Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16379, for Ebenezer Proctor, New Hampshire
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Service:  N.H.
Proctor, Ebenezer
Sarah
Number: W.16379
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5274
Portsmouth
New Hampshire
Sarah Proctor
widow of Ebenezer Proctor
who was a Private
N. H.
in the New Hampshire Line

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
64 Dollars 55
Cents per annum, to commence
the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued
10 day of Apl 1844
and sent to
Thomas Bussell
Kingston
N. H.

(Act of March 3, 1843)
Recorded in Book A
Vol 1 Page (damage)

(right side)
10. Apt. 44
Dead
Letter to Hon A. Abbott
3 Audr.  5 Feb 1847
1882. Jan. 12, letter to FW. Proctor
giving history of Claimant. rete.
April 4/81-F. W Proctor Answ
wid. no children mentioned
in application
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4909 Declaration
Sarah Proctor
Wid of Ebenr.
N.H.

Jno Kelly
Exeter N.H.
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State of New Hampshire
Rockingham Ss
On this tenth day of September AD
1830 personally appeared before
the Court of Common Pleas for said
County holden at Exeter in said County
Sarah Proctor a resident of Kingston
in said County aged Seventy six
years and upwards 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 7 1838
entitled "An act granting half pay
and Pensions to certain widows."
That she is the widow of Ebenezer
Proctor late of said Kingston deceased
who was a private soldier in the
army of the United States in the
war of the revolution-- that according
to the best of her knowledge and
belief he enlisted into the company
commanded by Capt. Philip Tilton
in the Regiment commanded by
Col Enoch Poor (being a New Hampshire
Regiment) in the spring of the
year 1775 and that he served in
and Regiment and in said army
as she has been informed more than
three years-- but as to the time of his
service and as to the period of his
enlistments (for she believes he served
under different enlistments) she
respectfully refers to the rolls
and records touching the service of
the New Hampshire Regiments, in the
Pension office at Washington.
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She further declares that she was
married to the said Ebenezer Proctor
at Kennington in said County by the
Rev Jeremiah Fogg in the month
of September 1781; that her husband
the aforesaid Ebenezer Proctor died at
Kingston aforesaid on the second day
of July A.D 1843: that she was not
married to him prior to his leaving
the service; but the marriage took
place previous to the first of January
seventeen hundred and ninety four,
viz at the time above stated; and
that since his death she has never
intermarried but hath ever
remained and still is the widow
of the said Ebenezer Proctor.
Witness J. B. Hartt                (signed) Sarah X Proctor (her mark)

Sworn to and subscribed
on the day and year first
before written in open Court
West  (signed) I. B. Hoitt, Clerk
---
I Ira B Hoitt Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of
the said Court in the matter of the application
of Sarah Proctor for a Pension.
In Testimony whereof
I have hereunto set
my hand and the seal
of said Court this tenth
day of September AD 18 (illegible)
I. B. Hoitt Clerk
C.C. Pleas Rockingham County
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I Elizabeth Osgood of Kensington
New Hampshire aged fifty six
years testify and say that I have
in my possession the Records of
my Grandfather the the Rev. Jeremiah
Tagg, formerly the settled minister of
said Kensington. I live in the house
which he in his life time and at
his death occupied; and his records
have ever remained in said house.
The records of his of are the records
of Baptisms Marriages and Deaths
in Kensington while my grandfather
was minister of the town.  The first
marriage recorded as solemnized
by him was under the date of December
in 1777 and the last under the date
of October 22, 1789 which was less than
six weeks prior to his death.
According to this record it appears that
Ebenezer Proctor and Sarah George
were married on the twenty
fourth day of September Seventeen
hundred and eighty one.  In
said Record on the List of Marriages
it stands in the words and figures
following
"Sept. 24. "1781" Ebenezer Proctor Sarah George"
But I must further state that the book of
Records above spoken of is not wholly (illegible)
the hand writing of the Mr. Fogg
my grandfather, but is principally
in the hand writing of his son Willliam Fogg--
and was copied by him from
the original record which were
much worn in my Grandfathers
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life time. and my said Grand father
adopted them as his records, as I
suppose, from the circumstance
that some of the last marriages
on this record are in the hand writing of my
said Grandfather.--What became
of the old records I do not know
but have no doubt of the correctness
of the record remaining
and have never heard it disputed.
Elizabeth Osgood

State of New Hampshire
Rockingham Ss September 10, 1838
Then the said Elizabeth Osgood who I
certify is a credible witness and her statements
entitled to credit, made
solemn oath that the foregoing affidavit
by her subscribed is true.
Before me John Kelly Justice of the Peace

