Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25186, Lawrence Ellis, Mass.
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Service
Mass.

Ellis, Lawrence 
Batchelder, Dorothy

(Former widow)

Number W.25186

B.L.Wt. 90032-160-55
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Increase

No. 669H

New Hampshire
Dorothy Batchelder, formerly widow of Lawrence Ellis who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private of Infy and Arty.
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Concord, NH, agency 
Rate 96 Dollars 00
cents per annum.

Commencing July 27/68
Ded. payts. made since.
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Certificate dated April 9/69.
and sent to 
Clark Dargin
Andover, Merrimack, NH
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Inc act July 27/68
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act Febuary 3, 1853, Page 157 Vo. 36

Selligson
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268.519

Dorothy Batchelder for rid.

Lawrence Ellis.
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State of New Hampshire County of Merrimack
S.s.
on this 7 day of August
A.D. 1856 personally appeared in front of me a Notary Public in & for the said State of New Hampshire Mrs. Dorothy Batchelder aged seventy seven years a resident of Andover in said County & State who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is a widow (having again married and again become a widow) of Lawrence Ellis, deceased who was a private in the company commanded by Capt. Tobias Fernald in the Regiment commanded by Col. James Scammon in the war with Great Britain, the Revolutionary war so called. That her said husband enlisted at or near Kittery in 1775 for a tour of time unknown & continued in actual service in the said war for the term of eight months as appears by the attached certificate. He was was honorably discharged at a place unknown in the year 1776 as will appear by a reference to rolls & that he received no printed or written discharge & that within the said Lawrence nor the
said Dorothy ever received or applied for Bounty and under this or any other act of Congress & that she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the act of Congress approved March 3rd A.D. 1853

The petitioner states that she was married to the said Lawrence Ellis in Andover on or about the sixteenth day of Sept 1800
by Joseph B. More a Justice of the Peace that her name before her said marriage was Dorothy Rowell- that her husband died
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at Andover N.H. on the third day of July
A.D. 1821. that she married Reubin Batchelder
on or about the nineteenth day of March 1822
who died on or about the second day of August A.D. 1827 at the said Andover that she
is still a widow & the the certificate or warrant 
thereof may be sent for her to Chas J.F.Stone, East Andover, New Hampshire.
Dorothy Batchelder


We Silas M Ellis & Polly Ellis both of Andover, 
upon oath depose that whose Dorothy Ellis swore to & subscribed declaration in my presence & that we know thee to be the identical person she refers to herself to be & that we have no interest in this claim
Silas M. Ellis
Polly Ellis

I certify that the above Dorothy Batchelder
swore to & subscribed the above declaration
before me on the day & year above written & that the above affiants are the identical
persons they offer to be & that
have no interest in this claim
Chas. J. F. Stone Notary Public
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State of New Hampshire }
County of Merrimack  } Ss.
on this 9th day of August AD 1856 
personally appeared before me Moses Rowell
of Andover in said County & Stated that
he well know & declares under oath  that he knew Lawrence Ellis  in his life time & also knew his widow Dorothy Batchelder & that he was present at the marriage of the said Lawrence Ellis to the said Dorothy- that they were married on the sixteenth day of September A. D. 1800 by one Jacob More a Justice of the Peace & that her name before her said marriage was Dorothy Rowell & he also states that he was present at the burial of  the said Lawrence Ellis that he died at Andover
on the 3d day of July A.D. 1821- & that he
was also present at the burial of Reubin 
Batchelder her second & last husband & that he knows her the said Dorothy to be still a widow.
Moses Rowell

State of New Hampshire }
County of Merrimack } Ss.
On the day & year above written personally
appeared the above named Moses Rowell & made oath that the above certificate to him subscribed is true.
Before me Chas J. F. Stone.   N .P.
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State of New-Hampshire
MERRIMACK, SS. 

I, Nehemiah Butler, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County, hereby certify that
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Dorothy Batchelder
Andover NH
For Bounty Land

168.519

By her Atty
Chas J.F. Stone
East Andover NH
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State of New Hampshire
County of Merrimack [illegible]
In open Court Adjourned [illegible] Jan 1857
Present
On this fifteenth day of January A.D. 1857 before the Court of Common Pleas held within & for the  County & State aforesaid, personally appeared Dorathy Batchelder aged seventy seven years, a resident of Andover in said County & State, who being deaf [illegible] according to Law, [illegible] under oath, wrote the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the pension made by the act of Congress, passed on the third of February, 1853, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War; that she is the widow of Lawrence Ellis deceased, (having since the death of said Ellis - married one Reuben Batchelder & again became a widow by the death of said Batchelder) who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Tobias Fernald in the regiment commanded by James Scammond in the War of the Revolution.

To the best of her information & belief, her husband entered the service at Kittery, Maine in the year 1775 for a term of time [illegible] and was honorably discharged at same place [illegible] in the year 1776 - that her said husband continued in active service in said warfare the term of eight months as appears by the certificate entered to you with her declaration for Bounty Land under the act of March 3, 1855, to which she refers you for proof of said Ellis service that her said husband was never pensioned.

