Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6,615, Ezekiel Belknap, N. H.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE|[blank]|NUMBER|
N.H.|Belknap, Ezekiel|S.6.615
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CONTENTS
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No. 9705
Ezekiel Belknap
['Hon. E. Everett H.R.' crossed out]
Lieut. 11 Months
6. & 16 OC
Jany 25 1833
$146.67
P-215
Isaac B Hovey 
Atkinson N.H. 
['Haines I. B. Hovey' crossed out]
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BRIEF in the case of Ezekiel Belknap of the County of Rockingham in the State of N.H. 
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Judge
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? disability
3. How old is he? 96 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
[column headings: Period.|Duration of Service.(Years, Months, Days.)|Rank. As a|Names of Generals and Field Officers under whom he served.]
In 1775|( - |6| - )|Lieut.|Col. Waldron, Capt. Bunten|
 " 76|( - |24| - )|ditto|Col. Welch, Capt. Calef|
 " 77|( - |1| - )|ditto|not named|
[end of columns]
5. In what battles was he engaged? none
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Atkinson
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? depositions
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? [blank]
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. 
/s/Levin Belt
Examining Clerk. 
*on Roll of same
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State of New Hampshire
Rockingham County ss. On this fourth day of August AD 1832 personally appeared before me Samuel Green an Associate Judge of the Supreme Court of Judicature in & for said State, Ezekiel Belknap a resident of Atkinson in said County of Rockingham aged ninety six 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 7, 1832, viz - 
That in the year 1775 he entered the service of the United States as a serviceman in the Army of the Revolution at Atkinson aforesaid, & went to Cambridge Mass - stationed at Temple house, so called, for the  term of six months, the first three he was in the company under the commanded of Capt. Andrew Bunten, who at the expiration of the three months went home, does not recollect who succeeded said Bunten as Captain, but knows he was in the Regiment commanded by Col'o Waldron - had a Commission as Lieut. & various other papers relating to his service, which about twenty years ago, were carried to Sandusky in State of Ohio by his son who moved there & has since died, & those papers are probably lost - at the close of the six months he was regularly dismissed but did not receive any written discharge. Joseph Chandler residing in said Atkinson, was in the same Camp with him during the first three months of said service.
In the year 1776 the last of the summer or first of fall was drafted at said Plaistow to go to Fish Kill in the state of New York, a company was made up from several Towns & he was agreed upon as Lieut. - John Calef late of Kingston in said County, who is now deceased was Capt. & he was in the Regiment of Col'o Joseph Welch - was about in the service about four months, in the last month was employed in conveying some tories from Fish Kill to [illegible] N. Hampshire - Job Kent, now said to  live in Hampstead in said County was with him in this service - and a Commission as Lieut. in this service - 
In the year 1777 entered again into the service as a volunteer at said Atkinson & in the capacity of Lieut. - went to Saratoga New York & was present at the surrender of Burgoine (Burgoyne) absent one month in this service - Joseph Chandler whose affidavit is annexed was with him in this service - 
/s/Ezekiel Belknap
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year first above named
Before me /s/Sam'l Green Asso. Just &c 
And I Sam'l Green Asso. Just: &c. do hereby declare it as my opinion that the above applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, & served as he states - that he is apparently ninety years of age & from infirmity, is unable to attend any of the Courts of record in the County in which he resides 
/s/Sam'l Green Ass' Jus. &c. 
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and the within named Ezekiel Belknap the Applicant hereby  relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of ay State
/s/Ezekiel Belknap
I Peter Chadwick Clerk of the Superior  Court of Judicature for the Courts of Rockingham in the State of New Hampshire do hereby certify that Samuel Green whose signatures appear to the foregoing certificates is an Associate Justice of the Superior Court of Judicature for the State aforesaid and that the foregoing are the [illegible] proceedings had before the said Samuel Green in his said capacity in the matter of the application of Ezekiel Belknap for a pension. 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this eleventh day of August Anno Domini 1832
/s/P. Chadwick Clerk of Court Rocking'm County
BELKNAP, EZEKIEL
S.6615
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State of New Hampshire
Rockingham ss On this sixteenth day of March AD 1833 the said Ezekiel Belknap who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration personally appearing before me the said Samuel Green & being further examined makes the following additional declaration viz - 
That according to his knowledge & belief, he was born at Haverhill in the State of Massachusetts in the year 1736, & somewhere there may be a record of his age in that place & that, at the times sometimes mentioned in his former declaration when he entered the service of the United States he lived in Atkinson in said County of Rockingham; & has ever since resided in that place - that the time of his entering on each term of service before mentioned, had Commissions as a Lieut. & served under them as such & which have, with various other papers relating to said service been lost, as mentioned in the first part of his formal declaration, & that, he is unable to recollect who signed those Commissions and their precise date - That at the close of each term of service relate to his former declaration he was regularly dismissed but did not in any instance receive a written discharge, & that during the last term of service was in the Regiment of Col'o Joseph Welch & Ezekiel Gile was his Captain - That Deacon William Page & Caleb Richards both of said Atkinson in the Prev't John Kelly of Hampton in said County whose affidavits are annexed have been acquainted with him for many years & are able to testify as to his character for veracity & their belief of said services - thinks that Col'o Gale signed one of his Commissions - 
/s/Ezekiel Belknap
Subscribed & sworn to the day & year first above named
Before me /s/Sam'l Green Asso' Jus. &c. 
