Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19269, Ebenezer Fox, Mass. Mass. Sea Service
Page 1

SERVICE
Mass
Mass Sea Service
CONTENTS
Fox, Ebenezer
Anna
NUMBER
W. 19269
Page 2

2933
15119
Massachusetts
Ebenezer Fox
of Norfolk in the State of Massachusetts
who was a pr & Marine  in the company commanded by Captain Williams of the Regt commanded by Col Proctor in the Mass  
line for 12 mo 22d Marine
               3"  pri
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts
the rate of 52 Dollars 42 Cents per annum,
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of May
1833 and sent to E. J. Leland Roxbury

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $104.84
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept
26.21
---
===
$131.05
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832. ⎬
Recorded by W.L. Williams Clerk
Book E Vol. 2, Page 24
Page 3

Dead
See Letter april 26 1843. to L.M. Stone.

[Seal illegible]
See letter to Charles Fox. Esqr.
Sept 15. 1838

71 Norfolk
Page 4

4283.
Massachusetts
Anna Fox
widow of Ebenezer Fox
Mass
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Pri Mariner
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
52 Dollars 42 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the
14 day of Mch 1849
and sent to G.S. Bulfinch
Boston
Mass

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under of
February 2, 1848, Page 48 Vol. 2
Page 5

Ebenezer Fox
13.938
Edwin S. Leland
Page 6

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Norfolk SS.
On this twenty fifth day of August
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Judge
of the Court of Probate now sitting at Roxbury in and for said County, Ebenezer Fox a resident of Roxbury in said County, aged sixty nine
years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th, A. D. 1832.
THAT he was born at said Roxbury on the tenth
day of May A. D. 1763, and that there
is a record of his birth in the Records of Roxbury as he believes: that he was in the United States service from the fourteenth day of March A.D. 1780 to the nineteenth day of August A.D. 1780 -5 months & 5 days as a marine on board the ship Protector of Massachusetts: that he was residing at Boston
when he entered the service; that he was a volunteer and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Captain John F Williams: that he sailed from Boston on a six months cruise:  : that he served with [crossed] of the regular troops' and [crossed out]
were know to him [crossed out]  
that he was in the battle with the Admiral Duff off the banks of NewFoundland - and at the end of his service received no discharge in writing:  And since the Revolutionary war he has resided at said Roxbury.

ALSO: that he was in the United States service  
from the Eighteenth of September A.D. 17[?] to the fifthe day of May A. D. 1780
seven months & 17 days as a Marine on board the armed ship Protector of Massachusetts
that he was residing at Boston
when he entered the service; that he was a volunteer
and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Captain John F Williams:
that he sailed from Boston on a six months cruise & was captured with his vessel & carried into New York
;that he served with [crossed out of the regular troops'; [crossed out, and regular officers were know to him: [crossed out]  that he was in no battle
that at the end of his service he received no discharge in writing 
and left the service [crossed out 


ALSO: that he was in the United States service from about the first 
day [crossed out] of September A.D. 1779 to about the first of December A.D. 1779
3 months as a Private in the Massachusetts Militia
that he was residing at Boston
when he entered the service; that he was a volunteer
and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Capt. William Bird
in Col Proctor's Regt:
that he marched from Boston to Albany through Springfield &
Peekskill--
that he served as a guard to ammunition transport in waggons [wagons] from Boston to Albany with some of the regular troops; and 
no regular officers were known to him; that he was in no battle
that at the end of his service he received no discharge in writing and left
the service on or about the first of December 1779, that he has no documentary
evidence of this service, nor does he have any person by whom he can [illegible] it
Page 7

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Augt 16 1832
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 Ebenezer Fox is borne
upon the Pay Roll of the ship Protector
Capt John F Williams for the space
of
five months & five days from March
fourteenth 1780.

