Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25,598, Ebenezer Fletcher, N.H.
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N. H.  Fletcher Ebenezer   W. 25,598
                        Mary        B. L. Wt. 2095-160-55
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4315
Massachusetts
Mary Fletcher
widow of Ebenezer Fletcher N. H.
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Fifer.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 88 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 5th day of July 1852
and sent to 
A. M. Gangewer
Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 39 Vol. A
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Benja Champney Esq
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State of New Hampshire Hillsborough S.
I Jedidiah Kilburn Smith associate Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Hillsborough, by authority of an Act of Congress passed on the 25th day of April 1812, entitled "An Act to review A continue in force an Act to provide for persons who were disabled by known wounds received in the Revolutionary War, & for other persons" and the Act of April 10th 1814. Do hereby especially authorize & commission Benjamin Champney Esquire one of the Justices of the Peace for said County of Hillsborough resident in the Town of New Ipswich, to take all evidence pursuant to the rules & regulations of said acts for substantiating the claim of Ebenezer Fletcher of said Town of New Ipswich for an increase of pension by reason of known wounds received in said War and when the same shall be completed to be returned with this Commission, to the Secretary for the Department of War.
Given under my my hand & seal  Am hurt in said County this 5th day of December AD 1820
J. K. Smith} Associate Justice as aforesaid.
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State of New Hampshire
Hillsborough SS
I Frederic French Clerk of the Superior Court of Judication for said County do hereby certify that Jedidiah Kilburn Smith is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Hillsborough aforesaid & that the name J. K. Smith subscribed to the within Commission is his signature & handwriting. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Superior Court of Judication this fifth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty
F. French

State of New Hampshire
Hillsborough SS. In virtue of the within Commission ____directed and by authority of the same I hereby certify that the annexed examination & report also the annexed affidavit were signed by the person whose names are thereto under written and that said subscribers were duly sworn & the truth thereof as my certificates thereon doth show. New Ipswich N. H. December 6, AD 1820
Benjamin Champney J. P.
witness received
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No 767
New Hampshire
Ebenezer Fletcher,
Fifer,
In the Revolutionary War
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Inscribed on the roll of New
Hamp abt 1 $25/100 per mo:
increased to two doll by Law
24 Apl 1876, and further increased by the Secretary of War under Laws 10 Apl
1806 & on the 6 Jany 1821
to $4 per mo: commencing on the 6 Dec. 1820
Formal cert: issued & with
the authy for the increase
endow on it sent to Hon
Clifton Claggett, House
of Rep. 6 Jany 1821
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Pa
Increased to $7 per ano, 14th
May 1828, commencing 6th
May 1828, and new certificate issued & sent to Hon John Locke, H. R.
dead. See letter to the
Pens Agt. July 25. 1833

New Hampshire
Ebenezer Fletcher
Fifer
in the Revolutionary war
Ratio of disability, seven eighth's
Date of discharge,
Time of closing testimony,
Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire
at 1.25 dollars per month,
increased to $2 pens to commence on the 24
April 1816, to $4 pr ans. from 6 Dec
1820 & to $7 pr. from 6 May 1828.
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Formal Certificate of pension issued the 6th of January 1821 and sent to Hon. C. Claggett, H. R.
Arrears to 4th
Semi-anl. all'ce ending
┃ Act of the
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16267 March 26 /33
Act March 3 /33
Mary Fletcher widow of Ebenzer Fletcher Fifer

Capt Cann
Col Geo. Reid E.G. Contl Regts
War of the Revolution
She is now a Pensioner
certificate No 4315

Admi't 16 acres July 6t 1858
Boynton

2095 iss July by 55
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Gilman B Parker Esq
Winchendon, Mass

Mass
Feby 52 No 4315
Vol. F. 73
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A. M. Gangewer Esq
Washington City
D. C.
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Ashby June 7th 1854
A. M. Gangewer Esq.
____yours of the 25 of May last was duly received, and I have examined the Town records concerning the Marriage of Mrs. Fletcher, and I find she was published to Ebs. Fletcher May 25th 1812 but I do not find the record of her marriage by the Clergyman.
I have taken some pains to enquire of her connections in this place, and I found that her sister was an eye witness to the marriage ceremony.
I have had her deposition taken by a Justice of the Peace, and I send you a Certificate of the publishment.
I understand she has children which were present on the occasion, but are considerable distance from here.
Presuming that what I have collected will be sufficient to prove the case.
Yours Truly
C. Burr

