Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16705, Ebenezer Chase, Mass.
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(8 - 1776)

SERVICE                                   NUMBER

Mass        Chase, Ebenezer     S. 16705
                                              BLWt 26.566-160-55
                                                     carded
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CONTENTS
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21.895

Maine  21.895

Ebenezer Chase
Wisscasett in the State  Of Maine
who was a private in the Cont. commanded by  Captain Hinckley of the Regt. commanded by Col. M Cobb in Massachusetts line for 6 months
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Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 20 dollars 00 cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 21th day of Nov: 1833  and sent to N. Coffin  Wiscasset
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Arrears to the 4th of Feb. '33                  $50
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 M. '34        10
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                                                                 $60
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Revolutionary claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by  Go. C Stiles Clerk
Book C  Vol. 1 Page 9
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21.688 Act 3 March/55
March 28, '/ 55
Ebenezer Chase, Private
Capt Hinkley
Revolutionary War
Penn. Cert 21.845, Book E, vol 4, p.9
AD: 160 Act May 15 /56
Boynton
Me. June 32-21845 Boynton
Geo. B. Moody
Bangor
Maine
Sent to Geo B. July 17" 1855, Me [Maine]
1832 - No. 21845
Vol. C.-105.
[written diagonally over the page] No. 26.566 iss May 19/56
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State of Maine.
Lincoln, ss-I Nathaniel Coffin, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of
Lincoln, do hereby certify that the annexed paper, signed by the Judge and attested by the Clerk, contains the original proceedings of
the Supreme Judicial Court, [crossed out: of Common Pleas] at a [crossed out: special]
session thereof holden at Wiscasset
in said County, by the Hon. Nathan Weston
one of the Judges of said Court on the 30th day of May
A. D. 1832, in the matter
of the application of Ebenezer Chase
for a Pension,
IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this thirtieth day of May A. D. 1833 Nathel [Nathaniel] Coffin Clerk.
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DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th June, 1833.
State of Maine, County of Lincoln, ss Supreme Judicial Court, May Term 1833
On this thirtieth day of May 1833
personally appeared in open Court, before Nathan Weston Judge of the son of Sup. Jud Court now sitting, Ebenezer Chase
a resident of Edgecombe in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine, aged
Sixty eight years who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration,
in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States
under the following named officers, and served as herein stated
That in the spring of the year
thinks in the month of March) 1779 he enlisted as a private soldier in Captain
Hinckley's company at Boothbay in the County of Lincoln for six months to guard the coast
at & near the mouth of Shupscut & Kennebec rivers. Capt Hinckley company was
divided into three parts-- one part was stationed on a small island, called Hodgson
island in Boothbay near the mouth of Shupscut river
another part was stationed near the lower end of Squam Island on the opposite side of 
Shupscut River & between that river & the Kennebec river-- another part was
stationed on Sawyers Iland in Boothbay, that he served in the latter part his company in
Sawyer Island - these three parts of the company were each under the command of
Sergeant & communication kept up between them by a rowboat-- The Sergeant who
commanded his (Chase's) guard was named James Lawson, but other officer however
were often at our posts; though he does not now recollect their names. he served
out the six months fully & was verbally discharged at his post by said Lawson as Sergent as aforesaid. This company as he understood belonged to Col. McCobbs Regiment, though
little was known about a Regiment as his duty of the company was to guard
the coast in detached guards as afore stated
And to the interrogations propounded under the instructing of the War Department
 he answers
Department he answers-- that he was born in Edgecomb in year 1765- he has a
record of his age in a family bible at home-- lived in said Edgecomb when called into
service, lived there since the Revolutionary war & now lives there-- he voluntarily
enlisted- he has already stated such officers as he can recollect & the general
circumstances of his service have also been stated above-- he having been posted
on Sawyers island to keep a strict guard against the enemy - he was verbally discharged
by the commanding officer of the guard as above stated-- That any of his neighbors
will testify as to his character for veracity & their belief of his services as a soldier
of the Revolution but he will particularly state the names of Daniel Kendrick & Moses Huff in Edgecomb aforesaid

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is
not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesiad.     Ebnezer Case
Before Nathan Weston
Judge of said Court.
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We, Daniel Kindrick a Clergyman
residing in the town of Edgecomb
and Moses Huff residing in the same town
hereby certify, that we
are well acquainted with Ebenezer Chase
who has subscribed and sworn
to the above declaration; that we believe him to be sixty eight years of age; that he
is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion
                                              Daniel Kendrick
                                              Moses Huff
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State of Maine.
LINCOLN, ss. Sworn and subscribed this thirtieth day of May  A. D. 1833.

