Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 21,705, Ebenezer Howe, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass,
Howe, Ebenezer.
P. 21. 705
CONTENTS

18172 Oliver Howe
Application for a Pension for service in the Independence State troops
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State of New York Oswego County ss. On this Twenty fourth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two before me John Reynolds one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas of said County of Oswego in said State of New York personally appeared James  James  aged  aged eighty four 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 entered the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War, and served as here in after stated therein
On the Twentieth of April 1775 and the next day after battle at Lexington he went with a company of Minutemen and they were called to which he although he had no commission had command from Stockbridge in the County of Worcester in the State of Massachusetts to Lexington aforesaid for the relief of the inhabitants the Regulars having before his arrival left Lexington, he went with his com- pany to Roxbury in Massachusetts where he remained about the first of May then left

When he enlisted for the term of service in the service of the United States, as a man although he never received a warrant in the Company of Capt Sylvanus Walker, in the Regiment under the command of Colonel Timothy Donaldson of which Col. Sylvanus was Lieutenant Colonel - that in the state troops of Massachusetts the Regiment to which he was attached remained at Roxbury in that neighborhood until after the British evacuated Boston in March 1776 that he was among the officers who escorted Washington from Watertown to Cambridge where he became on to take command of the Army at Cambridge that the term for which he enlisted as aforesaid expired the first of June - by which time but by the request of General Washington they remained until the time above mentioned - after being in the British evacuated Boston as aforesaid, and after he had served, in as aforesaid the time he was with the Minute Men about one year, he returned to his home at Sherborn about the last of April or first of May 1776 - and that as his return home, he met with Capt John Melcot or Melcot of Brookfield in the said County of Worcester, and again enlisted into his Company as a Sergeant for the term of six months, in the Regiment under the command of Col. Melcot in the service of the United States.

Six Months, in the Regiment under the Command of Col. Williams of Shrewsbury
in Said State of Massachusetts in the That the Party was of lieutenants in Company that he recruited in the Company he joined Jan 10th 1776 State Troops of Massachusetts. That the Regiment to which he was then the Regiment to which they belonged not recruited attached as aforesaid, to the State of New York and joined the line of the Amer- -ican Army near Fort Washington and that he served the said term of six Months for which he enlisted on that line and was as aforesaid required on guard on both sides of the Hud- -son or North River, the from the infirmary of age his memory is so much impaired that he is una- -ble to state the names of the partic- -ular places where he was sta- -tioned or in which he served. He recollects that Generals Greene & Putnam were there in command, he also recollects that General Washington was there during the time, and according to the best of his recollection General Lee was there whilst he was on this tour of service, and as to the offi- -cers in command whilst he was at Hobury as aforesaid he recollects the names of Generals Howe and Maud

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That after his term of service was out he with the rest of Capt. Wolcott's Compa- -ny was discharged and he returned home to Wilburham Hampshire in the County of Hampshire  Massachusetts to which place his family be- longed from Sherburne aforesaid. This was in the month of November or December in the year 1776 - That in the Spring 1777 and in the month of April according to the best of his recollection (the day not recollect) entered at Milford Massachusetts as a he was then a Sergeant again enlisted for the term of three months in a Company under the Command of Capt. John  Stellings  as a substitute for one Wood who had been drafted out of Capt. Wolcott's company  first named as he is hereinafter called in  Trifling - the Regiment not known the Massachusetts line of the Continental and the went with a Company that was sent under the Command of Capt. Isaac Fellows to Guard certain Military Stores from Springfield in the County of Hampshire in the  State - County of Massachusetts to Genl. Washington who was then supposed  in New Jersey to be at Morristown, that on this march they crossed the Hudson River at Fish Kill with said Stores, and
Proceeded until within a few

March 2nd crossed the Hudson River at Fish Kill with said Stone, and
proceeded until within a few miles of Morristown, when they were relieved by another Company who then were on their way to General Washington's Army who took charge of the Store, and the Company to which he was attached returned to Springfield. They were out at the time in all about three months - one Stephen was lieutenant in the After his return in a few days in February  the  after in the month of October (the then residing at Milpitas)  as a volunteer in, and served as a sergeant went with a Com- pany under the Command acor- -ding to the best of his recollection under the Command of Capt. Volunteer Stebbins - a Dugand  H. White to meet Burgoyne That time  was was at the taking of He goes not recollect to what Regiment they belonged  Burgoyne at the the in the State of New York. The Americans were under the Command of General Gates and he re- collects that General Arnold was engaged in the battle - after Burgoyne had surrendered he was sent with a party of four hundred men or three hundred to guard the Prisoners, that he went with them first to Rutland in said County of Wootton When a part of the Prisoners were left and then to Cambridge near Boston where the residue of the Prison- -ers were left - That he does not recollect