Ashby May 25th 1812
Received the names of Ebenezer Fletcher of New Ipswich and Mary Foster of Ashby, with their intention of marriage. who were duly published June 15th 1812 and a Certificate given.
Pas. Allen Flagg Town Clerk
I hereby certify that the above certificate is a true copy of record
Ashby June 7th 1854
Attest. Cushing Burr    Town Clerk 

Fee $5
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Oct. 5th 1906
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Fletcher, Ebenezer
His name appears on a list of applicants for invalid pension, returned by the District Court for the District of New Hampshire submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on December 31, 1794, and printed in the American State Papers ____9, page 136

Rank: Fifer
Regt.: 2d New Hampshire
Disability: Wounded by a bullet, which passed through the small of his back.
When and where disabled: July 1777, Hubbardston
Residence: New Ipswich
To what pension entitled: one-fourth
Remarks: Enlisted March 5, '77: discharged April 1, 1780
Evidence complete.
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Mary Fletcher
Declaration
Rev Gilman, B Parker Esq
Winchendon, Mass
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Worcester

On this twenty first day of March A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before me E. S. Merrill a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County and State aforesaid, Mary Fletcher aged 88 years, a resident of Winchendon in the State of Massachusetts, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Ebenezer Fletcher deceased, who was a private (fifer) in the Company commanded by Capt. Carr, in the regiment commanded by Col. Nathan Hale in the war of the Revolution, that her husband enlisted at New Ipswich, in the state of New Hampshire on the fifth day of April A. D. 1777 for the term of Three years and he was was severely wounded at the battle of Hubbardston, and was honorably discharged after the expiration of said term, and was afterward placed upon the invalid pension list.
She further states that she married to the said Ebenezer Fletcher on the fifteenth day of June A. D. 1812 by the Rev. Cornelius Waters the settled minister of Ashby in the County of Middlesex and state of Massachusetts, for further and full proof of her marriage, refers to her application for a Pension made in May 1854 for which she received a pension certificate dated July 5th 1854. No. 4315, and that her name before her said marriage was Mary Foster, and that her said husband died at New Ipswich in New Hampshire
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on the eighth day of May A. D. 1831 and that she is now a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the Act approved March 3rd 1855.
Mary Fletcher (her signature)
We Joel Parker and Gilman B. Parker residents of Winchendon in the State of Massachusetts, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Mary Fletcher in our presence and that we have know the said Mary Fletcher during the lifetime of her husband Ebenezer Fletcher, as his wife, and since his death to the present time as his widow, and we know from her statement and from personal acquaintance that the claimant is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Joel Parker
Gilman B. Parker

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to, and subscribed before me, on the day and year above written, and I certify I know the affiants to be credible persons; and that the Claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim, the corrections and erasures were made before signing.
E. S. Merrill
Justice of the Peace
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I James Spaulding of New Ipswich in the State of New Hampshire a justice of the peace within and for the County of Hillsborough having carefully examined the foregoing declaration do certify that I know every fact as set forth in the same to be true- I resided within 20 rods of the said Ebenezer Fletcher at the time of his marriage in 1812 and was intimately acquainted with him and family, supported the present claimant in obtaining her Pension under the Law of 1853 Feb. 3d and for any further evidence of her marriage refer to the deposition of Benjamin Kendall and wife (taken in July 1854) file of in that care who were present at the Marriage of Ebenezer Fletcher with the present Claimant.
James Spaulding Justice Peace
New Ipswich March 24th 1855
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A.M. Gangewer Atty
Present
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State of Massachusetts
County of Worcester  SS:
On this 17th day of May A. D. 1854, before me personally appeared Mary Fletcher, a resident of Winchendon, aged 87 years, who first being 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 3rd February 1853, granting Pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War; that she is the widow of Ebenezer Fletcher, who was a fifer in the Company commanded by Capt. Carr, Col. Nathan Hales' Regiment, and who enlisted at New Ipswich, N. H. in 1777 as she has understood and believes, and that her said husband n his lifetime drew a Pension for his said service, and refers to the evidence filed with his application.
She further declares that she was married to the said Ebenezer Fletcher on the 15th day of June eighteen hundred and twelve; that her said husband died on the 8th day of May 1831; that she was not married to him prior to the second of January eighteen hundred, but at the time above stated. She further declares that she is now a widow, and that she knows of no public or private ______of her marriage.
(her signature) Mary Fletcher
Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year above written. And I certify that Mary Fletcher, who made the foregoing declaration, is unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, and that I have no interest in the result of this application.
Thos. Kinnicutt    Judge of Probate
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester, ss
I, Charles G. Prentiss, Register of the Court of
Probate for said County of Worcester, do hereby certify that Thomas Kinnicutt is the
Judge of
said Court, duly commissioned and qualified
and that his signature to the foregoing Certificate is genuine.
In testimony whereof I do hereunto set
my hand and the seal of said Court this
seventeenth day of May in the year one thousand, eight hundred and fifty-four.

