Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 25060, Ephraim Chamberlin, N.H.
Page 1

(3-1776)
[column headings: SERVICE|[blank]|NUMBER|]
N.H.|Chamberlin, or Chamberlain Ephraim|W25060|
[blank]|Spaulding, Mehitable (Former widow)|[blank]|
[end of columns]
CONTENTS
Page 2

[verso]
16.069
New.Hampshire R
Ephraim Chamberlin of Strafford Co'y in the state of N. Hamp're who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Beedel (Bedel) of the N. Hampshire line, for the term of 1 year - 
______
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Hampshire at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 24 of April 1818 - 
______
Certificate of Pension issued the 8th of May 1820 and sent to Hon: A. Livermore H. Reps. U.S.
______
Arrears to 4th of March 1820 - 178.83
Semi-anl. all'ce ending-4 Sept: 1820 - 18.00
22 mo's 7/31 4/30 $226:83
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}
not entitled
Strafford Co

[recto]
Notification sent the 30th Jan'y 1821, to Hon. A. Livermore, H. Reps. U.S.
Page 3

4026
New Hampshire Con
Mehitable Spaulding formerly widow of Ephraim Chamberlain who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private 
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars [blank] Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of feby 1849 and sent to Hon. C. H. Peaslee H of R
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 130 Vol. 1.
Page 4

Let Hon H. Hibbard May 12/51
Let Jno Bedel Oct 22/51.
Let Hon H. Hibbard 13 Jany 54
L. D. Stevens 28 apl 1854. 
same May 8 1854
Page 5

Ephraim Chamberlin
Private 
Strafford county, N.H. 
Col. Beedles (Bedel's) Regiment
N. Hampsh Line
1776 - 1 year
Hon. A. Livermore H.R.
24. April, 1818. 
Not on rolls.
['Further evidence of service wanting 20 May 1819
From the statement within made it appears, that the applicant did not serve 9 months
William Badger, judge  Dover, N.H. 
Rejected 11 May 18[illegible]' crossed out]
Page 6

State of Newhampshire
Strafford ss} On this 24th day of April A.D. 1818 before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas for said County personally appears Ephraim Chamberlin aged sixty one years resident in the Town of Centre Harbour in the County and state aforesaid who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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: That he the said Ephraim Chamberlin enlisted in the Town of Newhampton in the County and state aforesaid sometime in the Month of February 1776 for one year unless sooner discharged into the company commanded by Captain -- Everett and Regiment Commanded by Col --Beedle and Newhampshire line that he passed muster at Orford in said state and there drew all his equipments (Viz) his Gun cartouche box blanket clothing &c. from the continental stores. that he continued to serve as a private Soldier in said
Page 7

corps until sometime in May 1776 when he was in the battle or skirmish at the Cedars so called in Canada and taken prisoner and there kept as such about three weeks and then was exchanged he was taken sick while a prisoner and immediately after he was exchanged he was conveyed to St Johns when he had a furlough to return home in consequence of his being unable to do duty which furlough was given sometime in June 1776 the condition of it was that if he recovered his health he should immediately return to his company according by sometime in September following he recovered his health so far that he set out for the army and travelled about one hundred and thirty miles to a place called Otter Creek within about twenty five miles of Ticonderoga where his Company lay as he was there taken sick he then wrote to his Captain his situation and that his Captain that wrote back to him to return home as soon as he was able to which he did the Regiment he belonged to was discharged sometime in December following and he never joined it afterward that he again enlisted in said Newhampton in July 1777 for two months in the company commanded by Captain Nathan Taylor and Regiment Commanded by Col -- Stickney and line aforesaid that he continued to serve in said Corps until sometime in September following his enlistment and then was dismissed at Stillwater in the State of New York he received no written discharge that he was in the afore
Page 8

said battle at the cedars in 1776 and in the battle of Bennington State of Vermont in August 1777. and the is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support - 
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid - 
/s/William Badger
I William Badger Judge &c as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Ephraim Chamberlin did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the term of nine months on the Continental establishment and the is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to  the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress - 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and have caused the seal of said Court to be hereunto affixed the first day of Sept'r A.D. 1818 - 
/s/William Badger
Attest /s/Dan'l Waldron clerk of the Court of Com. Pleas for said County of Strafford
Page 9

141
Ephraim Chamberlain
16.869
Sept: 1820
not entitled
Declaration in April 1818
Mortgage in May 1818
Cert: of red: cir: Sept: 1818 
⇨ See papers within.
Page 10

To the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting at Gilford within and for the County of Strafford and State of New-Hampshire, on the third Tuesday of July, 1820.
Ephraim Chamberlain aged 63 years, resident in Centre Harbour in said County, comes into court, and in pursuance of an act of Congress passed on the 1st day of May, 1820, brings with him, and in his proper person exhibits to said Court a Schedule by him subscribed, containing his whole Estate and Income - his necessary clothing and bedding excepted - as follows: - 
equity of redemption in 300 acres of land with the buildings thereon which is mortgaged for the sum of $1700 - 
4 oxen - 4 cows - 2 two year old cattle - 4 yearlings - 
3 calves - 2 Horses - 1 Colt - 40 sheep - 15 lambs - 
2 Swine - 1 Clock - 1 Case drawers - 1 Desk old - 1 Cart of wheels
2 Harrows 1 plough - 1 pr plough Irons - 1 Waggon - 10 dining chairs
3 chains - 1 Iron Bar - 1 Ax 2 scythes & sheaths - 2 tables - 
40 lb Sheeps Wool - 100 bushels Corn & Grane - old Iron Ware - 
old crockery ware - Pewter Do 1 Grindstone - 2 cases with Bottles - 
and I am indebted to sundry persons exclusive of the mortgage in the sum of more than $440 - 
Ephraim Chamberlain 
And the said Ephraim Chamberlain in pursuance as aforesaid produceth to said Court the following oath by him duly taken and subscribed: - viz. he entered under Capt Everett in Col'o Beedle's (Bedel) Regt in Feby 1776, and served in said Regiment until the last of November - when on account of being sick& not able to do duty was allowed to return home -- served two months in 1777 in Stark's Brigade -
Page 11

