Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2,863, Ezekiel Demary, N.H.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE|[blank]|NUMBER
N.H.|Demary or Demerry, Ezekiel|R. 2,863
CONTENTS
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Dated 1 July 1856
Declaration
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State of New Hampshire
County of Cheshire}ss. On this first day of July 1856, before me, Larkin Baker, Judge of Probate in and for said county, personally appeared, in open Court, James L. Demerry residing in Rindge in said county, aged fifty six years who after being duly sworn according to law deposes and says that he is the son of Ezekiel Demerry and Maria Demerry late of Rindge in said county and is one of their heirs of law. That his father the said Ezekiel Demerry was a soldier in the war of the Revolution as he has often heard his father say in General Reid's Regiment or Division, for several years, that his said father lived in the town of Rindge during the Revolutionary war and soon afterwards till his death which took place at Rindge on the first day of May 1839, that his Mother the said Maria Demerry died in Rindge on the 6th day of August 1842, that, it appears from the records of said Town, his said parents were married in said Town on the 23rd day of November 1786, that neither of them to his knowledge ever applied for a pension, that the following is a list of names of all the children of said Ezekiel and Maria Demerry now living, beginning with the eldest: - 
Clarissa  Demerry aged 69 years, residing in Rindge N.H. 
Fanny Demerry  "  62  "  "   Stoddard N.H.
Linda Demerry  "  59  "  "  Troy N.H. 
James L. Demerry  "  56  "  "  Rindge N.H. 
Eliza Demerry  "  54  "  "  Woodstock Vt. 
Now Mrs. Clarissa Stearns, Mrs. Fanny Whitney, Mrs Linda Foster and Mrs Eliza Raymond, in all five children of said Ezekiel Demerry & Mariah Demerry, and that he makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining for himself and other children above named the amount of pension to which they are entitled as the heirs of said deceased under the acts of Congress of June 7th 1832 and July
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7th 1838. 
/s/James L. Demerry
Sworn to and subscribed by the said James L. Demerry, who is  personally well known to me and who is a very respectable citizen of Rindge, on the day and year first herein before written. 
/s/Larkin Barker Judge of Probate
And now on the same date and at the same time and place personally appeared Salmon Allen and Timothy Metcalf both residents of Rindge, in said county, and made oath in due form of Law, that they knew Ezekiel Demerry and Maria Demerry his wife during  their life time, that the said Ezekiel was always considered and treated as a soldier of the war of the Revolution, that James L. Demerry who made the within affidavit and signed the same in their presence is a son of the said Ezekiel and Maria Demerry, deceased, that the  following are the only living children of said deceased, viz, James L. Demerry, Clarissa Stearns, Fanny Whitney, Linda Foster & Eliza Raymond., and that they are disinterested witnesses. 
/s/Salmon Allen
/s/Timothy Metcalf
Sworn to and subscribed the first day of July 1856. And I hereby certify that the said deponents are persons of the highest respectability and that their statements are entitled to belief. 
/s/Larkin Baker Judge of Probate.
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State of New Hampshire
Cheshire County ss} Probate Office Keene
I Geo. W. Sturtevant Register of the Court of Probate for said County of Cheshire, do hereby certify that Larkin Baker, before whom the foregoing declarations were made was at the date thereof Judge of said Court, and that his signatures affixed thereto are genuine. - 
[court seal affixed] In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of Said Court at Keene in Said County this first day of July, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fifty six. 
/s/Geo. W. Sturtevant Register
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I Thomas Ingalls, Clerk of the Town of Rindge Cheshire County, New Hampshire, have carefully examined the Records of said Town, and find, that but one Person by the Name of Ezekiel Demary resided in said Town, in the year 1776. or at any time prior or subsequent to that date, and that the same Individual is borne upon such Records as a Resident of said Town, down to the Year 1824. And further, that I was well acquainted with said Ezekiel Demary, for many years, having resided in Rindge for Sixty years past. And I also certify that the said Ezekiel Demary was reputed to have been a soldier from the Town of Rindge; in the War of the Revolution, which Fact, I have never heard questioned by any one
The following is a true Extract from the Records of the Town Books. 
"Mr. Ezekiel Demary and Miss Mariah Parker were joined in Marriage, by the Rev'd Mr. Seth Payson 23rd Nov'r 1786."