Charles G. Prentiss, Register,
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BA-J/MCS
Ebenezer Fletcher
W. 25598

Admiral W. B. Fletcher
319 East 50th Street
New York City

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter of January 21, 1932, requesting information in regard to Ebenezer Fletcher, a soldier of the Revolution.

The Revolutionary War records of this office show that Ebenezer Fletcher enlisted at New Ipswich, New Hampshire, March 5, or April 5, 1777, and served as fifer in Captain James Carr's Company in Colonel Nathan Hale's New Hampshire Regiment. In the battle of Hubbardton he received a musket ball wound in the small of the back. He was discharged April 1, 1780.

On account of the disability resulting from the above noted wound he was pensioned from September 4, 1794. (See 1835 Book Rev. Pen. from Hillsborough C. M. H. is written)

While living in New Ipswich, New Hampshire, he married June 15, 1812, at Ashby, Massachusetts, Mary Foster of Ashby and she was the widow of Nathaniel Foster.

Ebenezer Fletcher died May 8, 1831, at New Ipswich, New Hampshire.

On account of his service in the Revolution, his widow, Mary, was allowed pension on her application executed May 17, 1854, at which time she was eighty-seven years of age and was living at Winchendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, with her daughter whose name was not given.

In 1854 one Roby Fletcher was living in New Ipswich, New Hampshire, relation to soldier not given.
Very truly yours,

A. D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator
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Ebenezer Fletcher
Affidavit

Increase, & in this particular case issue a new certificate.
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I Ebenezer Fletcher of New Ipswich in the County of Hillsborough & state of New Hampshire depose that at the period I applied he placed as a pensioner on the list of invalid pensioners of the United States, Jonathan Grant of Petersham in the State of Massachusetts offered his assistance in procuring a pension upon condition I would contract to give him one third of the sum I should obtain from government. I gave said Grant a bond conditioned he should retain said sum whenever my pension should be established, and gave him my original certificate of discharge which he now retains. and I further depose he has even received the one third part of whatever I have heretofore drawn as an invalid pensioner of the United States. That I have not drawn or received any pension for two years now past. That I was not possessed of my original certificate but the same is in the possession of said Grant or his agent who refuse to deliver the same to me. New Ipswich Dec. 6, 1820.
(his signature) Ebenezer Fletcher

written in small letters is (was "him" & "in" ____before signing 

State of New Hampshire
Hillsborough SS  December 6, AD 1820
Then
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personally appeared the afore named Ebenezer Fletcher and made Oath to the ___of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed

Before me
Benj. Champney
Justice of the Peace for said County of Hillsborough
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War Dept Jany 6th 1821
In consent with the Law of the 10th of Apr 1808 & the act supplementing to & confirming in force the same
the allowance of the within named pensioner is hereby
authorized to be increased from two dollars per ans which is was raised by the Law of the 24 of April for the
of four dollars per mo to com
(signed John C. Calhoun
In conform with the Law of the 10 Apl 1806 & the
which it was raised by the Law of the 24 Apl
1816 to the made of four dollars per ans & to commence on the 6 Dec 1820.(signed) John O. Calhoun
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A. M. Gangewer Atty.
Present
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State of New Hampshire
Hillsborough County} SS

On this tenth day of May AD 1854 personally appeared Col. Jeremiah Smith and Roby Fletcher both of New Ipswich in said County and state who being duly sworn according to Law depose and say, that they are well acquainted with Mary Fletcher who now makes a declaration and applies for a Pension as the widow of Ebenezer Fletcher-deceased and that they have known her as the wife and widow of the said Ebenezer Fletcher for over forty years. That the said Ebenezer Fletcher was first an invalid Pensioner of the Revolution and after drew a full pension during his life. We further believe that the said Mary Fletcher was married to the said Ebenezer Fletcher in June 1812 at Ashby Massachusetts by Cornelius Waters the settled Minister of Ashby. That her name before her said marriage was Mary Foster, Widow of Nathaniel Foster. That her husband the said Ebenezer Fletcher died at New Ipswich on the 8th day of May 1831, that they know of his marriage to the said Mary by reason of having lived in his family at the time and within a short
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distance of them from the time of said marriage until the said Ebenezer died and that they know of his death by reason of having attended his funeral and that they still reside within a short distance of where he was interred. They further declare that according to the best of their belief and knowledge the said Mary Fletcher is still a widow and that she resides with her daughter in Winchendon, Massachusetts and that they or neither of them have any interest in the result of her application for a Pension.
Jeremiah Smith
Roby Fletcher

