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- Date and place of Ephraim's birth is found in his application for pension which he filed in 1832.
He is the father of William and James and others. William's son, William H., named his first son, Ephraim, after his father, which was common.
(From a microfilm of the handwritten manuscript:)
Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, Passed June 7, 1832
State of New York, County of Saratoga.
On this sixth day of September one thousand eight hundred thirtytwo personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Courtof Common Pleas of the County of Saratoga now sitting, Ephraim Annable a resident of the town of Stillwater in the county and state aforesaid, aged sixty seven years the third day of March last 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 in the year 1781 the United States and French troops having been called from Rhode Island to the southern States, several companies of State troops were raised by the State of Massachusetts where he then resided.
That he enlisted as a volunteer for six months starting in the month of June, 1781 for eight dollars per month, that he left the town of Dartmouth in the County of Bristol in the State of Massachusetts, marched to a place called Smiths Mills and joined a company commanded by Captain Gifford. This Company marched from there across Howland's Ferry to a fort on Butt's [?] Hill on the north end of Rhode Island. There were three companies there. The United States and French troops had all but left the fort a few days after he got there. Of the companies, one was commanded by Captain Discards [?], the other by Captain Elliot [?]. His Colonel was named Turner and the Major's name, Claggon. The Lieutenant to his company was named Bosworth [?], the Order Sargeant's name was Dean.(He does not recollect the names of any officers of the regular troops.) He staid (sic) at the fort during his term of service, engaged in guarding the fort and any little service about it. He received a regular discharge from Colonel Turner and returned home some time in the month of December, 1781.
While he was at the fort, news of Cornwallis's defeat was received and the regiment celebrated the occasion.
He has no documentary evidence [?] of his service. He knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service.
To the interrogations propounded by this court the applicant made thefollowing answers:
1. He was born at Nova Scotia on the third day of March, 1765.
2. He has a record of his age in his family Bible at home which he took from his father's family Bible .
3. When he entered the service he resided in the town of Dartmouth (that part now called Fairhaven) in the county of Bristol in the State of Massachusetts, resided in that neighborhood and was on several voyages at sea till 1789. He then relocated to the town of Stillwater the County of Saratoga, State of New York where he has continued to reside ever since -- where he now resides.
4. He entered the service as a volunteer.
5. He recollects the names of no others except those above stated, neither can he state the general circumstances of his service any more fully than above set forth.
6. He received a regular descharge from Colonel Turner. He took it home with him and it was put with his father's papers since which time he has never seen it.
7. Thomas Hunt, David Benedict, Judge Geo. Palmer, Rev. Elnathan Finch, John Wilson, Charles Neilson.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or anuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension role of the agency of any State.
Subscribed and sworn in open court this 6th day of September 1832
(Signed) Ephraim Annable
Mr. Elnathan Finch, a clergyman presiding in the town of Wiltonin, the County of Saratoga and State of New York and George Palmer, residing in the town of Stillwater in the same County, hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with Ephraim Annable who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be sixty seven 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.
(Signed)
Elnathan Finch
George Palmer
Time Line: Ephraim Annable
Born 3 March 1765
Enlisted June 1781 age 16
Discharged 16 Dec 1781
Sailor 1789 Age 24
Reloc. Stillwater, N.Y. Abt 1789 Age 24
1790 Census 1790 Age 25
(Males over 16 --
under 16 -- 1
Females - - - - - - - -5 )
William's birth ** 1802/0337
Apply Pension 6 Sept. 1832 67
** Assuming that William was a son of this family. Ephraim's age would seem to preclude an intervening generation, and the geographics are appropriate.
According to The Home Book of the Darius Myer's Family, it states that he was a half brother to Isaac, Jr. Isaac, his father was married to Margaret Coffin prior to his marriage to Lydia Peckham Delano.
Date and place of Ephraim's birth is found in his application for pension which he filed in 1832.
He is the father of William and James and others. William's son, William H., named his first son, Ephraim, after his grandfather, which was common.
(From a microfilm of the handwritten manuscript:)
Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, Passed June 7, 1832
State of New York, County of Saratoga.
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