Before me, Bailey Justice of the Piece
who is a Justice of the Peace
                                      Nathan Weston
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories
prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, and served as he
states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Daniel Hendrick
who has signed the preceding certifcate is a Clergyman resident in the town of Edgecombe
and that Moses Huff who has also signed the same is a resident in the same town of
Edgecombe and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
                                             Nathan Weston
                                                (illegible)  S.J.C.               

State of Maine Attest Nathl Coffin Clerk
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby certify that Jere Bailey - Esq.
 whose name is affixed to the above certificate, as a Justice of the Peace
is legally commissioned and duly qualified to
act as such, and that the name so affixed is his own proper signature, to me well known.
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IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the
Court of Common Pleas this thirtieth
day of May A. D. 1833
Nath Coffin Clerk
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Ebenezer Chase
77     27053
Private 6 months
Capt Hinckley Col
McCobb. Mass

Nath Coffin Esq
Wiscasset Maine
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21688
Ebenezer Chase
Bounty Land Claim
as of March 3. 1855
Rev.y war 
Geo. B. Moody
Agent & atty
Bangor
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DECLARATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF 
"An Act granting Bounty Lands to certain Officers and Soldiers who have been engaged in the Military Service of the United States, passed March 3d, 1855"

STATE OF MAINE, COUNTY OF Lincoln ss.

On this Eighth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Ebenezer Chase a resident of Edgecomb in the County of Lincoln aged Eighty nine years, who being duly sworn according to law, makes the following DECLARATION, in order to obtain BOUNTY LAND in virtue of the provisions of the Acts aforesaid.  That he is the identical Ebenezer Chase who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Hinkley in the War of the Revolution enlisted Revolution That he enlisted (illegible) and continued in actual service in said War for the term of Four months - and was honorably discharged at the end of the war - That by reason of age & failure of memory he might mistake  - therefore does not state to particulars of his service - but refers to the Records & also to the Pensioner under certificate stated (illegible). 4. 1833 recorded Book E, Vol 4. page 9. no 21,849 - 
that his service will appear by the Muster Rolls of said company, and that he has not received Bounty Land under the Act of Congress passed on the 3rd day of March 1855 nor under any attached and has made no application therefor.  And I hereby constitute and appoint GEO. B. MOODY, of the Interior a warrant for the quantity of land due me as aforesaid and I fully authorize and empower him to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes therein expressd.
              his
Ebenezer X Chase 
              mark
Witness,
T.W. Chadbourne
Samuel Thatcher Jr

SWORN TO and subscribed before me the day and year above written, and in my presence acknowledged the Power of Attorney thereto subjoined, for the purposes above mentioned.  And I certify that I hereby believe the said Ebenezer Chase - to be the person who performed the military service aforesaid, and to be of the age above stated.  Also that I have no interest in the result of the aforesaid claim and no concern in the prosecution of it.  Also I certify that the claimant is the person he refers to hereby
Samuel Thatcher Jr Justice of the Peace.
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T. W. Chadbourn resident of Edgecomb
aged 38 years and Thomas E. Orne
resident of Edgecomb aged 35
years, on oath depose and
say that we are well acquainted with Ebenezer Chase and know him to be
the person he represents himself, and who signed the foregoing Declaration and acknowledged to have died
 in our presence -
                                       T. W. Chadbourne
                                         Thomas E Orne

STATE OF MAINE, COUNTY OF Lincoln ss.
March 8th 1855
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me, and I certify that the said J. W. Chadbourne
Thomas E. One
are well known to me and entitled to credit. Also that I have no interest in the result of the claim
aforesaid, and no concern in the prosecution of it.
Samuel Thatcher Jr Justice of the Peace
CLERK.

