Morrison's Pensions
Ebenezer French
S.13090
State of New York
Ontario Countty SS
On this
twenty-seventh day of August 1832, personally appeared in open court before
the Judges of the County Court now sitting Ebenezer French a resident of the
Town of Bloomfield County and State aforesaid aged seventy two years who being
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.
1st At the Town of Killingworth State
of Connecticut was drafted for one month in Captain Samuel Gales Company in Colonel
Worthington’s Regiment in October 1777 was marched to Fish Kill and
then to Red Hook under General Putnam and was a guard near him and knew
him well, went back to Fish Kill and when his time expired he was discharged
at Fishkill and went home.
2nd At the same place in the month of October
1778 was drafted in Captain Gilbert Dudley’s Company for one month and
was marched to Roger’s Neck near New London and served at the time
at that place keeping guard, there was no other company there and we were
doing duty at this place.
3rd About the 1st November 1779 at the same
place was drafted for two months in Captain Kelsey’s Company Major
Commandant Smith and marched to New Haven and then to Stratford and after
a short time was ordered back to New Haven and there done duty until he
time expired and then went home to Killingsworth.
4th In June 1780 his father moved to
Alford in Massachusetts and he this declarant enlisted in July 1780 at Alford
in Captain Warner’s (1) Company in Colonel Brown’s (2) Regiment
and was marched to Claverack and thence to Albany then to Fort Plain on
the Mohawk then to Herkimer then to Fort Stanwix and served in this campaign
three months and was discharged at Fort Plank near Fort Plain and went
home having served three months Colonel Dubois was there.
5th At Alford as aforesaid in July
1781 he enlisted again in Captain Jeremiah (3) Heacoxe? Company and was ordered
to Fort Plain and was under the Command of Colonel Willett (4) and served at
Fort Plain and Herkimer and other places on this station but most part of the
time at Fort Plain and served three months, and after my time was out he joined
Captain Skinner’s (5) Company at the same place and served one month
and after this was discharged and went home to Alford.
6th Besides the foregoing he was called
out on short tours of duty and was out at Derby in April 1777, then to New Haven,
and when the British landed at New Haven was called out and when he got to East
Haven the British returned to their ships. The British cut down the Beacon
at East Haven at this time. He believes he served in three short tours
in all half a month and he served his country in all during the War of the Revolution
thirteen months and a half. Has no documentary evidence. Christopher
Parks, Marvin Gates, knows of his service. Was born in Guilford Connecticut
11th October 1760 at the age of 9 years moved to Killingsworth then to
Alford and from Alford to Bloomfield in the year 1798 and has lived there
until now.
He hereby
relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present
and declared his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any other
state.
(Signed) Ebenezer French
Endnotes
for Ebenezer French
By James F. Morrison