Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 39299, Ebenezer Chamberlain, N.H.

SERVICE
N. 26.
Chamberlain, Ebenezer
NUMBER
S 39299
CONTENTS

To Vermont from 13/4/8 New York
Ebenezer Chamberlain
of Potsdam in the state of New York who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Beadle of the New Hampshire line, for the term of 10 months 1776
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 21 of October 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11/ of July 1819 and sent to Ruel Atwater Esq Louisville, Co. of St. Lawrence, N. York.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 4 \text{ m. } \frac{15}{31} $ 35. 87 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept. 1819 48. 70 $ 83. 57
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Transf'ts Vermont Dec. 1830 for 6 Sep. 1830 and notification sent to Bon B. Swift N. R.
William E. Dorr 24 of April 1831 New York January 30 1831

Ebenezer Chamberlin Declaration 1 case Hon: W Ogden 23 rd Nov 1878
Service admitted
Burdick's P. services being considered in the Continental rank -
Proof required as to his being in need of assistance. Indorse to testify -
Chas. Atwater one of the Inters etc - is hereby in addition to the note herein before notice by me that I am personally acquainted with Ebenezer Chamberlin within 10 miles, and that I know of my knowledge that he stands in need of assistance from his country for support. Perhaps my thanks to the May of May 1879 -
Phoebe Atwater

St Lawrence County ss. State of New York ss.
On this twenty first day of October 1818 before me the subscribed, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of St Lawrence and State of New York personally appeared Ebenezer Chamberlin formerly of Westmoreland State of New Hampshire now of the Town of Potsdam County of St Lawrence aged sixty four years, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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" that he the said Ebenezer Chamberlin enlisted in the month of May 1775 at Westmoreland State of New Hampshire for eight months and served in a company commanded by Capt Jacob Hynes in Colonel James Reed Regiment; that in December following he was discharged  for one year in the vicinity of Boston. That in January 1776 he enlisted in St Westmoreland for one year and served in a company commanded by Captain Daniel Carlisle in a Regiment commanded by Colonel Timothy Beebe of the New Hampshire Line (continental establishment) and that he served in said Company until the November following when being Sick he received furlough from General Gates at Ticonderoga and returned home where he received his discharge in the January following still being Sick that he was in the Battle of Bunker's Hill and that he was at Quebec and with the retreating Army when they returned to Ticonderoga that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance

of his country for support, and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said Service except such as will be annexed Sworn to subscribed and declared Ebenezer Chamberlain before me this day and year aforesaid. Mussell Attwater
Shawnee County St of New York ss
On this Twentyfourth day of October 1878 before me the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Shawnee and State of New York personally appears Ephraim Stone who being duly sworn according to law deposith and saith that he the sd Ephraim Stone lived in Westminster in the year 1775 and that he that Summer was a Sergeant in Capt Isaac Hays Company and that he then knew Ebenezer Chamberlain who was then a Soldier in sd Company and that he then Ephraim Stone was knowing to his being in the Battle at Brimfield as he the said Ebenezer Chamberlain has above declared. Also that he the sd Ephraim Stone was a Lieutenant in a Company commanded by Captain Daniel Carlisle in Colonel Beadle's Regiment in the year 1776 and knew the said Ebenezer Chamberlain in sd Company who served from Jan'y of that year to the November following when being sick he was furloughed and returned home, having served faithfully while with the Company which was about ten months, having endured the fatigues of a winter march, to Quebec, as well as the retreat to Ticonderoga that season, and that he the sd Ebenezer Chamberlain is now in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support. Sworn to subscribed to before me this day and year aforesaid. Ephraim Stone before me - Mussell Attwater