Attest/s/Thomas Ingalls Town Clerk
State of New Hampshire
County of Cheshire}ss. On this 11th day of July 1857. before me personally appeared Thomas Ingalls, of Rindge in Said County and States, and made oath in due form of Law, that he is Town Clerk of said Town, that the foregoing certificate is true; and that the above Extract from the Records of said Town relative to the Marriage of Ezekiel Demary and Mariah parker, is a correct transcript from such Records.
"of Rindge" interlined before the oath was administered
before me /s/Alison Lake Justice of the Peace
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State of New Hampshire
County of Cheshire} I Leonard Bisco, Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court, of said State, for said County, do hereby certify that at the date of the within affidavit of Thomas Ingalls he was town Clerk of the town of Rindge in said County, that Allison Lake before whom said affidavit was made, was, at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace within and for said County duly commissioned and sworn as such and authorized by law to administer oaths and take depositions and that the signatures of said Ingalls and said Lake, within written and affixed to said affidavit are in my belief genuine. 
[court seal affixed] In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court the fifteenth day of July A.D. 1857.
/s/Leonard Bisco Clerk.
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Ex'r.
No. 2863
['Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.' crossed out] [initials: own]
P.O. NH
Service: Revolutionary
Enlisted: REJECTED, 18[blank]
Discharged: [blank], 18[blank]
Application filed: [blank], 18[blank]
Alleges: [blank]
Re-enlisted: [blank]
Attorney: [blank]
P.O. [blank]
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NH - [illegible date] Cole
Hon George C. Whiting
Com'r of Pensions
Present
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30.1187
Demerry 
N.H.
S. J. Bowen Jany 16 1857
  "  ['July' crossed out] June 15/57
  "  Aug 12" 1857
Wheeler & Faulkner Mch. 21/59
June 7, 1832
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Ezekiel Demerry (heirs of) Revolutionary Pension, Act June 7th 1832, filed by me, a New Hampshire claim, susp'd 
/s/S. J. Bowen
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[handwritten letter]
Washington June 1 '57

Sir, 
I enclose additional evidence in case of the claim of the children of Ezekiel Demerry and Maria Demerry, dec'd under the Act of June 7th 1832. 
It does not appear to me that this case is fully and fairly established and that every reasonable requirement of the Pension office has been complied with. I hope therefore it will be admitted. 
Truly Yours &c.
/s/S. J. Bowen 
Hon Geo C. Whiting
Com'r of Pensions}
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Ezekiel Demerry
d'd 1 May 1839. 
Maria Demerry
d'd 6 Aug 1842
Married 1786
Clarissa 1 Stearns
Fanny 2 Whitney
Linda 3 Foster
James L. 4 Demary
Eliza 5 Raymond
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[handwritten letter]
Washington City D.C.
December 11th 1856

Sir, 
I herewith enclose the claim of the children and heirs at law of Ezekiel Demerry, a soldier of the revolution and of Maria Demerry, his widow, under the Acts of June 7th 1832 and July 7th 1838, which I hope will receive early attention. The papers have been ready to file for some time but have been retained in my hands awaiting the decision of the Atty. Gen'l as to the legality of payments being made to children in such cases. 
Truly Yours &c
/s/S. J. Bowen
Hon Geo C. Whiting
Com'r of Pensions}
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Revolutionary Pension claim
Act June 7, 1832
Additional evidence
S. J. Bowen, Present
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[handwritten letter]
Washington City D.C. 
July 20th 1857. 

Sir, 
I enclose the additional evidence you required in the case of the claim of the heirs of Ezekiel & Mariah Demerry under the Act of June 7th 1832, being the certificate of the Clerk of the Town of Rindge N.H. that there never was but one person of that name residing in said town. I hope the claim will now be admitted for certainly the evidence adduced is clear and explicit and ought to satisfy any person that the claim is just. 
Truly Yours &c
/s/S. J. Bowen
Hon Geo. C. Whiting
Com'r of Pensions}
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[handwritten letter]
Keene, Mar 11, 1858

G. C. Whiting Esq
Com'r of Pensions}

Dear Sir, 
Mr. James L. Demary of Rindge N.H. wishes us to obtain from the Pension Office information on the following point - 
About the first of July 1857 he made application, through Mr. Charles Reed of Fitzwilliam. for the amount of pension money due him as heir of Maria Demary, widow of Ezekiel Demary of Rindge, a revolutionary pensioner.
He thinks, that Mr. Reed has received the money, and intends to defraud him of it.