Also in the same ship, said John F
Williams Capt for the period of seven
months & seventeen days from the eighteenth
of September 1780 as a marine
Edward D Bangs Secy
Page 8

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Ebenezer Fox
 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first aforesaid. We Elnathan Taber and William Cummins residing in the said Roxbury
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Ebenezer Fox 
who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be sixty nine years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier & seaman of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed as aforesaid.
Elnathan Taber
William Cummins
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certify that it appears to them that Elnathan Taber who has signed the preceding certificate, is a resident in the said Roxbury
and that William Cummins who has also signed the same is a resident in said Roxbury;
and are credible persons; and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
Sherman Leland Judge of Probate

I, Samuel Haven, Register of the Court of Probate afraid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of
Ebenezer Fox for a pension.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the day and year first aforesaid.
Samuel Haven
Page 9

8963
Anna Fox
Mass.
Act 7 July 38
M 85d 42.
admd (Marine-
12 mo. 22d
3 -pri
52.42
O. A. Farwell
Boston
Mass.
Page 10

Commonwealth of Masachett
County of Norfolk. SS. on this twenty ninth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three [illegible]
appeared in open Court before the Judge of the Court of Probate in and for said County, Anna Fox a resident of Roxbury in the County
and Commonwealth aforesaid, aged eighty two years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the pension act of Congress passed July 7th 1838; and the joint resolution passed by Congress August 16th 1842: That she is the
widow of Ebenezer Fox late of said Roxbury deceased who was a marine in the Naval service of the United States, and a private in the military service during the Revolutionary War, and for which service a pension was granted him by the United States under the Act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832, which he continued to receive untill [until] the time of his death- She further declares that she was married to the said Ebenezer Fox by the name of Nancy Downs of Salem at Roxbury by the
Rev Eliphalet Porter on the twentieth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty five and that her husband the aforesaid Ebenezer Fox Died on the fourteenth day of December last past and that she has remained a widow ever since that period and now resides at said Roxbury. She further declares that her marriage with the said Ebenezer Fox took place after the expiration 
of the last period of his service aforesaid, but before the first day of January 1794. to wit, at  
the time above mentioned
 Anna Fox   Anna Fox
 
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written 
A second time Before 
S Leland Judge of Probate
 
I Oliver A. Farwell of Roxbury in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of 
Massachusetts, of lawful age testify and say that I am acquainted with Mrs. Anna Fox who has signed the foregoing aplication [application] for a pension. She is the widow of Ebenezer Fox late - of said Roxbury [illegible] I was also acquainted with Ebenezer Fox her late husband, he died on the
Page 11

14th day of December last past and was at the time of his death a pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress of the seventh June 1832, as a Marine and private in the War of the Revolution.
I further testify and say that the balance of pension that was due the said Ebenezer
Fox the time of his death was received by the said Anna Fox, by my agency at the pension office in Boston
O. A. Farwell
Norfolk SS April 29th1848  Subscribed & sworn to by the said Oliver Farwell, who is a credible witness.
Before me
S Leland Judge of Probate
I Nathaniel S Prentice of Roxbury in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged seventy six years testify and say that I have been well acquainted with Mrs. Anna Fox who has signed the foregoing  aplication [application] for a pension for forty one years last past, she is the widow of Ebenezer Fox who died at Roxbury four or five months ago. I was well acquainted with the said Ebenezer Fox for about forty one years before his decease, they have resided ever since I knew them, at Roxbury in respectable standing as husband & wife.
Nathl S. Prentiss
Subscribed and sworn to by the said
Nathaniel. Prentis who is a credible witness
Before me

