Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 24114, Freeman Ellis, Mass.
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service  number
Mass. Ellis, Freeman   W.24114
Sarah
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Maine 565

Sarah Ellis
widow of Freeman Ellis
Mass
who died on the 15 March 1802
of --- in the State of Maine
who was prvt. Corp. in the Comp'y commanded by Captain Bradford of the Reg. commanded by Col.       in the Mass. Militia for nine months

Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 32 Dollars 14 Cents per annum,
to commence the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of March 1837 and  sent Hon. M. Mason Bethel Maine

Arrears to the 4th Sept 1836  179.63
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Mar '37  16.33
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$195.96

{Revolutionary Claim Act July 4, 1836, Section the    } 
Recorded by H H Sylvester Clerk,
Book A Vol. 1  Page 6.
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State of Maine
Oxford ss.
On this Tenth day of February 1837 personally appeared before Stephen Emery Judge of the Court of Probate in & for said County
Sarah Ellis a resident of Carthage in the County aforesaid Aged Eighty Eight 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 July 4. 1836. That she is the Widow of Freeman Ellis late of Hartford in said County of Oxford deceased, who was formerly a resident of Plympton in the County of of Plymouth & State of Massachusetts & who served in the War of the Revolution as hereafter set forth, to wit, The said Freeman Ellis served eight months as Orderly Sergeant in Capt. John Bradford's Company in Col. Cotton's Regiment at Roxbury in the Year 1775.
The said Freeman Ellis also served one month as a soldier in Capt. James Harlow's
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Company but then Commanded by Lieutenant Elijah Bisbee at Bristol in the State of Rhode Island in the Spring of the Year 1777.
The said Freeman Ellis as the time he rendered the services aforesaid was an inhabitant of Plympton aforesaid.
She further declares that she was married to the said Freeman Ellis at said Plympton by the Rev. Jonathan Parker on the nineteenth day of March in the Year Seventeen hundred & sixty seven; that her husband the aforesaid Freeman Ellis died on the fifteenth day of March in the Year Eighteen hundred & two; and that she has remained a Widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by the proof hereto annexed
Witness Stephen Emery
Sarah Ellis
Subscribed & sworn to the day & year first above mentioned before me
Stephen Emery Judge
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Rev
Widow, &c.
File No. 24114
Sarah Ellis
wid of Freeman Ellis
Corp. Rev. War

Act July 4th 36
Index: - Vol. A Page 215

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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I Levi Wright of Plympton in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts of the age of Eighty years testify and say I was a Soldier in the war of the American Revolution and in the beginning of the war I think in the year 1775 I went to Roxbury in the State of Massachusetts and served Eight months in Capt. John Bradford's Company in Colo. Cotton's Regiment I well remember Freeman Ellis Plympton being an orderly Sargent in said Bradford Company and Served the Eight months in said Company

I likewise went to Bristol in the State of Rhode Island in the Spring of the year 1777 for one Month Campain in the Company Commanded by  Elijah Bisbe who was First Lieutenant on an alarm it was in Capt James Harlow's Company but he was absent and in Colo Thomas Lathrop's Regiment.
Freeman Ellis above named was in said Company Commanded by Bisbe and Served the same term of of one month. The Said Ellis Moved to what is now the State of Mane a number of years ago and is not living but his widow is still Living
Levi Wright  X His Mark

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth County ss. October 26th 1836 then personally appeared the above Named Levi Wright before the Subscribed and made oath that the above Deposition by him subscribed is true
I further Certify that the Said Deponant is a credible witness and a man of truth
Jonathan Parker Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss. I Jacob H Loud Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Jonathan Parker Esq is a Justice of the Peace in & for said 
County & that the within is his true & genuine signatures.
In witness whereof I have here unto set my hand & the Seal of the Probate Court for said County this first day of November A. D. 1836
Jacob H. Loud
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I George Bisbe of Kingston but formerly of Plympton in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts aged Eighty Eight years do testify and say I was a Soldier in the war of the war of the American Revolution and in the year one Thousand Seven hundred and Seventy Five I was at Roxbury and served Eight months in Capt John Bradford's Company and in Colo. Collins Regiment. I well recollect of Freeman Ellis of Plympton being in Said Company the Same term of Eight months as Sergant in said Bradford's Company. A number of years after the war the Said Freeman Ellis Moved to what is  now the State of Maine and is not Living now but his widow I understand is still Living