State of New Hampshire
Rockingham Ss
I Ira B. Hoitt Clerk of the Court of Common
within and for the County of Rockingham
do hereby certify that John Kelly is a Justice
of the Peace for said County and was so
In the 10th day of September last, and that the
foregoing signature purporting to be his
is genuine, and in his own proper hand writing.
In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand
and the seal of said Court this
fourth day of March AD 1839,
I.B. Hoitt Clerk
C. C. P. Rockingham
County NH
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State of New Hampshire
Rockingham ss
I Ira B. Hoitt Clerk of the Superior
Court of Judicature of the County and State aforesaid
do hereby certify that John Kelly is
an acting Justice of the Peace in and for
said County of Rockingham
duly commissioned and qualified;-
his commission was dated on
the twenty fourth day of November
AD 1834. and will expire on the
twenty third day of November AD
1839 and that the foregoing signature
purporting to be his is genuine.
Given under my
hand and the seal of
said Court this
Sixth day of August
AD 183?
I. B. Hoitt, Clerk
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WIDOW, &c.
File No. 16379
Sarah Proctor
Widow of
Ebenezer Proctor
Priv. Rev War
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Act March 3d 43
Index: Vol. M, Page 141
(Arrangement of 1870.]
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N. Hampshire
4835
Sarah Proctor
widow of Ebenezer Proctor decd
who was (crossed out)
and who died on the 2 July 1813 (?)
of Rockingham in the State of N.H
who was a private in the Compy commanded
Captain Tilton of the regt commanded
Col Poor in the N. H.
line for 19 mos 11 ds.

Inscribed on the Roll of Portsmouth
at the rate of 64 Dollars 55 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836

Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of Jany
1840 & sent to Jno. Kelley
Exeter N.H

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1839                $225.93
Semi=annual allowance ending 4 Mar 40    32.27
                                                                  $253.20
(Act July 7, 1838.)
Recorded by D McCurdy, Clerk,
Book A.  Vol. 1,  Page 50.
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Sarah Proctor
Wid of Ebenr.
N.H.
Ad July 7 1838

Let Jno Kelly Mar  6 39
"     do           Oct. 10th 39
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Exeter, NH  Nov 20, 1839
Hon J L Edwards
Comr Pensions
Sir,
I enclose in the case of
Sarah Proctor's application for a
Pension the certificate of the
Secretary of State of NH of the
time when her husband Ebenr.
Proctor entered the service, and
the time of his service up to 1 Augt.
1775 when the troops were taken
into Continental pay. Subsequent
to this period thr. roll of Tilton's
Company is, I presume, at Washington.
I thank you for referring me
to the Secr'ys office for this evidence
and trust it will prove satisfactory.
Very Respectfully
John. Kelly.
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Eben. Proctor d. 1813
Sarah     m 1781 s

75 7.11 Tilton
7th 12.   "        2 months
Total 19.11

not on any NH roll in the
line of that State,  Capt.
Tiltons roll for 75 not in 
this office--
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Exeter Sept 18, 1839

Hon J L Edward
Comr of Pensions

Sir
Herewith I return the papers in the case of Sarah Proctor's application for a Pension. - the Rule of 11 May being complied with and a new Affidavit furnished - which I could wish might prove satisfactory

Very Respectfully [illegible]
John Kelly
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4909

Sarah Proctor
Wid of Ebenezer
NH
July 7. 1838
Married 1781
died 1813
Allow 19 mo 11 days as private. $64.53 per ann. from 4 March 1831
NH Line Capt Tilton


Jno Kelley Esq
Exeter NH
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Ebenezer Proctor, enlisted May 26. 1775 in the Company of Capt
Philip Tilton, attached to the N.H. regt commanded by Colo
Enoch Poor, & marched to Winter Hill, near Boston- When his
term expired in December 1775 he reenlisted for one year
in the same Compy & regt. & after the evacuation of Boston, he
was sent to the Northern Army at Ticonderoga & stationed
on the Canada Frontier-He died at Kingston N.H.
July 2. 1813. He was married by the Revd. Jeremiah
Fogg in Kensington, adjoining Kingston Sept 24, 1781
to Sarah George of Kingston - She at the time of
her marriage, as well as previous thereto, was living in
the family of the father of Jacob H Sanborn of Kingston
They had a large family & she was alive in Kingston
in 1844 aged 82 years--
A James Proctor was killed during the Revolutionary war
the Pension office would have no record of his military
Services or of his personal history. The former might be
ascertained at the office of the Secretary of State
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LAW OFFICE OF
FRANK W. PROCTOR,
ANDOVER, N. M.
March 30. 1881.
The Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C
Dear Sir:
If the papers on file in your
department in the case Sarah Proctor
of Kingston who drew a pension for many
years, an afc of her husband Ebenezer Proctor
who died in 1813, show the names and
dates of birth of the children of said Ebenezer
and Sarah, will you do me the favor
to send me these items and greatly
oblige.
Very truly yours,
Frank W. Proctor
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Law Office of
FRANK W. PROCTOR.
Andover Centre, N.H. 12 - 16. 1870
The Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
The U.S. Census for
1840. mentions Sarah Proctor of Kingston N.H.
aged 78, as a pensioner.
Will you please give me the names, residence,
service, and date, place and cause of death or
disability, of the person in whose account
she drew a pension; and the date last
payment to her, and her relation to pensioner.
Is it possible to ascertain from the
records in your department, or from any
government records so for as you know, at what
battle one James Proctor a revolutionary
soldier was mortally wounded. He fell early
in the war, at Bennington or Ticonderoga,
and died before reaching his house in
N. Hamp. probably Kingston, - Possibly old Salisbury.
Said James was a member of Col. Joshua Wingates reg.
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regiment (N. Hamp.) mustered for Canada and paid bounties in advance. Aug. 10, 1776.  Different family traditions give
Bennington & Ticonderoga, while a record, which
may be incorrect, gives date of his death November
11, 1776 which indicates some other place.
This information will greatly oblige me.
Very truly yours,
Frank W. Proctor