She further states that she was [illegible]
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[] to the said Lawrence Ellis in Andover, State of New Hampshire on the sixteenth day of September A.D. 1800 by one Jacob B. More a justice of the peace and that her name before her said marriage was Dorathy Batchelder that her husband died at Andover aforesaid on the third day of July A.D. 1821. That she was not married to him prior to the second of January A.D. 1800 but at the time above stated, and she further states that there is no public record of her marriage & that there is no private record of her marriage. 

That she cannot file herewith his certificate of discharge for the reason that she cannot find it and further she declares that she is now a widow.

She hereby appoints Charles J. F. Stone of Plymouth her true Attorney, with powers of substitution, to prosecute this her claim for a pension, to receive the certificate when issued, and do all other acts necessary and proper in the  premises & get her the proof of her marriage to Lawrence Ellis & the death of said Ellis & Batchelder she refers you to the evidence filed with her Declaration for Bounty Land under the act of March 3, 1855.

Daniel Barnard
N. B. Bryant
Dorathy Batchelder

[illegible] subscribed before me, on this day and year first above mentioned, and I truly certify that I know the said defendant Dorathy Batchelder and believe her to be as in above stated, and that she is the of the age above stated & further, that I am not interested in this her claim as Attorney or otherwise.

Witness my hand & the seal of said Court affixed by order of said Courtroom in Session.
N. Butler, of said Court.
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State of New Hampshire }
County of Merrimack }ss.

On this fifteenth day of January A.D. 1857 personally appeared before me the undersigned, a Notary Public in & for said County & State Timothy Weare aged seventy eight years and Jonathan Emery aged sixty
four both residents of Andover in said County & State who are to me well known, and who are credible witnesses and who being of me duly sworn depose & say, that they are each well acquainted with Mrs. Dorothy Batchelder the above applicant for a pension that they have known her for forty years last past. That they were acquainted with with (sic) Lawrence Ellis her first husband deceased having known him for ten years previous to his death that
they, the said Lawrence Ellis & Dorothy Ellis
lived together as husband & wife and were
reputed so to be, that deponents have heard
of the fact of their marriage called in question-
That the said Lawrence Ellis died at Andover
on the third day of July A.D. 1821 & the said
Dorothy Ellis has since them married to one Reuben Batchelder that the said Reuben Batchelder is now dead  & that the said Batchelder died at Andover on the second day of August A.D. 1827 - & that the said Dorothy Batchelder, who was formerly Dorothy Ellis & before either marriage Dorothy Rowell is now a widow & has been since the death of the said Batchelder  - And that the said Lawrence Ellis the identical person who served in the company of Capt. Tobias Fernald in the Regt. of Col. James Scammon in the War of the  
Revolution refered to in the certificate of the secretary of
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the State of Massachusetts send to the
Secretary of the Interior, or Commissioner
of Pensions as stated in her aforesaid declaration. And deponent further
States that they have heard the said Lawrence
Ellis relate the fact that he was in the Revolutionary War under Capt. Tobias Fernald that they have heard him tell & thought of time he was out but cannot now state. That they have no doubt from the appearance & statements of the said Ellis but that he was the identical person who served under said Capt. Fernald in said war- that said Ellis was a man of truth & veracity, and further that they (sic) deponent have had reason to doubt the statements of said Ellis in relation to his Revolutionary Service and further, that they were present and saw Dorothy Batchelder execute the foregoing declaration of Signing her name to the foregoing declaration and making oath thereto in the form of law, and that they have no interest in this claim
Witness
Timothy Weare
Jonathan Emery
Sworn to & subscribed before me this fifth day of January AD 1857
Chas J. F. Stone
I certify that the foregoing interlinging (sic)
in the declaration of Dorothy Batchelder was
made before her signature was attached & before she made oath as above stated
Chas J. F. Stone N. P.
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State of New Hampshire }
County of Merrimack } SS.
On this thirteenth day of January A.D. 1857
personally appeared before me Moses Rowell
of Andover in said County & State to me
well known & declares under oath that
he knew Lawrence Ellis in his life time
& also knows his Widow Dorothy Batchelder
& that he was present & saw the said Lawrence Ellis married to the said Dorothy that
they were married on the sixteenth day of September by Jacob B. More a Justice of
the Peace A.D. 1800 & that her name before her said Marriage was Dorothy Rowell & he also States that he was present at the burial of
the said Lawrence Ellis that he died at Andover
on the 3rd day of July A.D. 1821 & that he was
also present at the burial of the last husband 
Reuben Batchelder that he died at said Andover on the second day of August AD. 1827 & that the said Dorothy is now a widow.
Moses Rowell
Sworn to & Subscribed before me on the day & year above written.
Chas .J. F. Stone  N. P.