S Leland Judge of Probate
Page 12

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Norfolk Roxbury
April 28th 1843
I Nathl S. Prentiss the subscriber do hereby certify that it appears by the Registry of Marriages in the Town of Roxbury that there is contained the following entry of Marriage, viz:
March twentieth one thousand seven hundred & eighty five Mr Ebenezer Fox of Roxbury & Mrs. Nancy Downs of Salem  Revd Mr Eliphalet Porter Minister of the Gospel
I hereby certify that this is a true Copy of the Record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the Record in fair legible figures as follows, viz - March twentieth 20th
one thousand seven hundred & eighty five 1785-
I Nath. S. Prentiss, above named depose and say, that I hold the Office of Town Clerk in the Town of Roxbury in the State and County aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said ^ town^ with the exception above named as certified by me -
Nath S. Prentiss Town Clk of Roxy
 Sir
Norfolk ss April 28th 1843 Subscribed and sworn to by the said Nathaniel S Prentis, Town Clerk
Before me
S Leland
Judge of Probate
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Norfolk ss
I Jonathan H Cobb, Register of the County
Probate for said County of Norfolk hereby certify that Sherman Leland is Judge of said Court of Probate also that he is a justice of the
Peace within & for the County of Norfolk & that his several signatures on this paper are genuine [illegible]
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and this seal of said Court this first day of May 1813
Jonathan H Cobb
Rg Md Cou of probate
Page 13

Ebenezer Fox

Mass.

12 Months and 22 days Mariner
3 months Private

13938


E.S. Leland
Roxbury
Mass.
Page 14

[illegible]
Brief in the Case of Ebenezer Fox
Co. of Norfolk in the State of Mass.
(Act 7th June, 1832)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  open court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infantry?

3.  How old is he?  69

4.  State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period./ Aug. in 1780 entered on board ship Protector.  / Duration of Service. / Years, Months, Days /  [illegible] & served 5 months, 5 days, Rank./ as a Marine  Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served./ Gen. Cap WIlliams  [illegible] ship 

Period./ Aug. in 1780 again entered same ship Protector.  / Duration of Service. / Years, Months, Days /  [illegible] & served 7 months, 17  days, Rank./ as a Marine / Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served./ Gen. Cap WIlliams  [illegible] ship 

Period./ [illegible] 1779.  / Duration of Service. / Years, Months, Days/  3 months,  Rank./ as a Private /   Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served./ Cap Bird /Col Proctor  

5.  In what battles was he engaged?  Sea fight

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Boston Mass

7.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  traditionary a document

8.  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. 
George Payton
Examining Clerk.
Page 15

Revolutionary War Records Section 3-525
MMHF
W. 19269

Department of the Interior, 
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C. , July 5, 1928

In reply to your request of - for a statement of the  history of Ebenezer Fox a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, the following is taken from his  and his widow's claim for pension. 

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT./ Sept 1, 1779 to Dec 1 1779/ LENGTH OF SERVICE. ' /Rank Private/ OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED./ Captain./ William Bird / Colonel. / Proctor State / Mass.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT./
Mch 14,1780 to Aug. 19 1780. 1,/ LENGTH OF SERVICE. /Rank Marine OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. John Foster Williams / on the "Protector" State/ Mass

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT./Sept. 18, 1780 to May 5,  1780 OF SERVICE. / Rank ./ Marine / OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED./ Captain./ John Foster Williams/ On the "Protector" /  State

In an engagement with the British ship " Admiral Duff" - his hearing was much impaired, was taken prisoner and confined 6 mos on " Old Jersey" prison ship  wounded in trying to escape. 

Battles engaged in, see above  
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Boston Mass.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 25, 1832. His cl. was al. 
Residence at date of application, Roxbury, Norfolk Co Mass .
Age at date of application, born Jan 30 1763 in Roxbury, Mass 
Remark:  He died Dec. 14 1842 in Roxbury,  Soldier  Mar. Mch 29m 1785 in Roxbury, Mass. Mrs. Nancy or Anna Downs of Salem, who was al: [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [ illegible] Apr. 29 1843 while a res of Roxbury Mass and 82 yrs in 1848 she was living in Dorchester, Norfolk Co. Mass. A son Charles Fox was living in Roxbury Mass in 1838. 



