Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,807, Zebulon Elwell, Mass.
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SERVICE Mass
Elwell, Zebulon
S.34,807
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34807 
Revy INVALID 
File No. 34807 
Zebulon Elwell 
Pri Rev War
Act: 18 March 18 
Index Vol. 2, Page 484 
{Arrangement of 1870.}
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Zeb.'n Elwell
Massachusetts Line 

1 Jane 
Admitted
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State of Massachusetts 
I Zebulon Elwell a Citizen of the United States, now resident at Gloucester in the County of York in the State aforesaid, do on oath testify and declare, that in the War of the Revolution, on or about the first of January in the year of our Lord Seventeen hundred & Seventy Six I entered and was engaged in the land service of the United States on the continental establishment, and served accordingly from that time for the year ensuing in the Massachusetts line of the army as a private against the common enemy, without any interruption or absence: that I belonged to the Company of Captain Baker in the Regiment of Colonel Little I afterwards engaged in the naval service on board the Continental frigate, Hancock, John Manley commander, & served without any interruption a year.and that I left the service on the expiration of the term aforesd being their honorably discharged.
and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life and poverty, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support, being now of the age of sixty one years. my discharge this lapse of time is now lost & I have in no other evidence to offer than what is herewith exhibited . 

And I hereby relinquish all claims to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States , if any may be or hath been so allowed.
Zebulon Elwell 

BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this third 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 the subscriber one of the Associate Judges of the Circuit Court of Common pleas for the middle Circuit within the State aforesd & presiding his advice the abovenamed Zebulon Elwell and  after the examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, he maketh oath to the [illegible] aforesaid, and subscribes the same in my presence; and, on examination duly made by [illegible]edge, it appeareth to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true the testimony whereof I hereunto affix my name & the seal of Court 
Wm Wetmore 

I further certify that the witnesses within named are credible & disinterested June 15, 1828 
Wm Wetmore
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State of Massachusetts 

I Zebulon Elwell a Citizen of the United States, now resident at Gloucester in the County of Essex in the State aforesaid, do on oath testify and declare, that in the War of the Revolution, on or about the first of January in the year of our Lord Seventeen hundred & seventy Six I entered and was engaged in the land service of the United States on the continental establishment, and served accordingly from that time for one year ensuing in the Massachusetts line of the army.as a private against the common enemy, without any interruption or absence; that I belonged to the Company of Captain Baker in the Regiment of Colonel Little. I afterwards engaged in the naval service on board the Continental frigate, Hancock, John Manly commander, & served without any interruption a year.and that I left the service on the expiration of the term aforesd being there honorably discharged and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life and poverty, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support, being now of the age of sixty one years. my discharge this lapse of time is now lost & I have no other evidence to offer than what is herewith exhibited 

And I hereby relinquish all claim to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States , if any may be or hath been so allowed. 
Zebulon Elwell 

BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this third 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 the subscriber one of the Associate Judges of the Circuit Court of Common pleas for the middle circuit within the State aforesd & presiding has been since, the abovenamed Zebulon Elwell 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; and, on examination duly made adge, it appeareth to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true. In testimony Whereof I hereunto affix my name & the seal of Court 
Wm Wetmore 

I further certify that the witnesses within named are credible & disinterested. June 15. 1818 Wm Wetmore
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We the Subscribers inhabitants of the Town of Gloucester testify & say that we are acquainted with Zebulon Elwell, the within named declarant & believe him to be in his circumstances in life =reduced & indigent & in need of assistance from his country for support & we never heard his character for called in question.- 
John Kittredge 
Eben Dale 
Overseers of the Poor 

I the Subscriber late Colonel of a Regiment of Militia in the State of Massachusetts & a lieutenant in the Regiment of Colonel Hutchinson & Rufus Putnam & in the Companies of Captains Putnam, Whipple & Gates, during the Revolutionary war, now residing at Gloucester in the State aforesd  do testify that the within named dealer and served on the Continental Establishment in Hoke, & as I credibly believe for the same stated by him; that he is in reduced circumstances in his life being poor & an indigent & needs assistance from his Country for support- 
John Tucker 
Sworn to before me 
Wm Wetmore the Judge within named
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7608
Massachusetts 
Zebulon Elwell
of Gloucester,  in the state of Massachusetts
who was a private in the regiment commanded private in the regiment commanded Colonel Little  of the Massachusetts line, for the term of One Year 

Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence is the 3 of April 1818 

Certificate of Pension issued the 18 of March 18, and sent to William Wetmore Esq Salem Mass 

Arrears to 4th of March 1819 $88.48. 
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1819 48 
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$136.48

{Revolutionary Claim, Act 18th March, 1818}
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I Henry Davis of Glocester in County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of the age of sixty eight years testify and say: That I served the as sailor on board the Hancock frigate, commanded by John Manley in the Revolutionary War from March A D 1777 to March 1778. and was captured in said Frigate by the Rain Bow a fifty gun ship commanded  by George Collier and was carried into Halifax and during the whole of said period, Zebulon Elwell of said Gloucester was a sailor on board the said frigate took with me. I further that the said Zebulon is the person who is here present, and who served with me as aforesaid on board the Hancock Frigate. And further the deponent saith not 
Henry Davis

Essex ss. June 9. 1818 Then Henry Davis made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed

Gov Lawson Nash  Jus. Pacis
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I Abraham Williams of Gloucester in the County of Essex Commonwealth of Massachusetts of the age of sixty one years testify & say: That I served as a private soldier in Captain John Baker's Company, in the Regiment of Moses Little, in the in the service of the United States against the common enemy from the beginning to the close of the year 1776. and Zebulon Elwell of said Gloucester served as a common soldier, in the same company, with me during the whole of the year 1776, and I further testify  that the said Zebulon Elwell here present, is the same Zebulon Elwell who served and at with me, as aforesaid 
Abraham Williams 

Essex ss. June 9. 1818. Then Abraham Williams made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed  
Cov. Lonson Nash Jus. Pacis