Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29052, Ebenezer Byram, Continental Mass.
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(3-1776) 
SERVICE Continental Mass.
Byram, Ebenezer
NUMBER S.29052
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959
Ebenezer Byram of Gardiner in the State of Maine who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Allen of the Reg commanded by Col. Reed in the Massachusetts line for Eight months and was an artificer in Post company commanded by Col Flowers for Twenty three months---
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Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 141- Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of October 1832___ and sent to R. C. Vose Augusta Maine--
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Arrears to 4th of September, 1832_211.99
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 mo 1835- 70.66
= $282.64-
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{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by E. D. Bullock Clerk, Book D. Vol. 11 Page 49

A. B. Died Nov. 27.1833.
SLL
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No 1036
Eben. Byram
Artificer_Mass: troops,
Allen & Walbridge Post Capts
Bayley, Reed & Harvey Cols,
8 months,
1 year,
2 years,

R. C. Vose,
Augusta, Me.
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Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
STATE OF MAINE KENNEBEC COUNTY} ss.
On this first day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared before the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, of said State, Ebenezer Byram___  a resident of Gardiner in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, aged Seventy seven 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 provision made by the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832 That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1775 with Captain Ports, & Walbridge and served in Col. Reed & Harvey regiment of  the Massachusetts line or troops under the following named officers: vis. Allen, Walbridge, then Port Captain_ Bayley, then Reed & then Harvey Colonels Regiment. first enlisted in 1775. for Eight months. in 1776 one year and 1777 &1778 two year and ^was Honorably discharged_ his discharges are in the War office as he [illegible]
That he was placed on the Maine roll under the Act of Congress of March 18, 1818, and that pension certificate is numbered 17.014 and dropped therefrom on account of his property. That at that time he resided in Gardiner in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, and now resides in the same town of Gardiner __
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State, except as aforesaid. Eben. Byram
[written on the side] Served as artificer pay $20. per mo _ & afterward 3 [illegible] fr order of Gen Knox-
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State of Maine. KENNEBEC, SS. --
I, JOHN A. CHANDLER, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within and for the County of Kennebec, hereby certify that the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, before whom the within proceedings was had, is a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State; I also certify that the within contains the original proceedings of the said Judge, in the matter of the application of Ebenezer Byram for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this A.D. 1832 day of August J. A. Chandler 

Private of Infantry & Artificer 
141.33 five years
22d adm
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Ebenezer Byram 
priv. Maine Roll No 17014 
Schedule March 17. 1829 
Val prop - 794, - 
menu 60. 
74 years old 

not entitled 
$794:50 
R. C. Vose Augusta me
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DECLARATION In order to be restored to the Pension List, under the act of the 1st March, 1823. 
State of Maine. COUNTY of Kennebec SS. 

On this Seventeenth day of March 1829 personally appeared in open Court before the Supreme Judicial Court being a Court of Record for said County, proceeding according to the course of common law, having original jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping record of their proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment Ebenezer Byram resident in said County, aged Seventy four years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the Acts of the eighteenth of March, eighteen hundred and eighteen, the first of May, eighteen hundred and twenty, and the first of March, eighteen hundred and twenty-three 

that he the said Ebenezer Byram enlisted for the term of two years on the not recollected day of January in the year 1777 in the State of Massachusetts in the Company commanded by Captain Post in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Flowers in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental establishment; that he continued to serve in the said corps until January 1779 when he was discharged from the said service in Fredericksburgh in the State of New York that his name his pension certificate is numbered 1714 & that he has never before applied under the has been placed on the pension list [inserted: this pension certificate is numbered 17014 & that he has never before applied under thelaw of May 1, 1820, being informed that no person holding real estate would be permitted to draw a pension] 

AND, in pursuance of the Act of the first May eighteen hundred and twenty, I do solemn swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, eighteen hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby, so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled ""An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War,” passed on the eighteenth day of March, eighteen hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. 
Eben Byram 

SWORN to and declared on the Seventeenth day of March 1829 before Nathan Weston Junr Justice of said Court
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SCHEDULE of the Real and Personal Estate, ( necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber 
15 2/4 acres of land in Gardiner with an old house & barn thereon of the value of four hundred dollars ----- $400.00
one hundred acres of land in Pittston of the value of three hundred dollars ----- $300.00 
1 yoke of oven $40.- 3 cows $30 - 1 heifer 2 yrs old $8 ----- $84. 00 
2 Calves worth $1. 1 Swine $3.50.----- 10.50 
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$794.50