STATE OF MAINE, COUNTY OF PENOBSCOT SS.
I, NATHAN WESTON, JR., Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said County certify that
Samuel Thatcher Jr.
Esquire, is and was, at the date of his certificate
hereunto annexed, an acting JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, in and for the said County, that he is and was then duly qualified to act as such; and that the signatures purporting to be his are genuine.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of the
SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT for the State aforesaid, this twenty fourth
day of March
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and fifty-five
                                          Nathan Weston Jr
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November 5, 1936.
Exxxxxxx
Elizabeth F. Reed
30 Oak Street
Boothbay Harbor, Maine

BA-J/ady
Ebenezer Chase
8.16705

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to
Ebenezer Chase, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim, 8.16705, based upon his military service in that war.
Ebenezer Chase was born in 1765 in Edgecomb, Massachusetts (Maine). The names of his parents are not shown.

While a resident of Edgecomb, Massachusetts, he enlisted in the spring of 1779 and served six months as a private in Captain Hinkley's Company, Colonel McCobb's Massachusetts Regiment.

He was allowed pension on his application executed May 30, 1833, while a resident of Edgecomb, Lincoln County, Maine. He was still living there in March 1855.
There are no family data.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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26,566
(illegible)
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October 17, 1933.
X
Miss Mary A. Kenniston
Boothbay Harbor
Maine

BA-J/ady
Ebenezer Chase
S. 16705

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to
Ebenezer Chase, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim, S. 16705, based upon his military service in that war.

Ebenezer Chase was born in 1785 in Edgecomb, Massachusetts (Maine). The names of his parents are not shown.

While a resident of Edgecomb, Massachusetts, he enlisted in the spring of 1779 and served six months as a private in Captain Hinkley's Company, Colonel McCobb's Massachusetts Regiment. (It is not shown that he served 
in the War of 1812.
(Do not use again . only for this hist.)

He was allowed pension on his application executed May 30, 1833, while a resident of Edgecomb, Lincoln County,
Maine. He was still living there in March 1855.

There are no family data.

Very truly yours


A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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March 7, 1933.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Ebenezer Chase
S. 16705
BA-J/ADY

Mrs. Harold Chase,
14 Winter Street,
Dover-Foxcroft, Maine.

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to one
Ebenezer Chase, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim, S. 16705, based upon his military service in that war.

Ebenezer Chase was born in 1765 in Edgecomb, Massachusetts (Maine),

While a resident of Edgecomb, Massachusetts, he enlisted in the spring of 1779 and served six months as a private in Captain Hinkley's Company, Colonel McCobb's Massachusetts Regiment.

He was allowed pension on his application executed May 30, 1833 while a resident of Edgecomb, Lincoln County, Maine. He was still living there in March 1855. Date of death not on AB)

There are no family data.

Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator,
Date of
death not
on A B
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Received
Oct 26 1936
MAR SUB-DW.
Vets Adm. Reader #35

70 Oak Street
Boothbay Harbor
Maine
18th October 1936

The Administrator
Veterans Administration
Washington, D. C.

Sir:
For a historical record I respectfully ask for the
pension record, if any, of Ebenezer Chase?
A Revolutionary War pensioner, he was reported June 1, 1840, living at Edgecomb, Lincoln County, Maine, then aged seven
four. The statement does not specify if he were a state or national pensioner. He seems to have been a native of Edgecomb and a sea-captain. Up to 1820 Maine, of
course, was a district of Massachusetts.

Very respectfully,
Elizabeth F. Reed
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M. A. KENNISTON
NOVELTIES

 Received Sep 28 1935
Mail Sub Div
Vet Adm
Reader #38

BOOTHBAY HARBOR MAINE 
Sept. 27 1936

The Administrator,
Veterans Administration,

Dear Sir:
Will you kindly
write me whether or not
Ebenezer Chase of Edgecomb,
Maine, served in the
Revolutionary War or
the War of 1812
Ebenezer Chase was a
pensioner of the Revolution,
we think.
I am his great granddaughter
and my family would like to
have this fact verified.
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M. A. KENNISTON
NOVEL/TIES

BOOTHBAY HARBOR, MAINE, _______1936

yours truly
(Miss) Mary A. Kenniston

(Circular stamp:)
RECEIVED 
SEP 28 1936
MAIL  (ILLEGIBLE)
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Mrs. Harold E. Chase 
14 Winter St.
Dover-Foxcroft, Maine

Feb. 14, 1933
Dept. of Interior 
Bureau pf Pensions
Washington, DC

Gentlemen:
Will you kindly give me Revolutionary War services of Capt. Ebenezer Chase- born in Edgecomb Maine Jan. 31, 1767 married Jane Adams in Boothhbay Maine Aug. 20, 1793. Died June 22, 1855.
Mr. Chase was a pensioner living in Edgecomb Maine with his son Ebenezer in 1840.
Respectfully yours
Grace R. Chase
14 Winter St.
Dover-Foxcroft Maine
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16705

INVALID
File No. 16,785
Ebenezer Chase
Pri Rev War

Act:  June 7th 32
Index: - Vol. 1, Page 420

[Arrangement of 1870.]

