Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 14799, Ebenezer Gould, Mass.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
Mass.

Gould, Ebenezer
Mille

NUMBER

W 14799
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Massachusetts
Ebenezer Gould
of  Hampshire in the State of Mass.
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain Leto of the 5th commanded
by Col. Whitney in the Mass.
line for Comm. Milsap

Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts
at the rate of 23 Dollars - Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.

Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of Oct
1835 and  Sgt. Hinkley
Northhampton Mass.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1835 $57.50
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 34 - 11.50
$69.00

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by DD Addison Clerk,
Book E Vol. 2 Page 29
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1603
Massachusetts
Mille Gould
widow of Ebenezer Gould
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
23 Dollars -
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the
30 day of August, 1848
and sent to
G.S. Bulfinch
Boston
Mass.
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Ebenezer Gould
Dictation
16772
vol. 19 p 124
Anno 76
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Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 1832.

State of Massachusetts,  }
County of Hampshire.     }

On this ninth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open Court, before Hon. Samuel Hinkley Esq Judge of the Court of Probate, now sitting, Ebenezer Gould, a resident of Ware, in the county of Hampshire and commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy eight years, who being first duly swears 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 United States service under the follow-ing named officers and serviced as herein stated -
That he enlisted in said service for the term of six months in a volunteer company commanded by Capt. Aaron Guild of Dedham. Lieut. Ebenezer Dean of Franklin and Second Lieut. Moulton of Bolton, all in Massachusetts, and marched from the Captains residence in Dedham about the first of June in the year of our Lord one thous-and seven hundred and seventy six, through Roxbury to Boston from there was carried by water to Nantasket, a plan south of the lighthouse, at the [illegible] of Boston harbor, where the company were stationed until the first of December the same year to guard the harbor and fortify the [illegible]; at which time he was discharged, but not in writing. He thinks Col. Whitney was one of the first officers and does not recollect the names of any others. That there were several companies stationed at that [illegible], but not any continental troops except artillery and does not recollect the names of any of their officers, not any memorable transaction but the take of a British Provision ship bound to Boston for which the soldiers received eight Dollars a piece, called [illegible] money. He has no documentary evidence and knows of but one person who can testify to his services that is Zebulon Rhodes.
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The said Applicant further states that he was drafted in April in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred seventy eight into the service of the United States and served in a company of Militia of whom the Lieut was Jacob Easty of Stoughtonham (now Sharon) Mass. Marched through Walpole, Wrentham, Attleborough and [illegible] Mass, to Bristol [illegible] where the company was stational three weeks to guard the town of Bristol. At the expiration of said three weeks he was discharged but not in writing. He does not recollect the names of any other officers;  has no documentary witness and knows of no person who can testify to his services.
     Also that in the month of October in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight he was hired by the town of Walpole, Mass, to go on an expedi-tion to Rhode Island in the United States service in a company commanded by Capt. Boyd of Franklin, Mass.
Marched through Wrentham, Attleborough, Seakonk, Mass.  Warren to Bristol where the company staid one day then crossed over the bay onto the Island and were put on [illegible] duty [illegible], preparing to fortify the Island; after five or six days retreated off the Island to Tiverton and were discharged but not in writing. He does not recollect the names of any other officers and has no documentary witness and knows of no person who can testify to  his services.
Also that he was born at Stoughtonham (now Sharon) in the county of Norfolk Commonwealth of Mass. on the twenty-first day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and fifty four. That he know of no record of his age except in a Bible that was the property of his father now in his possession. That he lived in said Stoughtonham when called into the service of the United States at the several times above specified; and that in April in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty he removed to Ware in the county of Hampshire and common-wealth aforesaid where has has lived every since.
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The said applicant hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. 

Ebenezer Gould 

Swornto and subscribed the day and year of said before me Samuel Hinckley Judge of Probate for Said County. 

We Joseph Cummings & Leonard Gould residing in Ware in the County and Commonwealth of on said hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Ebenezer Gould, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy eight 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. 

Joseph Cummings 
Leonard Gould 

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Before me Samuel Hinckley Judge of Probate - 

This the said Court do hereby [insertion] declare [/insertion] their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after [putting] the Interrogations [sp?]  prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies, that is offers to them that Joseph Cummings & Leonard Gould are residents in the town of Ware and are credible persons, and that this statement is entitled to credit. 