And I the said Samuel Green do hereby declare it as my opinion, after the  investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, the before named Applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier & served as he states. and I further say that John Kelly whose affidavit is annexed, is a reputable Clergyman & has been known to me as such for many years - that he is a person of veracity, & that William Page & Caleb Richards whose affidavits are likewise annexed, are reputed in the neighbourhood where they live to be persons of good standing & entitled to belief - 
/s/Sam'l Green Asso' Jus. 
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10.780
New Hampshire
Ezekiel Belknap of Rocking'm in the State of NH. who was a Lieut in the company commanded by Captain [blank] of the regt commanded by Col. Welch in the NH line for 11 mos. 
Inscribed on the Roll of NH at the rate of 146 Dollars 67 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 25th day of Apl 1833 and sent Isaac B. Hovey Atkinson NH
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $293.34
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep " 73.33
$366.67
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by I. H. McBlair Clerk,
Book E. Vol. 1. Page 73.
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Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace for the County of Rockingham in the state of Newhampshire Lieutenant Ezekiel Belknap of Atkinson in said County of Rockingham who being duly sworn, depose and saith, 
1. I was born in Haverhill in the state of Massachusetts.
2. I suppose there is record of my age in said town of Haverhill. 
3. I was living in Atkinson aforesaid when I was called into service and lived there during the revolutionary War and always have lived there since and now live there. 
4. When I went into the service at Cambridge, I  enlisted. Andrew Bunton (Bunten) of Pembroke N.H. was Captain and my brother Richard Bartlett was first Lieutenant, they came from Pembroke to this town with part of a company it lacked 13 men of being full and Captain Bunton (Bunten) and 
5 my brother Bartlett told me if I would enlist 13 men I should be first Lieutenant of the Company I went out and enlisted them in one afternoon and enlisted my self for 3 months, and Col. Gale gave me my Commission
6 but I cannot remember by whom it as signed, and it is lost as I stated in my declaration. I marched to Cambridge and served the 3 months out and then enlisted again for 3 months longer I served this 3 months also and was dismissed but had no written discharge. By reason of old age and loss of memory I cannot recollect the precise time when I entered or when I left the service, but know that I served at Cambridge not less than 6 months 
I was drafted to go to Fish Kilns (Kill). New York; a company was drafted from this and the adjacent towns and I was one of them. We met at Plaistow. Col. Gale was there and told me I might be Lieutenant of the Company but I told him I would not accept of it without the voice of the company; the company voted unanimously for me and I accepted the appointment and Col. Gale gave me my Commission and I served not less than 4 months as stated in my application but cannot recollect the precise time when I entered or left this service. 
When I went to Saratoga New York, a Company of us volunteered and we chose our  own officers and were gone the whole month of October 1777 during which time Burgoyne surrendered his army - I was in the battle. Joseph Welch was my Colonel and Ezekiel Gile Capt. 
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7. Samuel N. Little, Caleb Richards, Dea. William Page and many others are well acquainted with me - they live in my neighbourhood and can testify to my character for veracity and their ['token' crossed out] belief of my services as a Soldier of the revolution. 
