Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21,079, Esek Brown, R.I.

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SERVICE
R.I.

Brown, Esek

NUMBER
S. 21,079

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2255.
[*** three lines crossed out***]

Esek Brown
of Gloucester in the State  of R.I.
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain_________________ of the Regt. commanded
by Col. Brown in the R.i.
line for 9 May 15 days

Inscribed on the Roll of R.I.
at the rate of 24 Dollars 99 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 22nd day of Nov.
1832 and Sent [illegible......]
Gloucester R.I.

Arrears to 4th Sept 1832                                    $37.48
Semianl. allowance ending 21 November 33      $12.49
                                                                           _$49.97

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832

recorded by J. H. M. Blair
book I.  Vol. 37 Page 104.

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Seal of the court
Wm. Watson Clerk

STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS.

COUNTY OF PROVIDENCE SS.
On this seventh day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared in
open Court, being a special Court of Common Please within and for 
said County, now in session--------Esek Brown Jr. a resident of Gloucester 
in the County of Providence and State of Rhode Island, aged 74 years,
who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the 
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of
Congress, passed June 7, 1832, viz.
I was born in said Gloucester on the 7th of September
1767.  I believe there is a record of my age but I do not know where
it is.  I have always lived in said Gloucester.  In December 1775 I was
called out as a Soldier, upon an alarm, in Capt. Abraham Morrison
Company Col. Chad Brown regiment--R.I. militia I was stationed
at Bristol R.I. one month.  In November 1776 I was drafted in
the same Company I stationed at--Providence R.I. 15 days.  In
May I think, 1777 I served as a substitute for my father Elisha
Brown in Capt Burlingams Comp. Same regiment-- I was
stationed at Providence R.I. 15 days.  In October 1777 I was
drafted in said [illegible] Comp. same regiment I joined the [illegible]
under Genl. Spencer at Trenton R.I.  I was stationed then one
month under the command of Capt. Stephen Winn-- Col Wm.
Barton Capt. [faded, illegible....]  Capt Elijah Armstrong were
officers with the troops.  In December 1777 &was drafted as a
soldier & was stationed at Providence R. I. 15 days under
Lieut. Nathal. Wade.  Richard Lewis was Ensign.  In June 1778
I was drafted for 15 days & stationed at Providence R.I. in a
warehouse near the river.  In August 1778 I was drafted in
Capt. Burlingam Comp. same regiment & joined the army
under Gen. Sullivan.  We marched to Riverton, & crossed the
ferry to Rhode Island.  We took part at the lower line near
Timony hill & on the 28th we retreated toward [illegible] hill.  In
the 29th the enemy attacked us & we had a pretty severe battle.
My Company was in the fort on Butes hill from which we
lived at [large smudge] from 3,24 pounder.  That night I think
we retreated [large smudge] Trenton where we remained until I was

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discharged.  I served one month.  Gen. Sullivan, Gen. Glenn,
Col. Jackson, Col. Green with his black regiment--were on
the island.  Sometime in 1779 I served as a substitute for
my father in Capt. Thomas Collins Compy. , same regiment &
was stationed in Providence 15 days.  I was therein drafted
in the summer of 1779 in said Capt. [illegible] Comp. & was stationed
at Warren R.I. one month.  In June I was stationed at Brenton point
R.I. one month.  Col Fry I think had the command.  A French
110 gun ship lay near the point.  In December 1780, I was drafted
as a soldier & was stationed at Providence R.I. one month.
I do not recollect my Captains name, as the officers were changed
frequently.  In October 1781 I was drafted as a soldier & was
stationed at Warwick neck R.I. 15 days under Lieutenant
Israel Smith.  We crossed the bay in the night to Warren R.I.
Gen. Cornell was within.  I served in the whole in the
militia of R.I. eight months as before stated.  I cannot be
positive as to the dates but-- I have stated the same as near
as I can ascertain them.  I have omitted several tours of
duty from a want of recollection as to circumstances.
I never received any regular discharge.  The testimony of
[faded, illegible] surviving witnesses I know is hereunto annexed.
Thomas Owen , J. Eber, [illegible] Olney Brown are persons
who reside in my vicinity & who can testify as to my
character for veracity & [illegible] belief of my services as a
soldier of the revolution.

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I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declare that my name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.

Esek Brown jur[?]

Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. in open Court
Wm R Watson clk

We, Olney Brown & Thomas Owen Junior residing in said Glouster hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Esek Brown Junior who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 74 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.