St Lawrence County N.Y. On this twenty first day of October 1818 before me the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of St Lawrence and State of New York personally appears Jacob Stone of the town of Louisville County aforesaid who being by me first duly sworn according to Law deposes and saith that he the said Jacob Stone was living in the Town of Westmoreland State of New Hampshire in the year 1775 and was then personally acquainted with Ebenezer Chamberlin who has made the foregoing declaration and then knew of his leaving said Westmoreland for Boston as a Soldier in the Spring of that year and that he returned the next October and also that he the said Jacob Stone was knowing that the said Ebenezer Chamberlin was serving in the year 1776 as he has declared being himself a Soldier in the same Company and that he the said Jacob Stone has been living near him since then till this time and that he the said Ebenezer Chamberlin is now in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support
Jacob Stone
Sworn to as aforesaid before me this day and year aforesaid Russell Atwater
I Russell Atwater one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of St Lawrence State of New York do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Ebenezer Chamberlin did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and has before me to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid act of Congress. Witness my

hand this Twenty first Day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and eighteen Russell Atwater
State of New York
St Lawrence County
I Certify that Russell Atwater whose signature appears to the within certificate is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for said County duly commissioned
Given under my hand and the Seal of the County this Seventh Day of November 1818
Myrtle B. Hitchcock
Clerk St Lawrence
Olney Chamberlain
Washington
Hon. Mr Ogden
23 rd Nov
1818
Service admitted
My opinion as to his being in need of assistance. Note the country -
I Russell Atwater one of the Judges etc - do hereby in addition to the facts herein before stated by me that I am personally acquainted with Olney Chamberlain within named, and that I know of my knowledge that he stands in need of assistance from his country for support. Witness my hand this 10 th Day of May 1819 - Russell Atwater

Ebenezer Chamberlain
13.740
Sept. 10/19.
Con.

Sworn before me this tenth day of October 1820 in open court Joseph York. Clerk
Schedule of my property—
Real estate none — Personal estate none except my clothing & only one suit of that —
I have not any family, my wife died sixteen years since and left me with eleven children, of whom eight are now living, seven of them are married, but are in such circumstances that they cannot sup- port me without great inconvenience to themselves and privations to their families. I have hitherto sup- ported myself by labour as a farmer but being now bome and feeble by old age am not able to support myself without assistance —
Sworn before me in open court this 10 th day of October 1820 Joseph York. Atty. At Law. bdy Ebenezer Chamberlain
At Lawrence County Clerks office — S. J. Joseph York. Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the fore- going oath & the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of said court, & I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount of property is nothing — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court this 10 th day of October 1820. Joseph York Clerk W. Wm Strachan Deputy

State of New York. } St Lawrence County } On this tenth day of October 1820 personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas. held in and for the said County, which court is a court of record and being then open. Ebenezer Chamberlain aged sixty six years resident in the Town of Potsdam in said County of St Lawrence Who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare and say, that he served in the revolutionary war as follows from May 1. 1775 to Jan y 1. 1776. in Capt Jacob Hains Com- pany of Col. James Shields Reg t and also from Jan y 1776 to Jan y 1777 in the company commanded by Capt Daniel Corliss in the Reg t commanded by Col. Timothy Beadle as per declaration made Octo 21. 1818 & was placed on the pension list as per Certifi- cate dated July 14. 1819 N o 13,748. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident 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 my property or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled, "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land & Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War. passed on the 18 th March 1818, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, securities, contracts, or debts due to me nor have I any income, other than what is con- tained in the schedule herunto annexed and by me subscribed Ebenezer Chamberlain-

copy of form for Transfer

State of Vermont County of Franklin
Application for Transfer
Deputy
on this Sixteenth - day of - November 1830, before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Franklin personally appeared Ebenezer Chamberlain who on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain David Carle in the Regiment commanded by Col. Timothy Root in the Service of the United States; that his name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of New York from whence he has lately removed. That he now resides in the State of Vermont, where he intends to remain and wishes his Pension to be there payable in future; and that his reasons for removing to the State of Vermont is to reside with his children
Ebenezer Chamberlain
Sworn & Subscribed to before me the day and year aforesaid
Oliver A. Keith Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify that I am acquainted with the old Ebenezer Chamberlin, and that he is the same person mentioned and appearing in the within affidavit & deeded in the within affidavit.
I also certify that I am acquainted with Oliver A. Keith, and know him to be a Justice of the Peace, and know that the within is his official signature.
Dec. 9. 1830.
Benja Swift Mem of H. & R. Rep.