Sworn to and subscribed before me this tenth day of May A. D. 1854, and I certify that Col. Jeremiah Smith and Roby Fletcher who made the above affidavit are well known to me, that they are both credible witnesses and entitled to full belief. and that I have personal knowledge of the truth of the facts set forth in the widow Mary Fletchers declaration and in the foregoing affidavit. And that I have no interest in the claim or am I concerned in its prosecution.
James Spaulding Justice Peace
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State of New Hampshire
Hillsborough SS County

I Perley Dodge, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County and State above mentioned do hereby certify that James Spaulding whose genuine signature appears above is and was at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission is dated on the first day of July A. D. 1853, and will expire in five years from that date. That all his official acts, as such are entitled to full faith and credit and that the aforesaid Court of Common Pleas is a Court of record.
Given under my hand and seal of office at Amhurst this 15th day of May A. D. 1854
Perley Dodge Clerk
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1932 Feb 17 List to W.D. Fletcher

Revy Widow, &c
No. 25598
Mary Fletcher, wid of
Ebenezer Fletcher Fifer, Rev War
Act Feb 2d, 53
Vol A., Page 263
[Arrangement of 1870]
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[Seal]
RECEIVED
JAN 22 1932
To
OC

319 East 50th Sts
New York, N.Y.
Jan 21 1932.
The Commissioner of Pensions,
U.S. Pension Office,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
If practicable I would like to obtain
a copy from the files of the Pension office
of the record of service of Ebenezer Fletcher
of New Ipswich, N. H. who served during the
Revolution in the New Hampshire Continental Troops. He was wounded at the Battle of
Hubbardston Vermont, taken prisoner by the
British but made his escape, and late wrote
an account of his experiences. He enlisted I
think at the age of 18 and was pensioned I
think some time in the 1830's
Thanking you for such information as
you may be able to send
I am Yours very truly,
W. B. Fletcher
Rear Admiral U.S. Navy,
Retired
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Doctors
Preston & Barr
Examination & reports
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State of New Hampshire Hillsborough
To Doctor John Preston
and Doctor James Barr both of New Hampshire
in the County aforesaid

Pursuant to an act of Congress of the
United States, passed the 25th of April
1812 entitled "An act to revive & continue
in force an act to provide for persons
who were disabled by known wounds
received in the Revolutionary War, &
for other purposes". You are hereby
appointed & authorised to examine
Ebenezer Fletcher a Citizen of the Town of
New Ipswich in sd County, who is inscribed
on the Pension List of the U.S. is claimant for an increase of Pension conformably to the 5th section of the act of the 10th of April 1806 revived as aforesaid-
and you are to report in writing & on oath or affirmation your opinion of the nature of his
disability & in what degree it prevents him from obtaining a  subsistance by manual labour & in your
proceedings in the promises you are to be
regulated & governed by sd act.
Given under my hand & seal at Amherst in said County this 5th day of December AD 1820
J.G. Smithss Associate Justice of ye Court of Com: Pleas for sd County of Hillsborough
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State of New Hampshire
Hillsborough ss
I Frederic French Clerk of the Superior
Court of Judication for said of the State of
New Hampshire for said County do hereby
certify that Jedediah Kilburn Smith is
one of the Judges of the Court of Common
Pleas for the County of Hillsborough afore
said & that the name J. K. Smith subscribed to the within Commission is his
signature & hand writing. In testimony where
of I have set my hand & affixed the seal
of said Superior Court of Judicature this
fifth day of December A.D. 1820
We the subscribers
F French
We the subscribers within named
Physicians and Surgeons residing in
New Ipswich in the County of Hillsborough
and State of New Hampshire by virtue of
the appointment and authority in us
vested by the within Commission to examine Ebenezer Fletcher a citizen of New Ipswich in the County of Hillsborough and State of N. H. claiming an increase of pension having before us the person of the said Eben Fletcher
and having carefully examined the
said Ebenezer find him disabled
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in consequence of a musket ball
entering the loins on the right side
near the superior & posterior part of
the as illum and going transversly
across passed out on the left
side nearly in the same place as
it entered on the right lacerating
the dorsal & lumbar muscles & from
ting the spinious processes of the lumbar vertibrae occasioning a stiffness
in his back which renders him unable
to perform such kind of manual labor
as require a curving of the spine and
in our opinion his disability is such
as prevents his performing one half
the manual labor necessary to claim
a subsistence
New Ipswich Decr 6th 1820
John Preston
James Barr
State of Newhampshire
Hillsborough Ss.
December AD. 1820.
There personally appeared John Preston & James Barr
subscribers to the foregoing examination & report & made
oath that in performing their duty therein they acted faithfully & according their best skill & Judgment
Before me
Benjamin Champney Justice of the County aforesaid
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Increase to $7 per mo. 
from May 6, 1828.

