Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,818, John Estabrook, Mass.
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SERVICE
Mass.

Estabrook, John

NUMBER
S.34.818

CONTENTS
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10,626
Massachusetts.
John Estabrook
of Concord in the State of Massachusetts
who was a private in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Sprout of the Masstts
line, for the term of nine months

Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts
at the rate of 8- Dollars per month, to commence on
the 23 of April 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 15 of May, 1899
and sent to Hon. Jno. Davis of
Boston

Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819
83.16
Semi-anl, all'ce ending 4 Sept 1819 48-
10 8/30 4/31- $131.10

[Revolut
Continued
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Notification Sent to Abrm Biglow
Esqr Oct 13, 1820. Cambridge Mass.
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No. 511
John Estabrook

C. April 15

[Crossed out text: Judge's certificate as to indigence wanted]
Adm.

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United States
Mass Dist
John Estabrook of Concord
a resident citizen of the United States
maketh oath, that he served in the war
of the revolution as a private soldier in the
continental establishment in Capt. Minot's
Col Sproat Regim
Gen. Patterson's
Brigade in June of the year that Stoney
Point was taken,
he thinks 1779,
and
served nine months. He does not recollect
that he
had a discharge in writing but at the
and of sd [said] term he left the service honorably
By reason of his reduced circumstances in
life, he is in need of assistance from his
country for support. Signature of John Estabrook

Massachusetts District ss.
Boston 23, April A.D. 1818
Sworn to before me
Jno Davis
Dist Judge
Mass. District
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MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT.
17. April 1818
I AM satisfied that the above named, John Etabrook by 
reason
of his reduced circumstances in life, is in need of assistance from his Country for support.
Signature of Jno Davix
{District Judge U.S. Massachusetts Dist.}
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE 
DEPARTMENT OF WAR.
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MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, SS.
Boston July 30
A.D. 1818.
IT appearing to my satisfaction, that John Estabrook
subscriber to the annexed declaration, sworn to before me, did serve in the revolutionary war
against the common enemy, as stated in said declaration, I now transmit the testimony
in the case, with the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the department of
war, pursuant to the directions of the Act entitled ""An Act to provide for certain persons
engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war
;"" the testimony and proceedings in the premises being the declaration aforesaid,
with the accompanying document marked
her with this certificate.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the
seal of the District Court of the United States for this District
to be hereunto affixed.
Jno Davis
}Judge of the District Court U.S.
Massachusetts District.
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239
John Estabrook 
10626
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
MIDDLESEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit, begun
and holden at Concord, within and for the County of Middlesex, on
the second Monday of June
A. D. 1820
Before the Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Esquire, Chief Justice,
and
WILLIAM WETMORE, and 
STEPHEN MINOT, Esquires,} Associate Justices of said Court.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according
to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in
point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power
of fine and imprisonment, John Estabrook
resident in Concord
in said  county Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 10.626
now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
"WAR DEPARTMENT... REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
"I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States of the
18th March, 1818, John Estabrook
late a
Private
in the army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the
"Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight
dollars per month, to commence on the 23d day of 
April
one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
day of
Given at the War Office of the United States, this fifteenth
"day of May
one thousand eight hundred and
nineteen
J. L. Edwards in the absence
on behalf of the Secretary of War,"
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as
follows, to wit,

SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding
excepted, to wit,
1. 1 cart
$8.00
1 crow bar
1.25
1 old iron stew pan
1.00
2 old chests
2.00
a promissory note signed by
John Heald dated Feb. 14th 1820-
52.10
on which is due
$66.25

And the said John Estabrook on oath declares
that he was sixty nine years of age last December
that his occupation is that of a day laborer when he
is able to work -  that he has a lameness in the
hip which together with the infirmity of age has
almost destroyed his ability to labour - that he
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has no
wife but two children daughters both
married _ that he lives with one of his daughters and
is in a great measure dependent upon the bene
volence of her husband who has but little property
for his support _ that he served in the war of the
Revolution more than twenty three months, five
months in the year 1776 at Tyconderoga in Captain
Warren's company and Col Wheelock's Regiment three
months in 1777 in Capt Bridge's company Col. Thatcher's
Regiment  - three months in 1778 in Captain Andres
company in Col. Jacobs Regiment nine months in 1779
in Captain Minott's company in Col. Sproat's Regiment
three months in 1780 in Capt. Andres company in Col.
Jacobs Regiment
John Estabrook

Declared & swornto
Before
Saml David Judge "
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and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following oath, taken
and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Samuel David
a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,

I John Estabrook do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the
United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and
that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my proper
erty, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the
provisions of an act of Congress, entitled ""an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the
land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war,” passed on the eighteenth
day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any
person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I
any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.
So help me God.
Signature of John Estabrook

Middlesex ss. C.C.C.P. June Term, A. D. 1820
Then the abovenamed John Estabrook
took and subscribed the aforewritten Oath before me,
Saml Dana Judge of said Court.

I, ABRAHAM BIGLOW, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the
record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the
said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid
Schedule is Sixty four dollars & twenty
five cents

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed
the seal of the said Court, at Cambridge, in said County of
Middlesex, on this 25th day of July 1820
Atr. Signature of Abraham Biglow
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34818
Rev  INVALID>

File No. 34,818
John Estabrook
Pri Rev War
Act: 18" March 18"
Index: Vo. 8, Page 126
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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B
John Estabrook
private
Colonel Sprouts
Regt Massts line
July 1779 - 9 months
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I, Abel Brown of Concord in the County of Middlesex and
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, testify and say that
John Estabrook of the same town of Concord belonged
to Col. Sprout Regiment, which was stationed at Fisk-
kill in the State of New York in the year 1779 & 1780

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex  ss. Town of Concord, on the ninth day of May
A.D. 1818 - The above named Abel Brown made
solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition
by him subscribed
Before my
Abiel Heywood, Justice of the peace