/s/Ezekiel Belknap
Sworn to, and subscribed this seventh day of February A.D. 1833. Before me - 
/s/Isaac B. Hovey Justice of the Peace
And I the said Isaac B. Hovey do hereby certify that the above named Ezekiel Belknap is a person of undoubted veracity
/s/Isaac B. Hovey Justice of the Peace
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I Job Kent of Hampstead in the county of Rockingham and State of Newhampshire of lawful age do testify and say that I was at Fish Kilns (Kill) in the state of New York in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred and seventy six in the ['same' crossed out] militia as a sergeant under the command of Captain Calef of Kingston in Newhampshire and Ezekiel Belknap now of Atkinson in the State of Newhampshire was the Lieutenant of the company to which I belonged
I then served ['as' crossed out] in said company for the term  of three months all of which time the said Ezekial Belknap served as a Lieutenant of said company. At the end of said three months the time was out for which I had enlisted and I enlisted for one month more and went under the command of the same Captain Calef and Lieutenant Ezekiel Belknap as a guard to certain men called tories from said Fish Kilns (Kill) as far as Plaistow in the state of Newhampshire and I was there discharged and paid by Colonel Joseph Welch. Lieutenant Ezekiel Belknap had the immediate command of the company in our march from Fish Kilns (Kill) to Plaistow 
From the time of our last enlistment aforesaid to the time of our discharge at Plaistow was half of a month.
Atkinson June 23d AD 1832 /s/Job Kent
[receipt stamp: THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES]
Rockingham ss. June 23d 1832. 
Then personally appeared Job Kent and made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is in his belief true. 
Before me, /s/John Kelly Justice of the Peace  
Rockingham ss Feb. 4 1833 I hereby certify that  the above named Job Kelly is a man of undoubted veracity
/s/John Kelly Justice of the Peace
BELKNAP, EZEKIEL
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6615
Rev War INVALID. [initials: own]
File No. 6615
Ezekiel Belknap
Priv. Rev. War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index: - Vol. A, Page 27
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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I, James Dow of Atkinson in the County of Rockingham and State of Newhampshire do testify and say that I enlisted into the service of the United States of America in the year 1776 in January or February, that John Allen of Salem N.H. was my Captain that I marched to Cambridge was stationed at the Temple house so called and that Lieutenant Ezekiel Belknap now of Atkinson aforesaid was then at said Temple house but belonged to another Company, and that said Belknap was Lieutenant of the Company to which he belonged and that he was then on his second three months enlistment & service at that place
/s/James Dow
Rockingham ss {June 26th 1832
Then Personally appeared the above named James Dow and made oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true according to the best of his recollection 
Before me /s/Isaac B. Hovey Jus. Peace
Rockingham ss. Feb. 7th 1833
I hereby certify that the above named James Dow is a man of truth and credibility.
/s/Isaac B. Hovey Justice of the Peace
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I John Kelly of Hampstead in the County of Rockingham and State of Newhampshire Clergyman do hereby certify that I am acquainted with Ezekiel Belknap of Atkinson in the County & state aforesaid who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that I believe him to be ninety six years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution; and that I concur in that opinion. 
/s/John Kelly 
Rockingham ss. Feb 9th 1833
Then the above named John Kelly made oath that the above certificate by him subscribed is true
Before me - /s/Isaac B. Hovey Justice of the Peace
And I hereby certify that the said John Kelly has been Pastor of the congregational church in said Hampstead above thirty years and is a man of undoubted piety
/s/Isaac B. Hovey Justice of the Peace.
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We, William Page and Caleb Richards both of Atkinson in the County of Rockingham and state of Newhampshire do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Lieutenant Ezekiel Belknap who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that he is a man of veracity; that he is ninety six years of age; and that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been an officer in the Army of the Revolution; and that we concur in that opinion. 
/s/William Page
/s/Caleb Richards
Rockingham ss Feb. 9 1833
Then personally appeared the above named William Page and Caleb Richards and made oath that the above certificate by them subscribed is true 
Before me - /s/Isaac B. Hovey Justice of the Peace
And I do hereby certify that the above named William Page and Caleb Richards are men of veracity - the said William Page has been for many years been a Deacon in the congregational church in this town 
/s/Isaac B. Hovey Justice of the Peace
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I Joseph Chandler of Atkinson in the County of Rockingham and State of Newhampshire do testify and say that I enlisted into the service of the United States of America in the year 1775, marched to Cambridge Mass. and was stationed there at the Temple house so called three months or more, under Capt. Bunton (Bunten) late of Pembroke N.H. at the time the British had Possession of Boston, and that Ezekiel Belknap now of Atkinson aforesaid was Lieutenant of the Company to which I belonged and that he served as such in the Militia of the army of the Revolution the above named three months, and also that the said Ezekiel Belknap was at the taking of Burgoyne as a Volunteer, that he had a Lieutenant's Commission & served as a Lieutenant that after the surrender of said Burgoyne the said Belknap had the charge of some of the Prisoners and conveyed them to Charlestown Mass. and that he the said Belknap was engaged in that service a month or more
Atkinson June 26th 1839 /s/Joseph Chandler
Rockingham ss. June 26, 1832
Then personally appeared Joseph Chandler and made oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is in his belief true
Before me - /s/Isaac B. Hovey Justice of the Peace
Rockingham ss. Feb. 7th 1833
I hereby certify that the above named Joseph Chandler is a man of undoubted veracity 
/s/Isaac B. Hovey Justice of the Peace
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I James Dow of Atkinson County of Rockingham & State of New Hampshire declare that I know the statement made by Joseph Chandler, as within to be true so far as respects the service of Ezekiel Belknap at Cambridge for three months & his presence at surrender of Burgoine (Burgoyne) - 
/s/James Dow
Sworn to & subscribed this 4th day of August AD 1832
Before me /s/Sam'l Green Asso. Jus &c.