Samuel Hinckley Judge of Probate

I, Samuel H. Lyman Register of the court of Probate, do hereby certify that the forgoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Ebenezer Gould for a pension.  

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this ninth Day of
October A.D. 1839 - 

Sam H. Lyman Register
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V358
Melle Gould
widow of Ebenezer
Mass. 
_________________

Oct 7. July 38. 
5 [years?]

_________________

Married 1783
died 1833
Augs of 23. [?] army 
 


Mason Shaw, 
Belchertown 
Mass
[Auj 78?]
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire County Js.

On this eighth day of August A.D. 1838 personally appeared before me Ithamar Conkey judge of Probate of Wills [?] in afor said County of Hampshire Melle Gould, a resident of Ware in the said County of Hampshire aged seventy seven years. who, being first duly sown according to Law, doth, on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7. 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of Ebenezer Gould late of said Ware who was a private in the War of the Revolution. and a pensioner under the act of June 7th 1832, and according to memorandums on file, was out three times [?]. first six months in 1776 in a volunteer company commanded by Capt. Aaron Guild of Dedham. marched to Boston & there conveyed to Nantucket and remained there till discharged in December of that year. In 1778 was drafted and served in a Company of Militia commanded by Capt Jacob Este & marched to Bristol in Rhode Island in the month of April. and in October of the same year was hired by the Town of Walpole in the County of Norfolk in said Commonwealth and under the Command of Capt Boyd. marched to Rhode Island and soon after retreated to Tivertown. 
She further declares that she was married to the said
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Ebenezer Gould on the first day of January in the year seventeen hundred and eighty two. that her husband, the aforsaid Ebenezer Gould died on the thirty first day of December eighteen hundred thirty three. that shew as not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four; [vis?] at the time above stated. 
Melle Gould 

Sworn and subscribed, on the day and year above written before 
Ithamar Conkey Judge of Probate 

I hereby certify that the said Melle Gould the applicant cannot from bodily infirmity attend the Court. - 
Ithamar Conkey Judge of Probate 

I Sammuel F Lyman Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings before the Judge of Probate for said County in the matter of the application of Melle Gould for a pension. 

In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & Seal of Office this ninth day of August A.D. 1898. 
Sam F Lyman Regt of Probate
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Melle Gould 
a, E,
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I Francis Horton of Brookfield in the County
of Worcester & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, testify and say that
I have in my custody the original records of the First Congregational
Church in said Brookfield and that part thereof during the
ministry of the late Rev. Ephraim Ward Pastor of said Church is in his handwriting, from which it appears that
Ebenezer Gould of Ware & Milla Coney of Brookfield
were married by him on the Second day of
January in the year of our Lord Seventeen hundred &
eighty three and I certify that it is a true copy of the word, with
the exception of the date, which is expressed in the record
in fair legible figures as follows
Jan [illegible] 1783 Married Ebenezer Gould of Ware & Milla Coney of Brookfield
I Francis Horton above named [illegible] and [illegible] say, that I
hold the office of Pastor of the Church in
the county town and State aforesaid
and that the above is a true extract from
the Records of said church with the
exception above named as certified
by me.
Francis Horton Pastor of the First
Church in Brookfield
December 6th 1838. Sworn before me
Mason Shaw Justice of the Peace
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I certify that full credit is to be given to the truth of the deposition aforesaid of the Rev. Francis Horton.

Mason Shaw Justice of the Peace
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Hampshire ss.
I, SAMUEL F. LYMAN, Register of the Court of Probate within and for said County of Hampshire, do hereby certify that Mason Shaw Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that the signature thereto annexed purporting to be his, I know to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this thirteenth day of December A.D. 1838.
Saml. F. Lyman Register of Probate.
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16. 772
Ebenezer Gould 

Vmah 6 Mar 27 Day [?] 

5 & 16 06 
May 29 1833
P[?]10 
2B 33
33
23 2
4600
1150
5757 

S. Hinckley Es. 
Northampton 
Mass
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16772

BRIEF in the case of Ebenezer Gould
County of Hampshire in the State of Massachusetts 
(Act 7th June, 1932) 

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court 
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? - 
3. How old is he? 78. 
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 

[Table]
Period | Duration of Service | Rank.| Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. 

-------| Years, Months, Days. | As a| Gen. 