State of New Hampshire }
County of Merrimack } SS.
I hereby certify, that Chas. J. F. Stone before
whom the foregoing affidavits were made & acknowledged, and who has thereunto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing a Notary Public in & for said County & State duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signatures thereto are genuine
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto
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set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for the County aforesaid this fifth day of February A..D. 1857
N.Butler, { Clerk of Courts for Merrimack County }
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the
.
State of Maine
County of York SS
Town Clerks office Kittery Me
August 26th A.D. 1859
I Jefferson Y. Lewis testify and say that I hold
the office of Town Clerk of the Town of Kittery
in the State and County aforesaid and that the
records of said Town are in my possession,
that upon a careful examination of the records
of said Town I find that Lawrence Ellis
was born in said Town of Kittery on the 5th
day of June A D 1757
that I can find the name of but one man
by the name of Lawrence Ellis borne thereon
during the period of the war of the Revolution
capable of baring arms.
Attest
Jefferson Y. Lewis Town Clerk
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
State of Newhampshire (sic)
County of Rockingham SS Sworn to on this 26th day of Aug 1859
before me & I certify that I am disinterested
Samuel H Goodall   Justice of the Peace
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WIDOW, &c.
Revy
File No......25.186
Dorothy Batchelder
formerly Widow of
Lawrence Ellis
Priv. Rev. War

Act: ...Feb. 3" 1853.
Index:- Vol. .....R..., Page...... 41
[Arrangement of 1870]
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6.692

New Hampshire. Concord.
Dorothy Batchelder, formerly
widow of Lawrence Ellis
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private of Infy & Artillery
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 66 dollars 67
cents per annum, to commence
on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued
20th day of Septr. 1859
and sent to
L, D, Stevens
Concord
N.H.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853, Page 154. Vol. H
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Hon. George C Whiting
Commiss'r of Pensions 
Washington D,C.

S
add,evi.
Revy
Dorothy Batchelder
wid.
Lawrence Ellis
N.H. died 1821
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No. 6648
Dorothy Batchelder
formerly widow of
Lawrence Ellis
Merrimack County
New Hampshire
Admitted Act Feby 3/53
at rate of $66.67 per
annum, commencing at
date of said act
Service 9 Mos 18 days     Private Artillery
    "       8 Mos     -       Private Infantry

Pay widow
---
Certificate to
L. D. Stevens,
Concord
New Hampshire
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See Bounty Land Claim
for this evidence
1859.9.4
1853.2. 4
1853. 3.4
1853.2.3
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No. 6648
Dorothy Batchelder
formerly widow of
Lawrence Ellis
Merrimack Co. New Hampshire
Let. C. J. F. Stone Feby 13 /57
Papers
Examine by Mr Crawford
for Stevens
who took a minute of
the evidence of service
Sept 6. 1859
L. D. Stevens Sept. 16/59
(See B.L. Claim)
Act Feby 3. 1853
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Suspended Bounty Land Claim
FREE

Hon. Geo C. Whiting
Comm'r of Pensions
Washington D.C.

,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Dorothy Batchelder
Wid.
Lawrence Ellis
Army Rev
Boynton
(Pension Office Date Stamp-- Sep 29, 1859)
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V.
90.032

{160 Acres}
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Bounty Claim
Dorothy Batchelder
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Pension Office
February 19th 1857.
Sir:
The bounty land claim of Dorothy Batchelder
has been been Examined & Suspended.
Proof should be filed which will verify the soldier whose service is Certified to by the Secretary of State of Massachusetts as the husband of the applicant.
Yours Respectfully
Geo. C Whiting
Commissioner.


Chas J. F. Stone, Esq"
East Andover,
N.H.
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man lives on the old Col Genish - Glidden-
Jonathan Emery- lives in Andover
 Ware
East Andover
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Act of March 3. 1855
Bounty Land Claim Suspended
Additional papers forwarded
by L.D.Stevens Atty for Claimant
Dorothy Batchelder
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Concord N.H. Sept 24. 1859.

Sir,
I  herewith forward a power of attorney from
Dorothy Batchelder, formerly widow of Lawrence Ellis, authorizing me to prosecute her claim for Bounty lands under the Act of 1855, which is now suspended. As I have no means at hand of giving the No of the claim, I  forward a letter addressed to Mr Stone, the former Agent of the claimant.
Mrs. Batchelder has recently been placed on
the Pension List under Act of Feb 3, 1853
2d Section & her name is now on the Roll of
the Concord N.H. Pension Agency
I very much desire that the said Warrant due to Mrs. Batchelder may be issued immediately
and forwarded to me.
Very Respectfully
Your Obt Sev't