That the date of his original declaration in order to obtain a pension is 24th April 1818 and the number of his pension certificate is 16.869 - That his occupation is that of a Farmer not able to labor but a part of the time: - That the number and names of his family residing with him, and their ages and capacities to contribute to their support, are as follows, viz. 
his wife aged 55 years - not in health
Wherefore he prays the opinion of the said Court as to the value of the property contained in the said schedule, and that the same, together with a copy of the premises, be duly certified to the Secretary of War. 
Sworn and declared before the said court the 18th day of July 1820.} Ephraim Chamberlain
Attest, /s/A. Peirce, CLERK.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE....STRAFFORD SS.
AT a Court of Common Pleas holden at Gilford within and for the County of Strafford and State of New-Hampshire, on the 18 day of July 1820 before
DANIEL M. DURELL, Esquire, Chief Justice, and 
VALENTINE SMITH, and
SAMUEL QUARLES,} Associate Justices of said Court. 
The aforesaid schedule and oath and the above declaration duly subscribed and sworn by the said Ephraim Chamberlain having been by him exhibited in person, and presented to the court, and the same being seen and considered, it is the opinion of said Court that the value of the property equity of redemption in the lands mentioned in said schedule is one hundred dollars. and that the residence of the property contained in said schedule is valued at four hundred eleven dollars & fifty cents. the whole of which property is subject to said Chamberlin's debts. Whereof the Court order that a copy of the premises, together with the proceedings thereon, be duly certified to the Secretary of War. 
Attest, /s/A. Peirce, CLERK.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE....STRAFFORD SS. 
I, ANDREW PEIRCE, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Strafford, being a court of record, do certify that the foregoing schedule and oath and the declaration annexed, with the proceedings and opinion of the court thereon, are true copies from the Records and files of said court. 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, the 18th day of July 1820. 
/s/A. Peirce, CLERK.
Page 12

Ephraim Chamberlain and Mehitable Bean "When married November twentieth seventeen hundred eighty three -" 
The above is a true copy of the record of marriages in the town of Plymouth County of Grafton & State of New Hampshire with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows "when married Novem'r 20th 1783"
/s/F.W.A. Robie Town Clerk of Plymouth
I F.W.A. Robie above named depose and say that I hold the office of town Clerk in the town County & state aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town with the exception above named as certified by me, and that I have held said office since the 9th day of March AD 1843
/s/F.W.A. Robie Town Clerk of Plymouth
State of New Hampshire
Grafton ss} April 18th 1843
Subscribed & Sworn to 
Before /s/Walter Blair Jus Peace
Page 13

I certify that at the time of makeing the annexed declaration the said Mehitable Spaulding lived about six miles from the nearest place of holding Courts that no Court was then in session in the County, that there had been none within 30 miles after February previous, that she was unable to attend in open Court or to ['perform' crossed out] to go to or from the place of holding the Courts in consequence of Superannuation.
/s/Walter Blair Judge of Probate
Page 14

10091
Declaration Mehitable Spaulding
Mehitable Spaulding 
NH
widow of Ephraim Chamberlain
July 7, 1838
m 83 - d. 29 - 
 - 31. - 40
$40 per ann
to commence 4 ['July 1840' crossed out] March 1836
Wm. W. Russell Esqr
Plymouth N.H.
Page 15

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of the 7th July 1838 and the 23d August 1842 and the 3d March, 1843 
State New Hampshire
Grafton ss. 
On this the twelfth day of April 1843 personally appeared before me Walter Blair Judge of the Probate for the County aforesaid Mehitable Spaulding a resident of Rumney in the County aforesaid aged seventy nine 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 acts of Congress passed July 7th 1838 and the 23d of August 1842 and the 3d March 1843 granting pensions of Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War
That she is the widow of Ephraim Chamberlain who was a private during the Revolution in the New Hampshire line that he was a pensioner at time of his decease at the rate of ninety six dollars per annum and that the said widow Mehitable Spaulding drew the pension from September 4th 1829 to December 14th 1829 at the time of his decease and that the original Certificate was sent back to the pension Officer, that the proof of his service is filled in the pension office as she supposes.
She also declares that she was married to the said Ephraim Chamberlain on the 20th day of November in the year seventeen hundred and eighty three and
Page 16

her husband, the aforesaid Ephraim Chamberlain died on the 14th day of December 1829. 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 namely at the time above stated
She further declares that after the death of the husband aforesaid she was married to Oliver Spaulding on the 18th day of September 1831 and that he died on the 4th of July 1840 and that she is still a widow. 
/s/Mehitabel Spaulding
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written before me
/s/Walter Blair Judge of Probate
I certify that by reason of ['bedily' crossed out] bodily infirmity the above named Mehitable Spaulding is unable to appear in open Court & that the foregoing declaration was taken at her dwelling in Rumney. I further certify that I was personally acquainted with Ephraim Chamberlain & Mehitable his wife the persons mentioned in the foregoing declaration in the lifetime of said Ephraim Chamberlain and know that said Chamberlain was a Revolutionary Pensioner, that he is dead; that said Mehitable was his widow, that she married the said Oliver Spaulding after the decease of said Chamberlain that I was personally acquainted with the said Spaulding and that he is dead & that said Mehitable is still a widow 
I further certify the words "and the 3d March 1843" in the body of the foregoing declaration was interlined before signing
/s/Walter Blair
Page 17

I Sarah Ann Spaulding of lawful age depose & say that I was well acquainted with Ephraim Chamberlain the person named in the foregoing declaration, that I was present when he died viz on the 14th day December AD 1829 I was also acquainted with Oliver Spaulding who married the widow of said Ephraim Chamberlain; that I was present when the said Oliver Spaulding died viz on the 4th day of July 1840 and that the said Mehitable who makes the foregoing application is now & has been a widow since the death of the said Oliver Spaulding 
/s/Sarah Ann Spaulding
Grafton ss State of New Hampshire
April 12. 1843. Subscribed & sworn to before me
/s/Walter Blair Jus Peace
Judge of Probate
Page 18

I Daniel Chamberlin late of New Hampton in the state of New Hampshire now of the County of Susquehanna in the State of Pensylvania being fifty nine years of age do testify and say that I was well acquainted with Ephraim Chamberlin of Center Harbour in the State of New Hampshire and have been ever since the year 1776 when he and I both enlisted into the army of the revolution in the month of January for one full year in the Company commanded by Capt. Edward Everett - Col. Bedle's (Bedel) Regiment in the New Hampshire line we were marched to Canada and were taken prisoners at a place called the Riders after we were released from captivity we returned home for the purpose of obtaining clothes after obtaining clothes we again started to join the army. I was taken sick, & stopped and was never after able to join the army & had the sessions certified to that part, Ephraim Chamberlain proceeded in further but as I understood was taken sick at Otter Creek in the State of Vermont the last of Sept. or first of October and remained there untill the last of Nov'r when he recovered his health so far as to sit home but not as as to join the army as I understood 
Nov'r 1819 - /s/Daniel Chamberlain
State of New Hampshire
Grafton ss Nov'r 18, 1819 - 
Then the above named Dan'l Chamberlain came before me & made path that the above affidavit was just and true
/a/Daniel Blaisdell just peace
Page 19

State of Newhampshire
Strafford ss - December 28th 1819 The Secretary will recolect the within signature of Daniel Blaisdell who is a Judge of the Court of common pleas for the county of Grafton in said State and I have no doubt but a Justice of the peace as he has stated
/s/William Badger
Page 20

[state seal affixed]
State of New hampshire.
Office of Secretary of State.
I, Thomas P. Treadwell, Secretary of the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Walter Blair is an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for the County of Grafton. duly commissioned and qualified; that his Commission was dated on the 21st day of May 1839 and will expire on the 21st day of May 1844 and that his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine. 
Given under my hand and the Seal of said State this 22nd day of November 1843
/s/Thomas P. Treadwell Secretary of State.
Page 21