No debts due me that can be collected & I owe as much as $100 to different individuals
 the yearly income of the above property does not exceed sixty dollars per annum, 
Except the above & my necessary bedding & clothing, I have no estate or income whatever 
I have owned no real estate other than the above since March 18, 1818. 
Eben. Byram 

SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Ebenezer Byram who, by occupation am a House Carpenter which I am unable to pursue a & a bad rupture 

[table headings]Names. | Ages. | Capacity of each to contribute to their support. 
[row 1]My daughter Mary | 24 | Rather feeble in health
I lost my wife in September last 
Ebenr Byram . 

I Robert C. Vose Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within the said County of Kennebec do hereby certify, that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court, that the said Ebenezer Byram did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, under one engagement, on the continental establishment. I also certify, that the foregoing oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Records of said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is Seven hundred ninety four dollars and fifty cents. that the total amount of income of said Byram, does not exceed $60 per annum

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this Seventeenth day of March 1829, 
R.C. Jose Clerk of the Court of the County Kennebec
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October 21, 1932.
Mrs. Lydia J. Foreman 215 West Beauregard Avenue San Angelo Texas. 

BA-J/ILL Ebenezer Byram S. 29052

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of the Revolutionary War soldier, Ebenezer Byram. The record furnished below is obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 29052, based upon the service of Ebenezer Byram in that war. 

Ebenezer Byram was born in Bridewater, Massachusetts, the date of birth and names of his parents not shown. 

He enlisted (place not stated), served eight months as private in Colonel Bailey's Massachusetts Regiment, this service ending in December, 1775, when he reenlisted, served in Captain Walbridge's Company, Colonel Joseph Read's Massachusetts Regiment until January 1, 1777, when he was discharged. He then enlisted, served one year and eleven months in Captain Anthony Post's Company, Colonel Flower's Regiment of Artillery Artificers and was discharged January 1, 1779. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 2, 1819, at which time he resided in Gardiner, Kennebec County, Maine District; he was then fifty-four years of age. 

In March, 1829, the soldier's daughter, Mary, aged twenty- four years, was living with him in Kennebec County, Maine; his wife, whose name is not stated, had died the preceding September. Ebenezer Byram died November 27, 1833. 

The above record is that of the only soldier named Ebenezer Byram found on the Revolutionary War records of this office. 
Very truly yours, A. D. HILLER, Assistant to Administrator.
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Fredricksburgh Jan 1779 

this may Certify Ebenezer Byrom belonging to my Company of artifisers has been in the Company one year and Eleven Months and is now discharged he this behaved his self well during his say with the giving under and Anthony Post Capt of Artillery

To all thence A May Concern
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17,014 
Maine 
Ebenezer Byram of Gardiner in the state of Maine who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Flowers of the [crossed out: Pennsylva] Mass line, for the term of 2 years 

Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 2 of Sept 1819 

Certificate of Pension issued the 19 of May and sent to RC Vose Esq Augusta Me 

Arrears to 4th of March 1820 $48.36 
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 48-
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$90.36 
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{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.} Discontinued 

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No certificate sent fo R. C. Vose May 16 1829
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29052 
Revy INVALID. 
File No. 29052 
Ebenezer Byram 
Priv Rev War 
Act: June 7th 32 
Index: --Vol. 2, Page 59 
[Arrangement of 1870.] 

July 20, 1904 Hist to Miss Elizabeth C. Tichenor  Chicage IL

1932 - Oct. 28. Hist to Mrs. Lydia J. Foreman, ILL
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Kennebec, ss.

           The Subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County of Kennebec, hereby certifies, that the Honorable Nathan Weston, Junior, Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec, and Somerset; and that by direction of the said Judge, I have affixed unto his Certificate bearing his signature, the seal of the said Court in which he presides.


