Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 24444, Ephraim Horswell, R.I.

SERVICE
NUMBER
R.I.
Horswell, Ephraim Ruth
W. 24444
CONTENTS

1859.
Rhode Island
Stith Worswill widow of Ephraim Worswill who was a Capt in the R. Island line for 2 years
Rep Sept 7
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 88 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of Sept, 1843. and sent to B. Worswill Providence R.I.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1. Page 89.

State of Rhode Island County of Providence
On this 31 st day of July 1838. personally appeared in open Court, being the Municipal Court of the City of Providence a Court of Record. Ruth Hosenwell resident in said City and 71 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 act of Congress of July 7 th 1838, entitled "an act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows", that she is the widow of Ephraim Hosenwell who enlisted & served during the war of the Revolution nearly seven years, as Corporal & Sergeant in a Regiment commanded by Jeremiah Blaney, on the continental establishment and of the Rhode Island line — And she further declares that she was married to the said Ephraim Hosenwell on the 25 th day of November A.D. 1783 — She had been engaged to him for some time but did not like to marry him while he was a soldier, but as soon as he came

from the army & was discharged, their intentions of marriage were published & they were married. They were married in Bangor by the Rev d Solomon Townsend but whether there is any Record of their marriage or not she does not know It was recorded in her Bible but the leaf got torn out & lost Her first son was born in December 1784, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Nineteen hundred & ninety years at the time above stated.
And she further declares that her husband the said Ephraim died on the eighth day of February 1820 & that she has remained a widow since that time. — Ruth Rev  Mark Hoxwell Mark Affidavit of Thomas Burgess
Municipal Court of the City of Providence, July 31. 1838.
Subscribed and duly sworn to by Ruth Hoxwell, in open court.
Albert G. Greene Clerk

I Samuel Horswell of the City of Providence do testify & say that I am the eldest son of Ephraim Horswell & Ruth Horswell who is now his widow I am now in my fifty fourth year of my age I was born November 3 d 1784. My father died on the eighth day of Februy 1820, since then my Mother the said Ruth has remained a widow. Samuel Horswell
Memorapol Court of the City of Providence, July 31. 1858. Subscribed, and duly sworn to, by Samuel Horswell, in open Court. Albert Greene, Clerk.

Rev. and 1812 War Section.
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August 6, 1926
H. E. Luts 501 S. Rampart Blvd Los Angeles, Calif.
Sir:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 24444, it appears that Ephraim Horswell enlisted May 7, 1777 and served at various times as private, corporal, and sergeant in the Rhode Island Troops, under Colonels Israel Angell, and Christopher Greene, and served until June 15, 1783, at which time he was in Captain William Humphrey's Company, Colonel Jeremiah Olney's Rhode Island Regiment.
He died February 8, 1820 in Providence, Rhode Island. The date and place of his birth are not stated.
Soldier married November 25, 1783 at Barrington, Rhode Island, Ruth West.
She was allowed pension on her application exe-

outed July 31, 1838, while a resident of Providence, Rhode Island, aged seventy-one years.
Their oldest son, Samuel, was born November 3, 1784. No further data on file as to family.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

1916-aug-6-Hmk L.H.G. Shilly 10/3
Reg
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 24444 Ruth Herswell wid. of Ephraim Herswell Coop. R. C. line
Act Mar. 31 st 1843.
Index: Vol. 9 , Page 352
[Arrangement of 1870.]

R. Island - 2957
Ruth Morswell, widow of Ephraim Morswell, who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 8 th Feb y 1820 of Providence in the State of R. Island who was a Capt in the Navy commanded by Captain Humphrey of the Regt commanded by Cheney in the R. Island line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of R. Island at the rate of 88 - Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 14 th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of May '39, and sent to R. Island, Providence, R.I.
Arrears to the 14 th of March - $264.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 44.00
$308.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838.
Recorded by R. Burdine Clerk, Book A Vol. 2 Page 10

2180 Ruth Horsewell
$88 per am
B. Gowell Providence R.I.

State of Rhode Island County of Providence
On this 21 day of March A.D. 1843 personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in said County Ruth Hovey now resident in the City of Providence aged 77 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed March 3 d 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the war of the Revolution That she is the widow of Ephraim Hovey late of said City deceased who was a Sergeant during the war that she received a pension under the act of Congress passed July 7 1838 at the rate of $1008.00 per annum at Providence Rhode Island attest William J. Babcock
her Ruth Hovey mark

Providence Ye.
In Providence on this 21st day of March A.D. 1843 personally came before me the within-named Ruth Howland and made oath to the truth of the within declaration by her signed. And I further certify that she is a credible person.
Before me
William J. Peabody
Jus. of the Peace
State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations
Providence, ss. I, Albert G. Greene, Clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of Providence, in said State, do hereby certify, that William J. Peabody who has signed the preceding Certificate, was on the day of the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace, within and for said City, duly elected.
In attestation whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and have affixed the seal of said Court, this 13th day of June, A.D. 1843.
Albert G. Greene, Clerk.

