WITTER, Ebenezer, Jr. ¹⁶¹³

  Noted events in his life were:

• He served in the military Witter Genealogy. ¹⁶¹² An account of Ebenezer Witter, by his grandson, Reverend William Ellsworth Witter, of Rochester, New York, states that Ebenezer Witter acted as his father, Captain Ebenezer Witter's, waiter in the Revolution for some months in 1776, and was later a private in his father's company. He was also a private in Captain William Whitney's company, Colonel Oliver Smith's Connecticut regiment, and was in the Battle of Newport as a member of General Sullivan's Rhode Island expedition. In the spring of 1779 he enlisted as a private in Captain Boseman's and Captain Ebenezer Witter's companies, under Colonel William Ledyard at Fort Griswold. In February, 1780, he again entered service as a gunner on board the Massachusetts ship of war, "Discovery," commanded by Captain Francis Brown, and in October following was in a severe battle with two English vessels near the coast of France. After eight months' service, he entered the French naval service in which he continued until the close of the Revolution, when he returned home to Preston.
Later he removed to Cayuga County, New York, where he was one of the founders of the town of Scipio, where he was awarded a Revolutionary War claim on September 4, 1832, at the age of seventy-one.

The following sets forth Ebenezer Witter's service for his Country.
"United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions,
Washington,
November 22, 1927
Rev. W. E. Witter,
24 Kingsley Road,
Rochester, N. Y.
Sir:
I . . . advise . . . that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 11802, it appears that Ebenezer Witter, whild a resident of Preston, New London County, Connecticut, enlisted in June, 1776, and served six months as a waiter to his father, Captain Ebenezer Witter, in Colonel Selden's Connecticut Regiment.
He enlisted in the spring of 1779, served nine months as private on the Massachusetts Man-of-War, "Discovery," Captain Francis Brown, and in October following, near the coast of France, was in a severe battle with two English vessels. Length of service, eight months, at the end of which service, at Bordeaux, France, he entered the French naval service, no officers or ships named, in which he continued to the close of the Revolution and then returned home.
He was allowed a pension on his application executed September 24, 1832, while a resident of Scipio, Cayuga County, New York, aged seventy-one years. Date of birth not given.
Respectfully,
Winfield Scott ( in script, W. E. W.)
WINFIELD SCOTT (in capitals in type)
Commissioner."

• History: Witter Genealogy. ¹⁶¹² Ebenezer Witter was a bondsman in the settlement of the estate of Alfred Witter, his name appearing on one of the documents.

• Buried: La Grange Cemetery, 1928, La Grange, Wyoming County , New York. ¹⁶¹² Wife is buried beside him. Their gravestones may still be seen in the old cemetery, where they were discovered by their great-grandson, Reverend William Ellsworth Witter.

Ebenezer married Zerviah SPAULDING, daughter of Oliver SPAULDING and Mary WITTER, on 26 May 1785 ¹⁵²².^,1612 (Zerviah SPAULDING was born on 1 Mar 1770 ¹⁶¹⁴ and died on 24 Aug 1836 in Cayuga, Cayuga County, New York ¹⁶¹⁴.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage: 26 May 1770. ¹⁶¹⁴

• Married: 2nd cousin. ¹⁵²²