Respectfully, Commissioner.
Government Printing Office
Page 16

Submit in Duplicate 1-681 Phone Branch 476
All inquiries regarding this job should refer to Requisition No. 37134
Requisition for Duplicating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work.
Department of the Interior
Washington
Chief, Division of Publications,
Rm G 139
November 9, 1929
Please furnish work specified below.
Bureau ordering  Pension Deliver to Room No. 5033
(All copy for duplicating work should be plain and written in Elite type, exactly line for line as it is to appear on finished job.)
Title and description of job  photostatic copies of 17 pages from Revolutionary War pension claim of Ebenezer Fox, Massachusetts Troops, W.19269.
No. of copies 1 of each Shall form be kept standing? ------ -------days
For further information see Mrs. M. M. H. Finch 5033 541
Room No. Phone No.
Approved:
[indecipherable]
Chief Clerk of Bureau/[?] P.W.
Margaret M. [illegible] Finch  
Chief of Division
Note: No order made "special" unless statement showing necessity is written below and approved by Chief Clerk of Bureau ordering
[in left margin:] to hand Nov 14
Check work desired
Duplicate
Multigraph singe or double space? Facsimile signature?
Mimeograph one side or both sides? Facsimile signature?
Folding once or twice?
Assembling
Stapling Once? Twice? Side? End?
Electric typewriter Fill in addresses? Dated?
Adressograph from lists
Envelopes, size Cards, size
Proof list Pay rolls
Labels (submit sample Corrections
Fill in letters Tabulation sheets
Photostat x Size actual Official use? Repay yes $2.55
Blue Print Size Official use? Repay? $
Remarks
(Over)
Page 17

NOTE: Routine changes of addresses may be made on this blank without formal
reference through or initialing of chiefs of branches or chief clerks of
bureaus.
(Date)  192 

INDICATE BY AN X IN PROPER SQUARE ACTION TO BE TAKEN.
Make new addressograph plate
Change present addressograph plate
Destroy present addressograph plate
as follows:
Now reads
1
2
3
4
5
Should read
1
2
3
4
5

FOR USE OF DUPLICATING AND ADDRESSING SECTION

ADDRESSOGRAPH
The above change was made .....192
Operator ...

MULTIGRAPH
Operator ... Date... Type set by... Date ... 

MIMEOGRAPH
Operator ....  Date ...... 
Cut by.... 
Remarks
Page 18

REFERENCE - REV. & 1812 Wars Section 
MMHF 6151 University Avenue 
CHICAGO
November 4, 1929.
M. 6#412811- $2.80

Stamp
Finance Division Bookkeeper's Desk Nov. 6 1929
[illegible] of Pensions

Commissioner of Pensions, 
Washington, D.C. 
Dear Sir: - 
Referring to your letter of  October 28th, I am herewith Post Office money order Two Dollars Eighty Cents ($2.80) in payment for photostatic copies of original papers in Revolutionary Was pension claims of Ebenezer Fox of Boston, Massachusetts, who rendered sea service, and of widow Anna, W. 19269.  Seventeen pages at 15c oer page, $ 255; your certificate, 25c  - total $ 2.80. 
Awaiting the same, I am, 
Very Sincerely Yours, 
Wm. F.E. Gurley

Address:
Wm. F. E. Gurley,
6151 University Avenue, 
Chicago, Illinois 
Stamp Pension x U.S.
Nov 6 1959
Office 

over
Page 19

List of pages omitted: 
Letters from Boston form O.A. Farwell May 3- 1843
Letters from same: May 22 -1843
    "           "       "       L.M. Stone Boston Apr 24 -1843
  "           "       "      : O.A. Farwell - June 8 -'43
  "           "       "          Same: July 8 1843
Page 20

Rev.&1818 Ware Section
MMH[?]
October 28. 1929
William F. E. Gurley.
6151 University Avenue
Chicago, Illinois.

Dear Sir: 
I advise you that photostatic copies of original papers in Revolutionary War pension claims of Ebenezer Fox of Boston, Massachusetts and who rendered seal/service, and of his widow Anna. W. 19269, will be furnished you at the rate of fifteen cents a page with twenty-five cents extra for certification if that is desired. 

