Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W; 14,913, Ebenezer Blodget, N.H.
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Service NH
Blodget, Ebenezer
Number W.14,913
Wickok, Sarah
Former widow
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1670
Concord N. Hampshire
Sarah Wickok formerly
widow of Ebenezer Blodget decd
who died in September 1776
of Rafton Co. in the State of NH
who was a Private in the CompanyW
Sarah Wickok formerly
widow of Ebenezer Blodget decd
who died in the September 1776
of Rafton Co. in the State of Mo
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain [unreadable] of the Regt commanded by
in the N. H. line of cmnd NH
Inscribed on the Roll of Concord
of at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents, per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of [unreadable]
1837 and sent O. Ward
in Senate US.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1837 $130.00
Semi-annual allowance ending Mar 35 10.00
$140.00

Revolutionary Claim,
Act July 4, 1836,
Section the 3
March 3, 1837
Section the 3
Recorded by W. Addison Clerk
Book A Vol. 2 Page 26

Dead
order to pay Mar 9, 1838
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the 3rd Section of the act of Congress of the 4th of July AD. 1836 and
of the 1st Section of the act of Congress of the 3rd of March A.D. 1837
State of New Hampshire
County of Grafton ss.
On this thirtieth day of August AD. 1837
Personally appeared before Edward Webber
the subscriber Judge of the Court of Probate
in & for the said County of Grafton.  Sarah Wickok a resident of Rumney in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire aged eighty four 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 of made by the act of Congress passed July 4th AD.
1836 and the act explanatory of said act
passed March 3rd AD. 1837. That she was
Married to Ebenezer Blodget who was a soldier
in the Company of Capt Edward Everet at
Plymouth in the County of Grafton aforesaid: thathe the said Ebenezer Blodget enlisted into the company of the said Everet early in the month of March 1776 for the period of one year, to march to Canada. Amos Webster was Ensign in said company and his company was attached to the Regiment commanded by Col Bedell. He startedon the expedition against Canada in March1776 she thinks the first part of the month and Marched to Quebec in Canada as she understood
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were driven from Quebec by the British and
marched by Savell, Crown point & Ticonderoga
to Mount Independance making short halts
at the aforesaid post but were driven from
them by the British. at Mount Independence
they even stationed through the remaining
part of the summer and a part of the fall following, while at Mount Independance the said Ebenezer Blodget sickened & died of what was called the Camp ail as she believes according to the best of her recollection in the Month of September 1776. That she has no documentary evidence in support of her claim, but refers to the testimony hereinto annexed especially to the affidavits of Stephen Keyes and Ezekiel Keyes she further declares that she was married to the said Ebenezer Blodget on the ninteenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy five at Plymouth aforesaid by the Rev. Nathan Ward who was the settled minister of said Town - That her husband the aforesaid Ebenezer Blodget died in the service
of the United States as stated aforesaid in the month of September, as she believes AD. 1776 at Mount Independance the day of the month on which he died she has no means of ascertaining as it has escaped her recollection
That she was afterwards
Married to Andrew Wickok who died on the
Eighteenth day of July A.D. one thousand Eight
hundred and thirty as will more fully
appear by a referance to the proof him unto
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Annexed she further states that she has never
been married since the decease of the said Andrew Hickok but still remains his widow
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and
year above written

Sarah X  Wickok (signed with X mark)
Witnesses to signature Edward Webber
Ebenezer Hickok
Before Edward Webber Judge of Probate
And the subscriber Judge of the Court of Probate
for said County of Grafton hereby declares his
opinion that the said Ebenezer Blodget
deceased was a revolutionary soldier and served
as stated in the foregoing declaration
and I hereby certify that the aforesaid applicant cannot from bodily infirmity attend
the Court In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand this thirtieth day of August A.D. 1837-
Edward Weber Judge of Probate
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Ebenezer Blodget and Sarah Blodget
married May nineteenth one
thousand seven hundred & seventy
five"
I Arthur Ward Clerk of the
town of Plymouth in the County of
Grafton & State of New Hampshire certify
that the foregoing is a true copy of the record
of the Marriage of Eben & Sarah Blodget
with the exception of the date which is
expressed on the record in fair legible
figurers as follows
"May 19th 1785"
I Arthur Ward above named depose
and say that I hold the office of Town
Clerk in the County Town & State aforesaid
and that the above is a true extract
on the records of said Town of Plymouth
with the exception above named as certified
by me
Arthur Ward
Clerk of the town of
Plymouth aforesaid Grafton
Plymouth Nov 7 1837
Sworn before me
Edward Webber Just Peace