State of New Hampshire
Probate Office Grafton County 
August 16, 1843. 
[court seal affixed]
I Samuel Swaysey Register of Probate for said County of Grafton do hereby certify that Walter Blair is an acting Judge of the Court of Probate in & for said County of Grafton duly qualified & Commissioned; that his Commission was dated on the second day of July 1841 and will expire on the first day of October 1866 and that his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine Also that said Walter Blair is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Grafton duly commissioned and qualified that his Commission was dated on the 21st day of May 1839 and will expire on the 21st day of May 1844 and that his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine
Given under my hand and the Seal of said Court this 16th day of August 1843
/s/Samuel Swasey Register
Page 22

Certificate of Court of Death &c of Mehitable Spaulding 
And Appt of John Bedel Adm'r De Bonis Non - 
Jan'y 21, 1851
"D"
Page 23

State of New Hampshire
County of Grafton} ss Court of Probate January Term 1851 
I hereby certify that at said Term of said Court satisfactory evidence was exhibited to said said Court and placed on file that Mehitable Spaulding a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States at the rate of $40. per annum, formerly the widow of Ephraim Chamberlain died in Rumney in said County of Grafton on the Eighteenth day of March A.D. 1850 having no child or children surviving her - 
I also certify that at said Term of said Court John Bedel of Bath in said County was duly appointed and commissioned Administrator De Bonis non on the Estate of said Mehitable Spaulding, he having filed his bond as such according to law - 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court of Probate this 21st day of January A.D. 1851 - 
/s/Samuel Swasey Reg'r
Page 24

Revy WIDOW, &c. 
File No. 25060
Mehitable Spaulding formerly widow of 
Ephraim Chamberlain 
Priv Rev-War
Act: Feb 2nd 1848
Index: - Vol. L, Page 230
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Page 25

[verso]
rep'd 24 June

[recto]
5761
Concord New Hampshire
Mehitable Spaulding form'y widow of Ephraim Chamberlain who was a Private in the N. Hampshire Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of June 1844 and sent to W. W. Russell Plymouth N.H. 
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 255
Page 26

[verso]
8392
New Hampshire
Mehitabel Spaulding, who was widow of Ephraim Chamberlain who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died on the 14th December 1829 of Grafton Co. in the State of N. Hampshire who was a Private in the [blank] commanded by Captain [blank] of the reg't commanded by Col. Beedel (Bedel) in the N. Hampshire line for 1 year
Inscribed on the Roll of Concord at the rate of 40 Dollars [blank] Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16th day of May 1844 and sent to Wm. W. Russell, Plymouth, N.H. 
Total Amount, $200
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by D. Brown, Clerk,
Book D. Vol. 1, Page 41

[recto]
Rep'd
Page 27

Brief in the Case of Ephraim Chamberlin
Ephraim Chamberlin 
New Hampshire
Private 1776 - one year.
Schedule of property. viz
equity of redemption in 300 acres of land with the building thereon which is mortgaged for $1700. - 
4 oxen, 2 Cows, 4 yearlings, 3 Calves 2 Horses, 1 Colt, 40 Sheep, 15 Lambs 2 Swine, 1 Clock. 1 Case of drawers 1 Desk, 1 Cart 2 Harrows, 1 Plough 1 Waggon, 10 Chairs, 2 tables 40 lbs wool 1 bus'h Corn, in all value at $411.50
The whole of which property the Clerk certifies is subject to the payment of the applicants debts. - 
The applicant states that he is indebted to sundry persons exclusive of the mortgage in the sum of $440. - 
Schedule dated 18 July 1820. 
2 Schedule dated 7th Jany 1825. 
2 Cases of Drawers, 3 old tables & table linens, 9 Chairs, 8 Kitchen chairs 1 Stand, 2 Chests, 1 Loom, crockery, glass tine & Iron ware $27.87.
Page 28

Accounts for the decrease of his property as follows - The equity of redemption in 300 acres of land with the buildings thereon has been taken from him by process of Law. by Peter Pearse to whom the same was mortgaged as will appear by the Sheriffs Certificate dated 19 November 1822 & filed within, and every other article of property except what is contained in his 2 Schedule. All the property has been taken by the said Pearse in part payment of a debt due him by the applicant, all this will clearly appear by Mr Pearse's Certificate filed within, in which he states that he loaned the applicant in the year 1818, $1700, and for the payment of the same with interest, he took a mortgage on the applicants farm, containing 325 acres of land, and for the payment of the said sum, and interest he attached his personal property and obtained judgment and obtained the property, and that he had a writ of possession of the applicants farm for the sum of $1677.4/100 at the expiration of one year, the applicant not redeeming said farm, he had full possession, and now the owner of the said premises. 
Mortgage dated 1 May 1818. wife aged 59 years, applicant aged 69. - 
time of closing the testimony 7. January 1875. - 
I certify that I have examined this case and am of the opinion that  according to the principles which have governed in previous decisions, the claim ought to be admitted
/s/John S. Moulton
Centre Harbour N.H.
Page 29

[handwritten letter]
Sir
I must ask of you the favor to read the inclosed declaration and express your opinion on it to Mr. Edwards. The opinion given in the pension office is not satisfactory; but it is believed that you will think proper to direct all the time of Chamberlain's captivity and absence on account of sickness to be computed in his favor as he never was discharged prior to December 1776. - 
I am Sir with perfect respect your Obedient Servant - 
/s/Arthur Livermore
H. of Res. May 3d 1820 -
Page 30

[handwritten letter]
Washington Jan 24, 1821. 
J L Edwards Esq

Sir
I hope Mr Chamberlain's case will soon be decided and in his favor. But whatever the result may be may inform me as soon as possible - Yours &c
/s/Arthur Livermore
Page 31

[handwritten letter]
Plymouth NH Aug't 31st 1843
J. L. Edwards Esq

Dear Sir
I return the Declaration of Mrs Mehitable Spaulding with the other papers required by your letter & hope they will prove satisfactory, if they should not please give me the earliest information, & if they should, I hope you will send me, a Certificate soon as possible
Yours truly
/s/William W. Russell 
Plymouth N.H.
Page 32

[addressed letter]
[postmark: PLYMOUTH N.H. JUNE 19] FREE
W. W. Russell Plymouth N.H. 
[margin notes: 1804 June 22 1844 NH Mehitable Spaulding 3 March 1843 Oct 43]
J. L. Edwards,
Washington, DC
[margin notes: 6081 M. Spaulding Oct '43 $40 per ann]
Page 33

[handwritten letter]
Plymouth N.H. June 19th 1844
Hon J. L. Edwards,
Dear Sir
I received a Certificate last month for widow Mehitabel Spaulding giving her only $40 per annum from March 4th 1836 to March 4th 1841. 5 years. The Declaration I sent you was made for the 5 years Pension under the act July 7th 1838 & 23d Aug't 1842 and also for the one year's Pension under the Act 3d March 1843. for 1 year.
Will you send me a Certificate for Mrs Mehitable Spaulding for the one year agreeable to act March 3d 1843 soon as possible if you conclude not to send it - please inform me the reason soon as possible, and what is necessary to procure it
Will you also inform me why she dont receive $80 per annum instead of $40 her husband Ephraim Chamberlain drew $96 per annum and I supposed she was entitled to $80 but it came for only $40 by so doing you will oblige
Yours truly
/s/Wm. W. Russell.
Hon J. L. Edwards
Page 34