Thomas Owen, Jr,
Olney Brown

Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. in open Court
Wm R Watson clk

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department; that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Olney Brown & Thomas Owen Jr, who have signed the preceding certificate, residents in said Glouster are credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit. & that no clergyman resides in the vicinity of said applicant

I, WILLIAM R. WATSON, Clerk of said Court of Common Pleas, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Esek Brown Junior for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this seventh day of August in the year 1832

Wm R Watson

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No.7575
Esek Brown Junr. of
Glouster R. I.
7 months & 15 days

papers not properly
authenticate
Nv 8 1832
admitter



$24.99

S.Y. Atwell.
Glocester R.I.

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BRIEF in the case of Esek Brown Jr of the County of Providence in the State of [blank]
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he? 74 years.

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

[table] Period.
In 1775 Decr.
" 76 Novr
" 77 May
" 78 June
" " Augt.
" 79
" "
" 80 June
" " Decr.
" 81 Oct.

Duration of Service.
Years, Months, Day.
--- / ---
--- --- 15
subst. for my Father 15
--- --- 15
--- / ---
substitute for my Father 15
--- / ---
--- / ---
--- / ---
--- / 15

Rank.
As a Private
drafted
Elisha Brown
drafted
ditto
---
drafted
do.
do.
do

Names of General and field Officers under whom he served.
Gen.
Col. Brown, Capt. Winsor
Same Company
Same Regt. Capt. Burlington
Capt. Burlington
Capt. Collins, same Regt.
Capt. Winsor
Col. Fey, Capt. Lewis
forgot Capt's name
Lt. Smith [/table]

5. In what battles was he engaged? Butts hill

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Glouster.

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? living witnesses

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?

I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

Levia Belt
Examining Clerk.

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Application for a Transfer

County of Providence S.s.
On this fifth day of March 1833, before me the 
subscriber, a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for the said
County of Providence personally appeared Ezek Brown
who on his oath declares that he is the same person who
formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain
Winser, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Brown
in the service of the United States.  That his name was placed
on the Pension Roll of the State of Rhode Island under
the Act of June 7th 1832, from whence he has lately
removed, that he now resides in the State of Massachusetts
where he intends to remain and wished his Pension to be there
payable, in future, and that his reason for removing
to the State of Massachusetts are that he intends in future
to live with his son who resides in said state, he having
no family of his own.
(signature of Ezek Brown)
Sworn and subscribed to before
me the day and year aforesaid.
(signature of W. Aplin Jus. C.C. Pleas)

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I the subscriber hereby certify that I have been acquainted
with Esek Brown the subscriber of the within Certificate
and know that he is the same person who has received a
Pension from the United States at the Agency in Rhode
Island as a Revolutionary Pension for the last one and a half
years.  last part the date of his Certificate November 11d 1832 
No. 2285 issued by the Honlb. Secretary of War.
(signature of Benaiah Sweet)

Providence &c Providence March 5, 1833
The above certificate signed and sworn to before me
and I certify that the signer Benaiah Sweet is a
person of veracity with whom I am acquainted.
(signature of W. Aplin Jus. C.C. Pleas)

State of Rhode Island and
Providence Plantations
Providings for I, William R. Matson Clerk of the court of
common Please written & for the county of Providence in said state
hereby certify that William Aplin is a Judge of the court of
Common Pleas aforesaid--that the signature above written 
purporting to be his, is in the proper hand writing of said Aplin--
and that full faith & credit are due to the official 
attestations of said Aplin.--
In witness whereof, I hereunto set
my hand and affix the seal of said
court at Providence this fifth day
of March 1833.--
(signature of Wm. R. Matson)

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State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantation
County of Providence S.s.
On this ninth day of June 1835 before me the
subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the County of
Providence personally appeared Esex Brown who
on oath declares that he is the same person who
formerly belonged to the Company commanded by
Capt. Abraham Winsor in the regiment commanded 
by Colonel Chad Brown in the service of the United
States, that his name was [illegible] on the Pension Roll
of the State of Rhode Island from whence he
removed to the State of Massachusetts & his name
was thereupon transferred to the Pension Rolls of said
last mentioned State, that he has [illegible] removed
from said State & now resides in said State of Rhode
Island where he intends to remain & wishes his pension
to be thus payable in future, and that his reasons
for removing to the State of Rhode Island an [illegible]
his property which is in said estate is situated in
said State.
(signature of Ezek Brown)

Sworn to and subscribed to before me the day & year
aforesaid.
(signature of Jesse S. Tourtellot Justice of the Peace)

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I the subscriber hereby certify that I have been
acquainted with Esex Brown the subscriber of the annexed
certificate & know that he is the same person who has
received a pension from the United States at the agency
in Rhode Island & lately is the agency in Massachusetts
as a revolutionary pensioner for the three years last part
& believe he has received his pension twenty second
day of November 1832 the rate of his certificate No.
2655 issued by the Honorable Secretary of War until
4th March 1836.
[Sam--rest of signature illegible]