L. D. Stevens
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State of New Hampshire
Secretary of States Office
I do hereby certify that from an examination
of the Books and Documents, relating to Military services in the war of the Revolution, which remain in this office. it appears that the
name of Lawrence Ellis is borne upon a ( Vol
9 Page 102 ) " Pay Roll for the field Artillery
Company Commanded by Ebenezer Dearing
Esq. 1777 for one month's Pay from 7th Decr
1776 to 7th Jany 1777."
"No" "S-2" "Mens names ""Lawrence Ellis" "Station" "Private" "When pay commenced Dec 7th 1776""When pay Ended Jany 7th 1777"
"Time in Service" "Months 1, Days 0" "At what month" "£2 / d" "Wages due" "£2/D" "Jan'y 14th 1777 rec'd of Noah Emery P.M. the whole of our wages due on the roll" 
Lawrence Ellis
I further certify that the above is a facsimile
of the original signature of Lawrence Ellis as it
appears on the above Pay Roll.
That it is also borne upon a receipt Roll (Vol
7-Page 60) which is as follows: "State of New
"Hampshire Portsmo. Jany 13th 1777""We the
Subscribers, non commissioned officers & Soldiers belonging to the New Hampshire Regmt, under the " command of Col Purce Long in the Continental Service, do acknowledge to have Received of "
Noah Emery Jun'r Pay Master to said Regiment
the several sums herein sit against each
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" of our names being for one months advance 
pay from the seventh of any Instant to the Seventh of Feby next and we do severally
promise & engage that in case any of us 
Should Enlist into the Continental service 
on the New Establishment before the said
Seventh day of Feby next, That Such Sums
by us respectively received and not then
due to us respectively shall be accounted
for by us respectively, as part of our Bounty "
or wages in the said Continental Establishment
 
Witness our hands 
Names in Capt Eben'r Dearing's Compy of Artillery "Lawrence Ellis" Quality, Private Sims
Rec'd  £2 {d "
Lawrence Ellis
I further certify that the above is a facsimile
of the original signature of Lawrence Ellis as
it appears on the Roll last above mentioned;
and that the foregoing is all the service credited to the name of Lawrence Ellis in this Office- and appears to have been rendered by one and the same man.
In testimony whereof I have
hereto set my hand and affixed
the Seal of the State this eighth
day of September A.D. 1859
Allen Tenny
Deputy Secretary of State.
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Know all men by these presents That I Charles J. F. Stone of Plymouth in the County of
of Grafton State of New Hampshire, Attorney
of Dorothy Batchelder formerly widow of Lawrence Ellis whose claim for Pension under the Act of Feb 3d AD 1853  is now suspended, do hereby constitute and appoint L.D. Stevens of Concord N.H. my substitute for me and in my stead to prosecute the claim of the said Dorothy Batchelder for Pensions and I hereby authorize my said substitute to examine all papers filed in the Pension Office in Washington or elsewhere, and do all other things necessary for the proper prosecution
of said claims as fully as if I myself was
present: and I also authorize my said substitute
to appoint one or more substitutes under him
for the purposes above expressed.
Witness my hand & seal this sixth day of July A.D. 1859 -
Chas. J. F. Stone
Signed Sealed & delivered
in presence of
S.G. Lane
A.C. Sweat

State of New Hampshire
Merrimack ss. July 6th 1859. 
Then personally appeared Charles J. F. Stone above named, and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be his act and deed.
Before me S.G. Lane   Justice of the Peace
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I L.D. Stevens the substitute within named do
hereby appoint W S Crawford Jr of Washington
2.b. my substitute for me and in my stead to examine all papers filed in the Pension Office in
said Washington in support of the claim of Dorothy Batchelder formerly widow of Lawrence
Ellis.
Witness my hand the sixth day of July AD 1839
L. D. Stevens
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Plymouth N.H.  Feb. 4, 1857
Hon. Geo. C. Whiting
The enclosed application for Bounty Land being complete I send it to you asking your early attention to the same
Yours Truly,
Chas. J. F. Stone

Plymouth N.H.  Feb. 4, 1857
Hon. Geo. C. Whiting
Enclosed is an application of a widow for Pension as you will see-- please act on the matter as soon as may be as she is rough
& wants the avails
Yours Truly
Chas J. F. Stone
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See Bounty land claim for evidence of service in Infantry. J.C.
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Brief in the case of Dorothy, Batchelder, formerly widow of Lawrence Ellis
Merrimack County and State of New Hampshire
act February 3, 1853
Claim, (original )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Muster rolls in this office show that Lawrence
Ellis served from August 26, 1776 to June 12, 1777, as a private of Artillery in the revolutionary war, and a Certificate of the Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts shows that he served eight months as a private of Infantry
It is satisfactorily proved that this soldier was
the first husband of claimant by documentary
and parole evidence. He applied in 1820 for pension under act of March 18. 1818, but his claim was (it appears from our records) disallowed under act of May 1, 1820, the service being admitted. His papers were
returned. He died in 1821.
Marriage of Claimant to said solder in September 1800, --his death in 1821 and death of her second husband in 1827, and her present widowhood proved by parole.
Advance accordingly
L D Stevens Esq
Name and residence of Agent
Concord, Massachusetts

R. Goddes
Examining Clerk.
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Payment to be made at Concord
by
George Minot, Esq
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the
Agency of New Hampshire

Payable on the 4th September and 4th March

Recorded in the Pension Office on the
Roll of Pensioner under act February
3d, 1853, Page 157. Vol. H
G.T. Getty Clerk
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Ex'b
C.H.R.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the 2d section
of February 3, 1853
Dorothy Batchelder formerly

widow of Lawrence Ellis
who was a private of Infantry and Artillery in the revolutionary war is inscribed on the Pension List, at the rate of Sixty-six
dollars and Sixty seven cents per annum, commencing on the 3d of February, 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.