[Row1] In 1776 about the 1st [?] | Discharged 1st [insertion] 6 [/insertion] Dec. 1776. | Private| Capt. Este, Lieut. Dean, Col. Whitney 

[Row 2] Drafted 1778 April | - - 21| " | Lieut Easty - 

[Row 3] 1778 Octr. | not started precisely 6| "| Capt. Boyd - 

[end of Table] 

5. In what battles was he engaged? none 

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Staughtonham. Massa

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proff, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? 
Traditionary & a Witness 

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
Correct 

I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. 

F. Waugh Examining Clerk. 
March 1st 1833
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[pen]sion on file in this Bureau.  
Ebenezer Gould, N. File 14799. 

[Table] 
Dates of Enlistment or Appointment || Length of Service || Rank || Officers under whom service was rendered. || State 

[Subheadings] 
- || - || - || Captain | Colonel || - 

[Row1] June 1, 1776 || 6 mos. || Private || Aaron Guild | Whitney || Mass. 
[Row 2] Apr. 1778 || 3wks || - || (Lieut) Jacob Estey | - || - 
[Row 3] Oct 1778 || 6 das || - || Boyd | - || - 

Battles engaged in: 

Residence of soldier at enlistment:  Staughtenham , Norfolk Co., Mass. 

Date of application for pension: Oct 9 1832 his claim was [al?] 

Residence at date of application: Ware, Hampshire Co., Mass. 

Age at the date of application, b. Staughtenham, Mass July 21, 1754. 

Remarks: Soldier died Dec 31, 1833. Mar. in Brookfield Mass. Jan 1, 1782, or Jan 2. 1783 Mille Coney. She was al. pius. in an apl. dated Aug. 8 1838 while 77 years of age and a res. of Ware Mass. 

Very respectfuly 

[unsigned] 

Commissioner
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[Left page] 

1911. Jan 30 [Hist. W ?] 
Miss Ellen M. Gould 

[Right Page] 
Rev WIDOW, & c. 
_______

File No. 14799
Mille Gould 
Widow of 
Ebenezer Gould 
Priv. Rev. War 
______

Act: Feb 2nd 1848 

Index - Vol. A, Page 208 

{Arrangement of 1870}
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78 South Street
Ware, Mass.
Jan. 23, 1911

Commissioner of Pensions

Dear Sir,
I wish to establish a claim to become a Daughter of the Revolution. Among the names of Pensioners of the Revolutionary War is that of Millie Gould (born 1761 and died 1851) whose husband was Ebenezer Gould of Ware, Massachusetts (from 1754 died 1834) he was my great grandfather,
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this was taken from a volume entitled "A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary Military Services; with their names and ages and places of residence, as determined by the Marshals of the several Judicial Districts under the act for taking the sixth-census. Published 1841.

I was directed to the Commissioners of Pensions, Washington, D.C. to obtain a record of his military service. 

If you can kindly give me whatever information you have in regard to him or her you
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will greatly oblige me. 

Very respectfully,

(Miss) Ellen M. Gould,

78 South Street,
Ware,
Massachusetts.
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V 
358 
See let. to Mason Shaw, 
Sept. 14, 1838
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[Left side] 
[unclear] 6 Apl 44

[Right side] 
5248
Massachusetts
_________________

Mille Gould 
widow of Ebenezer Gould 
who was a Private
in the Massa Gene

_______________

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
23 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on 
the 4th day of March, 1843
______________________

Certificate of Pension issued the 
6th day of April 1844
and sent to 
Hon. O. Baker. 
H. Reps. 
________
{Act of March 3, 1843 } 
Recorded in Book A 
Vol. 1 Page 43
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2262
2262

Massachusetts 
________________

Mille Gould 
widow of Ebenezer Gould 
dec. 
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died on the---------- 1833
of Hampshire Co in the State of Massts. 
who was a priv. in the Company commanded
by Captain Gite of the regt. commanded 
by Joe Whitney in the Mass. 
line for 6 mo. 27 ds 
________________________

Inscribed on the Roll of Massts 
at the rate of 23 Dollars ----- Cents per annum, 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836. 
__________________

Certificate of Pension issued the 6 day of April
1839, and sent to Mason 
Shaw, Belchertown, Mass. 
____________

Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 1839 $69.00
Semi=annual allowance ending 4 Sep 39 11.50
__________
[Total] $80.50
_____________
{Act July 7, 1838} 

Recorded by DM Curdy Clerk, 
Book A. Vol. 1 Page 90
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire Js. September 2, 1833