Hon. J H. Bentley
P. S. The wife of said James was
Abigail, who died in 1812. If she was a
pensioner, it may help to the desired information
concerning, James.
F.W. P.
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Pay Roll of Capt Phillip Tilton, Company
in Col. Enoch Poors Regiment to 11th of
August 1775
Names, Ebenezer Proctor- Rank Private
Time of Entry, May 26. 1775--time in
service 2.11. Paid for Month 40) Amount
of Wages 4.15-8

State of New Hampshire
Office of Secy of State
Oct 31. 1839
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a
true extract from the original now in
this office.  In testimony whereof I have
hereunto affixed the seal of said State
Jonah Steven Secy. of State
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I Aaron Huntoon of Epping in the County of Rockingham
and State of New Hampshire of lawful age depose
and say that I was out in the Revolutionary Army
in the Company commanded by Capt Philip Tilton and
served in said Company one year and that Ebenezer Proctor
served in the same Company one year. Col Poor commanded
the Regiment said Proctor on his first enlistment
marched to Winter Hill from thence to Rhode Island and
from there to New York on the Canada lines. 
Attest: Frederick G. Nichols            (signed) Aaron X Huntoon
Geo W Plumer

State of New Hampshire
Rockingham ss ⎬ Personally appearing the
above named Aaron Huntoon and made oath
that the above affidavit by him subscribed is
true.
Geo W Plumer Jus. Peace

I hereby certify that the above named Aaron Huntoon
a man of truth and veracity. Geo W Plumer Jus Peace

State New Hampshire
Rockingham SS. I John Kelly Register of the Court of
Probate for said County do hereby certify that George W Plumer
Esquire is a Justice of the Peace for said County and that the
foregoing signatures purporting to be his are
genuine. In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my name and the seal of
Court this sixth day of March AD 1839
John Kelly Regr Probate
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State of New Hampshire
Rockingham ss
I John Kelly Register of the Court of Probate
for said County of Rockingham
do hereby certify that George W Palmer
Esquire is an acting Justice of the
Peace in and for said County
duly commissioned and qualified--
that his commission was dated on
the Seventeenth day of June 1837
and will expire on the Sixteenth day
of June 1842.  and that he foregoing signatures
are genuine. 
Given under my
hand and the seal
of said Court this
Sixteenth day of September
AD 1839. 
John Kelly Register
of Probate
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State of New Hampshire
County of Rockingham Ss.
On this eighth day of February A.D. 1844
personally appeared before me Samuel Webster,
Sarah Proctor a residents of Kingston in the
County of Rockingham aged eighty two years, who being
first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath
make the following declaration in order to obtain
the benefits of the provision made by the Act of
Congress, passed on the third of March 1843, granting
pensions to widows of persons who served during the
revolutionary War. That she is the widow of
Ebenezer Proctor, a Private in the army.
Also that she received sixty four Dollars per year for five
years under the act of July 7th 1838.
She further declares that she is still a widow
of the said Ebenezer Proctor.  (signed)  Sarah X Procter her mark
Attest. Saml  Webster

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and
year above written before me, and I certify that the
said widow is a creditable witness.
Saml  Webster Justice Peace

N. B. Please send on a certificate directed to Kingston N.H.
Rockingham Co. To the case of Thomas Bassett
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The State of New Hampshire
Rockingham County.
 I Ira B. Hoitt Clerk of the
Judicial Courts in and for said County certify that
Samuel Webster Esq who has subscribed the within
certificate is an acting Justice of the Peace in
and for said County duly commissioned and
qualified; that his commission is dated on the 
25th day of November AD 1889 and will
expire in five years from that date, and
that the same is in his own hand writing
and his signature genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have
hereto set my hand and
affixed the Seal of our Court
of Common Pleas this second
day of March Anno Domini 1844
I. B. Hoitt Clerk
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J. Kelly Esqr.
Exeter, N.H.

