Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,208, Ebenezer Hawkins, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Hawkins, Ebenezer.
S 29 208
CONTENTS

Michigan 18798 New York
Ebenezer Hawkins
of Albany in the State of N. York who was a Private in the Co. C. comma by Captain Wilson of the Reg. comma by Col. Miller in the Court. time for 6 mos & 5 ds
Inscribed on the Roll of N. York at the rate of 20 Dollars 56 Cents per ann. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of July 1833 and due to H. G. G. G. Cham.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. '33 $41 11 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Sep. '33 10 2
d. Oct. 22. 1852 $57 4
Revolutionary Claim Effect June 7, 1831 G. E. Stiles Clk
Recorded by Book E. Vol. B. Page 62

x As to Pension Agent 16. April 13
To Michigan from 4. Sept
1836. - 28 April 1838. - Notified
• lias sent to Kingsley & Rans
• dill Ann Arbor Michigan
Letter to Hon E C Crary 10 Feb.
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 11 th April 1838 from 4 Sept 1836 to the 4 Sept 1837. - Agents Notified 14 July 1838.

Eliza Hawkins Application for a pension 14385
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State of New York Clinton County ss.
I, Asa Stiles of Chazy in the County and State aforesaid after being Duke Lucan maketh oath and saith that in the year 1781. he was in the Service of the United States in the State of Connecticut & belonged to a Regiment of Infantry in the said Service, under the Com- mand of Col. Wells of Hartford of Connecticut and was stationed at New Haven for about three months - that Ebenezer Perkins was with him during the said time mentioned, as is said in doing duty in the said Regiment, that he knew him well at that time & knows that he is the same individual Ebenezer Perkins now a resident of the town of Chazy in the County of Clinton & State of New York and that his age is about sixty years as he usually believes. A further saith not - Lucan to, & subscribed
This fourth day of October A. D. 1832
Julius C. Hull
Justice of the peace
Asa Stiles
Clinton County ss. - I certify that Asa Stiles who has testified to the above affidavit is well known to me & I further certify that he is a credible witness & that his testimony may be relied on.
Dated May 26 th 1833 -
Julius C. Hull
Justice of the peace

State of New York Clinton County 3p
I George W Beckwith acting Clerk of the said County do certify that Julius C. Hubblell, before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the peace in and for the said County, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature - Witness my hand and Seal of Office this fourth day of October 1852 -
Geo. W Beckwith acting Clerk
State of New York Clinton County 3p
I Nathan Taylor Clerk of the said County do certify that Julius C. Hubblell Esq. in before whom the within certificate purports to have been taken was at the date of the same (to wit, on the 20 th day of May instant) one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said certificate to be his proper hand writing and signature
Witness my hand and Seal of Office this 25 th day of May 1853
Nathan Taylor Clerk

State of New York Clinton County ss.
Roger Hawkins of Waltham in the State of Vermont being duly sworn make the oath and saith that Ebenezer Hawkins of Chocowee in the County of Clinton & State of New York, is his Brother, that in the Revolutionary War he lived with his Father and said Brother Ebenezer Hawkins at Coeymans in the State of Connecticut. This De- fendant knows that his said Brother was in the Service of the United States in the Marches of the State of Connecticut that he was out in the said Service at two or three periods, that he went from him as a soldier and was gone about three months at two different times, and is sure of his having served more than Six Months, has always so understood & so understood at the time - part of the Service was done about the time the British burned New London, that this defendant is now sixty three years old, & his said Brother is about four years older - Roger Hawkins
Subscribed to & sworn this 27 th day of September 1832 Before me
J. C. Hubbard
Commissioner of Dues -

State of New York Clinton County ss.
I George M Beckwith acting Clerk of the said County do certify that Julius C. Husbell, before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same a Commissioner of Deeds in and for the said County, duly appointed and sworn and authorized by law to administer Oaths and to take affidavits, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and do verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper handwriting and signature — Witness my hand and Seal of Office this fourth day of October 1832
Geo M Beckwith acting Clerk.
Clinton County ss. I certify that Roger Hawkins who made the foregoing affidavit before me, was represented to have the appearance of a respectable man and I believe he is a credible witness and that his testimony may be relied on. Dated May 20 th 1833
Julius C. Husbell Justice of the Peace —
Clinton County ss. I Nathan Taylor Clerk of the said County do certify that Julius C. Husbell Esq. before whom the above Certificate purports to have been made, was at the date of the same twenty seventh day of September 1832 and on the (to wit on the 20 th day of May instant) one of the Justices of the peace in and for the said County and that I am acqu- ainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said Certificate to be in his proper hand writing and Signature. Witness my hand and Seal of Office this 25 th day of May 1833
Nathan Taylor Clerk
Note the following Words interlined
before whom the foregoing affidavit of Roger Hawkins was
taken & sworn on the 27 th day of September 1832
the words "twenty seventh day of September 1832 and on the" by me in the above Certificate.
Nathan Taylor Clerk