[handwritten letter]
Concord N.H. April 18, 1854. 
Sir,
I beg leave to call your attention to this claim of John Bedel Esq Administrator De bonis non. on the estate of Mehitable Spaulding deceased.
This claim was filed by Bedel himself but owing to his appointment to Clerkship in the office of the first Comptroller of the U.S. Treasury, he is transferred his unadjusted pension claims to me, under the instruction contained in your letter to him of Dec. 27. 1853. 
It appears that Mehitable Spaulding was a pensioner of the U.S. at the rate of $40 per.an. under the act of July 7th 1838 & its supplements. & died in 1850.
It also appears that she died leaving a Will in which she appointed Sarah Ann Spaulding sole executor & her sole legatee of all her property of every description  The said Sarah Ann declined the trust & her husband Joseph Spaulding was appointed Ad'r with the will annexed. After his decease Bedel was appointed Ad'r de bonis non. Now the question
Page 35

[handwritten letter]
raised in this case under this state of fact is this - did the arrears of pension due Mehitable Spaulding pass under the provisions of the Will to the said Sarah Ann Spaulding as sole legatee of all the testatrix's property?
It was decided by the Hon J. L. Edwards last Comm'r of Pensions that the pension did belong to the legatee. 
One case precisely in point is within my knowledge to which I would call your attention. Sarah Livermore widow of Capt. Daniel Livermore died leaving no child. She left a Will by which she appointed Francis N. Fisk Executor this wife residuary legatee. After the decease of the said Sarah Livermore , the Executor applied for pension for his testatrix under the Act of 1843. She never having applied in his life time. 
In this case pension was granted to the s'd Sarah Livermore for the benefit of her residing legatee. It was payable at the Concord N.H. Agency. 
Inasmuch as Mehitable Spaulding received a pension in her life time & his claim is for an increase of her pension the reason of the rule
Page 36

[handwritten letter]
applies with great force to the present case. 
If any of the facts in this case do not appear from the papers now on file in your office under the Act of July 7 1838, I shall be happy to furnish proof of them. 
I therefore respectfully request that you will give this case a careful consideration & hope you my come to a decision favorable to the claimant.
Very Respectfully Your Obt Serv't
/s/L. D. Stevens
Hon L. P. Waldo
Comm'r of Pensions
Washington DC}
Page 37

[handwritten letter]
Concord N.H. May 3d 1854

Sir
Yours of the 28th ultimo relative to the claim of Mehitable Spaulding under the Act of 1838 was duly received. 
In this case the said Mehitable died leaving no child or children, but she left a will by which she made Sarah Ann Spaulding widow of her son Oliver Spaulding sole legatee of all her property of every description. 
The question is, will the increase of pension go this sole legatee or is there no one living who can claim it. 
In the case of Sarah Livermore widow of Daniel of Concord NH under the Act of 1843. pension was allowed and made payable to the residuary legatee named in her will, she having left no child or children living at his death.
The above claim was allowed by Hon. J. L. Edwards Nov. 6 1850. 
Very Respectfully Your Obt Serv't
/s/L. D. Stevens
Page 38

[handwritten letter]
Plymouth N.H. December 3d 1843

Sir
Yours Nov. 3d was received with the papers of Mehitable Spaulding, and enclosed I return them with the Certificate of the Secretary of State of the Official Character of the Magistrate which I presume will be satisfactory. If not please inform me.
I hope to receive a Certificate for Mehitable Spaulding soon as she is in circumstances of great want I sent you Declaration for arrears pension for Lorey Welch which I hope to have return soon.
Yours truly
/s/Wm. W. Russell
Page 39

Centre Harbour
Feby. 81-} 
[margin note: Mr. L. is gone home]
Free Jon'a S Moulton D.M.
Hon'ble Arthur Livermore
Member of Congress
Washington City
In case of Mr. Livermore's departure from Washington the Pension Office war department will open this.}
Page 40

[handwritten letter]
Center Harbour Feby 21 1825

Dear Sir
I enclose to you Mr. Eph'r Chamberlain's papers for the purpose of he being again returned to the list of Pensioners I believe the papers are prepared agreeable to these instructions - 
It is the request off Mr Chamberlain that the papers should be encloused to you wishing you to have them in to the pension Office and inform me the result as soon as it can be ascertained - 
I have a case respecting Mr. John Fox of this town which you will pleas make some inquiries and inform me I have written them this time but they some times delay answering - 
I am with due respect Sir your m't ob't Servt
s/Jon'a S Moulton
Page 41

I Nathaniel Upham testify that agreeable to minutes which I now have Ephraim Chamberlin of Centerharbour was owing to him  in April 1817 more than fifteen hundred Dollars which sum with interest thereon he paid to me in 1818 - according to the best of my recollections.
/s/Nath'l Upham
Strafford ss. November 17th 1825. Then the said Nathaniel Upham personally appearing made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true - before me.
/s/David Barker Jr. Jus. Peace.
State of New Hampshire
Strafford, ss. I, Andrew Peirce, Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature, within and for said County of Strafford - do certify that David Barker Jun'r Esqr is a Justice of the Peace for said County, acting under the authority of said State, and that the above is his signature - 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 17th day of January A.D. 1826 - 
/s/A. Peirce, Clerk
Page 42

I David M. Russell of Plymouth in the County of Grafton and State of New hampshire do testify and declare that Mr. Ephraim Chamberlain of Center Harbor in the County of Strafford is justly Indebted to and owing me on a note & on an amount of forty two Dollars and thirty four cents
August 26, 1820 /s/D. M. Russell
State of Newhampshire 
Grafton ss August 26, 1820 then the above Named David M. Russell Personally appearing made Solemn oath that the above affidavit by him Subscribed is Just and True Before me 
/s/Stephen Grant Jus Peace
Page 43

I Samuel M Senter of Meredith in the County of Strafford State of Newhampshire do hereby testify and say that Mr. Ephraim Chamberlain of Center Harbour State and County aforesaid is Justly indebted to me in the Sum of fifty one dollars twenty five cents 
August 29 1820 /s/Sam'l M. Senter
State of New Hampshire
Strafford ss.} August 29 1820
Sworn and Subscribed before me 
/s/Jon'a S. Moulton Just Peace
/s/Jon'a S. Moulton Just Peace
Page 44

I Amasa Hawkins of Lawfull age depose and say that Ephraim Chamberlain of Centre Harbour State of Newhampshire County of Strafford is now indebted to me in the Sum of one hundred dollars which is now justly due me. 
Centre Harbour Sept'r 30 1820
/s/Amasa Hawkins
Strafford ss State of Newhampshire Centre Harbour Sept 30 1820 then personally appeared the above named Amasa Hawkins and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed was Just and true before me
/s/Jon'a S. Moulton Just Peace
Page 45