Personally appeared before me the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace. Ebinezer Gould who, being duly sworn uponth and saith, that, by reasoning old age. and the covergent loss of Memory. he cannot swear positively as to the precise days he entered and let the service of the United States, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods [?]mentioned below and in the following grades; For Six months I served as a private soldier in a Company of Militia commanded by Capt [Stevon?] Guide in the United State service stationed at a [?] called Nantasket at the entrance of Boston harbor - Also for three weeks [crossed out] in a company [/crossed out] I served as a private soldier in a company of Militia the Capt. name I cannot recollect but the Lieut was Jacob Easty a neighbor of mine, the company were stationed at Bristol Rhode Island. in the United States service - And also six days I served as a private soldier in a company of Militia commanded by Capt. Boyd the company were one day at Bristol (R.I.) and five days on the Island. all in the service of the United States. Being in all six months and twenty seven days for which service I claim a pension. 
The times that said service were performed are the same as Stated in my declaration and I cannot recollect the names of any other officer but those therein named.
The names of Persons to whom I am known in my neighborhood who can testify to my character for [?] and their belief of my services as a soldier of the revolution are Joseph Cummings & Leonard Gould Esq. who have [certified ?] in my declaration and the Rev. [?] B. Reed the clergyman of the Parish in which I live - 
Ebenezer Gould 
Swornto and subscribed the day and year above. 
Before me Leonard Gould
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire Js. I Sammuel F Lyman Register of the Court of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Leonard Gould Esqr above named is a Justice of the Peace for said County that the signature annexed tot he foregoing deposition reporting to be his, I believe to be genuine. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Land & Seal of Office
this third - day of September A. D. 1833
Sam F Lyman Register
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I Augustus B Reed, a clergyman, residing in the town of Ware in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Ebenezer Gould, who has subscribed to the annexed declaration, that I believe him to be seventy nine years of age; that he is reported and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a a soldier of the revolution, and I concur in that opinion. 

Augustus B Reed. 

sworn to and subscribed this third day of September A. D. 1833 in open Court Before me Sammuel Hinkley Judge of Court of Probate

And the said Court do hereby certify that it appears to them that Augustus B. Reed who has signed the proceeding Certificate is a clergyman, resident in the town of Ware, and is a credible person, and his statement is entitled to credit. 

Sammuel Hinkley Judge of Probate 

I Sammuel F Lyman Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Hampshire do hereby certify that the foregoing is the doing of said Court in addition to this former proceeding in the matter of the application of Ebenezer Gould for pension - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my and Seal of office this third day of September A.D. 1833

Sam F. Lyman Register
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I Molly Scott of Belchertown in the County of Hampshire in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged eighty years certify and say that I was present at the wedding of my sisters Prysella and Melle at my father's house in Brookfield in the County of Worcester they were both married at the same time by the Rev. Ephraim Ward a Congregational minister in said Brookfield. My sister Melle Coney was married to Ebenezer Gould. The marriage was some time in the winter of seventeen hundred and eighty two as near as I can calculate. the day or the month I do not remember, and further that said Melle Gould has never been married since the death of her late husband the said Ebenezer Gould and further the deponent saith not. 

Molly Scott 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Hampshire County Js. August 4th 1838

Then the above named Molly Scott personally appeared and made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition by her subscribed. 

Before Mr. Mason Shaw Justice of the Peace I certify that I am well acquainted with Molly Scott above named and that full credit should be given to the truth of her testimony aforesaid. Mason Shaw Jus. Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 
Hampshire ss. 

I SAMUEL F LYMAN, Register of the Court of Probate within and for said County of Hampshire, do hereby certify that Mason Shaw Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that the signature thereto annexed purporting to be his, I know to be genuine. 

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this ninth day of August A. D. 1838

Sam F. Lyman Register of Probate
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57, 35
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Hampshire ss. 
On this twentieth day of March personally appeared before the subscribed a justice of the Peace within and for the County of Hampshire of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Mille Gould a resident of Ware in said County of Hampshire aged eighty three years who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by Act of Congress passed on the 3rd of March 1843 granting pensions to the widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war that she is the widow of Ebenezer Gould who was a private in the Army. that from advanced age she is unable to recollect how long and in what regiment the said Ebenezer served. but thinks that he served in all nine months. And while in the service was stationed for a part if not all of the time on what was then called Nantasket Island. that she has no documentary evidence wherewith to refresh her memory. That under the Act of July 7 AD 1838 she secured
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annually as pension money from the United States. the sum of Twenty Three Dollars. 