Given at the Department of the Interior
this twentieth day of September
one thousand eight hundred and fifty nine
J. Thompson
Secretary of the Interior

Examined and countersigned
(Illegible)
Commissioner of Pensions.

(Amount due on this Certificate from 3d February 1853, to 3d September  inclusive for Pension Office calculation, $139.10/100 (Diagonal)).
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East Andover, N.H.
March 18 1869
Commissioner of Pensions 
As enclosed please find Dorothy Batchelder Declaration for increase of Pension and her former certifficate please return the new one to me at your convenience
and much oblige
Clark Durgin
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Increase 6692
Brief in the Case of Dorothy Batchelder formerly widow of Lawrence Ellis. Private Res. East Andover Merrimack County and State of New Hampshire
Concord
Act 2d Sec Feb. 3. 1853.
CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE, 
PROOF EXHIBITED,
Pensioner at $66.67 for annum.  Certificate returned.
Claims increase as provided by act17th Sec. July 27. 1868.
Personal identity and continued widowhood shown.
Admitted April 6. 1867 to a pension of $96 per ann to commence July 27. 1868 deducting pay since.
W.E. Frask
Examining Clerk.
Name and residence of Agent.
Clark Dargin
Andover
Merrimack Co
New Hampshire.
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Concord N.H. Sept. 8th 1859.

Sir
I herewith forward additional evidence in support of the claim of Dorothy Batchelder, formerly widow of Lawrence Ellis, for pension under the Acto of Feb. 3. 1853, which is now suspended.
On application at the Office of the Secretary of State of New Hampshire, I find that Lawrence Ellis served two months in that State, and for evidence of that fact you have a certificate forwarded herewith.
As Kittery adjoins Portsmouth N.H. you will perceive that Ellis would be quite likely to serve in N.H.
You will please address all communications, hereafter, relative to this claim to me, as Mr. Stone, the former agent, has placed it in my hands.
I am very Respectfully Your Obt Servt
S.D. Stevens
Hon [illegible] C. Whiting
[illegible] of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Pension Office, September 14, 1859

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Aug 26 to May 26  - 9 mos 18 days
from May 26 to June 12 } 18 days

$ 8 [illegible]

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9 6 
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37.50
250

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40
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[upside down, crossed out] [illegible] of Page Esq. 
Pension office
Present
[right side up] [illegible] Wilson Esq. 
Presents
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[drawing of pointing hand] Was Andover in Hillsboro' County in 1820? - I think it was, but cannot say positive without recourse to the records.  An old Gazetteer of 1820 or 1825, would fix my fact [illegible]

Sept 16th 1859
Dear Wilson; 
Can you inform me whether Merrimac Co. was [illegible] formed a part of Hillsborough Co. as late as 1828?  The messenger will wait for your reply.
[illegible] truly yours, 
H.F. Pager

John Wilson by 
Private Errand Boy[?]
A portion of Merrimac Co. was embraced in the County of Hillsborough as late as 1824 or 1825. I cannot remember the exact date. [ink smear] all the towns east of Concord, which now constitute a portion of the County of Merrimac formerly belonged to the County of Rockingham 
Truly yours &c Jno Wilson
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
[seal]
Secretary's Office, Boston, 
July 24th 1856
I Hereby Certify, That from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Lawrence Ellis is borne on return of Capt. Tobias Fernald's Comp. Col. Janus Scummon's Regt. of 8 mos. service, name borne on Court-Roll dated Camp No. 1. Nov. 28. 1775 as private, from Kittery.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Francis DeWitt
Secretary of the Commonwealth
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East Andover
[crossed out] Plymouth, N.H.
July 23 1856