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 State of New York
County of Clinton ss.
On this fourth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open Court before me John Parsons, first Judge John Warfield and James H. Ward, the Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid now sitting to be known that I, a resident of Chazy in the County of Clinton & State of New York aged fifty four years, the twelfth day of last October - 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 under the following named officers and served as herein stated that he was born in the town of Coventry in the County of Windham & State of Connecticut - in the year 1765, has a record of his age on his baptismal book, which he brought from Connecticut - that when he entered the service of the United States, he lived in the town of Coventry aforesaid - that soon after the Revolutionary War, he removed from Coventry aforesaid, to the town of Vergennes in Addison County and State of Vermont and remained there about twenty years, from whence he removed to Chazy aforesaid, where he has since lived and

new less — That he first entered the Service in the town of Coventry aforesaid, in the Month of August or September in the year 1779 as he thinks, as a volunteer soldier in the Connecticut Militia, that he served in a Company commanded by Capt. Wilson, Lieutenant John Hall, that he marched from Coventry aforesaid to New London & soon after went to Groton and was employed in building Fort Griswold under Major Ledyard, who was afterwards imprisoned at the same fort, that he continued in this Service five or six weeks, and was discharged & returned home —
That again the following Summer, in the Month of June or July, he volunteered as a soldier for the term of Two Months, in the Connecticut Militia, that he served in this term, under Captain Cooperton, marched again to New London & camped to Groton & was again engaged in making and repairing the same Fort, and after guarding the Coast, a picket guard was kept at the mouth of the Harbor, in which he took his turn, that he remained in this Service Two Months, and was discharged & returned home —
That the following Summer and as he thinks in the Month of June or July 1781 he again volunteered as a soldier in the said Connecticut Militia for the term of Three Months, that he joined a Regiment commanded by Col. Miles of Stamford, at Chatham on Connecticut River, where they staid one or two weeks, from

there they marched to New Orleans, and soon after marched up the river to New Iberia where he with the whole regiment became engaged in making fortifications, & labours to build forts, that this was what was called soldier's duty, & which had to be performed by all other duty, & guard duty the latter day, - That he faithfully served and the said time there, and was honorably discharged and returned home, - that he never received any written discharge, as none were given the Muster - That he cannot name without the names of any officers, except those he has mentioned - that he has no documentary evidence, - that he has procured the testimony of Roger Hawkins his Brother.
He hereby relinquishes any 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, - That he states the following named persons to whom he is known and who are, in his present neighborhood and can testify as to his personality and their belief as to his personality and their belief his services as a soldier of the revolution (By) - Lett Francis Nathan Carver - Ebenezer Hawkins S r -
Rev. W.
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid in open Court before me Geo. M. Beckwith acting Clerk of Chilton Com. Pleas - We Lett Francis Nathan Carver

in the town of Chazy in the County of Clinton and State of New York. hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Ebenezer Brakes who has been introduced and admitted to the alien naturalization. That we believe him to be a highly respected person of age. That he is respected and resided in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution. And that we concur in that opinion.
Subscribed and sworn this fourth day of October 1832 in open Court before me.
Geo. M. Beckwith
Acting Clerk of Clinton Com. Pleas
Nathan Carver Jr.
Seth Grafton S.W. 1.
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after hearing the interrogatories presented by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolu- tionary soldier and served as he states - and the court further certifies, that it appears to them that Nathan Carver and Seth Grafton, who have signed the pre- ceding certificate, are residents in the town of Chazy in the County of Clinton & State of New York, and are credible persons that their statement is en- titled to credit.
I George M Beckwith acting Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Clinton do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter

of the application of Ebenezer Hawkins for a pension -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this fourth day of October 1832 -
Yas. N. Beckwith acting Clerk

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
State of Michigan County of Washtenaw ss. }
On this twenty Ninth day of March 183 8 , before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, for said county of Washtenaw aforesaid personally appeared Ebenezer Hawkins who, on oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain J. Wilson and in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Willis of Hartford, Connecticut 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 Michigan, where he intends to remain, and wishes his Pension to be there payable in future. The following are his reasons for removing from the State of New York to the State of Michigan, viz: that from old age and loss of property, he was dependent upon three sons for his and his wives support, all of whom are residents of said State of Michigan, and that his object in removing to said State, was, that he might the more readily and easily obtain his sons assistance Sworn and subscribed to, before me, Ebenezer Hawkins the day and year aforesaid. Abraham Van Buren Justice of the peace.
OATH OF WITNESS.
STATE OF MICHIGAN, } ss. On the twenty Ninth day of March 183 8 . County of Washtenaw } before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for said county, personally appeared James Weeks who, on his oath declares, that Ebenezer Hawkins is the identical person named in an original Certificate of Pension in his possession from the War Department, and is also the same person who has sworn to, and subscribed the above affidavit. James Weeks Sworn to and subscribed before me, } the day and year aforesaid. Abraham Van Buren Justice of the peace.
INSTRUCTIONS.
The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official character and signature must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.—The County Clerk, Secretary of State, or some other officer, must certify, under his seal of office, that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine. The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the Pensioner's identity. He must swear that the person who has taken the above oath is the person described in the affidavit. The Magistrate must certify, that the witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above directed.

