Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44,487, for Ezekiel Knowles, New Hampshire
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
N. H.
CONTENTS
Knowles, Ezekiel
NUMBER
S. 44,487
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20234
New Hampshire
Ezekiel Knowles
of Deerfield in the State of New Hamp
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain Jenkins of the Regiment commanded
by Colonel Reed in the N. Hampshire
line, for the term of
from       17 to    17
Inscribed on the roll of New Hampshire
at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to
commence on the 1s day of January 1828


Certificate of Pension issued the 4 of Sept
1830- and sent to Josiah
Butler Esq Deerfield NH
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Arrears to 4th of March 1830 $209.03
Semi-anu'l all'ce ending 4 Sep. 48
                                                 $257.03
Revolutionary Claim,
Acts March 12,1818,
and May 1, 1820. [crossed out]
20 May 1830
Recorded Book D
Vol. 1 page 164
BRB
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Ezekiel Knowls
claim for a pension
as private
1818
Did not serve on the
Continental establishment
In admissible.

No regiment commanded
by Col. Poor in the 
Massachusetts Line, in 1778
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I Ezekiel Knowles of Deerfield in
the County of Rockingham and
State of Newhampshire testify and
declare that in 1775 I enlisted for two
months into the Continental service
in the Company commanded by
Captain Henry Elkins in the Regiment
commanded by Col. Burnham
in the Newhampshire line in the
army of the United States in the 
Revolutionary war against the common
Enemy. I served said tow months
faithfully & was discharged in 1776. I also
inlisted into the same service for five
months in the company commanded
by Captain Ney in the Regiment
Commanded by Col Wingate in
said line. I served faithfully said five
months & was discharged. in 1777 I 
again inlisted into the same service
for six months under Captain Persons
in the Regiment commanded by
Colo [illegible] in said line
I served said
time of six months out faithfully, in 1778
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I Inlisted into the said Continental
service for nine months in the 
company commanded by Captain Jenkins
in the Regiment commanded by Colo
Thomas Poor in Massachusetts line
I served said nine months faithfully & was
honourably discharged by my commanding
officer (verbally) I served
in said war at several other times for
six months more making in the whol
twenty eight months in said revolutionary
war against the common Enemy
 I was at West point when Genl Arnold
deserted the United States army. I wasnt
in any close Battle just in many
Commandings
I am sixty years of
age. I am in reduced circumstances
in life and need assistance from
my country for support I have
no other evidance now in my power
to offer of  my said service excepting
the deposition of Robert Martin hereunto anexed
May 9th 1818
Ezekiel Knowles

Rockingham County 
Sworn to & declared the day & year above before
me Hall Burgin Judge of the Court for said
Rockingham County
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I hereby certify that it appears to my
satisfaction that the said Ezekiel
Knowles did serve in the revolutionary
war as he has stated in the foregoing
declaration by him signed & now
transmit the testimony in the case
to the Secy for the department of war
January 4th 1819 I hereby certify that said
Knowles is in reduced circumstances & needs assistance
from his country for support one of the Judges
Hall Burgin

one of the Judges of
the Court of
Com. pleas for
said Rockingham

Hall Burgin

By order of the Judge
Attest L Chadwick Clerk of said Court

I Robert Martin of Pembroke in the County
of Rockingham & State of Newhampshire
testify & say that I was a soldier in the 
revolutionary war in 1778 Eight months in the Company
commanded by Captain Stephen
Jenkins I knew Ezekiel Knowles the signor
the foregoing declaration to serve in
said Company all the time of my serving in
said Company & left him there when I was dis
charged
May 9th 1818
Robert Martin
State of Newhampshire Rockingham
Sworn to on the day & year above before
Hall Burgin Judge of the Court as above
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710
Ezekiel Knowles, [illegible]
Col Reeds regt New Hampshire
line during the 
Revolutionary War.
=
There being no law now
in existence granting pensions
to persons who might
have become disabled during the
Revolutionary War by any
cause other than that of
receiving a known wound
while in the actual service
and line of duty against
the common enemy (see
Law 10th April, 1806, and the
acts supplementary to and
continuing in force the 
same) this case is
inadmissible, the party having
ruptured himself &c
War Department
Pension Office
Jany 2d 1821.
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I Ezekiel Knowles of Deerfield in the
County of Rockingham and State of
New Hampshire upon oath declare
that I entered the service in the Revo
Revolutionary war in 1775 in a company
commanded by Capt Henry Elkins in
Regiment commanded by Col. Burnham
in the New Hampshire Line
And in 1776 I again entered the
service under Capt Ney in a Regiment
commanded by Col. Wingate in said
Line I Served five months. In 1777 I
again entered the service under Capt
Pearsons in a Regiment commanded
by Col. Lenter in the same line I served
six months In 1778 I again entered
said service under Capt Jenkins in
Regiment commanded by Col
Thomas Poor in the Massachusetts
line for nine months & in New York
was transferred from said Regiment
to Col. Reed's Regiment in the New
Hampshire line with several others
to fill up said Reeds Regiment
and remained in the service in said
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Regiment about six months and 
during my service in Reeds Regiment
while or fatigue duty building
redoubts at Peekskill so called in the State
of New York, I believe in September 1778 as I can recollect
of New York, I ruptured or burst my
self I became very feeble but continued
in the service untill I completed
the term for which I engaged and
was honorably discharged, I did not
make known to the officers or any the
Physician the injury I received when
in the service, but disclosed it to some
friendly soldiers I should have before
applied or petitioned for a pension had I
not believed that none were entitled to
pension except such as were wounded by
the enemy in actual engagement. Being
now in reduced circumstances and needing
the assistance of my country and
being very much troubled by said
rupture or injury & rendered unable
to labor I am induced to ask
pension from the Government of
my country which I have faithfully
served-
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I further testify that I resided in North
Hampton in the State of New Hampshire
when I entered the service & that I have
resided in Deerfield in said State
since I left the service & that by occupation
 I am & have been a farmer & that I am
not on the pension list in New Hampshire or any
other State & am now sixty two years of age
Ezekiel Knowles
State of Newhampshire Rockingham
Deerfield August 25th 1820 Then the above
Declaration was taken signed & sworn to before me
& I hereby certify that the said Ezekiel Knowles
the above subscriber is a credible witness
Hall Burgin
Justice of the
peace
& Commissioner
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Ezekiel Knowles
---
Decr 11. 1821
Refer to the Committee on
Revolutionary Pension