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[handwritten letter continued]
Can you inform us whether Mr. Reed has received any money on account of this claim; and, if so, what amount?
Any information on this subject will greatly oblige. 
Yours very respectfully
/s/Wheeler & Faulkner.
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Ezekiel Demerry
Heirs of
Rev. Pension
Act 7th June 1832
Cole
S. J. Bowen atty. 
Present
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[handwritten letter]
Washington D.C. 
Jan'y 5th 1857

Sir, 
On the 11th December last I filed the claim of the heirs of Ezekiel Demerry under the Act of June 7th 1832. 
May I ask that it may be taken up, and disposed of as early as possible?
Truly Yours &c 
/s/S. J. Bowen 
Hon Geo. C. Whiting
Com of Pensions}
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State of Vermont
County of Windham} ss. Rockingham
After having been duly sworn according to Law I  Lucy Lake of  Rockingham in the  State and county aforesaid depose and say, That my Father, col. Enock (Enoch) Hale was an officer in the revolutionary army, resided in the Town of Rindge and State of Newhampshire, and that my uncle Col. Nathan Hale died in the war of the revolution. 
I was nine years old when the war commenced, and distinctly reccollect my Father leaving home for the service & That Ezekiel Demary and Jonathan Lake went into the service. I personally knew them before they entered the service and they remained in the army several years, and afterwards they returned to Rindge, where Ezekiel Demerry remained. Soon after the war I was married and left the Town of Rindge and removed to the State of Vermont. I married Jonathan Lake who served in the war with Ezekiel Demerry and know that Jonathan Lake drew a Pension during his Life. I knew they served in the Continental Army under Gen. Reed (Reid) - I was acquainted with Ezekiel Demerry and know he was engaged in the war of the revolution 
/s/X her mark Lucy Lake
/s/Sarah Barton
/s/L. Elisabeth Wetherbee
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We upon our oaths declare that we have have personally known, Mrs. Lucy Lake for more than thirty years, and that her memory is good, and we have no interest in the Pension claim whatever to which the children of Ezekiel Demerry may be entitled. we the subscribers saw her subscribe & make oath to the affidavit
/s/Jeremiah Barton (seal)
/s/Elisabeth Wetherbee (seal)
Subscribed and sworn to before me the subscriber this second day of June one thousand Eight hundred and fifty six, and say, that the witnesses are credible witnesses to me personally known. And that I have no interest in this claim whatever, or concerned in the result thereof
/s/Enoch Wetherbee Justice of the Peace
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STATE OF VERMONT.
Office of the Secretary of State,
Montpelier, June 3 1856.}
I certify that Enoch Wetherbee Esquire, whose name is subscribed in his own proper hand writing to the foregoing certificate, is and was at the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the county of Windham duly elected and qualified, with full power and authority under and by virtue of the laws of said State to administer oaths and take depositions, and acknowledgments of deeds, and that to his official acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are, and ought to be given. 
[state seal affixed] Given under my hand and the Seal of this office, this 3d day of June A.D. 1856
/s/Charles W. Willard Secretary of State.
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State of New Hampshire
Secretary of State's 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 "Ezekiel Demerry" is borne upon a book Labeled "Reid's N.H. reg't 2d reg't" Page 101.
"Ezekiel Demerry" "4Com." "War Dr."
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"[blank]|[blank]|To Rindge for a Bounty|22|6|6|". 17.
[blank]|[blank]|Balance Clothing sold by Leigh - 8.4.0|[blank]|[blank]|[blank]|
[blank]|[blank]|Average Rum Sugar &c ". 17. "|[blank]|[blank]|[blank]|
[blank]|[blank]|paid by the Continent in 1777 - 12. " . - |[blank]|[blank]|[blank]|
[blank]|[blank]|ditto in 1778 £4 - ditto in 1779 24/"  5.4. - |26|5| - |
1781 Mar.|'22|Gave a Certificate to Colo. Enoch Hale|23|6|6|
[blank]|[blank]|£|72| - | - |
[blank]|1780|Paid PM'r Bass 3/10 by Carr 8d. 0.4.6|[blank]|[blank]|[blank]|
[blank]|[blank]|Gave him a Certificate Oct'r 10. 1783 23.15.6|24| " | " |
[blank]|1781|Paid by Blanchard £4.5.4|4|5|4|
1783 Oct|10th|Gave him a Certificate|19|14|8|
[blank]|[blank]|[blank]|24| - | - |"
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"Nov 10 1776|By 3 years to Jany 1 1780|72| - | - |
[blank]|By 12 Months in 1780|24| - | - |
[blank]|By 12 Months in 1781"|24| - | - |
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In testimony whereof, I have hereunto et my hand and affixed the seal of said state this seventh day of April A.D. 1856
/s/Lemuel N. Pattee Secretary of State
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Certificate of Service by Sec'y of State
Dated 7 April 1856
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Copy of Town Records
Town Records
Dated 22 May 1856
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Mr. Ezekiel Demary and Mrs. Mariah Parker both of Rindge, were joined in Marriage by the Rev'd Seth Payson, Twenty third Nov'r Seventeen Hundred Eighty Six. 