The number of pages to be copied is seventeen. The proper amount should be forwarded to this bureau by money order drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior. 
Very truly yours, EARL D. CHURCH, Commissioner.
[handwritten on right margin] 17 15 85 17 285 20 2.80
Page 21

6151 University Avenue
CHICAGO
September 7, 1929
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir: -
Kindly inform me as to the cost of [underlined] photostat 
copies, with your certificate attached, of all the papers on file in your office, in the application for a pension of Ebenezer
[underlined] Fox,
who was born near Boston, Massachusetts, about 1763, served in the Revolutionary War upon a war ship about 1780-3.
Awaiting your reply, I am, 
Very sincerely Yours,
[signature] Wm. F. E. Girley,
6151 University Avenue,
Chicago, Illinois.
[circular stamp lower right corner]
PENSION OFFICE
U.S.
SEP 10 1929
Page 22

[handwritten]
[illegible]
1203 Oak St. 
Hood River, Ore.
May 13, 1923
Commissioner of Pensions_
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
I am a descendent of Ebenezer Fox, born in E. Roxbury Mass. in 1763, died there in 1843. He served three years as a seamen in the Revolutionary War. He was aboard the "Protector" during action with Admiral Duff in command. He was captured by the British and imprisoned on the Jersey prison ship and confined there for several months in Halibut Bay, in Long Island Sound. If you can find anything more about him, where he enlisted from, + what books tell anything about him so that I can establish my credentials as a Daughter of the Am. Revolution
Page 23

I will be very thankful to you. Appleton's "Dic. of National Biography", says he was post master of Boston from 1831 to 1836. Did he draw a pension from the government?  The line of descent is as follows.
Ebenezer Fox b, 1763 died 1843.
Son of "Chase Fox b, 1794. " 1864.
Son of " Edw. A. Fox b. 1826. "1887.
daughter of "Jeannie Fox Miller b. 1857.
Hoping for an early reply and I thank you
Your Truly
Mrs. Jeannie Fox Miller
[Circular stamp reversed]
PENSION OFFICE
U.S.
MAY 18 1923
Page 24

Rev WIDOW, &c.
_________________________
File No.19269
Anna Fox
widow of
Ebenezer Fox
Prs Rev War
_________________________
Act: Feb 2d 48
Index:—Vol A, Page 248

[Arrangement of 1870.]
Page 25

1923 - July 6 - Hist. to Mrs. Jeannie Fox Miller [illegible letters]
1929. Oct. 28. W. F. E. Gurley adv. cost of photos.
1929 Nov. 16. Photos mailed to Wm. F. E. Gurley & Fin. Div. ntfd. A.D.Y.
Page 26

1083
Massachusetts
_________________________
Anna Fox
widow of Ebenezer Fox
who was a Pri & Mariner
in the Mass. line
for 12 mos & 22 days Mariner
3" private-
__________________________
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 52 Dollars & 42 cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
_________________________
Certificate of Pension issued the 24th day of July, 1843 and sent to
O. D. Farwell,
Boston,
Mass.
_________________________
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book !.
Vol. 1.  Page 42.
Page 27

7299
Massachusetts
Anna Fox 
widow of Ebenzer Fox who was a Pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 14 December 1842 - of Norfolk Co. in the State of Mass - who was a Private &amp; Mariner in the - commanded by Captain - in the Masstts line for 12 mo's 22days &amp; 3 most private

Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 52 Dollars 42 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 30th day May 1843 and sent to O.A. Far-well, Boston, Masstts.
Total amount&lt; $ 262.10
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by [illegible] Clerk
Book A Vol. 1 Page 88
Page 28

Refd May 31
Page 29

J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Anna Fox 
Act '43 
$52:42 per ann
Pen Cert to 
O.A. Farwell 
Boston Mass 
July 14th 43
Anna Fox [illegible] 12 43
[stamp JUL illegible]
Page 30

J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Anna Fox 
Act '43 
$52:42 per ann
Pen Cert to 
O.A. Farwell 
Boston Mass 
July 14th 43
Anna Fox [illegible] 12 43
[stamp JUL illegible]
Page 31

[illegible]
Boston July 8th 1843
J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Sir
I had the honour of addressing you on the 8th of last month, enclosing papers presumed necessary for the obtaining of a Pension for Anna Fox of Roxbury, widow the lasted Eben. Fox of Roxbury deceased - If the papers referred to were received at the Dept and are found to be satisfactory May I bug of you the favour to forward to me a Pension Certificate for Mrs. Fox at your Earliest Convenience? Very Respy
Yr Obt Svt.
O.A. Farwell
Page 32