Hon. J. Locke H. R.
Dep.d May 14, 1828.
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Increase of Pension

It is hereby certified that Ebenezer Fletcher formerly a Fifer of Captain James Carrs' Company in the second New Hampshire Regiment of Infantry commanded by Col. Hale in the Revolutionary War, who, it appears by the accompanying certificate, was placed on the Pension Roll at the rate of One Dollar and twenty five cents per month, on account, as he states of having received a wound in the small of his back, occasioned by a musket ball entering his left side above the ilium, and passing through the muscles of the back over the back bone and passing out above the right ilium, lacerating the muscles in such a manner as to occasion a degree of stiffness in his back which has increased with his age to total stiffness, so as to prevent his stooping, and of course to prevent him from performing any manual labor, excepting some trifling thing done in a sitting posture while in the line of his duty, and in said service, on or about the seventh day of July A. D. 1777 at a place called Hubbardton in the State of Vermont, is not only still disabled in consequence of said injury, but in our opinion is entitled to three dollars per month mor than he now receives, or to seven dollars per month in the whole, being disabled to a degree amounting to seven eighths of a total disability.

Matthias Spalding    
James Barr                       } Surgeons
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State of New Hampshire
County of Hillsborough SS

On this sixth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight personally came Matthias Spalding and James Barr Surg. and signed their names to the foregoing affidavit, and made oath in due form of law that the same was true according to their best knowledge, skill and belief, I further certify that the said Spalding and Barr reside in this county and are reputable in their professions, and of good character. 