I John B Swasey of Manchester in the County of Strafford in the state of New Hampshire Trader do hereby testify & say that Mr Ephraim Chamberlain of Centre Harbor in said County Gentleman previous to the twentieth day of June AD 1820 was justly indebted to me in the sum of Nine Dollars & Seventy Six cents - 
/s/John B. Swasey
August 29th 1820 then the above named John B Swasey personally appearing made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is just & true
Before me /s/Jon'a Everett Jus. Peace for said County of Strafford
Page 46

I Andrew Willey of Centre Harbour County of Strafford State of Newhampshire do hereby testify and say that Mr. Ephraim Chamberlain of said Centre Harbour State and County aforesaid Gentleman is now indebted to me in the Sum of Sixteen dollars. August 29 1820
/s/Andrew Willey
State of Newhampshire
Strafford ss} August 29 1820
Sworn and Subscribed before me 
/s/Jon'a S. Moulton Just Peace
Page 47

I testify and say that Ephraim Chamberlain of Center harbour in the County of Strafford & State of New Hampshire is justly indebted to me in the sum of nineteen Dollars fifty five cents - 
September 2d 1820 /s/John Chapman
Strafford ss Septr 2d 1820 - Then the said John Chapman personally appeared and made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed in true - 
/s/David Barker Jr. Jus. Peace
Page 48

I Benjamin Burnham of Lawfull age depose and say that Mr. Ephraim Chamberlain of Centre Harbour State of Newhampshire and County of Strafford is now Justly indebted to me in the Sum of Twenty Eight dollars Twenty one cents
/s/Benjamin Burnham 
Strafford ss State of Newhampshire
Personally appeared the above named Benjamin Burnham and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed was Just and true before me - 
/s/Jon'a S. Moulton Just Peace
Page 49

State of New Hampshire
Strafford ss} December 18 1820
Then personally appearing Ephraim Chamberlin of Centre Harbor in said County made Solemn oath that he was justly indebted. To John Chapman John Towles Andrew Willy John B Swasey Amasa Hawkins. D W Russell Samuel M Senter Peter Reeves David Barker and Benjamin Burnham agreeably to their several affidavits hereto annexed - 
/s/Ephraim Chamberlain
Before me Jon'a C Everett Justice of the Peace within & for said county of Strafford
Page 50

Know all men that I Peter Pearse of Portsmouth in the County of Rockingham & State of New Hampshire Merchant loaned Ephraim Chamberlain of Centre Harbor in the County of Strafford & state aforesaid. Husbandman, in the year Eighteen hundred & eighteen, the sum of Seventeen hundred dollars in money on interest, for the security of which sum he gave me a mortgage on his said Chamberlain's farm, situated in the aforesaid Centre Harbor, containing three hundred & twenty five acres - For the payment of the above sum & interest due thereon. I attach'd his personally property, consisting of the whole of his stock on said farm, having obtain'd judgment. I got the personal property, and had a writ of possession of the farm for the sum Sixteen hundred & Twenty seven dollars four cents as appears by a copy from the record, dated November 19th 1822 - at the expiration of one year said Chamberlain not redeeming said farm, I had full possession and am now the sole owner of the aforesaid farm in Centre Harbor, October the fifteenth Eighteen hundred & twenty four
/s/Peter Pearse 
Strafford ss Oct'r 15 1824
Sworn and subscribed before me} 
/s/Jon'a S. Moulton
Page 51

State of New Hampshire
Strafford ss I Andrew Peirce, Clerk of the Court of Sessions for said County of Strafford, do certify, that Jonathan S. Moulton Esquire, whose signature is affixed the the within document, is, and was at the time the same was so affixed, a Justice of the Peace within and for said County acting under the authority of said State - 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court the 7th day of January Anno Domini 1825 - 
/s/A. Peirce, Clerk of said Court of Sessions
Page 52

[illegible] Copy 3/0 paid
Copy of Mortgage Deed - 
Chamberlain to Pearse - 
No 2 
I am paying twelve pr Cent on the mortgage
Page 53

Know all men by these presents that I Ephraim Chamberlain of Centre Harbor in the County of Strafford and State of New Hampshire husbandman, for and in consideration of the sum of Seventeen hundred dollars to me in hand before the delivery hereof well and truly paid by Peter Pearse of Portsmouth in the County of Rockingham and State aforesaid Gentleman the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, have given, granted, bargained sold, and by these presents do give, grant, bargain, sell, alien, enfeoff, convey and confirm unto the said Pearse his heirs & assigns forever, the following described tracts or parcels of land, to wit, one tract of land situate, lying and being in New Hampton in said County of Strafford containing one hundred acres, more or less, bounded as follows, to wit, beginning twenty five rods and one half rod about sixty degrees East from the northeasterly corner of the fourth lot in the second range, at the Easterly side of the College road (so called) at a stake and stones, thence running north fifty five degrees east of Squam pond northerly as that runs so far north as to complete the whole and full of said hundred acres - and also one other tract containing twenty five acres being the same which Josiah Perkins by Deed bearing date the 3rd Day of January AD. 1809, and recorded in
Page 54

in Strafford County Records Lib. 61. Fol. 81 conveyed to me reference being had to said Deed for a particular description - and also one other tract of land situate in said Centre Harbor containing one hundred & fifty acres being the same which Moses Kelsa by Deed dated dated June A.D. 1802 and recorded in Strafford County records Lib. 42, Fol. 182, conveyed to me, and all other land which I own situate in said Centre Harbour or New Hampton, adjoining the aforementioned tracts. 
To have and to hold the said granted premises with all the privileges and appurtenances to the same belonging, to him the said Peter Pearse, his heirs & assigns, to his only proper use and benefit forever; and I the said Ephraim Chamberlain, for myself and my heirs, executors and administrators do hereby covenant, grant and agree to and with the said Pearse and his heirs and assigns, that until the delivery hereof I am the lawful owner of the said premises, and am seized and possessed thereof in my own right in fee simple, & have full power and lawful authority to grant and convey the same in manner aforesaid; that the said premises are free and clear of all and every incumbrance what
-soever
Page 55

whatsoever; and that I and my heirs executors and administrators shall and will warrant the same to him the said Pearse his heirs and assigns, against the lawful claims and demands of any person or persons whomsoever. Provided nevertheless and this deed is on this condition, that if the said Chamberlain shall pay or cause to be paid his note of even date with these premises for the sum of seventeen hundred dollars, payable to said Pearse or order in one year from the date hereof, with interest, according to the tenor of said note, then this deed to be void, otherwise in full force and virtue - And I Mehitable Chamberlain wife of the said Ephraim for the consideration aforesaid, do hereby release and relinquish my right of dower in and to the above described premises...In witness whereof we the said Ephraim Chamberlain and Mehitable have hereunto set our hands and seals, this first Day of May, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight-hundred and eighteen. - 
/s/Ephraim Chamberlain Seal
Signed Sealed & delivered in presence of us - Seal. 
/s/Edw Cutts Jr
/s/James Smith Jr} Witnesses to E. Chamberlain - 
State
Page 56