George Bisbe  X His Mark 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth County ss. October 27th 1836 then personally appeared the above named George Bisbe before the Subscriber and made oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true
I Certify the above Deponent is a man of truth and a credible witness
Jonathan Parker Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss. I Jacob H Loud Register of Probate for said County of Plymouth do hereby certify that Jonathan Parker Esq is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County & that the within is his true & genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of the Probate Court for said County this first day of November A. D. 1836.
Jacob H. Loud
[embossed seal]
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I Lewis Bradford of the Town of Plympton in the County of Plymouth, Massachusetts, do upon oath state that I am the Town Clerk of said town and have been such ever since 1812, and have been yearly and legally sworn into said office and have the Town Records of said Town in my custody, and, that upon examination of said Records, I find that Freeman Ellis and Sarah Bradford, both of said Town, were joined in Marriage March 19 1767, by the Rev. Jonathan Parker, who was at that time the Minister of the Church and Congregation of the then first Parish of the said Town of Plympton. Also that the said Freeman Ellis and his family moved from Plympton in the year 1792 to the Town of Hartford in the County of Oxford, State of Maine, where he died March 15 1802, in the 57th year of his age; all which appears from said Records. 
And I further testify that the said Sarah is a Sister of my father, and that a number of years ago the removal and death of the said Freeman Ellis were recorded in said Records under the Record of his family by request. Also that I have been informed of Letters and otherwise that the said Sarah a short time since is living with her son Freeman Ellis at Carthage in the County of Oxford in the State of Maine, and has never been married since the death of her husband, the first above mentioned Freeman Ellis.
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Lewis Bradford {Town Clerk of the said Town of Plympton.
Plympton, October 28. 1836.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth County ss. October 31 1836 Then personally appeared Lewis Bradford above named before the Subscriber and made oath that the above statement by him subscribed is true
Jonathan Parker Justice of the Peace

I further certify said Deponant is a man of truth and is a credible witness 
Jonathan Parker {Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss. I Jacob H Loud Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Jonathan Parker Esq is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County & that the within is his true & genuine signature
In witness whereof I have here unto set my hand & the Seal of the Probate Court for said County this first day of November A. D. 1836
Jacob H Loud
[embossed seal]
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1326
Case Sarah Ellis
Act 4 July 1836

L Crump

Corpl, Capt Bradford Co
Massachusetts Vol. 11 p. 149
Allow.   8 mos  Corpl.
             1 - priv
$32.11 per ann

no deduction


Hon. M. Mason
Bethel
Oxford
Maine
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I Freeman Ellis of Carthage in the County of Oxford aged Fifty seven years on Oath do testify & say that I was well acquainted with Freeman Ellis late of Hartford in said County of Oxford who emigrated to the State of Maine from the town of Plympton in the State of Massachusetts. He died more than thirty years ago. I also know his Widow Sarah Ellis who was his wife when he removed to the State of Maine from Massachusetts, that she is now living & has never been married since her husband's death.
Freeman Ellis

State of Maine
Oxford County ss.
On this tenth day of February A D 1837, personally appeared the above named Freeman Ellis known to me as a credible witness, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him made & subscribed - Before me.
Stephen Emery Judge of Probate
and also Justice of the Peace
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And I, the said Judge hereby, certify, and from the evidence adduced, adjudge, that the said Freeman Ellis deceased was a Revolutionary soldier & served as above stated - that said Sarah Ellis was legally married to said Freeman Ellis and that said Freeman Ellis died at the times severally above stated - that said Sarah Ellis is the lawful widow of said Freeman Ellis deceased and has remained unmarried ever since his death.

I further certify, that said Sarah Ellis by reason of advanced age & bodily infirmity was & is unable to attend personally in Court & that the foregoing proceedings were had at her place of residence in Carthage in said County before me.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day & year first above written.
Stephen Emery Judge 

[embossed seal]
State of Maine
County of Oxford ss.
I the subscriber, Register of Probate, in & for the county of Oxford, hereby certify, that the foregoing is the original proceedings in the case of Sarah Ellis for a pension whose declaration is hereunto annexed
In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County, this tenth day of February A. D. 1837-
Levi Stowell Reg'r. of Probate