Kingston NH
Dec. 15th              Paid 6
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I, Jacob H. Sanborn of Kingston, County
of Rockingham & State of New Hampshire
depose & say- that I have been acquainted with
the Widow Sarah Procter more than fifty years--
I was acquainted with her before her marriage--
her maiden name was Sarah George - she lived
with my father before & at the time of her marriage &
with her late husband Ebenezer Proctor, although
I did not attend her wedding, they going to a neighbouring
Town to perform the ceremony- yet no doubt
was ever entertained by me of their lawful marriage ┃
--they ever after living together as husband & wife--
they have had a large family of children, some of which
now living, being over fifty years of age-
Her late husband died in 1813 ever since
she, the said Sarah, has remained the widow of
Ebenzer Proctor.
I further depose & say that I never heard
a doubt expressed but that the above named
Eben. Procter & Sarah George were lawfully
married.-
Kingston Dec. 1, 1838
Jacob H. Sanborn

Rockingham ss Dec 1, 1838
Then the said J. H. Sanborn, who is a very
credible person & entitled to full belief as a
witness made solemn oath that the foregoing
affidavit by him subscribed is true,
Before me - N. Brown Just Peace

State of New Hampshire
Rockingham Ss   I John Kelly Register of the
Court of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Nathaniel
Brown Esquire is a Justice of the Peace for said
County and that the foregoing signature purporting to
be his is in my belief genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and the seal of said Court this
6th day of March AD 1838.
John Kelly Register of Probate
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State of New Hampshire
Rockingham
I John Kelly
Register of the Court of Probate for said
County of Rockingham do hereby certify
that Nathaniel Brown Esquire is an acting
Justice of the Peace in and for said County
commissioned and qualified
that his commission was dated on
the Seventeenth day of June AD
1836 and will expire on the sixteenth
day of June AD 1841 and that his
signature before written is genuine.
Given under my hand
and the seal of said
Court this first day
of August AD 1839.
John Kelly
Registrer of Probate
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I hereby certify that the within named Moses Huntoon is a credible witness
Whitefield July 25th 1837
Simeon Warner Justice of the peace
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I Moses Huntoon of Whitefield in the County of
Coos and State of New Hampshire testify and say
that I was acquainted with Eben. Procter of Kingston
in the County of Rockingham in said state. That
he enlisted in Capt Philip Tilton's company in Col Enoch
Poors Regiment for eight months and served the full time
of his enlistment and was discharged. I was in the same
Company and served the same term of time and the said
Eben. Proctor was my (illegible). I think he enlisted in
May seventy five and was stationed at Winter Hill and
was there discharged. And enlisted there under Capt Philip
Tilton for in the same regiment twelve months and went to Ticonderoga and
served I think according to my recollection his full time
or nearly the full time. he lived but few rods from my
father consequently I had the best opportunity of knowing
and recollecting the circumstances.  (signed) Moses Huntoon
Whitefield July 1st 1839

Personally appearing the above named Moses Huntoon
and made oath that the above affidavit by him
subscribed is true.  Before me
Simeon Warner Justice of the Peace
Whitefield July 8th 1839

I Geo. A. Cossit Clerk or Register
of the Court of Probate in & for the
County of aforesaid, certify that
Simeon Warner is an acting Justice
of the Peace in & for said County
of Coos duly commissioned & was
qualified August 12th A.D. 1836 and that
his commission was dated on the 11th day
of June A.D. 1836 and will expire on
the 11th day of June A.D. 1841. and that
the foregoing certificate & signature (illegible).
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I Geo. A. Cossit Clerk or Register
of the Court of Probate in & for the
County of aforesaid, certify that
Simeon Warner is an acting Justice
of the Peace in & for said County
of Coos duly commissioned & was
qualified August 12th A.D. 1836 and that
his commission was dated on the 11th day
of June A.D. 1836 and will expire on
the 11th day of June A.D. 1841. and that the
foregoing certificate & signature, purporting
to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I
have hereunto affixed my seal
of office and subscribed my name
this twenty sixth day of July A.D. 1839-
Geo. A. Cossit-
Register of Probate
for the County of Coos
aforesaid
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I Geo. A. Cossit Clerk or Register of the Court of
Probate in & for the County of Coos aforesaid, certify that
Simeon Warner is a magistrate as above, and that the
foregoing certificate, purporting to be his is genuine--
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed
my seal of office & subscribed my name, this eighth
day of July A.D. 1839-
Geo. A. Cossit
Register of Probate
for the County of Coos