Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33,460, for Ebenezer Penniman, Massachusetts
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(8-1776)
SERVICE [STAR]  NUMBER
Mass.       Penniman, Ebenezer S.33,460
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CONTENTS
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1874
Massachusetts
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Ebenezer Penniman
Capt Pray
private
Massachusetts line -- 1781. 18months
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
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Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 7th of April 1818 __
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Certificate of Pension issued the 28 of July 1818 __
and sent to TB Adams Esq.
Quincy, Mass __
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Arrears to 4th of September 1818
Semi anl. all'ce ending [redacted]
4 months @28/3moths __ 
$39. 4b--
{Revolutionary claim,
  Act 18th March, 1818.}

[Side panel]
Notification sent October 25th. 1820 to
Samuel Blagge, Boston, Massachusetts
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33460
[Revy?] INVALID.

File No. 33,460
Ebenezer Penniman
Priv. Rev War

Act: 18th March 18 [Illegible mark]
Index:-Vol. 2, Page 320

[ Arrangement of 1870. ]
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Copy

Schedule [?] of
Ebenezer Penniman by
Guardian

1874
July 1818
CM [initials]
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Commonwealth Massachusetts
Norfolk ss.  I certify that it appears by the
Records of the Court of Probate for the said County
of Norfolk that Daniel Spear of Quincy in the said
County.  Gentleman & Guardian of Eben Penniman 
of the same. Quincy a person now [?] the
said Spear having been duly appointed to that trust 
on the tenth day of November last and having  given
bond for the faithful discharge thereof as by law
as required.
Witness my hand at Dedham this twenty second day of December in the year of our Lord
Eighteen hundred and Eighteen.
Samuel Haven
Register of Probate
I certify that the above is a true copy of
the Original
Boston. July 8. 1820

[?] Blagge
Notary Public
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Commonweath of Massachusetts.
NORFOLK, ss.--CIRCUIT COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, SPECIAL
SESSION, JULY 17, 1820.
On this Seventeenth day of July 1820 personally appeared, in open Court, being a Court of Record for said County,
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, Daniel Spear aged 
years, resident in Quincy in said County, 
who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he 
[redacted] has been appointed Guardian of Eben Penniman of said Quincy
[Non.compasments?] who served as a Private
in the Revolutionary War in the Company commanded by Capt. [Pray?] in the Regiment commanded by Col. Joseph Vose. his 
declaration was dated and on the 7 April 
1818. This Pension Certificate is no. 1879 & dated 28 July 1818.

And I do solemnly swear, that he was a resident citizen of the United States, 
on the 18th day of March 1818; and that he has not, since that time, by gift, 
sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent 
thereby so to diminish it, as to bring himself 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 18th day of March, 1818; and that he has not, nor has any person in trust 
for him, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to him; nor has he 
any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by 
me subscribed. as his Guardian. 
Daniel Spear

Sworn to and declared, on the Seventeenth day of July 
A.D. 1820 before James Ward, Judge C.C.C. Pleas
for So Circuit

I, Horatio Townsend Clerk of the said Court 
do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedule hereto annexed, are truly copied from
 the record of 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 
____ dollars and _____ cents. 

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said 
Court, on this twenty first day of July 1820, Horatio Townsend Clerk.
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Schedule of property belonging to Ebenezer Penniman late a Private in the army of the Revolution.

Real Estate none
Personal Estate none

Occupation a Labourer but [illegible]
[illegible] of [illegible] in consequence &
[illegible].

Family - He has none
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United States of America.
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State of Massachusetts Norfolk ss. Quincy April 7th 1818.
I, Ebenezer Penniman a citizen of the United States, 
now resident at Quincy in the County of Norfolk in the state aforesaid, do on oath, declare, that I served, in the 
War of Revolution, the full term of time required by a Law of the United States, made and passed in the month of March, A.D. 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," as one requisite to entitle me to be placed on the pension list of the said United States, having entered 
the Land service of the said United States, on the Continental Establishment, and served as 
a private soldier against the common enemy ;  from the beginning of the 
year 1781 [?] for the term of eighteen months, or thereabout; that after inlisting
I went on to Castle William in Boston harbour and remained there until 
I marched to West Point. 
That I belonged to a company commanded by Captain Pray, in a Regiment 
of which Col. Joseph Vose was the commander in the Massachusetts line 
and that I left the service by an honourable discharge, but have since lost the same;

And I hearby relinquish all claim to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the 
said United States, if any may be, or hath been, so allowed. 
By reason of my reduced circumstances in life, I stand in need of 
assistance for support from my Country.
                           his
Ebenezer [drawn cross] Penniman 
                         mark.

BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this Seventh day of April in the year 
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen Pursuant to a law of the United 
States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," made and passed on the 18th of March, 
A. D. 1818, personally appeareth before me 
Thomas B Adams, Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Southern Circuit.

the abovenamed Ebenezer Penniman,
and after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, he maketh oath 
to the declaration aforesaid, and subscribes the same in my presence. 

Thomas B Adams.
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[handwritten] district of the 
[typed] COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS 
[Handwritten] Norfolk [typed] ss.

On this seventh day of April 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Southern Circuit, personally appeared [handwritten] Ebenezer Penniman [typed] aged [blank space] years, resident in the said Circuit, who being by me first duly cautioned according to law, on his oath made the following declaration, by him signed, in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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."
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[typed] And I, the said Judge, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said [hand written] Ebinezer Penniman [typed] did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, on the continental establishment ; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. [Handwritten signature] Thomas B Adams
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Norfolk SS. Quincy April Seventh AD 1818.

I John Hall of Quincy in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth
of Massachusetts, of Lawful age to testify, do on Oath declare, that I have been
for many years acquainted with Ebenezer Penniman the within named deponent; 
that the said Penniman was placed under my care as his Guardian, 
and I was knowing to his being inlisted in the Continental service, and that he 
actually served as a private Soldier in the war of the Revolution for the term of 
one year or longer; that on the 8th day of January of 1781, I visited said Penniman, 
then a Soldier at Castle William in Boston harbour, for the purpose of 
ascertaining his situation, and between that day and the 21st day of that month 
I supplied him with clothing etc. and not long after said Penniman [illegible] 
off to West Point, and did not return home for the term of eighteen months 
or longer. That I have reason to believe that said Penniman had a discharge
in writing from the service, but cannot say that I ever saw the same. It is my 
belief that said Penniman is, by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, 
in need of assistance from his Country for support.  And further this deponent 
saith not.  John Hall

Received and Sworn to the day & year above written 
Before me.  Thomas B Adams Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common 
pleas for the Southern Circuit - 

Norfolk SS Quincy April [illegible] AD 1818.

We the Undersigned, being a Major part of the Selectmen 
and Overseers of the poor, of said Town of Quincy, hereby certify whom it 
may concern, that we are and for a long time have been well acquainted 
with the within named Ebenezer Penniman, late a Soldier in the Revolutionary 
war, and a native Citizen of said Town.  That we have always 
understood and believe that the said Penniman served as a private Soldier 
in the revolutionary war and on the Continental establishment the full 
term of time to intitle the said Penniman to a pension from the United 
States agreeable to an Act of Congress of the said United States made and 
passed on the 18th day of March AD 1818, entitled "an Act to provide for certain 
"persons engaged in the land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary 
war."  And we further certify, that we believe and have no doubt, that 
by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he stands in need of assistance 
from his Country for support.  

Noah Curtis

Received and Sworn to the day & year abovewritten, before me
Thomas B Adams, Chi Jus: of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Southern Circuit.