Before me
Edmund Parker, Justice of the Peace
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War Department,
PENSION OFFICE, MAY 15, 1820.
Rules and Regulations for substantiating Claims to Pensions.
VIDE "An act to provide for persons who were disabled by known wounds received in
the Revolutionary War," passed the tenth of April, 1806, revived and continued in
force for six years longer, by an act of the 25th of April, 1812, and again revived;
and continued in force for one year longer, by the act of the 15th May, 1820.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That, in substantiating such claim, the following
rules and regulations shall be complied with, that is to say: all evidence shall be
taken on oath or affirmation, before the judge of the district, or one of the judges of
the territory in which such claimant resides, or before some person specially authorize
ed by commission from said judge.
"Decisive DISABILITY, the effect of a known wound or wounds received while
in the actual service and line of duty against the common enemy, during the Revolutionary
war, must be proved by the affidavit of the commanding officer of the regiment,
corps, company, ship, vessel, or craft, in which such claimant served; or of two other
credible witnesses to the same effect, setting forth the time when, and place where such
known wound or wounds were received; and particularly describing the same.
"The nature of such DISABILITY, and in what degree it prevents the claimant
from obtaining his subsistence, must be proved by the affidavit of some reputable physician
or surgeon, stating his opinion, either from his own knowledge and acquaintance
with the claimant, or from an examination of such claimant, on oath or affirmation,
which, when necessary for that purpose, shall be administered to said claimant by
said judge or commissioner. And the said physician or surgeon, in his affidavit, shall
particularly describe the wound or wounds from whence the disability appears to be derived
.
"Every claimant must prove, by at least one credible witness, that he continued
in service during the whole time for which he was detached, or for which he engaged,
unless he was discharged, or left the service in consequence of some derangement of the
army, or in consequence of his disability resigned his commission; or was, after his
disability, in captivity or on parole, until the close of the Revolutionary war. And in
the same manner must prove his mode of life and employment since he left the service, and
the place or places where he has since resided, and his place of residence at the time of
taking such testimony.
* Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled
, That the Secretary for the Department of War return to the respective district judges the names
of all such persons as have been transmitted to him by the several district judges, pursuant to the act for
the regulation of claims to invalid pensions, and in whose cases the examining physicians have neglected
to specify the ratio of disability, together with such defective returns of physicians. And the said district
judges respectively, shall forthwith cause the examining physicians to specify the several rates of disability
which have been so neglected, or, in case of sickness, death, or removal of one or both such physicians, to
make new appointments, and cause the several rates of disability to be specified, and by the said physicians
returned to them as soon as may be of which they shall make return to the Secretary of War, &c. &c. &c.
VIDE Law of the 18th April, 1796. -- Laws of the U. S. Vol. 3, page 374.
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" Every claimant shall, by his affidavit, give satisfactory reasons why he did not
make application for a pension before, and that he is not on the pension list of any state;
and the judge, or commissioner, shall certify in writing, his opinion of the credibility of
the witnesses, whose affidavits he shall take, in all those cases, where, by this act, it is
said the proof shall be made by a credible witness or witnesses. And, also, that the
examining physician or surgeon is reputable in his profession.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said judge of the district, or person
by him commissioned as aforesaid, shall transmit a list of such claims, accompanied
by the evidence, affidavits, certificates, and proceedings had thereon, in pursuance of
this act, noting particularly the day on which the testimony was closed before him, to the
Secretary for the Department of War, " & c. & c. & c. "And it shall be the duty of the
judge, or commissioner, aforesaid, to permit each claimant to take a transcript of the
evidence and proceedings had respecting his claim, if he shall desire it, and to certify
the same to be correct."
SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That an increase of pension may be allowed
to persons already placed upon the pension list of the United States, for disabilities
caused by known wounds received during the revolutionary war, in all cases where
justice shall require the same: Provided, That the increase, when added to the pension
formerly received, shall in no case exceed a full pension."
" Every invalid making application for this purpose shall be examined by two
reputable physicians or surgeons, to be authorized by commission from the judge of
the district where such invalid resides; who shall report, in writing, on oath, or a
firmation, their opinion of the nature of the applicant's disability, and in what degree it
presents him from obtaining a subsistence by manual labor, which report shall be transmitted
by said physicians or surgeons, to the Secretary for the Department of War,"
&c. &c. &c.
Extract from an act of Congress of the 25th of April, 1808, entitled "An act concern
ing Invalid Pensioners."
SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That any officer, non-commissioned officer musician
, or private, who has been wounded or disabled since the revolutionary war,
while in the line of his duty, in the actual service of the United States, whether he belong
to the military establishment or to the militia, or any volunteer corps, called in
to service under the authority of the United States, may be placed on the pension list
of the United States, at such rate of compensation, and under such regulations, as are
prescribed by the act, entitled ""An act to provide for persons who were disabled by
known wounds received in the Revolutionary war,” passed April the tenth, one thousand
eight hundred and six."
The act of the 25th April, 1808, is not limited.
Act of 18th April, 1814. -- Depositions substantiating claims to pension to be hereafter
taken before any judge of any of the courts of the state or territory in which such
person may reside the certificate of the clerk of the court whereof the said judge is a
member, sufficient to prove his being such judge.
[handwritten]
See [illegible]
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ORIGINAL CLAIM.
United States
DISTRICT, SS.
I, Judge of the District Court of the United States of America
District; by
AUTHORITY of an act of Congress, passed the 25th
day of April, 1812, entitled ""An act to revive and
continue in force an Act to provide for persons who
were disabled by known wounds received in the Revolutionary
War, and for other purpose;" DO HERE
BY ESPECIALLY AUTHORIZE AND COMMISSION
and district of
of the county of
to take all evidence
pursuant to the rules and regulations of the said act, for substantiating
the claim of
of the town of
in the County of his
and district of
15
to be placed on the Pension List of the United States,
by reason of known wounds received in said war, or since, (as prescribed in the fourth
section of "An act
concerning invalid pensioners," passed the 25th of April, 1808,)
while in the actual
service of the United States, and in the line of his duty. And
when the same shall be completed, to return the evidence, affidavits, certificates, and
proceedings had hereupon, together with this commission, to the Secretary for the Department
of War.
Given under my hand and seal, at
the
day of 
the year one thousand eight hundred and
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INCREASE OF PENSION.
UNITED STATES
New Hampshire District, SS.

To Doctor Matthias Spaulding of Amhurst and Doctor James Barr Jr of New Ipswich in said district.