What officer had Command of the Regiments Guard - That after Guard duty the Regiments Brigade as aforesaid, his time of Service being out he was dismissed & he returned home  That he was not discharged from the service  but he served in the That he served in the whole above stated more than two years  That he was not discharged from the service Also the said Ebenezer Dowe further declares that he was born the second day of November in the year 1747 at Brookfield in the County of Worcester in the State of Massachusetts. Which is an in  in said Town in the Town Clerks office - Never received any discharge from the service That he is known to many persons in the Town of Sandy Hook in the County of Orange & State of New York where he now lives, and particularly to John Jacobs & George Harding Rev. Jonathan Goodwin and Charles Alton and Luther B. Howlett. Ebenezer Jacobs, Esq. & Alden Cran- ger That after since the Revolutionary War he he had lived in the  the Worcester County  the  about  about  forty  forty years in Brookfield in said State about three or four years thereafter. Since
which time he has been living with

Then for four years thereafter. Since
Which time he has been living with his Children, who have been settled in different States. a part of the time he has lived in Standish in the Province now State of Maine in Dorchester Massachusetts, a part in Batavia in the Genesee County and in the Town of Ellisburgh in the County in the County of Jefferson & in the Town of Sandy Creek in the County of Oswego in the State of New York. That most of the time for twenty years last past he had spent in the Towns of Ellisburgh & Sandy Creek (formerly Richland) That That he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service. That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declared that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any
State - Subscribed the 3rd day of June A.D. 1842 John Reynolds a guide of Brigs Conn Place mark

We Timothy Southwick — a Clergyman residing in the Town of Sandy Creek in Oswego County New York and Charles Alton — residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Ebenezer Dowe who had subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be eighty four 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
Witness my hand and seal this day and year aforesaid Timothy Goodwin Charles Allen John Reynolds & J. J. [?] of Chicago Bank Release
And I the said Judge do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after calling the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states - And I do further certify that it appears to me that Timothy Goodwin who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the Town of Sandy Creek and that Charles Alton — who has also signed the same is a resident of the same place and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit - And I do further certify that Elmezer Howe the said applicant cannot from bodily infirmity attend the Court Dated October 1 st 1832 John Reynolds a judge of Onondaga Court Please

State of New York Albany County Clerk's Office I, J. Erie Poor Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Albany, Do hereby certify that John Reynolds Esquire whose name is subscribed to the foregoing deposition and certificates and before whom the same purport to have been taken, was at the time of taking the same and now is a judge of the said Court of Common Pleas (the same being a Court of Record) duly commissioned and sworn - as such - And I do further certify that the foregoing signatures to the said deposition or declaration and certificates are the genuine signatures of the said judge
In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this Fourth day of October A.D. 1832
Erie Poor Clerk By D. M. Thompson Dep Clerk

16172 Ebenezer Howe Oswego co N.Y.
e. v. Rf to E. D. Bangs Sep. 27, 33
A. Z. M'Carthy Richland N.Y.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Ebenezer Howe, of Oswego county, N.Y.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Volunteer 1775 about Sergeant Capt Walker Col Donaldson Lieut Col Shepard to Lexington then to Roxbury to Fort Washington 84 Wooster county Mass. tradition   do 1776 6 do Capt Wolcott   substitute for one 1777 Wood 3 do Capt White to Monistown Wilkesbarre   volunteer 1777 time not given Capt Fellows Saratoga to Saratoga   Small more than 2 years  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
Such an amount of service should be supported by some proof
{ The applicant has stated in answer to this objection that he has made enquiry and can find no one who can testify to his service - see affidavit - He is a man of the highest respectability and one whose statement is entitled to as much credence as the other
Amount of service as given living

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted: This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (f) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 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.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission; and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
See the affidavit to amend declaration herewith returned
See papers
See B. 2102