She further declares that she is still a widow. 

[crossed out] I swear to and subscribe on the day and year above written before me. [/crossed out] 

Mille Gould 
Hampshire ss. 
Ware March 20th 1844 

in presence of A. Phelps Jr
Ebenezer Gould 

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me. 
Ansel Phelps Jr. 
Justice of the Peace 

Hampshire ss Ware 20th 1844 I certify that Mille Gould above named is personally known to me
Ansel Phelps Jr.
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[above letter from previous page 32 where it is fully transcribed] 

[attached document on bottom half of letter] 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
____
Hampshire ss. 

I Samuel Wells, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth for the County of Hampshire, do certify that Ansel Phelps Jr Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was, at the date therof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County. duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the handwriting of the said Ansel Phelps and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine. 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said Commonwealth, this twenty fifth day of March in the year of our Lord on thousand eight hundred and forty four

Samuel Wells Clerk
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admitted 

G. S. Bulfinch 
Boston 
Mass
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DECLARATION 
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2d February, 1848, entitled "An act making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution." 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts } ss. 
Hampshire County, 

On this fifth day of August 1848, personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county aforesaid, 
Mille Gould 
a resident of Ware in the county of Hampshire aforesaid aged Eighty seven years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Ebenezer Gould who was a resident of Ware and who was a private in the War of the Revolution and is the identical person who drew a pension under the Act of 17th June, 1844, on account of the Revolutionary service of her late husband aforesaid, at the rate of twenty three dollars and ___ cents per annum. 
She further declares that she is still a widow. 

Mille Gould 

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, In presence of Ebenezer Gould [?] 
} Before me, William Hyde 
Justice of the Peace. 

I certify, that the declarant is personally known to me, a widow and a pensioner, as she declares. 
William Hyde 
Justice of the Peace. 

[none of the below is filled in] 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 
____________ County, } ss. 

I ________________________ Clerk of the Court, of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that ________________ is a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; and that his signature, above written, is genuine. 

Given under my hand, and the Seal of said Court, this _______________
_______ day of _______ 18 ________

[unsigned] Clerk
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
__________________

Secretary's Office, Boston August 12th 1848
I hereby Certify, that on the first day of 
June, eighteen hundred and forty eight. 
William Hyde was appointed for the term of 
seven years a Justice of the Peace for 
the County of Hampshire. 

in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, a such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court. 

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the 
Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written. 

W. B. Calhoun
Secretary of the Commonwealth
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I Prysilla Brackenridge of Ware in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged seventy six years testify and say that my sister Melle Coney and Ebenezer Gould of said Ware were married by the Rev. Ephraim Ward of Brookfield in the County of Worcester in said Commonwealth where we then lived. on the first day of January seventeen hundred and eighty two, and that I was present at their marriage and furthermore I testify and say that I was married the same day at said Brookfield by said Ward to James Brackenridge and that this is the record of my marriage as it is recorded in my family bible. [?] "James Brackenridge married, Prysilla Coney January 1st 1782" and i further say that we all stood up at the same time and were married at the same time. 
Prysilla Brakenridge 

[On attached paper] 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Hampshire ss. 
I, Samuel F Lyman, Register of the Court of Probate within and for said County of Hampshire, do hereby certify that Mason Shaw Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that the signature thereto annexed purporting to be his, I know to be genuine. 

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this ninth day of August A. D. 1838

Sam F. Lyman Register of Probate
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I Prysilla Brackenridge of Ware in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged seventy six years testify and say that my sister Melle Coney and Ebenezer Gould of said Ware were married by the Rev. Ephraim Ward of Brookfield in the County of Worcester in said Commonwealth where we then lived. on the first day of January seventeen hundred and eighty two, and that I was present at their marriage and furthermore I testify and say that I was married the same day at said Brookfield by said Ward to James Brackenridge and that this is the record of my marriage as it is recorded in my family bible. [?] "James Brackenridge married, Prysilla Coney January 1st 1782" and i further say that we all stood up at the same time and were married at the same time.
Prysilla Brakenridge

Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Hampshire County ss. August 3d 1838
Then Presilla Brackenridge above named personally appeared and made solemn oath that the above deposition by her subscribed [?] 

Before me Mason Shaw Justice of the Peace. 