State of New Hampshire Rockingham ss. May 1st 1818
Then the above named Ephraim Chamberlain personally appearing acknowledged the above written instrument, by him subscribed, to be his free act and deed, before me
/s/Edw Cutts Jr Just. of Peace
Received May 2, 1818, Examined by M. L. Neal, Rdr Strafford Records, Lib. 101, Fol'o 104 - True Copy
Examined /s/M. L. Neal, Rdr
Page 57

Copy Moody 
Pearse v Chamberlain
[illegible] Feb 1823 -
Page 58

The State of New-hampshire.
STRAFFORD SS.....To the Sheriff of any County in this State, or his Deputy....GREETING.
[facsimile seal: L.S.] WHEREAS Peter Pearse of Portsmouth in our County of Rockingham 
Gentleman
before the Justices of our Superior Court of Judicature holden at Gilford within and for the county of Strafford aforesaid, upon the first Tuesday of September A.D. 1822 by the consideration of the Justices of our said Court, recovered judgment for, and title and possession of and in the ['return' crossed out] following described tracts or parcels of land, to wit, one tract of land situate, lying & being in New Hampton in said County of Strafford containing one hundred acres more or less, bounded as follows, to wit, beginning twenty five rods & one half rod about Sixty degrees East from the northeasterly corner of the fourth lot in the Second Range at the Easterly side of the College and so called, at a stake & Stones thence running north. fifty five degrees east to Squam pond, thence by Squam pond northerly as that runs so far with as to complete the whole & full of said hundred acres, & also one other parcel containing seventy five acres being the same which Josiah Perkins by deed bearing date the 3d day of January AD 1809 and Recorded in Strafford County Records Lib. 61 Fol. 81 conveyed to me reference being had to said deed for a particular descriptions and also ['aforesaid' crossed out] one other tract of land situate in Centre Harbour in said County containing one hundred & fifty acres being the same while Moses Kelsey by deed dated June AD 1822 & Recorded in Strafford County Records Lib. 42. Fol 182 conveyed to me & all other land which I own situate in said Center Harbour or New Hampton adjoining the aforementioned tracts - against Ephraim Chamberlain of Centre Harbour in our said County of Strafford husbandman - who had unjustly withheld, put out, or amoved the said Peter Pearse from his possession thereof, and also at the said Court recovered judgment for fifteen dollars twenty three cents for costs and damages which he sustained by reason of the same, as to us hath been made to appear of record: We command you therefore, without delay you case the said Pearse to have possession of and in the said premises above described 
[margin note: 1661"41+15"23=1676"64  40]
We also command you that of the goods, chattels or lands of the said Chamberlain within your precinct, at the value thereof in money, you cause the said Pearse to be paid and satisfied the aforesaid sum of fifteen dollars 23 cents which to the said Pearse was adjudged for his costs and damages. And 40 cents more for this writ, and thereof also to satisfy yourself for your own fees; and for want of such goods, chattels or lands of the said Chamberlain to be by him shewn unto you, or found within your precinct, to the acceptance of the said Pearse to satisfy the aforesaid sums, We command you to take the body of the said Chamberlain and him commit to our gaol in Dover in the county aforesaid, and detain in your custody within the said gaol until he pay the full sums above mentioned, with your fees, or that he be discharged by the said Pearse or otherwise by order of law. Hereof fail not, and make return of this writ, with your doings therein, into our said Superior Court of Judicature, to be holden at Dover within the county of Strafford aforesaid, upon the first Tuesday of February next. 
Witness WILLIAM M. RICHARDSON, Esq. at Gilford the 16th day of November Anno Domini 1822
/s/A. Peirce, CLERK. 
Copy Exam'd by A. Peirce Clerk
Page 59

Strafford ss} Nov'r 19th 1822 In pursuance of the within precept I have caused the within named Peter Pearse to have possession of the premises within described by delivering to Stephen Moody the agent & attorney of the said Pearse the handle of a door of the dwelling house standing on said premises in the name of every part & parcel of the said premises & causing the said Chamberlain to acknowledge to the said Moody that he held the same as tenant under the said Pearse - January 25, 1823 Received fifteen dollars and Sixty three cents in full for bill of Cost and any fees also - 
/s/F. W. Boynton Dept Sheriff
fees
Service - .23
travel - 1.50
[illegible] - .47
$2"20
March 24th 1823. 
Rec'd the Cost of F. W. Boynton 
Steph'n Moody
Copy Exam'd by A. Peirce, Clerk
Page 60

I John H. Moulton of Centre Harbour in the County of Strafford in the State of Newhampshire Trader do hereby testify and say that Ephraim Chamberlain of of Said town in Said County Gentleman is justly indebted to me the Sum of twenty seven dollars & nineteen Cents including his taxes for the year of 1820 - 
August 29 1820 - /s/John H Moulton
State of Newhampshire
Strafford ss} August 29 1820
Sworn and Subscribed before me
/s/Jon'a S Moulton Just Peace
Page 61

John Towle of Meredith in the County of Strafford in the State of New Hampshire Esquire Do hereby testify & say that that Ephraim Chamberlain of Centre Harbor in said county gentleman on the twenty ninth day of August AD 1820 was indebted to me in the just sum of Nineteen Dollars & nineteen cents by his promissory note of that date. 
/s/John Towle
Strafford ss August 28th 1820
Then personally appearing the above named John Towle made solemn Oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is just & true
Before me 
/s/Jonathan C. Everett
Jus Peace for said County
Page 62

Portsmouth May 1st 1818
In value received I promise to pay Peter Pearse as order, in one year fifty dollars with interest on $50.00
/s/Ephraim Chamberlain
[overwritten: Copy]
The above note is a copy of a note which is now due to me and of which I have not received any part - 
/s/Peter Pearse
Centre Harbor
Sept 2d 1820 - 
Witness William Pearse.
Page 63

testify and say that Ephraim Chamberlain of Center harbour in the County of Strafford & State of New Hampshire is indebted to me in the sum of forty two Dollars eighty three cents - 
September 2d 1820 - /s/David Barker Jr. 
Strafford ss. Sept'r 2d 1820 - Then the above named David Barker Jr. personally appeared and made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true
/s/H. Knight Jus. Peace
Page 64

