Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2,914, Ezra Dewey, Mass.
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SERVICE               NUMBER
Mass.                      R.L.914        
  
 Dewey, Ezra Freelove
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In order to obtain the benefit of the act
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of Congress of the 29th of July 1848
State of New York
County of Niagara
on the 4th day of January 1849
personally appeared before the Subscriber County Judge of
said County, Freelove Dewey a resident of said County and
State, aged seventy nine years November 1848, who being first
duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the
provision made by the act of Congress passed July 29th 1848
extending Marriages to 1800,
that she is the widow of
Ezra Dewey, who was during the war of the revolution,
as this deponent was informed by him, a resident of Northhampton Massachusetts, that he probably enlisted from said
Northhampton, or from that Co. that is hampshire County, that
this deponent recollects to have heard the said Ezra Dewey
say he enlisted in 1780 or 81 and served three years, or the
close of the war, she further declares that she was married to
the said Ezra Dewey March 1st 1797 by qr [illegible] Southwick in
Oneida County, or what is called Boonville, her name
before marrage was Freelove Mayhew, that her husband the
aforesaid Ezra Derry died March 1813, and that she is
still a widow
Freelove Dewey [signature]
Subscribed and sworn before me
this 4 day of January 1849 [brackets 'County Judge]
'I certify that the above named Freelove Dewey is a reputable
person, that she cannot from bodily infirmity attend the court.

H. Gardner County Judge[signature]
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[illegible] of New York, ss.
[illegible] Office

I certify that Hiram Gardner before whom
the annexed declaration war taken, was at the time of taking the same, County Judge,
in and for said County, duly authorized to
take the same; And that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe the signature to said certificate is genuine, and that the annexed Instrument is executed according to the laws of this State.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have here hereunto set my hand, and affixed my official seal at Lockport, in said County, this 4th day of January 1849
George W Gage Clerk of Niagara County
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Martin Dewey
Born 17th January 1798
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Delight Dewey 
Born 31 January  1794
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Jona Dewey
16th March 1821
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Lucy Orritta Dewey
Born 22nd  {illegible] 
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Freeman Dewey Born Sept 10 1894
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Willliam M Dewey Born May 7, 1827
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Mahala D Dewey Born Jan 1829 24
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State of New York
County of Niagara SS.
Martin Dewey whom I certify is a reputable person, after being duly sworn, deposeth and saith that Freelove Dewey who is applying for a pension, is this deponents mother, and that Ezra Devey her late husband, was this deponents father, that this deponent was himself born January 17th 1798 that he
is the eldest child of his said parents, that
this deponent was himself married November
14th 1819, that the attached and original family
record of this deponents age and of his family
has been made more than twenty years, that
this deponents said father the said Ezra Dewey
died in March 1813, leaving his widow the the said Freelove Dewey, who still remains his widow and this deponent further says that in March AD 1887 his said father the said Ezra Dewey, told him when passing through North (?), that he the said Ezra Dewey and lived there previous to and at the time he enlisted into the revolutionary Army.
Signature of Martin Dewey

Sworn and subscribed before me this 4th day
of December 1848
Sparrow S Sage Justice of the peace
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State of New York
Niagara s..
Clerk's Office

I certify that (?) L. Luger where name is subscribed to the within affidavit or
deposition was at the time the same purports
to have been made (?) a Justice of the
Peace in & for said County duly Elected &
sum & authorized by law to take the same that
I am well acquainted with his handwriting
& verily believe the signature within is his
official signature. In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand before the seal of said Court, this 14 day of December 1847
John Van Home Clerk
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October 3, 1938

Miss Maude C. Hathaway
5155 Second Boulevard
Detroit, Michigan

BA-J/AWF
Ezra Dewey
R. 2914

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which
you request the Revolutionary War record of Ezra Dewey, served from Massachusetts, later lived in New York State.

The data furnished herein were obtained
from papers on file in claim for pension, R. 2914, based upon the service of Ezra Dewey in the War of the Revolution.

The date and place of birth of Ezra Dewey
were not given, nor were the names of his parents stated.

Ezra Dewey married March 1, 1797 in Oneida County, New York, Freelove Mayhew. She was born in November, 1769, place not shown, nor were the names of her parents given.

Ezra Dewey died in the month of March, 1813.

