Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 47963-160-55, Ebenezer Forbes, Mass
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Service:
Mass

Name:
Forbes, Ebenezer
Forbush, Eunice

Number:

B.L.Wt. 47963-160-55
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SERVICE

MASS
 
Forbes, Ebenezer
or Forbush

NUMBER
B.L.WT. 47963-160-55

CONTENTS

Eunice
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313672

Bounty Land
Act of March 8, 1855

Mrs. Eunice Forbush
Widow of Ebenezer Forbush

Presented by
John Wilson
Deerfield, Mass.
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Declaration for Widow.
State of Massachusetts
County of Franklin

On this twelfth day of September A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of State aforesaid, Eunice Forbush, aged ninety-three years, a resident of Buckland in the state of Massachutsets who being duly sworn, according to Law, declares, that she is the widow of Ebenezer Forbush, deceased, who was a soldier in the company commanded by Captain Thomas Marshal Baker in the regiment of ? commanded by Colonel Nathan Tyler in the Revolutionary War. That said, her husband was drafted at Upton Worcester County Mass, on or about the 26th day of July A.D. 1780 and continued in actual said war for the term of fifteen days and was honorably discharged about the 17th? day of August A.D. 1780. She further states that she was married to the said Ebenezer Forbush in Upton, Massachutsets on the 1st of February A.D. 1788 by one Elisha Fink or Fisk a congregation at clergymen of Upton. And that her name before said marriage was Eunice Warren that her said husband died at Buckland on the 5th day of June, A.D. 1853 and that she is a widow at the date of executing this her declaration, she refers to the certificate of the ?? of this commonwealth.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under act approved March 8, 1855. She also declares that she has never received nor applied for Bounty Land under this or any other act of Congress.

her ?
Eunice + Forbush 
mark 

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written; and I certify that I believe the claimant to be the identical person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in said claim.
John Wilson Justice of the Peace

Affidavit of Witnesses.
State of Massachusetts
County of Franklin

On this twelfth day of September, A.D. One thousand eight hundred and fifty-five personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and state aforesaid Paul Jenkins and Morris S Jenkins residents of the state of Massachutsetts and County of Franklin who being duly sworn according to law, declare that they are personally and well acquainted with Mrs. Eunice Forbush who saw her make her mark to the foregoing declaration, that they know her to be the identical person therein represented, and that she is now a widow; and they swear that they are disinterested witnesses.
Paul Jenkins
Morris S Jenkins 

Subscribed and sworn to on the day and year above written, and I certify that they are respectable citizens. 
John Wilson
Justice of the Peace
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I, _____ Clerk of the County Court, in and for the County and State above mentioned, do hereby certify, that ________________________whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing
declaration, affidavit, and power of attorney, is, and was at the time of signing the same, a __________________ in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn; that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit; and that the aforesaid County Court, is a Court of Record, having general jurisdiction.
GIVEN under my hand and Seal of Office, at _____________________
this _______________________ day of  _______________________A.D. 185_
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Marriage is intended between
Mr Ebenezer Forbush and Miss
Eunice Warren both of Upton. 
January 26th 1789

This may certify that marriage
was solemnized between Mr Ebenezer Forbush and Miss Eunice Warren both of Upton.

Per me Elisha Fish
February 26th 1789.

I hereby certify that the above
publishment and marriage is a
true copy from the town
records of Upton.
Upton Oct 9th 1856 - Edward S. Leland,
Town Clerk
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FAMIY REGISTER.

COPY RIGHT GRANTED.

(PICTURES INSERTED)

Miss Eunice Warren  Married  Mr. Ebenezer Forbes  
Feb 1, 1788.
 
 Miss Mary Phillips     Mr. Daniel Forbes  
Nov. 2, 1877

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Mr. Ebenezer Forbes
BORN
May 7th, 1763
DIED June 5th 1853
Mrs. Eunice Forbes
BORN  Sept 15th 1762
Mr. Daniel Forbes 
BORN
Oct 18th 1789
Mrs. Mary Forbes
BORN 
Oct 23rd 1797
Eunice Forbes 2nd
BORN
Feb 3rd 1792
Lavina Forbes
BORN
March 25th 1794
DIED June 1st 1828
Chloe Forbes
BORN
April 13th 1798
DIED June 12th 1834
Lydia Forbes
BORN
Dec 7th 1817
DIED February 20th 1838
Ebenezer F. Orr
BORN 
Nov 17th 1817
Mary P. Forbes
BORN
Sept 1, 1818
Sylvester B Forbes
BORN
Feb 19th 1820
Frederick Forbes
BORN
June 16th 1821
Alvah F. Forbes
BORN
Oct 11th 1828
DIED  November 21 1831
Mary Taylor
BORN
May 1st 1833
Alvah Taylor
BORN
May 29th 1835
BORN
DIED
BORN
DIED