                              In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand: Dated at Augusta, in said County of Kennebec, this tenth day of November, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen
                                       John Davis
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I Ebenezer Byram aged sixty four years, a citizen of the United States , born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts now a resident in Gardiner in the District of Maine, upon oath testify and declare that after having served in Col. Bailey's continental regiment of the Massachusetts troops, as a private soldier, for the first eight months service, in December 1775 I enlisted as a private soldier, in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, for the term of twelve months, in Capt Walbridge's company, and Col. Joseph Reed's regiment of the Massachusetts troops-- 

This period I fully served out, and was honorably and was honorably but verbally discharged, at Peek's Kill first of January 1777

 In February first 1777 I again enlisted as a private soldier into Capt Anthony Posts company of Artillery artificers and Col. Flower's regiment of the Massachusetts line - in Genl Knox's Brigade-- In this company and regiment. I continued to serve in the continental army until the first of January 1779 when, at Frederickburgh in New York, I was honorably discharged. My discharge is hereunto annexed. from my reduced circumstances, being a burst man, infirm and unable to labor, upon which I have heretofore depended, I need the assistance of my country for support. 

And I do hereby relinquish all my claim to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the U. States if any, and request to be placed upon the pension list for the District of Maine 
Eben. Byram

Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Kennebec County September 2d 1819 
Ebenezer Byram, above named after having been carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the above declaration by him subscribed - Before me
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
 
I the subscriber, being Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of common Pleas for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset hereby to your Honor, that Ebenezer Byram, a citizen of the United States , now resident in Gardner, in the said County of Kennebec, in the District of Maine, on the Second day of September A.D.1819. made application to me to receive his declaration under oath, and such other evidence, as was in his power to produce, and to transmit the same and the proceedings had thereon, to your Honor; that he might be placed on the pension list of the United States, agreeably to the provisions of an Act entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war passed March 18, A.D. 1818, which declaration, and the other evidence produced by the said applicant, is hereunto annexed, 

And I do further certify to your Honor, that after a full examination of the said applicant, and a careful consideration of the evidence in the case, it appears to me that the said applicant did serve as a private Soldier in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, he sent for more than nine months as stated in his declaration aforesaid, and that from his reduced circumstances, needs the assistance of his country for support. 

In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Court, in which I preside, to be hereunto affixed this tenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and nineteen Nathan Weston Junr Jan C.J.C.C.C. Pleas
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in his declaration aforesaid, and that from his reduced circumstances, needs the assistance of his country for support. 

In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Court, in which I preside, to be hereunto affixed this tenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand Nathan Weston Jun C.J.C.C.C. Pleas 
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Further explanation:
when I ,Ade the within declaration I supposed Col Flowers within named to be of the Massachusetts line; but I now believe the artillery under the command of Genl Knox was not distinguished into lines but attached to the whole army. However that may be, Col Flowers was my colonel to whatsoever to him belongs. 
Eben Byram 

Sworn and subscribed to the Oct 6 1819 according to the best of his belief .
Before me, Nathan Weston Jr, CJCCC

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J. R. W. Exr, 
No. 29,232, Rev. War.
July 21, 1904.  

Madam: In reply to your inquiry, you are advised that Ebenezer Byram, aged fifty-four years, residing at Gardiner, Maine, applied for a pension September 2, 1819. He stated that he served as a private in 1775, eight months in Col. Bailey's regiment, Mass. Line; one year from December 1775, under Capt. Walbridge and Col. Reed, and one year and eleven months from Feb. 1, 1777, under Capt. Anthony Post and Col. Flowers. 

Place of residence at date of enlistment is not stated. No battles mentioned. His claim was allowed. Very respectfully, Commissioner

Miss Elizabeth Tichenor, 492 West Adams St. Chicago, Ills..
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San Angelo Texas Oct 6th 1939 
Veterans - Administration 
Bureau of Pension 
Rev and 1812 Wars Section C 

Dear Sir I am writing to ask the favor of having your see if your records give anything of the Record of Ebenezer Byrams or his Widow having drawn a pension for service in War of Revolution 

He was born in Bridgewater Mass 1744 same after his birth his parents moved to Morris County New Jersey, one authority gives Windham as  his home, one Windham Morris Co- N J- he must have enlisted from this place, will appreciate any information you can give me 
Sincerely 
Mrs Lelia F Foreman 215 West Beauregard hall Law Angelo Texas
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Jun 30 - 1904
OW&N 
Commissioners of Pensions
Washington D C 
[stamp: OLD WAR & NAVY JUL 5 1904 FILES.]
Please send me the Rev. War record of Ebenezer Byram of  Bridgewater Mass.   including his age when he joined the army and his discharge
[postmark: U.S. PENSION OFFICE A JUL 2 1904]

Very Sincerely (Miss) Elizabeth Tichenor 
492 West Adams Chicago Ill