I certify that the above is a true Copy of the Records with the exception of the date and figures, which are expressed in the Record in fair legible date and figures.
"23 Nov'r 1786."
/s/Thomas Ingalls Town Clerk of Rindge
I Thomas Ingalls, Clerk of the Town of Rindge above named depose and say that I hold the Office of Town Clerk of Rindge, and that the above is a true Extract from the Record of Rindge, with the Exception above named, as certified by me. 
State of New Hampshire
Cheshire ss Rindge May 22, 1856. Subscribed and Sworn to before me this 22nd day of May A.D. 1856. And I hereby certify that I am not interested as Agent or Attorney herein. 
/s/Stephen B Sherwin Justice of the Peace
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At a Town Meeting, duly notified and holden at Rindge March 16th 1780. "The Town voted to raise One Thousand, Two Hundred and Seventy Pounds, to pay Jon'a Sawtell Jr. David Robinson & part of Ezek'l Demary hire: for the Continental Service."
A true Copy from the Records of the Town of Rindge
Attest /s/Thomas Ingalls} Town Clerk of Rindge
State of New Hampshire Cheshire ss. 
Rindge May 22 1856 Subscribed and Sworn to before me, this 22nd day of May A.D. 1856. And I certify that I am not interested as Agent or attorney herein
/s/Stephen B. Sherwin Justice of the Peace
Rindge July y'e 12th 1780. Mr. Nathan Hubbard Constable; pay Mr. John Demary Sixty Nine pounds. it being what the Town voted, for what, he paid Ezekiel Demary for Part of his hire; for going into the Army during the War, and the same shall be allowed
/s/p'r Edw'd Jewell}
Oth'l Thomas} Selectmen of Rindge
A true Copy from the Records of the Town of Rindge 
Attest /s/Thomas Ingalls} Town Clerk of Rindge
State of New Hampshire Cheshire ss. 
Rindge May 22, 1856. Subscribed and Sworn to before me, this 22nd day of May A.D. 1856. And I certify that I am not interested as Agent or attorney herein
/s/Stephen B. Sherwin Justice of the Peace
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STATE OF VERMONT. 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE, 
Montpelier, Oct. 23 1856}
[state seal affixed] I Certify that Enoch Wetherbee Esq., whose name is subscribed in his own proper hand-writing to the foregoing Certificate, was at the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County of Windham duly qualified, with full power and authority under and by virtue of the laws of said State to administer Oaths and take Depositions, and Acknowledgments of Deeds, and that to his official acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are, and ought to be given.
Given under my hand and the Seal of this office, this 23d day of October A.D. 1856
/s/Charles W. Willard Secretary of State.