H. PERRY, & CO. PRINTERS, NORTHAMPTON
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I Daniel Forbes of Buckland in the County of 
Franklin Commonwealth of Massachusetts do swear and say that I am the son of said within named Ebenezer  and Eunice Forbes (written Forbes) that my name has been managed to Forbes (underlined) that I am 66 years of age and another next. That I have been living with my parents and that my mother now lives with me and that she is a widow. that this record was written by me, by my fathers direction up to the time of his death, in his record (illegible) that my parents moved from Upton to Ashfield  about the year 1789. That my father was born in Upton and performed several tours of military duty from that town in the Revolutionary war and always stated by (illegible) revolution to the time of his death.

Daniel Forbes

Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
County of Franklin .

Subscripted and sworn to by the (illegible)
named Daniel Forbes on this 12th day of September 1855, and I certify that he is a man of indisputable character and that his statements are initialed to full confidence and credit.

John Wilson 
Justice of the Peace
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Rev. War Section
February 15, 1922
Miss Edith Lilly,
Lewistown, Illinois.
Madam:
In response to your letter dated January 18,1922,
you are advised that from the (unintelligible), of 
this Bureau it appears that Ebenezer Forbeun, or Forbes, was born May 7, 1763, at Upton, Worcester County, Mas. He was drafted at said place and served 15 days as Private in Captain Thomas Marshall Baker's Company, Colonel Nathan Tyler's Massachusetts Regiment. He died at Buckland, Franklin County, Mass. June 5, 1853

He married at Upton, Mass. February 21, 1788, or February 26, 1789, Miss Eunice Warren, who was born September 15, 1762. She was allowed Warrant No. 47963 for 160 acres of bounty land, on her application executed September 12, 1835 while living at Buckland, Mass. The soldier's son Daniel signed his name as Forbes.
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No. 2. B. L. 47963.

The family record show:-
Daniel Forbes born October 18, 1789, Married Nov.2, 1817, Miss Mary Phillipe, who was born Oct. 23, 1797.

Eunice Forbes
Born February 3, 1792
Lavina Forbes
Born March 25, 1794, died June 1, 1828
Chloe Forbes 
Born April 18, 1798, Died June 12, 1834.
Lydia Forbes
Born December 7, 1803. Died February 26, 1838
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(illegible) 

Lewistown, Ill., Jan. 18, 1922.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:-

Are you able to furnish me any information in regard to the Revolutionary War Record of one Ebenezer Forbush, or Ebenezer Forbes?

He resided in Upton, Massachusetts at that period, and the only information I have, is that he served with an Upton Company some time during the war.  He later served in a cavalry company under General Lincoln in suppressing the Shays' Rebellion.

He was born May 7, 1763, and died June 1, 1853. 
Should there be a charge for this service, I shall be glad to remit upon receipt of a letter from you.

Yours truly,
Signature
(Miss) Edith Lilly
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(Seal)   
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
        __________________

Secretary's Office, Boston,
Sept. 8th 1855.

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 Ebenezer Forbush is borne on pay (illegible) Col. Nathan Tyler's Regt. R. Island service, from July 26, 1780 15 days. Travel included as private.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Signature
EM Wright
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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Made by the Grandson- 
of the party who rendered the service.
         __________________

State of Massachusetts
County of Franklin
Town of Buckland

The Secretary of the Common wealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the rolls in his office, of the service of Ebenezer Forbush in the war of the Revolution.

He was a native of the Town of Upton in the County of Worchester and State of Massachusetts. 
He drafted from the Town of Upton  Massachusetts in the letter it states he was a soldier ----in the Company commanded by Captain not known --- in ---
Regiment  not known --- and he served as follows, * viz- at one time about six weeks, at another time a few days.
______________________________________________
*Here describe, as fully as may be, the length of service, the rank, & c., of the claimant, or the capacity in which he served, and all other particulars known.
______________________________________________
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I am now Thirty four years old, and memory does not enable me to state the services more fully than above stated.

Witness my hand, this Sixth -- day of September
A.D. 1855.