December 27, 1933.
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Mr. G. E. Chamberlain 166 Grand Avenue East Highland Park, Michigan
BA-J/ady Ebenezer Chamberlain S.39299
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter relative to one Ebenezer Chamberlain, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.39299, based upon his military service in that war.
While a resident of Westmoreland, New Hampshire, Ebenezer Chamberlain enlisted May 1, 1775, served eight months in Captain Jacob Hinds' Company, Colonel James Reed's New Hampshire Regiment and was in the battle of Bunker Hill. He enlisted in January 1776, served in Captain Daniel Carlisle's Company, Colonel Timothy Bedel's New Hampshire Regiment and was discharged in January 1777. (It is not stated that Ebenezer Chamberlain served in the War of 1812.)
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 21, 1818 at which time he was aged sixty-four years and a resident of Potsdam, St. Lawrence County, New York.
In 1830 soldier's wife had been dead sixteen years; she left eleven children, eight of whom were then alive, no names are stated.
In 1830 soldier moved from New York to Vermont, place not stated, to reside with his children, no names stated.
(No reference is made in this claim to a Henry Chamberlain.)
One Ephraim Stone, made affidavit in St. Lawrence County, New York, in 1818 in behalf of the soldier Ebenezer Chamberlain. He stated that he, Ephraim Stone, served as
The writer asked these questions in (?) do not use in future histories.
Date of death not on a.B.

Lieutenant in Captain Daniel Carlisle's Company in Colonel Bedel's Regiment in 1776 and that in 1775 his residence was Westmoreland. In 1818 one Jacob Stone, a resident of Louisville, St. Lawrence County, New York, also made affidavit and stated that in 1775 he, Jacob Stone, was a resident of Westmoreland, New Hampshire, and served in the same company in 1776 with Ebenezer Chamberlain, no relationship of these men to the soldier is shown.
The War of 1812 records of this office fail to afford any information in regard to pension having been claimed on account of the any Ebenezer Chamberlain, all spellings of the surname searched. )
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

December 28, 1933.
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Mr. George O. F. Califf 20½ Fulton Avenue Rochester, New York
BA-J/ady Ebenezer Chamberlain S.39299 and Job Britton, W.17338
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of Ebenezer Chamberlain and information in regard to Job Britton, Revolutionary War soldiers.
The record of Ebenezer Chamberlain is furnished you herewith as found in his claim for pension, based upon service in the Revolutionary War.
Ebenezer Chamberlain S.39299
While a resident of Westmoreland, New Hampshire, Ebenezer Chamberlain enlisted May 1, 1775, served eight months in Captain Jacob Hinds' Company, Colonel James Reed's New Hampshire Regiment and was in the battle of Bunker Hill. He enlisted in January 1776, served in Captain Daniel Carlisle's Company, Colonel Timothy Bedel's New Hampshire Regiment and was discharged in January 1777.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 21, 1818 at which time he was aged sixty-four years and a resident of Potsdam, St. Lawrence County, New York.
In 1820 soldier's wife had been dead sixteen years; she left eleven children, eight of whom were then alive, no names are stated.
In 1830 soldier moved from New York to Vermont, place not stated, to reside with his children, no names stated.
Job Britton W.17338
In the Revolutionary War pension claim based upon service of Job Britton, the date of the death of his

widow is not shown.
She was allowed pension on her application executed June 19, 1838.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension and possibly the date of her death, you should apply to the Records Division, General Accounting Office, Washington, D. C., and cite all the following data:
"Abigail Britton, widow of Job Britton, Certificate No. 2299, issued March 30, 1846, rate $2957 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of July 4, 1836, New York Agency".
This information was furnished you in 1920.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
1739299
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Ebenezer Chamberlain 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.     May 1 1775 Jan'y 1 1776 Jacob Hinds James Reed N.H.   Jan'y 1776 Nov 1776 Daniel Carlisle Timothy Bedel        
Battles engaged in, Bunker Hill Residence of soldier at enlistment, enlisted at Nottingham, N.H. Date of application for pension, Oct 21 1810. This it was at Residence at date of application, Potsdam, St Lawrence Co. N.Y. Age at date of application, 64 yrs.
Remarks: In 1820 his wife had been dead 16 years. She left 11 children 8 of whom were alive in 1820 - no names are stated. In 1820 soldier had moved from N.H. to Franklin Co. Pa. to reside with his children.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
in Nottingham N.H.