I hereby certify that full credit is to be given to the truth of the testimony of Prysilla Brakenridge aforesaid, 
Mason Shaw Justice of the Peace
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Ho. of Reps Washington 
March 24 1844 

Sir
I met the enclosed Declaration and proof last evening, from a constituent. 
Will you have the goodness to examine the case as soon as may be and inform me of the result. 

Respectfully [?] 
Osmyn Baker 

J. L. Edwards Esq. 
Court of Pensions
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[Horizontal] 
James L. Edwards
Court of Pensions 
Washington 

[Vertical] 
51135
Mason 
Mass 
Mar 3 743 
Mille Guld 

$ 23 per an. 

Hn. O Baker 
HR.
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I Zebulon Rhoades of Granby in the county of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age do testify and say that on or about the first of Jan in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy six I enlisted in the Massachusetts state service in a volunteer company, for the term of six months, said company was commanded by Capt,. Aaron Guide of Dedham in the County of Norfolk and commonwealth of the aforesaid. Lieut Ebenezer Dean of Franklin in said county of Norfolk and Second Lieut Naulton of Boston in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth aforesaid. the Colonel's name was Whitney. My place of residence at that time was Stoughtonham (now Sharon) in said Norfolk County. I was well acquainted with Ebenezer Gould of said Stoughtonham and know that he enlisted in said company. We marched to Boston in said Massachusetts and was carried by water to Nantasket at the entrance of Boston harbor south of the lighthouse, where we were stationed together with other companies to guard the harbor. Said Gould continued in said service with me untill the first of December the same year, when I was discharged. We took a British provision Ship bound to Boston for which the soldiers had eight Dollars a piece called prize money. 

Zebulon Rhodes 

Hampshire ss. [?] on August 14, 1832 then personally appeared Zebulon Rhoades and made oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true. 
Before me Aaron Gould Justice of the Peace I further certify that the above named Zebulon Rhoades is a credible witness 
Aaron Gould Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Hampshire ss. I , Samuel F. Lyman, Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County, do hereby certify that Aaron Gould Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition was taken is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and have no doubt that the Signature annexed to said deposition is genuine. 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this ninth day of October A. D. 1832 

Sam F. Lyman Register of Probate
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[all text x'd out]
United States at the several times above [illegible] and
that in [illegible] in the year of our Lord one thousand seven
hundred and eighty he removed to Ware in the County of
Hampshire and
commonwealth aforesaid where he has
lived ever since.
[text faded and most illegible]
[illegible line] pension
[illegible] except [illegible] that his name
is not [illegible] pension  [illegible] [illegible] of any State
Sworn to and subscribed this day and year aforesaid.
[illegible signature]

[light text and mostly illegible]
We, [illegible] 
[illegible]Ware in the county of [illegible] and commonwealth [illegible]in
[illegible] hereby certify that Ebenezer Gold
[illegible] being who has subscribed and
sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be
seventy eight years of age that he is a person
is asserted and believed,
[illegible]neighborhood where he resides to have been a revolutionary soldier, and that be [illegible] in that opinion
Sworn to & subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Augustus Gould
Leonord Gould

I do hereby declare it to be my opinion after the investigation of the  matter, and after putting the interrogatories 
prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served
as he states. And I further certify that Augusta B. Reid
who has signed the above certificate is a clergyman, resident
in the town of Ware, and that Leonard Gould, who has also
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Ebenezer Gould 

Sammuel Hinckley E
Northampton
Mass
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which these answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Ebenezer Gould which require further proof or explanation. 

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes 

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? 

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes. 

V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amout of pension he is entitled? No 

VI. Has he given the names whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? 
Doubtful 

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?  yes

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes 

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes 

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed ? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from nay other seal? yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the gneeral belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No clergyman but 2 citizens 

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?  No 

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? 

XIV. *If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? 
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? No 
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? Yes 

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes. 

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes 

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which is not so answered? Y. 
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Explanatory Notes 
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; for - year - months, and - days, I served as a - For - months and - days, I served as a - ; and for such service I claim a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served, the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their  affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. 
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. 
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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3-871 
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Record Division 
Department of the Interior 
Bureau of Pensions 
________
Briefed by A. Mene D. 25/1/11
Claim No. ______
Certificate No. ________
Claimant __Millie 
Soldier__ Ebenezer Gould 
Service __Mass. 
Additional Service __Rev. 
No ___ claim, State records ____ 191_ 
No claim, combination records ___ 191_ 

Remarks: 
Wed. 7. 14, 799