Providence S.s.   Glouster June 9th 1836
The above certificate was signed & affirmed to before
me and I certify, that the signer Samuel Y. At[illegible]
is a person of veracity with whom I am acquainted.
(signature of Jesse S. Tourtellot Justice of the Peace)

State of Rhode Island and Providence
Plantations, Providence S.s.  I [illegible name]
clerk of the court of Common Pleas within
& for the County of Providence being a County
of Record do hereby certify that Jesse S. Tourtellot

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Esq. before whom the aforegoing affidavits were
sworn is a Justice of the Peace within and for the
town of Gloucestor in said County: that by Law,
he is duly authorised and empowered to
administer oath & take depositions; and that
the signatures affixed to the preceding Certificates
are in the proper hand writing of the said Jesse
S. Tourtellot,
In testimony whereof I have
hereto set my hand & affixed
the seal of said Court at Providence
this twentieth day of
August, A.D. 1835
(signature of Dexter Randall Clk.)

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a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Esek Brown Jr. Sur.[?] File 21079

[table] DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
Dec. 1775.
Nov. 1776
*May 1777
Oct. 1777
Dec. 1777
June 1778
Aug 1778
* " 1779
Summer 1779
June 1780
Dec 1780
Oct. 1781

LENGTH OF SERVICE.
1 mo
15 days
15 days
1 mo.
15 days
15 days
1 mo.
15 days
1 mo.
1 mo.
1 mo
15 days

RANK.
Pvt.

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Abraham Winsor
Burlingame
Burlingame
Stephen Winsor
Lt. Nathaniel Wade
officers not stated
Burlingame
Thomas Collins
Winsor
Peter Lewis
officers not stated
Lt. Israel Smith
COLONEL.
Chad Brown
Chad Brown
Same regt.
---
---
---
---
---
---
Fry

STATE.
R.I. [/table]

Battles engaged in, Rhode Island
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Gloucester RI
Date of application for pension, Aug. 7 1832 His [illegible] was al[?].
Residence at date of application, Gloucester, Providence C. R.I.
Age at date of application, born at Gloucester R.I. Sept. 7, 1757, date of death not stated
Remarks: A son was living in Mass. in 1833 no name stated.

*Substituted for his father Elisha

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I Thomas Mitchell of Glouster in the County
of Providence State of Rhode Island being of
lawful age on oath do testify & say that I am
a pensioner of the United States under the act of
March 1818.  In the winter of 1776 I was a soldier
in Capt. Burlingams Company Col. Chad Browns
regiment R I militia & was stationed in Providence 
R I.  [illegible] knew Esek Brown of Glouster R.I.
& he served at that time in the said Company 15 days.
( mark of Thomas Mitchell)

State of Rhode Island &
Providence S.s.
In Gloucester this [illegible] day of July
1832 personally appeared Thomas Mitchell of said
Glouster who being first duly sworn an oath testifies
&says that the deposition above by him subscribed
is just & true in all its parts.
before me& I do further certify that this said
Thomas Mitchell is known to me, that he is a
credible person & that his [word crossed out] statement
is entitled to credit.
(signature of Ira P. Evans) Justice C.C. Pleas

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I James Brown of Gloucester in the County of
Providence State of Rhode Island being of lawful
age on oath do testify & say that I was a soldier
of the revolution as will appear by my application
for a pension under the act of June 1832.  I lived
in the neighborhood of Ezek Brown Jr. of said Glouster
during the war & well knew him.  I served in the
same Company of Militia with him several
times we belonged to Capt. [illegible] Company
& went once with him to Warren R.I. which one
of our Company officers commanded (I cannot
recollect) stayed one month.  After the beggining 
of the year 1777 I knew of the said Brown
doing duty in said Company & in this companies
of militia several times. It is impossible for me
to consistently state this precise periods.
(signature of James Brown)

State of Rhode Island &
Providence S.s.
In Glouster this 18th day of July 1832
personally appeared James Brown of said Glouster who
being first duly sworn on oath says that the above
deposition by him subscribed is just & true in all its
parts.
before me, & I [illegible] further certify that this said

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James Brown is well known to me, That he is a
credible person & that his statement is entitled to
credit.
Attest Ira P Evans Justice C.C. Pleas

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Maine State Christian Endeavor Union