His widow, Freelove Dewey, applied for pension, January 4, 1849, at which time she was a resident of Niagara County, New York, and alleged that her husband, Ezra Dewey, while a resident of Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, enlisted in 1780 or 1781, and served three years or
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until the close of the war.
furnished.

The claim for pension was not allowed as proof of service, as required by the pension law was not furnished.

Martin Dewey, eldest child of Ezra Dewey and
his wife, Freelove, was born January 17, 1798; he was of Niagara County, New York, in 1842, and stated that he married November 14, 1819, and that the following was a record of his family:

Delight Dewey born January 31, 1794
Jane or Jona Dewey born March 16, 1821
Lucy Orfilla Dewey born October 22, 1822
Freeman or Fruman Dewey born September 10, 1827
William M. Dewey born May 7, 1827
Mahala D. Dewey born January 24,1829

The papers on file in this claim contain no
further discernible data relative to family.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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November 17, 1932
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PA -- J/AWF
Ezra Dewey-R. 2914
Nathaniel C. Jacobs - S.39769

Mrs. L. H. Baker
205 Delta Street
East Lansing, Michigan

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which
you request information in regard to Ezra Dewey of Northampton, Massachusetts, and to Nathaniel Jacobs, a pensioner from Vermont, both soldiers of the War of the Revolution.
You are furnished herewith the record of
Ezra Dewey, Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 2914, and the record of Nathaniel C. Jacobs, Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 39769.

R. 2914 -- Ezra Dewey
The data furnished herein were obtained from
the papers on file in the above noted pension claim, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Ezra Dewey.
The date, place of birth and the names of the
parents of Ezra Dewey are not stated.
He married March 1, 1797 in Oneida County, New York, Freelove Mayhew. She was born in November, 1769, place not shown nor are the names of her parents given.
Ezra Dewey died in March, 1813.
His widow, Freelove, applied for pension, January 4, 1849, then a resident of Niagara County, New York, and alleged that her husband, Ezra Dewey, while a resident
of Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, enlisted in 1780 or 1781 and served three years or until the close
of the war.
Her claim was not allowed as proof of service, as
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required by the pension law, was not established.
Their oldest child, Martin Dewey, was born January
17, 1798, and in 1848 he was in Niagara County,
New York and stated that he married, November 14,
1819, and that the following was a record of his
family:
Delight Dewey born January 31,1794
Jane Dewey born March 16, 1821
Lucy Orrilla Dewey born October 22, 1822
Freeman or Fruman Dewey born September 10, 1824
William M. Dewey born May 7, 1827
Mahala D. Dewey born January 24, 1829.

S. 39769 -- Nathaniel C. Jacobs
The data which follow were obtained from the papers
on file in the above noted pension claim, based upon the
Revolutionary War service of Nathaniel C. Jacobs; he
stated that his name was sometimes written without
the "C".
The date and place of his birth are not shown,
nor are the names of his parents given.
He served six months in the militia in Rhode Island
and was on guard at the time of the battle of Rhode
Island, no further details of this service given. He
enlisted in Royalston, Massachusetts, July 1, 1779 and
served as a private in Captain Timothy Remick's company
and in Colonel Joseph Vose's Massachusetts regiment and
was discharged April 10, 1780. He served in the summer
of 1780, three months in the militia, around West Point
when General Arnold "fled to the British", no further
details of this service given. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed
March 15, 1823, then aged sixty-one years and
a resident of Montpelier, Washington County, Vermont.
In 1823 he referred to his wife Hannah, as aged
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fifty-five years, and the his daughter, Hannah L., as aged eleven years.
In 1855 the soldier, Nathaniel C. Jacobs, was
living in Goshen Gore, Vermont.
He died March 15, 1857.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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MAUDE C. HATHAWAY

5155 Second Blvd.
Detroit, Michigan

Aug. 20, 1958

Veterans Administration Bureau,
Washington, D. C.

Sirs: My great-grandfather, Ezra Dewey, was a Revolutionary War soldier from Massachusetts. He later moved to New York State. I am told that his second wife, Freelove Mayhew,
received a pension. She probably lived at that time at Lewiston, N. Y.
I should be glad to receive what information you have about them.

Yours very truly,
(Miss) Maude C. Hathaway
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205 Delta Street
East Lansing, Mich.