1933 Mar.7. Hist to Mrs. Harold Chase A.D.Y.

1936 Oct. 17. Hist. to Mary A. Kenniston. A.D.Y.

1936 Nov. 5. Hist. to Elizabeth F. Reed. A.D.Y.
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Obadieh Nash [crossed out]
Caleb Hodgdon's deposition 
in Ebenezer Chase's case
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State of Maine.
State of Maine. 
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
Lincoln, ss - I NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County
of Lincoln, do hereby certify that Jere Bailey
Esq. whose name is affixed to the annexed paper, as a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE is legally commissioned and duely qualified to act as such, and that the name so affixed is his own proper signature, to me well known.
IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Common Pleas this fourth day of June A. D. 1833
Nath Coffin  CLERK
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I Caleb Hodgdon of Westport in the County of Lincoln
State of Maine, aged seventy four years, on oath depose and
say, that I am well acquainted with Ebenezer Chase
of Edgecomb in said County and believe him to be
sixty eight years old or upwards. In the spring of the
year 1779 - early in the spring, said Chase & myself enlisted
as private soldiers in Captain Hinckley, Company of
militia for six months to guard the month of Sept
Sheepscot river in the County of Lincoln. Our company was
stationed at several places among the Islands. I well
recollect that said Chase continued in & served with
said Company until said six months were completed,
when he and the remainder of us were all discharged
by our officers verbally -
Caleb Hodgdon

State of Maine
Lincoln ss May 30. 1833-
Personally appeared the above named Caleb Hodgdon
before me Jeremiah Bailey one of the Justices of the Peace within & for said County of
Lincoln & after due examination & caution to testify & declare the whole truth maketh
oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition by him signed in my presence -
The aforesaid Deponent is a disinterested person & of good credit in whose
testimony confidence may be placed
J. Bailey
Justice of the Peace -
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Moses Huff Deponent
in Ebenezer Chase case
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I Moses Huff of Edgecombe in the County of Lincoln State of Maine aged seventy one years on oath depose and say, I am well acquainted with Ebenezer Chase of said Edgecombe and believe him to be sixty seven years old or upwards.  In the spring of the year 1779, (I think about the first of May) I enlisted in Capt. Hinckley's company for six months - a part of our company went to Penobsct (sp?) on the [illegible] expedition, and Capt. Hinckley  enlisted more men for the same time.  I well recollect that said Chase was in that part of the company that remained stationed to guard the coast about the mouths of [illegible] and Kennebar rivers - when I returned from the [illegible] expedition I found said Chase in said company on duty and he remained in it until the expiration of six months when were were all discharged- I think said Chase traveled home with me - I was not present when said Chase enlisted, but I well recollect that Capt. Hinckley would not enlist any for a less time than six months.  I well recollect that some one wished to enlist for a shorter time, and Capt. Hinckley said that his orders were not to enlist any one for less than six months.  Although I was not present on the day said Chase enlisted, yet I have no doubt but he actually served the six months in said Hinckley's company. Said Chase lives about three miles from me and always lived there, and I have been well acquainted with him as far back as I can remember.
Moses Huff
State of Maine - April 17, 1833
Personally appeared the above named Moses Huff  Jeremiah Bailey one of the Justices of the Peace written and for the County of Lincoln and after due examination and caution to testify and disclose the whole truth maketh out to the truth of the foregoing depositions by him signed in any {illegible}.  The aforesaid deponent is a disinterested person and of good order in whose testimony confidence may be placed. 
J. Bailey Justice of the Peace
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State of Maine.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
Lincoln, ss  I NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County
of Lincoln, do hereby certify that Jere Bailey
Esq. whose name is affixed to the annexed paper, as a JUSTICE OF THE
PEACE is legally commissioned and duely qualified to act as such, and that the name so affixed is his own proper signature, to me well known.
IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court or Common Please this fourth  of the day of June
A. D. 1832.3
Nath Coffin Clerk