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State of Vermont
County of Windham}ss. Rockingham Oct 21, 1856
I the subscriber Testify and say that I have been personally acquainted with Asa M. Wyman the pensioner who subscribed the attached affidavit, for last twenty years, and that he now resides on a farm I now own and that he is a man of sound memory. and of remarkable good health for an old man, and a credible witness, and that I have interest in this matter, or concern with the result thereof
/s/Jeremiah Barton
Subscribed and sworn to before me on the day & year above written. I also certify that the subscriber is a credible person, And that I have no interest whatever in this matter
/s/Enoch Wetherbee Justice of the Peace
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State of Vermont
County of Windham}Ss. Grafton Oct 20th 1856
I Asa M. Wyman Testify and say That I served in the war of the Revolution, during the years of 1781 and 1782 and was stationed most of the time, at West Point in the State of New York, that I have drawn a pension for many years, that I enlisted in the State of Massachusetts, And That I was personally acquainted with Ezekiel Demerry who enlisted into the service from the town of Rindge in State of Newhampshire. That I saw him several times while he was in the service, at West Point N.Y. and also saw him at Williamstown Mass. while in the service. That after the war I resided in the Town of Rindge in the State of Newhampshire and we were accustomed during Demerry's life time to meet togethers/ and talk over the incidents that occurred while in service, That our families were intimate being connected by Marriage and that we both resided in the Town of Rindge for  several years, I then removed to Fitzwilliam NH six or seven miles distant, and our acquaintance continued until the year 1820. I then removed to the State of Vermont where I now reside. I have no interest in the pension claim to which the Heirs of Ezekiel Demerry are entitled - 
/s/X mark Asa M. Wyman
Witness} /s/Elliot P. Wilder
/s/Nancy T. Wilder
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written. And I hereby certify that the affiants are credible witnesses. I also certify that I am not interested in this matter, or concerned with the result thereof
/s/Enoch Wetherbee Justice of the Peace
I the subscriber hereby certify that I have been personally acquainted with the above named Asa M. Wyman for the last seven years & know him to be possessed of a verry strong & retentive memory & believe him to be perfectly conscientious in regard to what  he testifies to 
/s/Enoch Wetherbee
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State of New Hampshire
County of Cheshire}Ss. Rindge May 5th A.D. 1857 
I James L. Demerry and I Clarissa Stearns residents of Rindge in said County of Cheshire, children of Ezekiel Demerry a Revolutionary Soldier and his wife Maria Demerry, of lawful age depose and say That the said Ezekiel and Maria Demerry were our Parents, and we were born in said town of Rindge - That our Father Ezekiel Demerry owned a good farm in this Town and our Mother Maria Demerry was in Comfortable Circumstances 
And our Father was requested several times to make application for Pension, he possessed property and declined to apply for Pension under any Act of Congress, during his life time - Our Mother Maria Demerry was comfortable during her life time and never applied for Pension, though wished to do so by her children, yet she never applied to our knowledge We did not know the heirs of Revolutionary soldiers could draw the amount their Father or Mother were entitled, Until we were so informed through Mr. S. J. Bowen Esq. of Washington D.C. through him the information came to us, we therefore concluded to make an application, for amount of arearage of Pension to which my mother was duly entitled, under act of Congress 
/s/James L. Demerry
/s/Clarissa D. Stevens
Witness} /s/Harvey H. Cragin
/s/Stephen B. Sherwin
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State of New Hampshire
County of Cheshire} ss. Rindge
On this fifth day of May A.D. 1857 personally came James L. Demerry and Clarissa Stearns, after being duly sworn, and made oath to the affidavit by them subscribed, and  under seal in due form of law; I do certify that they are credible persons, and residents of this Town, and by me well known. And that I have no interest whatever to the pension claim to which they are entitled - the witnesses are also credible persons
/s/Stephen B. Sherwin Justice of the Peace
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State of New Hampshire.
Secretary's Office, Concord, 
May 8th 1857. 
I hereby certify That, at the date of the annexed attestations, Stephen B. Sherwin was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Cheshire in the said State, duly commissioned and qualified; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
[state seal affixed] In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the seal of the State, the date above written. 
/s/Lemuel N. Pattee
Secretary of State.
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State of New Hampshire
County of Cheshire}Ss. Rindge - May 5 A.D. 1857 
I Freeborn Stearns and I George W. Stearns, of lawful age residents of Rindge in said State and County, after being duly sworn according to law, depose and say - I was acquainted with Ezekiel Demerry a Revolutionary soldier, who lived and died in this Town - and who was known as a soldier of the Revolution, and who once owned a good Farm in this Town - And who was known as a soldier of the Revolution was. And who left a Widow Maria Demerry who we well knew as the Widow of the said Ezekiel Demerry - and that she was comfortably situated, We thought her entitled to a Pension but never knew or heard of their being an application made by Either Ezekiel Demerry or his Widow Maria Demerry We are informed an application has been made by the Heirs of Ezekiel and Maria Demerry. And we have no interest whatever in the said Pension claim or the result thereof, to which the children of Ezekiel and Maria Demerry are entitled
/s/Freeborn Stearns
/s/George W. Stearns
Two Witnesses} /s/Harvey H. Cragin
/s/Stephen B. Sherwin
The foregoing affidavit was sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I have no interest whatever in the pension claim, of the heirs of Ezekiel and Maria Demerry - 
/s/Stephen B. Sherwin Justice of the Peace
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State of New Hampshire.