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I John Knox of Pembroke in the County of Merrimack and State of Newhampshire of Lawful age do testify and Say that I was at Charlestown in Massachusetts in the year of our Lord Seventeen hundred and Seventy Six in the Militia as a private Soldier under the Command of Capt. John Lane of Durham Newhampshire said Lane's Company belonged to Col. Walanson's Regiment when I entered the Service. Ezekiel Belknap was there and done the duty of a Lieutenant in Said regiment and Continued to as the duty of a Lieutenant untill I was discharged and I left Said Belknap in the Service - 
Pembroke Feby 11th 1833 /s/John Knox
Merrimack ss February 11 1833
Personally appeared the above named John Knox and made Solemn oath that the above declaration by him Subscribed is in his belief true.
before me /s/Tho. Knox Justice of the Peace
Merrimack ss. Feby 11th 1833 I hereby certify that the above named John Knox is a man of undoubted veracity. 
/s/Tho. Knox Justice of the Peace
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I, Samuel N. Little of Atkinson in the County of Rockingham and State of Newhampshire do testify & say that in the year 1777, on the 30th day of September I, with 24 others belonging to this town volunteered and marched to Saratoga Newyork, while on our way we chose our officers - Joseph Welch of Plaistow was Colonel & John Webster of this town was our Major and Ezekiel Gile of Plaistow was Captain 
We were engaged in this service just one month in which time Burgoyne surrendered his whole army, and Lieutenant Ezekiel Belknap of this town was with us in this service during the whole of this month. I have been acquainted with said Belknap from my early years and he has always sustained the reputation of an honest man and a man of veracity and is believed in the town to have been a soldier in the revolutionary war, and that he is 96 years of age
/s/Samuel N. Little
Rockingham ss. Feb. 6th 1833
Personally appeared the above named Samuel Little and made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed contains the truth and nothing but the truth
Before me - /s/Isaac B. Hovey Justice of the Peace
And I hereby certify that the above named Samuel N. Little is a man undoubted veracity. 
/s/Isaac B. Hovey Justice of the Peace
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I Samuel Little of Hampstead in the County of Rockingham and State of Newhampshire do testify and say: that in the year 1776 I enlisted into the service of the United States as a soldier in the Army for three months, we marched as near as I can recollect in the month of August, went to Plaistow N.H. where we met with others from several other towns and there we chose Ezekiel Belknap of Atkinson in the County & state aforesaid our Lieutenant; we went to Fish Kilns (Kill) in the state of Newyork and served the three months at the expiration of which we enlisted another month. the greater part of this last month we were employed in conveying some tories from Newyork to Exeter When we had served this month out we were regularly dismissed but had no written discharge. The said Belknap served as a Lieutenant the whole of this four months and I belonged to his company. Joseph Welch of Plaistow was our colonel. Capt. Calef of Kingston N.H. was our Captain. I can not recollect his given name
/s/Samuel Little
Rockingham ss Feb 9th 1833
Then Personally appeared the above named Samuel Little and made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed contains the truth and nothing but the truth
Before me - /s/Isaac B. Hovey Justice of the Peace
And I do hereby certify that the said Samuel Little sustained the character of a man of truth. 
/s/Isaac B. Hovey Justice of the Peace
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Samuel Dinsmoor
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
[state seal affixed] TO ALL WHO SHALL SEE THESE PRESENTS. GREETING. 
KNOW YE, THAT  the within named Isaac B, Hovey and John Kelley, are Justices of the Peace for the County of Rockingham in the said STATE, duly Constituted and Sworn, and that to their ACTS and ATTESTATIONS, as such, full FAITH and CREDIT are and ought to be given, in and out of COURT, within and out of the STATE. 
In Testimony Whereof, I have caused the Seal of the State to be hereunto affixed. 
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND, at CONCORD, this twenty sixth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two and in the fifty-sixth year of the Independence of the United States of America.
BY THE GOVERNOR. /s/Samuel Dinsmoor
/s/Ralph Metcalf. Secretary of State.