501 S. Rampart Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif., June 5, 1926.
Commissioner of Pensions, Department of the Interior, Washington, D. C.,
Sir:—
I wish to obtain the data as to birth date and place of Revolutionary pensioner Ruth Horswell, of Providence, R. I., and her husband.
Arnold in the pension roll of 1840 gives the name as Ruth Oswell, 73, of 5th Ward, Providence, residing with Hezekiah Willard. The probate records of Providence give the name in 1845 as Ruth Horswell, pensioner, and her will was also probated there in 1845 as Ruth Horswell. I believe she was the widow of Ephraim Horswell, Revolutionary soldier, who died at Providence February, 1820, and wish especially to obtain the place and date of his birth and any other family data the records may contain.
Respectfully,
501 S. Rampart Blvd., Los Angeles

3927 Ruth H. H. H. H. R 9 act 7 July 38
83:20 ad 38
adm 2 2 years corp.
$88
No deduction
Benjamin (myself) Providence R 9

State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
Secretary's office Sept 14. A 1838.
I certify that at the session of the General Assembly of said State, held on the first Wednesday of May last Christopher Smith was elected associate Justice of the court of common Pleas within the county of Bristol for one year, and commissioned accordingly, as appears of record in this office.
Witness Henry Bowen Secy

BY HIS EXCELLENCY,
William Sprague
Governor, Captain-General and Commander in Chief of the State of Rhode- Island and Providence Plantations.
BE IT KNOWN, That the name, " HENRY BOWEN ," to the aforewritten attestation subscribed, is in the proper hand writing of Henry Bowen, Esquire , who at the time of subscribing the same, was Secretary of the State aforesaid , duly elected and qualified according to law : Wherefore unto his said attestation full faith and credit are to be rendered.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of said State to be affixed, at Provi- dence, this fifteenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty- eight and of Independence the sixty- third
Wm Sprague
By His Excellency's Command.
Henry Bowen Secy

Barnington Town Clerk office Aug 20 1838
I John Tyler of Barnington do certify that I am the Town Clerk of said Town & have by virtue of my office the records of Marriages in said Town in my custody and I further certify that after examination I cannot find the marriage of Ephraim Horsewell to Ruth West.
John Tyler Town Clerk
And I further certify that I have reason to believe that many marriages take place in said Town which are not recorded
John Tyler Town Clerk
Bristol ss To all to whom these presents shall come Greeting. Whereas the within copy of the said John Tyler known to me as Town Clerk of said Town.
Chas. Smith
Justice of the Court of Common Pleas,

It appears by the Regimental Book, that Ephraim Hoxwell late a Resident and Inhabitant of the former Town, now City, of Providence, on the seventh day of May 1777, enlisted into the military Service of the United States, a Private, to serve during the War; that he did faithfully serve from thence by transference, from time to time, in several Companies of the Regiment successively commanded by Colonels Israel Angell, Christopher Greene and Jeremiah Olney, in the Rhode Island Line on the Continental Establishment as a Private and a Corporal, and in the last mentioned character particularly, from the first day of January 1781, until the sixteenth day of June 1783, at which time he belonged to the fourth Company, commanded by Captain William Humphrey, in said Regiment, and received a furlough granted in pursuance of a General Order of the second of the same month and had conferred on him two Honorary Badges for long and faithful service. —
J. Dexter Majr of said Reg t at the termination of the War. —
July 3 rd 1838. —

Ms. Harnell

I Barnard Eddy of the City of Providence being now 76 years of age on oath do testify & say that in the year 1789 I built a house for Ephraim Hovey of said City and I then became well acquainted with him & his wife Ruth Hovey now his widow They then had been married several years & then had a child from a few years of age & have always been acquainted them ever since & they were respectable citizens. I have always understood said Ephraim served all the war of the Revolution Barnard Eddy
Municipal Court of the City of Providence, September 25 th 1838. Subscribed & duly sworn to by Barnard Eddy, in open Court.
Albert Greene, Clerk

State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations. Be it Remembered, that at the Municipal Court of the city of Providence, in the county of Providence, and State aforesaid, being a court of Record, holden at said Providence, on the thirty first day of July A.D. 1838, and on the twenty-fifth day of September A.D. 1838, satisfactory testimony was produced, that Ephraim Woswell late of said Providence deceased, died on the eighth day of February A.D. 1820: that he left a widow Ruth Woswell, who now resides in said Providence: that said Ephraim and Ruth were legally married at Banington in said State, on the twenty fifth day of November A.D. 1783, and that said Ruth is now the widow of said Ephraim Woswell, and has so remained ever since his death.
And be it further remembered, that satisfactory testi- mony is produced before said court, that said Eph- raim Woswell served in the War of the Revolution, from May A.D. 1777 to June A.D. 1783.
And the court do further order it to be certified that said Ruth Woswell who has signed the preceding Declaration, and that Samuel Woswell and Bar- nard Eddy who have signed the preceding Depositions, are all credible persons.
I, Albert Greene, Clerk of the Municipal court of the city of Providence, do hereby certify, that the aforegoing contains the original proceedings of said court in the matter of the application of Ruth

Warwell to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the Act of Congress, of July 7 th A.D. 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions, to certain Widows."
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and have affixed the Seal of said Court, this 25 th day of September A.D. 1838.
Albert Greene Clerk