#166 Grand Ave. East Highland Park, Mich. December 5th, 1933.
U. S. Bureau of Pension,
Washington, D. C. Rev. & 1812 Sec.
Dear Sirs;—
✓ Ebenezer Chamberlain was a Rev. soldier serving in Capt. Jacob Hinds Company, Col. James Reed's Reg., New Hampshire troops, going out from Westmoreland, N. H. He was later of Sheldon, Vermont, where living probably when he applied for pension.
Will you please advise me what this soldier may have stated of his family, or the names of his children? I am most anxious to know if he stated his brother to be Henry , and his brother- in-law Ephraim Stone . Both of these men saw service with him, and were in fact his relatives, but I wish to know if his papers did state this?
Thanking you in advance, I am,
Yours very truly,
G. E. Chamberlain
P. S. It is a family tradition that Ebenezer Chamberlain was also a soldier of the War of 1812. Would your records show this? As he had son Ebenezer it may be the son served rather than Ebenezer, Sr.

BRANT EXCELSIOR COMPANY
MANUFACTURERS OF
HIGH-CLASS WOOD EXCELSIOR
HAWKINSVILLE, NEW YORK
March 6, 1913.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Pension Bureau,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I am writing to ask for a record of the service during the Revolution of my ancestor, Ebenezer Chamberlin.
The Ebenezer Chamberlin referred to lived in North Sheldon, Vt., and I understand that he received a pension. He died at the home of his son-in-law John Fish. It is probable that he married a D. Patty Howe. The desired information will be appreciated.
Respectfully,
Jessica Hearn Grant

Department of the Interior,
Pension Bureau.
Dear Sir:
About June 5, 1920. I paid you for the photostat copy of the original papers of the Revolutionary War claim for pension of Abigail Britton, widow of Job Britton , Widows File No. 17338. she called of Rochester, N.Y. and Chili, N.Y. which is near to Rochester. The papers were very interesting yet did not state if she was allowed pension or when she died. she was alive Aug 6. 1844. then 88 years old. would you tell me if she received pension and when she died or at least approximate date. please? Some of her descendants say she died 1840 which is preposterous. as Aug 6. 1844. she was still negotiating for a pension. Would you also give me an account of the Revolutionary service of her brother Ebenezer Chamberlain he once lived of Westmoreland, N.H. but I do not know if he enlisted from

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N. H. or Vermont. and will you add his death date and name of his wife if possible? In 1920 we were trying to place her family and we are now trying again - as the papers I fail for did not answer these questions would you favor me now with any possible help please - In 1920 I resided at 136 South Fitzhugh St. and there is record at Washington of my buying the copies. Yours very respectfully
George O. F. Califf 20 1/2 Fulton Ave. Rochester, N.Y.
Nov 28 - 1933 -
I am enclosing stamp for reply. Gratefully,
This Ebenezer Chamberlain born sometime in 1750 2 was in 1775 on pay roll of same company as Job Britton Capt. Jacob Hinds. Co - Col. James Reeds Regiment

39 299 Rev INVALID.
1910 April 1 Hist. to Justice J. Brant. V. L. Mc 1933 Dec. 27. Hist. to G. E. Chamberlain. A.D.Y. 1933 Dec. 28. Hist. to George D. Califf. A.D.Y.
File No. 39 299
Ebenezer Chamberlain Rev Rev. Wad
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: — Vol. 8, Page 83
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Madia M. B. } 1 1/4 May 22. Recd
1 1/4 O P A M D O Edwards Ogr. Pension Office - City of Washington D. of Columbia

Dear
Morris May 10 th 1819
I enclose you enclosed Additional Proofs in the cases of Ebenezer Strong & Solomon and Simon Tupper - I have also made inquiry as to their circumstances and I believe they are needy & actually require the aid of Government to give them a support -
Judge Atwater signed the additional certificates upon this point in my presence - That he is a Judge appears from the blank certificates now in your office
May I solicit you to forward the certificates for these Pensions as soon as your convenience will permit - let them be enclosed under cover, addressed to Ralph Atwater Esq. Louisville - County of St. Lawrence State of New York -
I am in Your Ob d servant -
Mr. Edwards -
David H. Wilson