My Dear Sir
Will you examine the records in teh case of Lawrence Ellis who went from Kittery Me. in a com. commanded by Capt. J Tobias Fernald & under Col. James Scamman I wish you to see how much he really served in all. Be sure & get all his service.  As his widow is [illegible] & I think can get a pension if she tells the truth. Can get bounty land at any rate. Find [illegible] a certificate of his whole service
yours truly
Chas J. F Stone
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Know all men by these Present that I Dorothy Batchelder of Andover in the County of Grafton & State of New Hampshire formerly widow of Lawrence Ellis, a soldier in the war of the Revolution do hereby constitute and appoint Lyman S. Stevens of Concord New Hampshire my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to prosecute my claim No for Bounty Land under Act of March 3. 1835, which was originally filed by Chas J.F. Stone my former attorney & is now suspended, and I hereby authorize my said attorney to examine all papers relating to said claim & to do all things necessary for the proper prosecution thereof & I request the Land Warrant which may issue to me to be forwarded to the said Stevens, [illegible] N.H. hereby revoking all former power of attorney or authority by me heretofore given in the premises
Dorothy her X mark Batchelder
Witness my hand that this twenty fourth day of September 1839.  Signed sealed & delivered in presence of us
[illegible]
Calvin Hoyt
[illegible] State of New Hampshire
County of [crossed out] Grafton ss. Sept twenty fourth 1859. Then personally appeared the above named Dorothy Batchelder & acknowledged the above Power of Attorney the her act. & deed Before me Watson Dickerson Justice of the Peace
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No.
Declaration for Increase of Pension,
Under Sec. 13, Act of July 27, 1868.
[illegible] certified
afore [illegible] Justice
A.C.C

Attorney.
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N Sold by HENRY J. HALLGREEN, Law Stationer, 14 Exchange Street, Boston.
Declaration for Increase of Pension,
UNDER SECTION 13, ACT OF JULY 27, 1868.
State of New Hampshire
County of Merrimack } ss.
On this seventeenth day of March A.D. 1869, personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the State and County aforesaid, Dorothy Batchelder aged Eighty six years, a resident of Andover in the State of New Hampshire who being duly sworn, according to law, declares that she is the identical Dorothy Batchelder to whom was granted pension certificate, No. 6692 payable at Concord at the rate of five 55 [illegible] dollars per month, issued under the act of February 3rd, 1853; that she makes this declaration in order to secure the increase of the pension to which she is entitled under the 13th section ofthe act of July 27, 1868. that she has not intermarried since the date of her pension certificate and still remains the widow of the late Lawrance Ellis
Post-office address, East Andover N.H.
Signature of Applicant, Dorothy her X mark Batchelder
Applicant hereby appoints Clark Durgin of Andover her attorney to prosecute this claim, and to receive the certificate which may be issued therefor. 
Also personally appeared Frank W Surgin a resident of Andover persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who, being by me duly sworn, say that they were present and saw Dorothy Batchelder sign her name to the foregoing declaration ; and they further swear, that they have every reason to believe, from the appearance of the applicant, and their acquaintance with her that she is the identical person she represents herself to be, and they further state that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim.
Witness, Moses W Merrell
Witness, Frank W Durgin
Subscribed and sworn to before me this seventeenth day of March A.D. 1869; and I do hereby certify that I have no interest, direct or indirect, in the prosecution of this claim
Henry [illegible] Putnam Justice of the Peace
(Signature of Judge or other officer.)
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Kittery August 1797
Sarah Ellis [illegible] Receivd  [illegible] Cents of Laurence Elliss 5-0
By the hand of Andrew ogaresh
1800 april for Bording her son of weeks at tutors - - - - 2-67
Sarah Baker Bill Bord
august in Sam - - - - 6-50
1801 for one hat - - - 0-75
april for 1 Dol - - - 1-00
15-92
Kittery March [ink spill] 1802
this Day settled all [illegible] Book
with Sarah Ellis
acounts & cast the intrust of said account & what I have Paid is - - - - 20-21 Cents
April 20 to Cash - - - - 2-0
May 4 1803 to Cash - - - 5-0
1803 to Cash - - - 2-
1804 to Cash - - - 5-0
February to Cash [crossed out] at diferent then 10-0-
November to 1 hat - - - 1-0
1817
1818 March to 1 pari shoes 1-2 [illegible]
1810 James Bording twenty one weeks at 1 dollar per week 21-0
52-46
Andover ^ May the 25 1819
this Day Reckoned & settled with Sarah Ellis and we find Balance One too her twenty ^ Dollar and forty three Cent and if theair be any Mistake it shall be Rectifyed all their Part of the Estate of John Ellis Deceased
Laurence Ellis
Laruence Ellis
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Kittery February the of [illegible]
Roger Mitchel [illegible] to Laurance
to one half tun of hea 2X5-[illegible]
Receivd of [illegible] Roger Mitchell one Pound two shillings [illegible] X Pence in Cash
Dolly Batcheld.

Kittery March the 26 1799
Thomas Mugddridge X [illegible]
to one half tun of hea [large ink smudge]
5-2-12-0

Received of Thomas Mugdridge six shillings in cash

D D. D Dolly

Letter February the 25 1799 Robert Brien Cr L.E for hea Roger Mitchel due: receivd - - - - - [illegible] 5-2-9
Deliverd half ton to [illegible] Roger Mitchel for Mr Purkin
Thomas Mugdridge hundreds 10-0-0
on half on ton - 10-0
my self [illegible] hundred 2-2-0
Dolly Dolly Batchelder
Dolly Dolly Bath
tchelder
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State of New Hampshire.
Secretary's Office:
CONCORD, September 1859
I hereby certify That, at the date of the annexed attestations, Watson Dickerson was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Merrimack and Samuel H Goodall was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Rockingham 
in the said State, duly commissioned and qualified; and that to their acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.