MAGISTRATE'S CERTIFICATE OF WITNESS.
STATE OF MICHIGAN,
County of Washtenaw } ss.
I do hereby certify that the witness aforesaid is a person of truth and veracity.
Given under My hand, at Ann Arbor in Said County of Washtenaw, the twenty fifth day of March A.D. 1838 A. Van Buren Justice of the peace
I, Austin M. Gould Clerk of the Court of Washtenaw County, certify that, A Van Buren is a magistrate as above, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my Seal of Office, and subscribed my name, this twenty fifth day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight
A. M. Gould Clerk
Mr. Hawkins Certificate is entered of Record as follows. "Recorded in the pension Office, in Book E. Vol. 3. Page 62 by S. C. Stiles Clerk"

14386
Ebenezer Hawkins Clinton co New York
Admitted Private bmo & 5 days
Admitted
Private bmo & 5 days
14 P. 382
May 8, '33
J. L. Hubbell esq. Chazy New York

BRIEF in the case of Ebenezer Hawkins 6 th of Clinton Co. in the State of New York (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 67 years  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.     Sept In 1779 5 wks 1 3 Private Col l Wilson   July 1780 2 " Col l Gage   Summer 1780 3 " Col l Willet   all 6 mo. 5 days  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Coventry Co. N.Y.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By living witnesses & tradition  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? None 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. A. M. L. O. D. L. Examining Clerk.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
4729208
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Ebenezer Haskins 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.     Aug Sept 1779 506 weeks Pvt William Edgerton ✓ Conn   June July 1780 4 mos Edgerton ✓   June July 1781 3 mos ✓ Hillyer  
Battles engaged in, none stated Residence of soldier at enlistment, Connington, Litchfield Co. Conn. Date of application for pension, Oct 4 1852 Residence at date of application, Connington, Litchfield Co. Conn. Age at date of application, Oct 22 1765 in Connington, Litchfield Co. Conn. Remarks: He was then three years old, his father was then living but his name is not stated.
Brother Roger
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

29 208 Rec'd INVALID.
1721 Oct. 3 First. to Mrs. P.R. Cleary Letter in R. 5-236 Nephew Harrington.
File No. 29,208
Ebenezer Hawkins
Rev Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1897
Index: Vol. 2 , Page 121
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Mr. Evans
FREE
J. S. Edwards Comd. of Pension Washington City

March 29 th 1838 Ann Arbor. Washtenaw County, State of Michigan
J. L. Edwards Esq d Comm ee of Pensions
Sir Enclosed we send Mr Ebenezer Hawkins application for a transfer of his pension. Please direct to Him to our care. Address to the place above Very respectfully your Ob t Serv t D r Kingsley & Mansdell

Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office,
July 11 - 1838.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Ebenezer Hawkes a Pensioner on the Roll of the Michigan Agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars and fifty six Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1836 to the 4 th of September 1837
Respectfully, yours,
Abdoo K. Parrish Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

Washington June 14th 1838
Sir
I have the honor herewith of transmitting an application for a transfer of a pension. The letter accompanying the same will ex- plain the reasons for so doing.
Very respectfully your obedient servant Isaac E. Craig
J. L. Edwards Esq.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Ebenezer Knowlton and Clinton B. Vose which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? or II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? or III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? or V. * Has he mentioned 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? or VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? or VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? or VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? or IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? or X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? or

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. †If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? Yes
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? No
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? Yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? No
XVI. †Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 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 shewn 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.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.
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JN Evans
James L. Conrad Esq. Commr. of Pensions Ward 11th City of Washington

MECHANICS' & FARMERS' BANK,
Albany Pension Agency,
April 19.
1838.
JAMES L. EDWARDS, Esquire,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 16 th inst. I have to state, that Ebenezer Hawkins a Pensioner under the Act of June 7. 1832 ————— at 20\frac{56}{100} Dollars per annum was last paid to the 4 day of Sept. 1836 —
I am, Sir,
Very respectfully,
Your ob't serv't,
R. W. Clark
PRES'T, AND PENSION AGENT.