Secretary's Office, Concord,
May 6th 1857.
I hereby certify That, at the date of the annexed attestations, John J. Allen was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Cheshire in the said State, duly commissioned and qualified; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
[state seal affixed] In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the seal of the State, the date above written.
/s/Lemuel N. Pattee
Secretary of State.
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State of New Hampshire
Cheshire ss. 
On this twenty fourth day of May A.D. one thousand eight hundred & fifty six personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Israel Adams of Rindge in said County of Cheshire now Eight eight years of age deposes and says that he has lived in said town of Rindge eighty four years, recollects most of the soldiers who went from Rindge to Bunker Hill and knows that Mr John Demary went into the army and that Ezekiel Demary returned to Rindge & knows that he resided here and, married Maria Parker & that they resided, here until Ezekiel Demary died & his wife survived him ['survived him' crossed out] several years, she died in Rindge 
I have never been away from Rindge more than one month at a time during the last Eighty four years 
I personally knew these men before & after the war of the Revolution while I was a boy. I well knew Col. Nathan Hale who served in the war from this Town as Colonel in General Reed's (Reid) Division
I have no interest in the Pension claim to which the children of Ezekiel Demary may be entitled
/s/Israel Adams
Signed in presence of us
/s/Clarissa Adams
/s/Martin A. Smith
Sworn to & subscribed the day and year above mentioned before me} 
/s/John J. Allen Justice of the Peace
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I hereby certify that the within named deponent Israel Adams is possessed of extraordinary strong mind and memory and of undoubted credibility
May 24, 1856 /s/John J. Allen Justice of the Peace
[margin note: Ms. Adams Return to Mr. Bowen]
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State of New Hampshire Cheshire ss. 
On this Twenty fourth day of May A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty six, personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Cheshire Clarissa Adams and Martin A. Smith both of Rindge in said County who depose and say that we have lived in the house with Israel Adams for many years and know him to be of remarkably sound mind and memory and that we have no interest in the Pension claim to which the children of Ezekiel Demary may be entitled
/s/Clarissa Adams
/s/Martin A. Smith
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above mentioned.
/s/John J. Allen, Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that the above witnesses are credible in my belief
/s/John J. Allen Jus. Peace
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State of New Hampshire Cheshire ss
On this twenty fourth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & fifty six personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the Peace in and for said County Benjamin Cutter & Esther C. Rice both residents of Jaffrey in said County who depose and say that Abigail Cutter has been living with and near us the last twenty years and know her to be of good and sound memory and judgment and that we have no interest in the Pension claim to which the children of Ezekiel Demary may be entitled
/s/Benjamin Cutter
/s/Esther C. Rice
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above mentioned
Before me /s/John J. Allen Justice of the Peace
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I Abigail Cutter of Jaffrey in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire after being duly sworn, Depose and say; that my Father John Demary resided in the Town of Rindge County & State aforesaid, where I was born the twenty first day of August one thousand seven hundred & sixty eight, and that I distinctly recollect the time my Father John Demary went into the war and that he was engaged in the Battle soon after the battle returned home, and, that, afterwards my Brother John Demary entered  the service and was killed at Crown Point in the State of New York, and also recollect that my Brother Ezekiel Demary entered the service in Gen. Reed's (Reid) Regiment I distinctly recollect when he returned home from the service, and that he married Maria Parker and that he and his Wife resided in said Rindge until his death and that his widow survived him several years, and that he, or the widow have never to my knowledge applied for, or received any pension and that, I have no interest in the Pension claim to which the children of said Ezekiel Demary may be entitled 
/s/Abigail Cutter
Signed in presence of 
/s/Benjamin Cutter
/s/Esther C. Rice} 
Then Abigail Cutter the above deponent signed, and made oath to the above
Before  me /s/John J. Allen Jus. Peace
State of New Hampshire
Cheshire ss May 24, 1856}
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I hereby certify that I am acquainted with the within deponent Abigail Cutter and both witnesses and know them to be of undouted credibility and I also certify that I am not interested as agent or attorney herein
May 24 1856} /s/John J. Allen Justice of the Peace
(Tack these papers together with a ribbon and let the ends of such ribbon pass under and be fastened securely by the seal of the certifying officer)