[seal with ribbon]

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto
affixed the seal of the State, the
date above written.

[partially obscured by seal, partially illegible] Deputy Secretary of State
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I Dorothy Batchelder of Andover in the County of Merrimack & State of New Hampshire testify & say that I am the same person who has heretofore made application of pension under the Act of February 3d 1853, that I always understood that my former husband Lawrence Ellis was born in the town of Kittery in the State of Maine on the fifth day of June 1757 and that he continued to live in said Kittery until the time he was married to me or thereabouts, that the paper hereto annexed is a leaf taken from an old account book kept by my said husband and in his own hand writing; that the Signature which is affixed to a settlement with his sister Sarah Ellis is in his hand writing that said account book was kept by the said Lawrence Ellis till his death & the same has been in my possession ever since that time.
Dorothy Batchelder
State of New Hampshire
Merrimack County ss Subscribed & sworn
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on this sixth day of September 1859: and I certify that I know the said affiant and have no doubt that she is the identical person she represents herself to be: that paper hereto annexed was attached by me and was taken from an old account book in my presence & that I believe it to be an original paper belonging to said Lawrence Ellis; that I have no interest in this claim & a not concerned in its prosecution
Watson Dickerson Justice of the Peace.
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I Moses Rowell of Andover in the County of Merrimack & State of New Hampshire testify and say that I am seventy years o fage and over and have lived in said Andover all my life that I was well acquainted with Lawrence Ellis who formerly lived in said Andover and died in said town many years ago and I attended his funeral; that the said Ellis married my sister Dorothy and lived in said Andover from the time of their marriage till the time of the said Ellis' death; that the Dorothy Batchelder who is now making application for pension is the identical  person who was formerly the wife of the said Lawrence Ellis: that I always understood from said Ellis and have no doubt that said Ellis was born in the town of Kittery in the State of Maine and that he lived there from the time of his birth till he removed to Andover N.H. ; that he was accustomed to visit Kittery every winter for many years after he settled in said Andover; that said Lawrence Ellis was reputed to have been a soldier in the war of the Revolution and I have heard him speak of this service
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in the Revolutionary war frequently - have heard him speak of being in several battles and that he went to Ticonderoga; that he made an effort to procured a pension in his life time & I know that he went to Kittery & when he started he said he was going to get evidence in order to obtain his pension & as I understand it he found when he got there that he could not receive pension because he possessed too much property and he died before any act was passed under which he could claim it: that he lived in Kittery during the war of the Revolution and was old enough to bear arms at that time, that I never knew or heard of any other Lawrence Ellis who lived in the Town of Kittery and that I have no doubt whatever that the husband of the said Dorothy was a soldier from Kittery in said war: that the said Dorothy is still living & remains a widow, that I have no interest in this claim. 
Moses Rowell
State of New Hampshire
County of Merrimack ss. Subscribed and sworn to on this sixth day of Septem-
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ber 1869: and I certify that the said affiant is known to me and is a credible person and that I have no interest in this claim.

Watson Dickerson Justice of the Peace
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I Timothy Weare of Andover in the County of Merrimack State of New Hampshire testify & say that I am eighty one years of age and have lived in said Andover since my earliest recollection and was well acquainted with Laurence Ellis who formerly resided in said Andover & died many years ago: that I always understood from said Ellis that he was born in the town of Kittery in the State of Maine and that he had his home in said Kittery until he removed to said Andover: that he was reputed to be a soldier in the war of the Revolution and i have often heard him speak of his services in said war: that I have now forgotten the particulars of the statement he made to me, but I recollect that he spoke of coming home to Kittery from the service & when he got to the door he was so rejoiced that he fired his gun & scared the family very much & when he went in he found some of the family sick & he felt bad of what he had done; that said Ellis made an effort to obtain and pension in his life time and I
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think I signed a statement for him, to the effect that he deserved a pension but I understood that he had too much property to receive the pension that I have no doubt from my acquaintance with said Ellis that he lived in Kittery during the war of the Revolution and was out in service in said war that I am also acquainted with Dorothy Batchelder who now makes application for pension as formerly the widow of said Ellis and I know that she is the same person who was formerly the widow of said Ellis and knew them when they lived together as husband & wife in said Andover that the said Dorothy still lives in said Andover & remains a widow, that I have no interest in this claim
Timothy Weare