Pursuant to an act of Congress of the United States, passed the 25th of April, 1812, entitled "An act to revive and continue in force ' An act to provide for persons who were disabled by known wounds received in the Revolutionary War, and for other purposes;" you are hereby appointed and authorized to examine Ebenezer Fletcher who is inscribed on the Pension List of the United States, and is claimant for an increase of pension, conformably to the 5th section of the act of the 10th April, 1806, revived as aforesaid; and you are to report, in writing, and on oath or affirmation, your opinion of the nature of his disability and in what degree it prevents him from obtaining a subsistence by manual labor; and in your proceedings in the premises you are to be regulated and governed by said act.

Given under my hand and seal, at Amhurst in the County of Hillsborough in said District this eighteenth day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight.
Wm. M. Richardson

I Andrew Wallace Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the County of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire certify, that William M. Richardson above named is Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Judicature for the State of New Hampshire and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name this eighteenth day of April in the year 1828.
Andrew Wallace
Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for said County of Hillsborough.
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Washington City DC
June 29, 1854

Sir,
Your letter of May 27, suspends claim of Mary Fletcher, Wid. of Ebenezer for pay of service.
Enclosed you will find the additional evidence required.
Yours truly
A. M. Gangewer
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A. M. Gengewer, Atty
Present
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Washington City DC
May 25, 1854

Sir,
Enclosed you will find claim of Mary Fletcher, widow of Ebenezer Fletcher for Pension under Act of 3rd February 1853, together with proof of witnesses. Said Fletcher in his lifetime was a Pensioner of the United States.
Be pleased to have her claim acted on at your earliest convenience.

Yours truly
A. M. Gangewer  Atty.

Hon. L. P. Waldo
Com. of Pensions
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Brief in the case of Mary Fletcher, widow of Ebenezer
Worcester County and State of Mass.
act 3d February 1853.
Claim, "original"

Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.

Husband was an Invalid Pensioner under Act 26th April 1816. Served as a Fifer upwards of three years as ____on final Declaration & proofs together with the Certificate of the Secretary of the State of New Hampshire.

(if for increase.) Record evidence & Provable proof of Marriage.

Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim?  If so, What?

A. M. Gangewer, Esq. Present
Name and Residence of Agent

J. C. Boynton
Examining Clerk.
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State of New Hampshire
Secretary of States Office

I do 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 office, it appears that the name of Ebenezer Fletcher is borne upon Col. Enoch Wales return of Continental Soldiers 1777 for the town of New Ipswich in Cap. Carrs Company.
Said return begins thus:
"State of New Hampshire. To the Honorable Committee of Safety for said State pursuant to orders received in April A. D. 1777 directing me to raise one hundred and nineteen men to services in the Continental Army for three years as during the war I have proportioned the men to the several towns or companies in my regiment as follows."
And upon "A Roll of the men that are engaged under Cap. James Carr of Sumersworth for three years or during the war in the Continental Service that are mustered by the subscriber" are borne the names of John Johnston, Ebenezer Fletcher, Daniel Foster, Samuel Foster
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William Scott, Asa Perham, Asa Gibbs. "New Ipswich men," with Bounty and Travel dated "December 17th, 1777." and signed 
"Abiel Abbott Muster & Pay Master."

And upon an "Account of the Bounties & Supplies paid by several towns to soldiers in the years 1777,1778,&1779 which sums were deducted from the soldiers depreciation Jan. 7, 1780." is borne the name of Ebenezer Fletcher against which is L 22.8.6

And upon "an account of the time received cash of the officers and men whose names are hereafter mentioned", is borne the name of Ebenezer Fletcher in Capt. Carr's Co. against which is for '78. 62/  80. 3/. - 3. 5. 0

And upon a list of the " C Regt. commanded by Col. Geo. Reid for yrs. 1777, 1778 & 1779". 4th Co. is borne the name of Ebenezer Fletcher, as Fifer, against which for "Amt. of deprecation", is 193.10

And upon a list of the "C Regt. commanded by Col. Geo. Reid for 1780" 4th Co, is borne the name of Ebenezer Fletcher as Fifer against which for "Amt. wages" is 19.50.
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And in Col. Reid's Regimental Ledger Page 99 is an account of which the following is a true copy"

Ebeneser Fletcher Fif. 4th Co. 3yrs   __

To New Ipswich for a Bounty   22 8 6
Paid by the continent in 1777 10.17.1
Ditto in 1778.L4.8/ ditto in 1779 26/5  5.14.5
Ballance of clothing sold by Leigh  2.14.7
his ___of sum __& c by ditto  1.00
An order for the Treasury for L150
3.15.0,26.1.1
1780 June 26
to a certificate for the Ballance 28-7
L74.10.2
Paid by Capt. Carr 4/a
1792 Mar. 2
Gave a certificate to Lt. John Harvey 5.13.2}5.17.4