I Stephen Webster of New Durham in the County of Strafford and State of New Hampshire testify & say that in the month of March 1776 I enlisted a soldier in the army of the revolutionary in the company ['commanded by' crossed out] of which John White was Lieutenant in the regiment commanded by Col Timothy Beedle (Bedel) in the New Hampshire line - the captain of my company I never saw, nor do I recollect his name 
Our regiment & my company was divided, Lieut. White ['my' crossed out] with about twenty men of said company with myself went to Quebec and the Captain with the residue of the company as I then understood & verily believe went to the Cedars & were there taken prisioners. At the time I enlisted I lived in Tamworth in said County about ten or eleven Miles from a town now called Centre Harbour in said County and was well acquainted with Ephraim Chamberlain now of said Centre Harbour & with the father of said Ephraim then of the same Centre Harbour, I then understood & afterwards during my service I ascertained that the said Chamberlain the elder was a lieutenant in said company - Said Ephraim I understood & verily believe did enlist into the same company as a soldier not many days from the time I did. The first of May we were driven back from Quebec, & from Seville I came home to Tamworth. While I was at home I found said Ephraim Chamberlain was at home - About the first of September 1776 said Ephraim & myself set off
Page 65

from our respective homes together to join our company at Mount Independence at Ticonderoga. We marched together as far as Otter Creek in Vermont there said Ephraim was taken sick, I left him there, went myself to mount Independence, tarried until November when I was taken sick & was discharged Said company was enlisted for one year - After I left him sick as aforesaid I never saw him until after I left the army - 
/s/Stephen Webster
The State of New Hampshire
Strafford ss} October 21, 1819
Then the said Stephen Webster personally appearing made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true
Before me /s/J H Woodman Jus Peace
I hereby certify that the said Stephen Webster is in my opinion a credible witness
/s/J H Woodman
Page 66

Strafford ss Nov'r 11th 1819. The Secretary of the war Department will probably recollect the signature of Jeremiah H Woodman is a justice of the peace of the county of Strafford it has been so often forwarded to the War department that in this instance it is not accompanied by the certificate of the Clerk of the County or at the Secretary of the State - I do fully certify that he is now an acting justice of the peace for the County of Strafford
/s/William Badger
Page 67

I John Fifield of Milton in the County of Strafford and State of New Hampshire testify and say that in January AD 1776 I enlisted as a soldier in the company commanded by Capt Kinsman in the New Hampshire line for one year. I took from said Kinsman enlisted orders and at Haverhill in said State I enlisted nineteen soldiers and marching thence towards winter Hill, in Massachusetts, where said Kinsman was stationed I was met, after having marched then between thirty & forty miles, ['we were met' crossed out] by Col. Timothy Beedle (Bedel) & one Capt. Everit (or Everett) They both said we must go back & go to Quebec. The soldiers I enlisted & myself went back with said Beedle (Bedel) & Everit, whose christian name was George & joined his company & said Beedle's (Bedel) regiment in the New Hampshire line & arrived at Quebec the twentieth day of March 1776 & retreated from Quebec the sixth day of May, & from Quebec I went to a place called The Cedars & arrived at said place called the Cedars on the eighteenth day of May, we were taken prisioners by a company of English of the Indians the nineteenth day of May. I found Ephraim Chamberlain now of Centre Harbour in said County at the Cedars & was taken prisioner with me & was marched with me to fort Ann where I made
Page 68

my escape & went to Lashie(?) & joined General Arnold's army and went to Gen. Arnold back to fort Ann. After the prisioners taken at the Cedars were set at liberty said Everit & the father of said Chamberlain, who was a lieutenant in said regiment, requested me to take said Everit's son & the said Ephraim who were unable for duty & had not been exchanged home and I did & conducted said Chamberlain ['home' crossed out] towards home as far as Haverhill in the State of New Hampshire. After that sometime in the summer of 1776 I went up to Tyconderoga & sometime in September as I believe, & as near as I can recollect, news came that Lieut Chamberlain's said son Ephraim had come as far as Otter creek in Vermont & was then sick. 
I remember that it was then said that as it was then very sickly in camp, that Lieut Chamberlain sent word to the said Ephraim, if he should get able to go home, to go home - 
/s/J. Fifield
Page 69

The State of New Hampshire
Strafford ss} October 21, 1819 - 
Then the said John Fifield personally apearing made oath that the aforewritten deposition by him subscribed is true before me. 
/s/J H Woodman Jus Peace
I certify that the said John Fifield is a credible witness. 
/s/J H Woodman 
Strafford ss November 11th 1819 The Secretary of the war Department will probably recollect the signature of J. H. Woodman is a justice of the peace for the county of Strafford it has so often been forwarded to the war department tho in this instance it is not accompanied by the certificate of the Clerk of the County or Secretary of the State - I  do fully certify that he now an acting Justice of the peace for the County of Strafford - 
/s/William Badger
Page 70

"E"
Mehitable Spaulding
Payment to be made at Concord by Isaac Hill Esq Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of New Hampshire
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 2d, 1848, Page 130 Vol  1. 
/s/Leo Jenkins Clerk
Page 71

WAR DEPARTMENT.
WIDOW'S PENSION. 
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2d, 1848, Mehitable Spaulding, widow of Ephraim Chamberlain who was a private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of forty dollars ['and [blank] cents' crossed out] per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage. 
[official seal affixed] Given at the War Office of the United States this 26th day of february one thousand eight hundred and forty nine. 
/s/M. L. Marcy
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. 
/s/J. G. Bunt for Commissioner of Pensions.
Page 72

Secy States Certificate - Nov. 23d 1849
"B"
Ephraim Chamberlain
5 acts
Page 73

State of New Hampshire
Office of Secretary of State
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 Ephraim Chamberlain is borne upon a "Pay Roll of Capt Edw'd Everitt's (Everett) Co. in Col'o Bedel's Regt. 1776." as a private in said Company. Engaged Feby. 1.1776 one months advance wages, Bounty, Blanket money & Billetting paid him amounting to £4.19.2.
And I further certify, That the name of Eph chamberlain is borne upon "a List of Capt. Everit's (Everett) Company in Colonel Bedel's Regiment Regiment", as Mustered at "Montreal ['July' crossed out] April 25th 1776", and certified by "Jacob Ashmead Muster Master"
I further certify, That after a carefull examination of the Books & Documents in this office, relating to military services in the War of the Revolution. I have not been able to find the name of Ephraim Chamberlain upon any of them, except those above named and upon a pay Roll of Capt. Chase Taylor's Company in 1777, upon which he is credited with 2 months and 8 Days service as a private in said company, engaged July 22d.
Given under my hand 
and
Page 74

and the Seal of the State, this 25. day of November A.D. 1849.
/s/Thomas P. Treadwell
Secretary of State
Page 75

[handwritten letter]
Bath N.H.
January 30, 1851

Sir
As Administrator De Bonis Non of Mehitable Spaulding late of Rumney N.H., dec'd, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States under act July 7, 1838 & its supplements, I forward you my application herewith enclosed marked "A" and papers from B to E inclusive in support of the same - 
I am informed that in case a widow dies leaving no child or children her administrator is entitled to receive whatever arrears may be due - If this be the fact, I suppose there can be no question that Mehitable Spaulding in her life time was entitled to an increase for the 2 mo. 8 days service of her husband Ephraim Chamberlain in 1777 as shown by "B" & "C", and also entitled to  the benefit of the Joint Resolution off July 1 1848 as will appear upon examining the papers filed in Ephraim Chamberlain application for benefit of law of March 18, 1818 - 
If any question arise as to the facts in this case I shall be happy to be advised of it as soon as may be consistent with  the business of your Office - 
I  am, Very Respectfully  Your Obt. Sert.
/s/John Bedel
Hon, Jas E. Heath
Com'r of Pensions
Washington D.C.}
Under cover to 
Hon. H. Hibbard 
House Reps.}
Page 76