1922 June 12 1820
[stamp illegible]
J. L. Edwards Esq 
Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington D.C. 
[illegible]
Mar 3 1843
Anna Fox
Page 33

[illegible] 
Boston June 5th 1843
J.L. Edwards 
Commiss of Pensions Washington 
Sir
I herewith enclose the petition of Anna Fox, widow of Ebenezer Fox deceased for a pension as stated in said petition - 
If you find the papers correct, will you oblige me by forwarding, as soon as convenient a pension Certificate & oblige
Yours very respectfully 
O.A. Farwell 
Atty for Anna Fox
Page 34

Boston, 24th April 1843 
[illegible] 
Sir
Your favor of the 18th [illegible] need - The case alluded to in my letter of the 15th was the widow of Ebenezer Fox of Roxbury a Pensioner under the Act of 1832 at $52.42 per annum and who died Dec. 14th 1842 leaving a widow Anna Fox married prior to 1794. - Is she entitled to the benefits of the law of 1838? 

I am very respt yr Obt. Srvt
L. M. Stone
Page 35

May 24.43
J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington D.c. 
Anna Fox 
Mass Act 1838
5 May 
[illegible]
Page 36

[illegible]
Boston May 22 1843
J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington 
Sir,
I had the honour of addressed you on the 3rd last  enclosing all the papers which I presumed to be necessary to procure a Pension Certificate for Anna Fox, of Roxbury, widow of the late Ebenezer Fox, deceased - will you do me the four to inform me if the letter referred to arrived at its destination, & if the papers enclosed therein were in conformity with the requisitions of the [illegible] - Should such be the case you will confer a great favour by forwarding me Mrs. Fox's Certificate at your earliest convenience. 
Very Resl Your Obt svt,
O.A. Farwell
Page 37

8962 May 8 1843

Mass
July 7 1838 
Anna Fox 
Ebenezer 32
[Stamp FREE PAID]

J. L. Edwards Esq. 
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington 
D.C. 

[Seal  illegible]
Page 38

[handwritten]
[illegible]
Boston. May 3rd 1843
J.L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington
Sir,
I enclose to you all the documents (contained in one sheet) which I presume will be necessary to Establish the claim of Mrs. Anna Fox of Roxbury- to the pension received by her late husband Ebenezer Fox of Roxbury-

If the documents which I Enclose should be found to be satisfactory & sufficient, [ crossed out] I beg the favour of you to forward to me  a pension certificate for Mrs. Fox - that she may be enabled to collect the amt. from the Pension Office at this place  -  If any further documents should be required _- will you oblige me with the requested information as early as may suit your convenience?
Very respectfully
Your Obt Svt.,
[underlined] O. A. Farwell
Attorney for Anna Fox
Page 39

Hon 

FREE
[stamp Aug 30  [illegible] 

J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.  

[illegible]
Page 40

Roxbury,  Mass. Aug 30 1838
Dear Sir: In conformity with the law of the U.S. of 7th June 1832, Ebenzer Fox receives a pension of $52,42 per annum. Luther Little of Marshfield, 
[illegible] informed me a few days ago that there must be some mistake respecting my father's pension - the he can attest to the fact that Mr. Fox was on board of the ship Protector all the time ( Mr. Little) was on two cruises, and he thinks that the Roll of only one cruise was examined instead of two. Mr. Little says that Mr. Fox's name will be found on two rolls of the Massachusetts Ship Protector commanded by John Foster WIlliams. The following are the facts respecting Ebenezer Fox's services in the War of the Revolution. In the year 1779 he enlisted in a company commanded by Capt. William Bird of Boston, in a regiment under Col Proctor, and marched from Boston to Albany and continued the service three months. He was then only sixteen years old. About a year after he enlisted on board of the Protector, he was enrolled several  months before the ship sailed on her  first cruise, returned to Boston, re-enlisted   for a second cruise and was on board till she was taken; he was confined about six months in the " Old Jersey, prison
Page 41

ship, and suffered much. His " Revolutionary adventures" now in the press, give an account of perils, toils and suffering of thrilling interest. 
Mr. Fox has been unfortunate in losing a great deal of his property of late years, and needs all he is entitled to, and he suffered enough in the Revolution for a much larger compensation, than he now receives. 

