldier was ever married.
*****
a bro died dur. Rev name looks like Madocus may be Marcus

VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON
November 6, 1931
BA-J/EEL
Honorable Richard P. Freeman House of Representatives Washington, D.C.
My dear Mr. Freeman:
The letter of Mrs. Mary B. Bishop, of Putnam, Connecticut, addressed to you has been referred to the proper division of this office for reply in regard to Civil War soldier, Abner Lee.
The Revolutionary War data requested has been furnished on this date.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.