Dec 9, 1823
Refer to the Committee on
Pension & Revolutionary Claims

May 19, 1824 [illegible]


Summer of N.H. 
P & Rev. C.
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To the Honaorable The Senate, House of Representatives
in the Congress of the United States of America
[illegible] of December 1821
Respectfully represents the subscriber an inhabitant
of Deerfield in the County Rockingham &
State of New Hampshire that he was a soldier in 
the war of the Revolution - that he entered the
Service in 1775 he a company company 
commanded by Captain Elkins in a regiment
commanded by Col Burnham in the New Hampshire
line and in 1776 again entered the service under
Regiment commanded by Col
Wingate in said line and served five months
In 1777 I again entered the service under Capt
Persons in a Regiment commanded by Col
Senter in the same line and served six months
1778 I again entered said service under Capt
Jenkins Regiment commanded by Col
Thomas Poor in the Massachusetts line for
nine months in New York was transfered from
said Regiment to Col Reeds Regiment in the
Hampshire Line with several others to
fill up said Reed Regiment and remained in
the service in said Regiment about six months
during my service in Col Reeds Regiment
while on fatigue duty building redoubts at
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Peekskill so called in the State of New York I 
believe in September 1778 as near as I can recollect
I ruptured or burst myself and became very
feeble, but continued in the service untill I 
completed the term for which I engaged and was
honourably discharged. I did not make known to
the officers or any Physician the injury I received
when in the service but disclosed it to some friendly
soldiers. I should have applied long since for a 
pension had I not been till lately able to support my
self & had I not believed that none were entitled
to a pension, but such as were wounded by a ball
in an engagement with the enemy. I further
state that I made application for a pension
under the act of Congress of [illegible] it was
determine that I was not long enough in the continental
service at one time to entitle me to a pension
and that I again applied as an valid & wounded
soldier in 1820 under an act of Congress
reviving a former act granting pension to such
[illegible] wounded in the Revolutionary War & that
my case was considered inadmissible as well
more fully appear by the accompanying documents
Being now in need of relief from my
County & being in very feeble state of health
May your Honorable body that a pension
may be granted & commencing from the date
of my former application. Ezekiel Knowles
et
no
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Recd Sept. 4. 1830
Issue act; and send to
Jo Butler Esqr S. Deerfield N.H.

Pen. to com: Jan. 1. 1828
$8  Mo. act 20 May 1830
Revo. N.H.


[illegible]
Pension Office
Washington City
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South Deerfield NH Aug 30 1830
L. L. Edwards Esqr I perceive by an act
of Congress passed at the last Session
a person by the name of Ezekiel Knowles
was placed on the Pension roll. I had
the charge, when in Congress of his claim
& the last Session John Brodhead a
member of the H. R. Congress had the
care of his claim,  & he says an act passed
the H of R but dont know whether
it passed the Senate & became a Law
I wish if Ethel Knowles of
Deerfield NH was included in the act
aforesaid, you would procure a copy
from the Secretary or such evidence
as will be necessary to obtain the
pension & send it to me. Mr Knowles
desires me to write & obtain the
evidence & I trust you will be
so obliging as to have this soon
obliging your friend
Josiah Butler
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Being required by the Honorable Hall Burgin Esq
(a commissioner appointed by the Honorable John S. Sherburn
Judge of the District Court of Newhampshire, to take
evidence to substantiate the claim of Ezekiel Knowles)
to examine the body of the said Knowles - I hereby certify
that I have this day critically examined him and
find him labouring under an inquinal hernia
which he says, he received while a soldier in the
Revolutionary Army of the United States- from
a careful examination of and long acquaintance with
the said Knowles, I am of the opinion, that he is unable
in consequence of said rupture, to perform much, if
any labour and is entitled to a full pension-
Deerfield N.H. August 25, 1820
 W Graves
Practicing Surgeon
and Physician
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Rockingham ss State of 
Newhampshire
August 25th 1820


