Ebenezer Utter was born on October 1, 1759, in Fredericksburg (now Franklin) in Dutchess County, NY.  During the Revolutionary War, he was drafted into service in August 1776 as a private in colonel John Field’s New York Regiment.  He served in the Hudson River area near Peekskill and Newburgh.  Following that enlistment, he marched with Captain Hecock to protect the frontier from the ‘cowboys’ (people who were loyal to the King of England and who burned farms, stole livestock and murdered colonial families).  That enlistment lasted 18 days and after that he again volunteered to march to Wallkill to protect the inhabitants from the Native Americans.  

After the war, Ebenezer Utter married Ruth Hicks and moved to Granville, near Lake George.  He lived there for about 11 years, before moving to Geneseo and eventually Parma.  In 1832, he applied to the government for his miliary pension and was granted $25.32 annually.  

Ebenezer Utter passed away on February 9, 1837, and is assumed to be buried in Parma Union Cemetery, where one of his sons and many decedents are buried.