State of New Hampshire 
County of Merrimack ss. Subscribed and sworn to on this Sixth day of September 1859: that I am well acquainted wiht the said Timothy Weare and know that his statements can be
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think I signed a statement for him to the effect that he deserved a pension, but I understood that he had too much property to receive a pension: that I have no doubt from my acquaintance with said Ellis that he lived in Kittery during the war of the Revolution and was out in service in said war: that I am also acquainted with Dorothy Batchelder who now makes application for pension as formerly the widow of said Ellis and I know that she is the same person who was formerly the widow of said Ellis and knew them when they lived together as husband & wife in said Andover, that the said Dorothy still lives in said Andover & remains a widow, that I have no interest in this claim
Timothy Weare

State of New Hampshire
County of Merrimack ss. Subscribed and sworn to on this Sixth day of September 1859: that I am well acquainted with the said Timothy Weare and know that his statements can be
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relied on with implicit confidence that I have no interest in this claim
Watson Dickerson Justice of the Peace
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I William Emery of Franklin in the County of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire testify and say that I am sixty five years of age and have lived in said Franklin these three years past: that I was born in the town of Andover in the State & County aforesaid and always lived in said Andover until I moved to Franklin: that while I resided in Andover I lived about a mile and three fourths from the residence of Laurence Ellis who lived in Andover & died these many years ago and I believe that I attended his funeral: that I was well acquainted with said Ellis all the time after he moved into Andover till his death: that said Ellis was generally reputed to have been a soldier in the war of the Revolution: that my father was accustomed to assist persons in prosecuting claims for pension and my impression is that said Ellis came to my father about obtaining a pension for him: that about two years before his death, as near as I can recollect, said Ellis went to Kittery, Maine, for the purpose of suing a man in that town about his pension and I went with him as far as the town of Rye N.H. to visit my friend: that on our way down the said
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Ellis spoke of his Services in the Revolutionary war and that he calculated to get a pension but I think he never obtained it: that said Ellis stopped in Kittery about three weeks and when he returned home I came with him: that said Ellis came from said Kittery to Andover: that the said Ellis married Dorothy Rowell of Andover & lived with her till his death: that the said Dorothy's name is now Batchelder and I know her to be the identical person who was formerly the widow of the said Laurence Ellis: that the said Dorothy Batchelder now lives in said Andover and is now a widow, that I have no interest in her claim
William Emery

State of New Hampshire
Merrimack County ss. Subscribed and sworn to on this seventh day of September 1834 and I certify that I well know the affiant to be a credible person and that I have no interest in this claim
Watson Dickerson Justice of the Peace
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I John Rowell of Franklin in the County of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire testify and say that I am sixty six years of age and that I am a brother of Dorothy Batchelder of Andover in said County, who is now making application for pension as formerly the widow of Laurence Ellis; that I was well acquainted with the said Ellis and always understood that said Ellis was from in the town of Kittery in the State of Maine and that he lived in said town during the whole period of the Revolutionary war and until about the time of his marriage with my said sister when he moved from Kittery to Andover & lived in said Andover till his death: that the said Ellis was generally reputed to have been a soldier in the war of the Revolution and I frequenty heard him speak of his services in said war: that I remember that in a conversation about his being in battle - either I or some one of the persons present ^asked him how he felt in battle & he said that when he first went into battle it made him feel chilly but after a round or two was fired he thought no more of it that if he had been snow balling: that I frequently heard
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it said that said Ellis went to Kittery in order to look his claim for pension but did not get - but I do not remember now the reason why he failed: that the said Dorothy Batchelder is the same person who was formerly the widow of the aforesaid Laurence Ellis: that she now resides in Andover and remains a widow. that I have no interest in her claim.
John Rowell

State of New Hampshire
County of Merrimack ss. Subscribed and Sworn to on this Sixth day of September 1839: that I know said affiant and that he is a credible witness and that I have no interest in this claim.
Watson Dickerson Justice of the Peace.
I further certify that the words "asked him how he felt in battle &" were interlined befoer the foregoing affidant was sworn to.
Watson Dickerson Justice of the Peace
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Nathaniel Fellows of Andover in the County of Merrimack State of New Hampshire testify and say that I am seventy six years of age & over and have lived in Andover all my life with the exception of six years and have lived for over forty years just within half a mile of the former residence of Laurence Ellis who lived in said Andover & died many years ago and I was well acquainted with said Ellis for many years before his death. that he was generally reputed to have been a soldier in the war of the Revolution and I have no doubt that he was out in service in said war. that said Ellis came from Kittery in the State of Main to said Andover and I always understood that the lived in said Kittery during the Revolutionary War: that the said Ellis married Dorothy Rowell of said Andover with whom I am well acquainted & whose name is now Dorothy Batchelder and who still remains a widow and is the same person who was formerly the widow of the said Laurence Ellis; that I now live within half a mile of
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the residence of the said Dorothy and know her well and that I have no interest in her claim. Nathl Fellows

State of New Hampshire
Merrimack County ss Subscribed and sworn on this Seventh day of September 1859 before me and I certify that I know the said affiant to be a credible person that I am disinterested
Watson Duberson Justice of the Peace