The above affidavit was taken subscribed and
Sworn to before me the undersigned the day & year above & I hereby
certify that the above deponant William Graves
is a reputable physician & Surgeon & a credible
witness

Hall Burgin 
Justice of the peace
& Commissioner
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No. 242
Ezekiel Knowles

Feb 27- 1826
Ref'd to the Court Mil Pensions

Apr 1 1826
Report to be in support [illegible]

Mar 3 1828
refer to Court- Mil Pensions

Apr 29 1828 Bill reported No. 283

Dec 5 1828
ref to Comm in Mil Pensions
allowed $8

Dec 16 1829
Ref to Comm on Mil Pensions

pen to com: Jan. 1. 1828, $8
per mo, act May 20 1830

Revo N.H. Roll
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Petition of Documents
Ezekiel Knowles NH
invalid soldier of the
Revolution praying
for a pension
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I Thomas Hall of Nottingham in the
County of Rockingham in the State of New
Hampshire being a Soldier in the 
Revolutionary war in the Regiment commanded by
Col. Reed in the New Hampshire Line in the
Continental service in 1778 was intimately
acquainted with Ezekiel Knowles a soldier
in the same Regiment who among others was
transfered from Col Poors Regiment to fill
up the Regiment commanded by said Reed
at Peekskill or Kings ferry so called in New
York in 1778 The said Knowles being a rugged young
man was employed on fatigue duty in
building the redoubts at Kings Ferry or Peekskill so called in N.Y I believe in September and labored extremely hard
and after he had labored a day or two he told
me he had become burst or ruptured him
self by great exertion at work and he
then shew me the rupture or injury which
I noticed & found it operated severely upon
him He consequently failed in performing
his duty Being an ambitious young man he
was unwilling to apply the physician or to
make his injury known and continued in
the service in said Regiment five or six months
after he was burst though he was too feeble
to perform his duty and was honorably discharged
after compleating his term of enlistment
I further testify that he has resided & still resides in Deerfield
in so State & is & has been by profession a farmer
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but has not been & still is not able to perform
scarcly any kind of labor

Thomas Hall his mark

Deerfield August 25th 1820

Rockingham ss State of Newhampshire
Deerfield Aug. 25th 1820 Then the above and
foregoing affidavit was taken subscribed and
Sworn to before me the subscribed & hereby
certify that the said Thomas Hall the signer of
the above affidavit is a credible witness

Hall Burgin Justice of the
peace and
Commissioner

W Hall
affidavit
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I John Knight of Northwood in the
County of Rockingham in the State of New
Hampshire being a soldier in the Revolutionary
war in the Regiment commanded
by Col Reed in the New Hamphire line
in 1778 was intimately acquainted with
Ezekiel Knowles a soldier in Col Poors
Regiment who among others was
transfered to fill up the Regiment
of Col. Reed at for Peekskill or Kings
Ferry so called in New York in 1778 the said
Knowles being a rugged young man
was employed on fatigue duty in
building two redoubts at Kings Ferry so called in NY in September I believe 1778 and labored 
extremely hard, and after he had labored
a day or two he told me he had become
burst or ruptured himself by great
exertions at work and he then shew
me the rupture & requested me to keep
secret, I cautioned him before he
was burst against the danger from 
making such violent efforts, Being a young
ambitious man he was unwilling to
make his injury known & continued in
the service. He was actually burst
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while or fatigue duty as I witnessed
and complained often of his injury
to me & he became more feeble as he
remained in the service & was not able to
do his duty I advised him to apply to
the Physician but he declined & I offered
to speak myself to a physician but he
would not consent & he remained
five or six months in Reed Regiment
after he was burst & was honorably discharged
after compleating the term of his enlistment
I further testify that the said Knowles
has for a long time resided in Deerfield
in said State as is by occupation a
farmer but has been & now is unable to perform
scarcly any labor 

John Knight his mark

Deerfield August 25-1820


Rockingham ss. State of New Hampshire
August 25th 1820 The above affidavit was
taken & subscribed & sworn before me on the day & year above
mentioned & I hereby certify that the above deponant
is a credible witness.
Hall Burgin Justice of the peace 
& Commissioner


Mr. Knight
affidavit
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44487
INVALID.
Revy
File No. 44487

Ezekiel Knowles
Priv. Rev. War
Act: 20 May 1830
Index: -- Vol. 3 Page 281


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