Signed by said 
Frederick Forbes
_________________}      Frederick Forbes
                                for Ebenezer Forbush
Signature           }

John Wilson
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
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7
14.7.963
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(illegible)
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Ebenezer Forbush


Evidence of Identity wanted 
Sept 24, 1856

(seal)

Wrote to F Forbes
Sept 29,
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Pension Office,
September 24th, 1856,
Sir:
Proof showed he filed which will identify the husband of Eunice Forbes, as the soldier whose  services are described in the Certificate of the Secretary of State of Massachusetts, before her claim for bounty land (unintelligible) be admitted.
Yours Respectfully, 
(unintelligible)
for Commissioner.
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We whose names are hereunto subscribed
inhabitants of Ashfield in County of Franklin
& State of Massachusetts do depose and say that we
knew Ebenezer Forbush and Eunice Forbush
his wife that he is said to have come from Upton
Worcester County Mass & to have done service in
the Revolutionary war that we were intimately acquainted  with them from our infancy until the time of
his death & we fully believe him to have been the identity of the 
real Ebenezer Forbush who was the husband of Eunice
W. Forbush now residing in Buckland and is now
widow and has applied for Bounty land for Ebenezer
Forbush her late husband -

David Vincent age 60
Sarah F Vincent age 55
Joseph Vincent age 66

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin SS
On this 20th day of October 1856 personally
appeared the above named deponents and made oath
that the foregoing affidavit by them subscribed is true
& I certify that they are respectable citizens & credible witnesses.

Before me Ezekiel D Bement Justice of the Peace.
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I Daniel Forbs(formerly Forbush) of Buckland
in the county of Franklin aged 67 years do depose and say that I am the son of Ebenezer Forbush (formerly) of Upton in the State of Massachusetts who was a Revolutionary soldier that he was the identical Ebenezer Forbush who was the husband of Eunice w. Forbush my mother now residing in Buckland with me and is now a widow and has applied for Bounty land for the Revolutionary service of Ebenezer Forbush her late husband.

Daniel Forbes

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Franklin SS.

On this twentieth day of October 1856 personally appeared the above named deponent and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is true, and certify that the above named Daniel Forbes is well known to me and that he is a respectable citizen and credible witness.

Before me Ezekiel D. Bement 
{Justice of the Peace}
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
==========================

Franklin, ss,

I, CHARLES MATTOON, Register of the Court of Probate of the Commonwealth, for the County of Franklin, do hereby certify that Ezekiel D. Bement 
 Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the Certificates on the papers hereunto annexed, was at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit is and sought is be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the handwriting of the said Ezekiel D. Bement and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
(Seal blacken out)

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Court of Probate for said County, at Greenfield, this Twenty Second day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty six.

Charles Mattoon, Register.
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I Daniel Sears of Ashfield in the County of Franklin & State of
Massachusetts aged seventy seve years, do depose & say, that
I lived neighbor to & was intimately acquainted with
Ebenezer Forbush who came from Upton in the State ┃ of
Massachusetts & who was a Revolutionary Soldier
that he was the identical Ebenezer Forbush who
was the husband of Eunice W. Forbush now residing
in Buckland and is now a widow, and has applied
for Bounty land for the revolutionary services of
Ebenezer Forbush her late husband and seals
Commonweath of Masschusetts
Franklin SS.
On this 20th day of October 1856
personally appeared the above named deponent & made
oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed
is true and I certify that the above named Daniel
Sears is a respectable citizen & credible witness
Before me Ezekiel D. Bement, Justice of the Peace
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(Letter has been stroke through)
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217473
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Deerfield Mass, Sept. 13th, 1855
Sir
(Unintelligible) in the application of Eunice Forbes for the Bounty Land for the services of her late husband, Ebe
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Sir,
Dunfield Oct. 22. 1856
I enclose affidavits to prove the 
identity of Ebenezer Forbush, also having  been
furnished with a certificate of
from the Town Clerk of Upton, although
further evidence was
not required to prove marriage yet  I have
thought best to enclose it.-
Yours very Respectfully
John Wilson,
 Comm of Pensions 

Hon J. Minot 
Comm of Pensions
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Mass
Forbes, Ebenezer
or
Forbush
Eunice
Number  B.L.Wt. 47963-160-55.
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Envelope
FREE
1922, Feb. 15
Letter (hist) to Miss Edith Lilly-Esq

Stamped ( Oct 23
Mass)
(Add Evidence)

Eunice Forbush  
Widow
Ebenezer  (Initial) 

W

Boynton

Hon. J. Minot
Comm-r Pensions
Washington, D.C.
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