OFFICERS
President
REV. CHAS. M. WOODMAN Portland
546 Cumberland Avenue
Vice Presidents
W. E. OVERLOCK Razorville
HARRY T. STIMSON Portland
D G. HALL West Eden
REV. H. F. HURE[?] Springvale
Corresponding Secretary
MISS HARRIET COLE Sedgwick
Recording Secretary
MISS CORA PATTERSON Winslow
Field Secretary
MISS MARGARET KOCH West Eden
Treasurer
REV. BROWN E. SMITH Washburn
Auditor
WALTER P. REEVES Portland

SUPERINTENDENTS
Junior Department
MRS. ELVA M. HALL West Eden
Evangelistic and Quiet Hour Department
REV. CLARENCE EMERY Charleston
Missionary Department
REV. S. M. THOMPSON Grimes
Christian Citizenship Department
REV. H. N. PRINGLE Waterville
Summer School Department
MISS MARGARET KOCH West Eden
Introduction Department
MISS HARRIET COLE Sedgwick
Excursion Manager
CARL C. COFFIN 12 Highland Street
Woodfords Sta., Portland

Washburn, Maine
Feb. 18, 1910.

To The Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir:-

One of my grandsires, Esek Brown, of Glocester, R.I. was a Revolutionary soldier and was also a pensioner, as I have always heard it. We know something about his services in the Rhode Island militia of that period, but I would like to know of his services in the Continental Army.

Can your department tell me anything of the length of service, the office in the Continental Army, and the amount of pension that said Esek Brown, of Glocester, R.I. held and had? He was born in 1787 and died in 1839.

Yours very truly,
[signature] Brown Esek Smith. [/signature]
Brown Esek Smith
To Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

[stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE.
A FEB 21 1910 [/stamp]

FEB 23 1910

MAINE STATE CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR CONVENTION
LEWISTON AND AUBURN: MAY 31ST TO JUNE 2ND, 1910

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21079
INVALID
Revolution

File No. 21,879
Esek Brown
Pri  Rev War

Act.: June 7th 21"
Index:--Vol. 2, Page 41

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TO THE HON. LEWIS CASS
SECRETARY OF WAR OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

HUMBLY REPRESENTS Esek Brown Junior of Glouster in the County of PROVIDENCE, State of RHODE ISLAND; that he was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War as will appear by the annexed documents. He therefore requests that a pension may be granted to him in conformity with the provisions of an Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832, entitled " an Act supplementary to the " Act for the relief of certain Officers and Soldiers of the Revolution " and as in duty bound will ever pray.

Esek Brown Junior
by his Atty.
Sam. Y Atwell

I have [illegible] at Glouster R.I.
S Y Atwell

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March. 11th.
[stamp] PROVIDENCE R.I.
MAR 6 [/stamp]
application for a Transfer

[sideways] 11a.2255. Esek Brown, paid $24.99 [illegible above] -- June 7. 1832, Brown -- 4 Mar. '31-22 Oct. 32
sent to -- S.Y. Atwell agent; $37.48.--$12.49--

Pension Service

FREE

Honl. Lewis Cass
Secretary of War.
Washington. [/sideways]

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Providence March 5th 1833

Sir
I enclose my application for a transfer from the
State of Rhode Island to the State of Massachusetts as that
is the state in which I reside in at present and request you
will please order the payment now due from Sept. 4,1832 and
the future payments may be paid to me at Boston.  please direct
the transfer to me at the Blackstone Post Office Mendon Mass.
[illegible] your obt. servt.
(signature of Ezek Brown)

Hon. Lewis Cass
Secretary of War

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[sideways] Sept 13 [/sideways]
[stamp illegible]

[inverted] Esek Brown [/inverted]

Mr. Burdine[?]

J. L. Edwards Esqr.
Comr. Pensions
Washington

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Commonwealth Bank,
Pension Office
Boston 9th Sept. 1836.

Yours of the 5th [illegible] is received---
Ezek Brown a Revolutionary Pensioner under
the act of 7th June 1832, private,  at $24.99 per
annum had been paid up to 4th September
1835.

I  am Sir, very respectfully
your obt. servt.
[illegible] Stone for
Jno K. Simpson
agent

J.L. Edwards Esqr.
Com. Pensions
Washington

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Application of Exek Brown Jr.
for pension
7575,

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State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations.
PROVIDENCE, SC.

I WILLIAM R. WATSON, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for the county of Providence in the State of Rhode-Island, do hereby certify, that Ira P Evans is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid, which court is a Court of Record; that the signature to the annexed documents purporting to be his, is the proper hand writing of the said Evans; and that full faith and credit are due to the official attestations of the said Evans

In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court, at Providence this 28th day of August in the year of our Lord 1832

Wm R Watson