Very
No. 21.705
_____, Ex'r. REJECTED OLD WAR INVALID.
Ebenezer Howe of NY P.O. Sgt Col Donaldson Mass troops
Service: Very.
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ 324

Ebenezer Howe & Solomon Tracy of NY
Tracy papers sent to Mr Wardwell see his letter
21367 -
Decem. 20. 1833 Ref d to Comm n on Revolutionary Pensions
Feb. 7. 1834 - Com n - disch d - to him Sec y Col d Donaldson may look
Mr Wardwell. Bull o. 7. to him

23 d Congress.
1 st Session
Congress of the United States In the House of Representatives
December 20, 1833.
On motion of Mr Wardwell. Resolved, That the committee on Revolutionary Pensions inquire into the expedi- ency of placing the names of Ebenezer Howe and Solomon Tracy, of the State of New York, on the list of Revolutionary Pensioners, for their services in the Revolutionary War.
Attest,
W. L. Franklin Clerk.
no papers

Chase Home
Report to Amend declaration
Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit subscribed to have been sworn to has all the date of the same one of the signatures of the person in for the said County
And that Dan acquainted with his hand writing and truly believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his free hand writing and signature - I trust My hand & seal of office this 21 st of June 1833
The word "Certify" intended between the 12 th & 13 th line by the Wetherbee
Richd. P. Colb. Esq. W. Wetherbee

Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a justice of the Peace of the County of Oswego. Ebenezer Howe who being by me duly sworn, deposith and saith, that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades -
For Seven months and twenty days. I served as a Sergeant in the Company of Capt Walker in Col Donaldson's Regiment of Massachusetts state troops; at Roxbury and Dorchester heights; - my enlistment was for eight months: and after the expiration of that term which was on the 1 st of Jan y 1776. I volunteered to remain and did remain and do duty the same as before until the British evacuated Boston which I believe was on the seventeenth day of March 1776; a few days after this term we were dismissed & returned home
For Six months I served as a Sergeant in the Company of Capt John Wolcott in the Regiment of Col Williams in the Massachusetts state troops in the Year 1776.
For Three months I served as a Sergeant in the Company of Capt White, as a substitute for one Wood who was drafted, out of Capt Robbins' company of Natick to go out with Capt White as a company to guard along the North River above Fishkill and Poughkeepsie.
_____ this was in the spring of the Year 1777 - the precise day when the service commenced or when I was dismissed I cannot recollect.
For not less three months, and I believe more longer. I served as a Sergeant in the Company of Capt White (and served as a volunteer) at the taking of Burgoyne at Saratoga - and was in guarding the prisoners on their way to Cambridge in Massachusetts - this was in the Year 1777 - the the fall of the Year.
For such service I claim a pension

That I served the whole of the time for which I claim a pension either in the field or in garrison: and during the time was not engaged in any civil pursuit
That I cannot obtain the proof of any living witness as to my service: as I know of no one living with whom I served or who can testify to my service - That about five years since Caleb Allen was living in Sherbridge, Massachusetts who was knowing to my services - That after it became necessary to procure proof of service (in consequence of the pension law of June 7, 1832) I have caused enquiry to be made in relation to said Allen and was informed that he was dead which information I believe to be correct - That the enquiry was made last fall in Sherbridge and the person who made the enquiry was Mr John Jacobs of Sandy Creek, Oswego Co New York, a neighbor of mine: who informed me that the said Allen was dead (as he was informed when enquiring as aforesaid) - That I believe said information to be correct as the said Allen was very infirm & weak the last time I saw him which was five years ago - And further saith not
Affirmed and Subscribed before me this 15 th day of June 1833
Hiram Hubbell J.P.
his Ebenezer Hovey marks
State of New York Oswego County ss
I Eric Poor-bleat of said County, do hereby certify that Hiram Hubbell Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the peace in & for the said County
And that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and justly believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper handwriting and signature - Witness My hand & Seal of office this 20 th of June 1833
Ebenezer Hovey As to the word "Certify" in the 12 th & 2 nd line - by me D. McPherson Deputy
The word "Certify" interlined between the 12 th & 2 nd line - by me D. McPherson Deputy
Eric Poor Clerk R.D. McPherson Dep. Clerk