State of New Hampshire
County of Grafton} ss: On this 30th day of January A.D. 1851 before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared John Bedel of Bath in said County aged 28, Administrator De Bonis Non of Mehitable Spaulding a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United states at the rate of $40 per annum, late of Rumney in said County, deceased, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following Declaration for the purpose of obtaining an increase of pension due said Mehitable Spaulding dec'd under law July 7, 1838 & its supplements from March 4th 1836 to July 1. 1848 at the rate of $47.54 per annum instead of $40. - and also for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the Joint Resolution of July 1, 1848 at $96. per annum from July 1, 1848 to March 18, 1850 the date of said Mehitable's death - that said Mehitable was the widow of Ephraim Chamberlain a Soldier of the Revolution, formerly a resident of that part of Moultonborough N.H. now known as Centre Harbor - That said Mehitable was pensioned under act July 7, 1838 & its Supplement at the rate of $40. per annum for the Revolutionary services of said Ephraim Chamberlain one year in Capt. Edward Everett's Co. Co'l Tim'o Bedel's Cont'l Regt. as a private from February 1, 1776, and that he believes she was entitled to a higher rate of pension on account of said Ephraim Chamberlain's services in Capt. Chase Taylor's Co. Co'l Tho's Stickney's Regt. 2 months & 8 days as a private from July 22d to Sept. 29, 1777, as will appear from the accompanying certificate of Secretary of State of N.H. and the certified copy of Pay Roll of said Capt. Taylor's Comp'y in 1777 - That said Ephraim Chamberlain rec'd in his life time a pension from the United States at the rate of $96 per annum, and that he believes said Mehitable was entitled to a pension of $96 per annum, and that he believes said Mehitable was entitled to a pension of $96. per annum, from July 1, 1848 by virtue of the Joint Resolution of July 1, 1848 - That said Mehitable died in said Rumney on the 18th day of March 1850 leaving no child or children surviving her, and that he has been legally appointed Adm'r De Bonis Non on her estate, as will appear from the accompanying certificate of Court of Probate for the County of Grafton aforesaid - He therefore herewith returns the certificate issued to said Mehitable during her life time, and asks that a new certificate or certificates may be issued to him for such amount as the said Mehitable was by law entitled - 
/s/John Bedel Adm'r De Bonis Non of Mehitable Spaulding
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 30th day of January A.D. 1851 - }
/s/William W. Hutchins Jus. Peace (over)
Page 77

I am acquainted with William W. Hutchins of Bath N.H. and know that he is and was on the 30th day of January 1851 a commissioned and acting Justice of the Peace for the County of Grafton in said state
/s/Harry Hibbard
M.C. from N.H. 
House of R.
February 8, 1851
Page 78

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of 2d February, 1848, entitled "An Act making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
County of Grafton ss.}
ON THIS Thirteenth day of September 1848 personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, Mehitable Spaulding a resident of Rumney in the County of Grafton aged eighty four 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, passes on the 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War: That she is the Widow of Ephraim Chamberlain who was a private in the revolutionary War, that she was a pensioner and received a pension under the Act of 17th of June 1844, at the rate of forty Dollars per annum
She further declares that she is still a widow. 
/s/Mehitable Spaulding
Witnesses
/s/William W. Russell
/s/D. W. Russell
Sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written - before
/s/William W. Russell Justice of the Peace. 
I FURTHER CERTIFY, That the above Declarant is personally known to me. 
/s/William W. Russell Justice of the Peace. 
State of New-Hampshire
Merrimack COUNTY, SS.
I, Nathaniel B. Baker Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that William W. Russell is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the 6th day of July 1846 and will expire on the 6th day of July 1851 and that his signature above written is genuine in my opinion and belief
[court seal affixed] Given under my hand, and the seal of said Court, this 16th day of September 1848
/s/N. B. Baker CLERK.
Sold by John F. Brown, No. 1, Ayers Block, Concord, N.H.
Page 79

25060
Mehitable Spaulding widow of Ephraim Chamberlain 
Pay roll of Cap't Taylor's Co'y withdrawn & placed with files of rolls
Page 80

Eph'r Chamberlin
Page 81

State of New Hampshire
County of Strafford, ss} On this seventh day of January 1825 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Sessions being a Court of Record for said County of Strafford Ephraim Chamberlain resident in Centre Harbour in said County aged sixty nine 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 Congress of the 18th March 1818 and the 1st of May 1820 that he the said Chamberlain enlisted under Capt. Everett in Col. Beedles (Bedel's) Regiment continental establishment in Feby. 1776 and served in said Regiment until the last of November when on account of being sick & not able to do duty was allowed to return home he served also two months in Stark's Brigade in 1777 - that his name has been placed on the Pension list & dropped therefrom on account of his property.
And in pursuance of the act of the 1st May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 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 18th day of March 1818 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 - 
All the property I now own or possess is as follows 
two, Low cases of drawers
three, old tables & table linen
nine, old dining Chairs
eight, Kitchen Chairs very old
one, Light Stand
Page 82

two, Chests very old
one, old Loom & two, wheels for wool
two, Linen Wheels very old
small quantity of Crockery, Glass, Iron, tin & Pewter ware used by my family
/s/Ephraim Chamberlain
his occupation is that of a farmer, not able to perform but very little labor on account of age & infirmity, My family consists of myself & wife her age sixty years of very slender constitution & not able to perform much labor and he is in such indigent circumstances as to be unable to support himself without the assistance of his Country.
That since the exhibition of my first Schedule the following changes have been made in my property. Equity of Redemption in 300 acres of land with the buildings thereon has been taken by process at Law by Peter Pearse to whom the same was mortgaged as will appear by the Sheriff's return November 19th 1822. and every other article of property named in my Schedule exhibited to the Court of Common Pleas in this County on the third Tuesday of July 1820 except what is contained in my Schedule now exhibited and same articles used for the support of my family - where taken by said Peter Pearse in part payment of the debt I owed him as will appear by his affidavit and I further declare I have in no way disposed of any property except as aforesaid and for the debt due to said Pearse and I now have no property whatever except what is contained in my Schedule as now exhibited except two beds &c. all the personal property which could by law be taken was taken by said Pearse and for the residue he recovered all the right I ever had to all my real estate leaving me entirely destitute, as no person could be found to pay more for the same than was allowed by said Pearse.
/s/Ephraim Chamberlain
Page 83

Sworn to and declared on the seventh day of January 1825 in Open Court before the Justices of said Court - 
Attest, A. Peirce, Clerk of said Court 
I, Andrew Peirce Clerk of the Court of Sessions for said County of Strafford, do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court, that the said Ephraim Chamberlin 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 & files 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 twenty seven dollars and Eighty seven cents - 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court, on this 7th day of January A.D. 1825 - 
/s/A. Peirce, Clerk of the Court of Sessions for the County of Strafford -