Mr. A. D. Hiller
Veteran's Administration
Washington, D.C

Dear Sir:
Can you send me any information regarding "Nathaniel Jacobs, pensioner from Calais, Vermont," Revolutionary War which might appear in his application
for pension in 1840.

Did Ezra Dewey (G 1764) who enlisted
in Northampton, Mass 1780 apply for pension?
I believe he afterward lived in New York, 
Jefferson and Niagara Counties, and may have
applied from there -

Sincerely
(Mrs. L.H.) Una J. Baker
Nov. 7, 1932
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Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 1922.

1932 - Nov. 17. Hist to next
S. H. Baker and 1938. Oct 3, last to mander Hatham

2914
P. O. Freelove Dewey
Service
Enlisted
Discharged:
Application filed:
Alleges:
not on printed list
Re-enlisted: of 1852.
Attorney:
P. O.
Recognized.
Contract
Cert. of Dis. Searched for
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N91
Freelove Dewey
NY

2914

act 29 July 1849
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No 91

Freelove Dewey
Wid of Ezra
NY

Act 29 July 1848
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office Boston
October 20th 1848.

I 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 Ezra Dewey is borne
upon a Pay Roll of the 6 months men raised in
the town of Northampton, as a private from July 13 1780 to January 13, 1781 including allowance of days for travel, 6 months and 7 days. 
Also upon a Descriptive List of 6 months
men in 1780, as a private of Northampton, and
16 years of age.upon
a Descriptive List of
the last 3 years men, as a private of Northampton
Enlisted March 7 1787, for 3 years age 16 years
The preceding is all the evidence of service
of any one of the name shown by the military
ellors in this Office
I
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And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Wm Bufts. Deputy
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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Application for certificate of revolutionary services
made by the widow of the party who rendered the service
State of New York County of Seneca, Town of Ovid
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is
hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls
in his office of the service of Ezra Dewar in the
war of the Revolution. He was of North Hampton
County of Hampshire & State of Massachusetts, he
probably entisted from that town, or at any
rate from that county in 1780, enlisted for the
years, marched to Westpoint, he served till disch
aged two or three years
Witness my hand this 22 Sept 1848
Signed by said agreet
Freelove Dewey
in my presence
James Foster Insten
By Arad Joyle aged
I certify that the said Arad Joy seems to be the lawful
James Foster in
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Port Master
Boonville
Oneida Co. 
New York 

A faint stamp can be seen to the left of text.
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Ovid N.Y. Nov 1148

Dear Sir

May I be allowed respectfully to ask you to
please inform me, if the marriage of Ezra Dewey
to Freelove Mayhew by Esq Southwick is borne upon
your town or church records as having taken place
January 17th 1798 - please answer upon this page
& turn this sheet inside out & direct the sheet to me
as I now send it to you
You will greatly oblige
Port Marter
Most Respectfully
Arad Joy
Boonville
Dr Say
Boonville was not known as
a Town at the time indicted in you
letter it was then secluded in Lyder
I am town but found no record
nor has any marriage record ever been
kept in his town untill at a year
since
I wrote the Clerk of Leyden
to inform me if there was any such
record in that office and waiting to
hear from him is the reaso
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Arad Joy Esq

Ovid
NY

[text upside down]

no marriage record
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have not answered your enquires before
and now I have not heard from Leyden
I suppose he finds no such record as he gave me no information

I am very Respectfully
Yours
H Graves
Boonville
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Pension Office
February 24 1849

I have the honor to inform you that the papers
in the Case of Freelove Dewey Widow of Ezra Dewey have been examined and filed under the act of July 1848.

Neither the date of their marriage nor the proof of the service of Applicant's husband have been established in the manner required
by the regulations.

The certificate of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts shows
that Ezra Dewey of Northampton service in
1780, [illegible] and also that his name is
found upon a descriptive list of the last 3 years
men enlisted in March 1780. How long he served or whether he performed his engagement under this last enlistment no evidence has been shown and before the same in 1780 Can be admition the officers under whom it may performed should be specified, and clear and satisfaction wiling shewing that claimants husband was reguided by
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his neighbors and acquaintances as a revolutionary soldier, that he was not less than 16 years old in 1780, and as that person he resided in the Town of Northampton should be produced
Since evidence more [illegible] than
that now adduced as to the date of then Mar.
Nine should also be furnished
Hon E. Blackman
House Reps
66 yrs.