Engaged ________                     __
March 5,1777 By 9months & 26 days service in 1777 @44/21.14.2
discharged By 12months ditto in 1778   26.8.0
Mar. 20,1780 By 12 months ditto in 1779   26.8.0L74.10.2

By 2 months & 20 days in 1780 @ 44/    5.17.4

And upon a list "pursuant to a vote of the General Court of the 10th March 1780 the non commissioned officers who
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have served 3 years and are legally discharged shall have & receive out of the Treasury 500 dollars each and each private 400 dollars in part toward depreciation to by by them accounted for, is borne the name of Ebeneser Fletcher as Fifer, against which is 500 dollars.

And upon "Orders made out by the President & chairman of the committee of Safety for the ballances due for depreciation to the army agreeable to an act of the General Court passed 16 March 1780", is borne the name of Ebeneser Fletcher as Fifer, against which is L 28.0.7

And in a book of orders is one of which the following is a true copy;
"To the Treasury of the State of New Hamp.
Sir, Please to ____Col. Hale the whole sum that remains due to me for my three years service in the Continental Army and his
 receipt shall discharge the ____from me.  Ebeneser Fletcher."
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And in another book of orders is one of which the following is a true copy:

"To John T. Gilman Esq. Treasurer for the State of New Hampshire.
Sir,
Please to pay to John Harvey all the depreciation that is due to me = being a soldier in the 2 N. H. Regt. and for the town of New Ipswich and as Harvey's receipt shall be gain discharge for the same for me
Ebenr. Fletcher
New Ipswich February 25th 1792."

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the State this 23d day of June 1854
John L. Hadley
Secretary of State.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex June 2d 1854
I Lucy Kendall
of Ashby doth depose and say that sometime
in the month of June AD. 1812 Mary
Foster was married to Ebenezer Fletcher of
New ipswich and State of Newhampshire
that I was living at the time in the
house with the said Mary Foster and witnessed
the cerimony and the Rev Cornelius
Westers officiated as Clergy.
Lucy Kendall
Sworn to before me this
2nd day of June 1854
Luke Wellington
Justice of the Peace
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.

Secretary's Office, Boston, June 6th 1854
I Hereby Certify, That in the twenty third of April eighteen hundred and fifty one- Luke Wellington was appointed for the term of seven years a Justice of the Peace and _______for the County of Middlesex
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.

In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.

E. M. Wright
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Fce 25 cts
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
WORCESTER COUNTY, SS.
I Joseph Mason
Clerk of the Judicial Courts
for the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, do hereby certify, that E. S. Merrill is a
Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and authorized by the
laws of this Commonwealth, to take the acknowledgement of deeds, and administer oaths, and that his
signature to the certificate of oath upon the affidavit of Joel Parker
and Gilman B. Parker hereunto annexed is
genuine.
Given under my hand, and the seal of said
day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five
Jos. Mason Clerk
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[illegible] Office
29th June 1854
Sir
[illegible] a reference to the paper
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[illegible] Office
$7  30 June 1854
D 8 May 1831
Sir
Please certify the time
to which the within named pensioner
was paid, or the date of death
Very Respectfully
[illegible]
Commissioner
Francis Burt Esqr
[illegible]
Auditor
F Burk
Ebenezer Fletcher, Invalid $7 per month
Died 8 May 1831 paid
Mr Randall
F Burt
Auditor
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Rec. E. & P. P. 8" May 31.
Admit for 2 year Fife. $88 per An
Boynton
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May 26, 1854
Mary Fletcher

Wid: of
Ebenezer
Worcester Co. Mass
Act of 53

$88, An
Con
: Feby 3d 1853
Revy
&
Fifer 2
A.M. Gangewer
Pension Office, Official Business
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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[black document]
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W: Act of 53 Mass
Boynton
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No 4719
Mary Fletcher
Wid of
Ebenezer
[illegible] 27 May 54
Act of 53
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2095
Rev ans
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16267
Act of March 3, 1855
Received Mar 26th, 1855
Mary Fletcher wid of Ebenezer Fletcher Fifer
Capt Carr
Col Geo Reed
2d N.H. Contl Regt.
Rev. War.
Warrant 2095-160-05
Gilman B. Parker Esq.
Winchendon
Mass