Would you do him the favor to cause the Roll of the Protector to be examined to ascertain whether his name is to be found on one or two rolls, and likewise the army roll for his three months' service? There are men living who can attest to the fact of his having been in the army - that is the militia draughted from Mass.  Mr. Luther Little, is probably on the only survivor, besides my father, or the crew of the Protector. Mr. Little was  badly wounded in the engagement with the " Admiral Duff" and in the same battle the hearing of my father was so much injured as to produce a great degree of deafness ever after. He was likewise wounded while attempting to make his escape from the prison ship. I will endeavor to find some conveyance to you of his " Revolutionary Adventures"; which will be published in a few weeks. Could I not send it to you  by mail free of expense?
Page 42

By answering this communication you will confer a great favor on an old revolutionary patriot and on his son. Your humble Servant Charles Fox 

P.S. Mr. Fox is well known to Mr. [illegible] Leaver, who knows an office, I think, in the War Department. 
J. L. Edwards
Page 43

1922
Page 44

[handwritten]
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Norfolk, ss. On this seventh day of June one thousand eight hundred and forty three, personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, Anna Fox a resident of Roxbury in said County of Norfolk aged eighty two years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 3rd day of March 1843 granting persons to receive of persons served during the  Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Ebenezer Fox deceased who was a Marine  and a private in the Revolutionary War, and for his said services a pension was granted him by the United States under the Act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832 and for a particular description of his service she respectfully refers to the declaration made by him at the time the pension was granted. And she further states that she is the widow of said Ebenezer Fox + received a pension from the United States under the Act of Congress of July 7th 1838, and the joint resolution of the 8th day of March 1838 at the rate of fifty two dollars and forty two cents per annum. She further declares that - she is still a widow
Anna Fox
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first above written
Before me Sherman Leland Justice of the Peace
Page 45

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
_____________________________________
Secretary's Office, Boston 
June 7th 1843
I hereby Certify, that Sherman Leland is a Justice of the Peace for all the Counties of, [illegible]
[crossed out]] in
the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.

In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Jms. A.  Bolles
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

[Seal illegible]
Page 46

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Secretary's Office, Boston September 16 1848

I hereby Certify, that at the date of this annexed attestation Samuel P. Loud was a Justice of the Peace of the County of Norfolk, 

in the said Commonwealth, duly Commissioned and constituted: and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court. 

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written. 

W.B. Callan 
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Page 47

DECLARATION
in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2d February, 1848, entitled "An act
making further  provision for surviving Widows and Soldier of the Revolution."

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS,
Norfolk COUNTY,} ss. 

On this sixteenth
day of September 1848, personally appeared
before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county aforesaid,
Anna Fox
a resident of Dorchester
in the county of Norfolk aforesaid
eighty seven
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
provisions made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to
of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of
Ebenezer Fox
who was a resident of Roxbury, M.s 

and who was a
private and marine
in the War of the Revolution
and is the identical person who drew a pension
the Act of 17th June, 1844, on account of the Revolutionary service of her late husband
aforesaid, at the rate of
fifty two
dollars and
forty two cents per annum.
She further declares that she is still a widow.
Anna Fox 
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written' 
Before me,

in presence of Sam Loud, 
E. Farwell 
Saml Loud  Justice of the Peace. 
I Certify, That the declarant is personally known to me, a widow and a pensioner,
as the declares.
Sam Loud Justice of the Peace
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS,
COUNTY,}  SS.

I, Clerk of the
the aforesaid, do hereby certify that
is a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, dulyand that his signature, above written, is genuine.
and the Seal of said Court, this
18
CLERK.

[seal illegible]