Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18,263, Ezra Warren, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Warren Ezra
S. 18,263
carded
CONTENTS

10,337
New Hampshire
Ebenezer Warren
of Lynn in the State of N H who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain [blank] of the [blank] commanded by Col Robinson in the [blank] Mass line for 18 [blank].
Inscribed on the Roll of [blank] at the rate of 60 Dollars [blank] Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd day of April 1833 and sent to [blank] Churchill Esq r N H
Arrears to the 4th of April 1830 $120 - Semi-ant. allowance ending 2/1/31 30 - $150 -
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by S H S p Blair Clerk Book 2, Vol. 11 th Page 128.

P 18263
INVALID.
File No. 18263
Ezra Warren
Dr. Geo. War
Act: June 7 th 32
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 396
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Ezra Warren Provost Paper 6 Months no 3.30.
The requirements in the 11 & 12 interrogatories not complied with & partially complied with the 13.
$60.00
Yours W. C. Churchwell deputy A. H.

BRIEF in the case of
Ezra Warren  of  Synn  in the State of  New Hampshire  (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. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and field Officers under whom he served.   Years. Months. Days. As a Gen.     June In 17 77 " 6 " Private Capt. Col. & Col. Robertson   Dec 77 1 " " " Capt. Col. Col. Jacobs  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Nine stated  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Bridge water Mass,  7. Is this statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living witnesses for evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? no proof of 1st Service 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
A. L. Atkinson Examining Clerk.

Ezra Warren of Lyme N.H. makes the following as an amendment of the declaration made by him before the Court of Probate for the County of Grafton and State of N.H. on the 27 th day of August A.D. 1832 in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
He states that the reason for not producing the affidavit of a clergyman at the Court aforesaid is that he was instructed that the affidavit of two respectable persons who were well acquainted with him would answer the requisitions of the War Department, and he refers to Arthur Latham with whom he had been acquainted for more than forty years and D. C. Churchill with whom he had been acquainted for more than twenty years they being better acquainted with him than either of the clergymen of said Lyme.
He further states that he served his country in the Revolutionary War the full term of one year and six months and in the following grades: For six months the first term of his service he served as a private and for one year the last term of his service he served as a corporal and for such service he claims a pension.
He further states that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service first term of service and he refers to the Rev Elisha Tenny and Col Abiel Kent Jr. who can testify to his character as to veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution. Ezra Warren
State of New Hampshire Grafton ss. Lyme December 3 rd 1832 Subscribed & sworn to before me
D. C. Churchill Justice of the Peace Rev Elisha Tenny and Abiel Kent Jr. residing in Lyme N.H. hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Ezra Warren who has subscribed and sworn to the above, that we believe him to be 74 years of age; that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Elisha Tenny Abiel Kent Jr.
State of New Hampshire Grafton ss. Lyme December 3 rd 1832 Then personally appeared the above named Elisha Tenny and Abiel Kent Jr. and made solemn oath that the above affidavit by them severally subscribed is in their belief true. Ezra Warren
D. C. Churchill Justice of the Peace
and I D. C. Churchill do hereby certify that Elisha Tenny who has signed the above affidavit is a clergyman resident in said town of Lyme and that Abiel Kent Jr. who has also signed the same is a resident in said town of Lyme and in the immediate neighborhood of said Ezra Warren and an credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
D. C. Churchill Justice of the Peace

Grafton ss.
State of New Hampshire
I Moses Drew Clerk of the Court of Probate for said County of Grafton do hereby certify that D. C. Churchill who has signed the within certificate is a justice of the Peace for said County of Grafton duly qualified to administer oaths & take affidavits and that his signature to the within is genuine
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 5 th day of December A.D. 1832 Moses Drew

1000 Ezra Warren Lynn, U. H.

I Caleb Conant of Lyne in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire Depose and say That in the year 1775 I was a private Soldier in the company of Militia commanded by Capt Coane in the Regiment of Col Jacobs of the Massachusetts Troops I further say That Ezra Warren of said Lyne was in the service in the same Regiment in the company commanded by Captain Cale I saw him frequently while in the service in said Regiment said Warren and myself after wards moved to said Lyne where we have lived for more than forty years and I know him to be the same man who I saw in said Regiment but did not know his name at the time I saw him in the service
Caleb Conant
State of New Hampshire
Grafton ss -
Orford Augt 27-1832-
Sworn to in open court -
State of New Hampshire Grafton ss - Court of Probate at Orford Augt 27 th 1832 - Ordered by the Court that the foregoing affidavit of Caleb Conant be attached to the declaration of Ezra Warren for a pension, as evidence in the case - Attest - Moss Dows Reg t
I hereby certify that in my opinion Caleb Conant who has signed the above affidavit is a credible person & his testimony is entitled to credit
Edwaid Webber Judge of Probate

DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
State of New-Hampshire, } ss. County of Grafton
On this 27 th day of August 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the Judges of the Court of Probate, now sitting, Ezra Warren a resident of Lynde in the County of Grafton and State of N. H. 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.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated In the fore part of June in the year 1777 he enlisted for the term of six months into a company of Militia commanded by Captain Cole Marched from Bridgewater into the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to Providence in the State of Rhode Island and joined the Regiment commanded by Col. Robinson (or Robartson) was stationed at said Providence for the most part of the time for the purpose of guarding the Prison and was dismissed at said Providence the fore part of December in the same year having served the full term of six months returned home to Bridgewater -  he further states that in the month of December in the year 1777 he enlisted at said Bridgewater into a company of Militia commanded by Captain Cole and marched for the term of one year marched to Providence Rhode Island joined the Regiment commanded by Col. Jacob Marched from Providence to North Kingston where stationed awhile there took some prisoners from two British Vessels took them to Providence and guarded them until they were dispensed of - then marched to Swansea where he was stationed for some time - from there to Slades Ferry from there to Newport where he was stationed same time - Marched from there to Fall River where he was stationed until his term of service expired it being about the last of December 1778 was dismissed and returned home to Bridgewater -  he further states that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can produce who can testify to his service (except the affidavit of Caleb Cossart whose affidavit is hereto annexed) served in all the full term of one year & six months
He was born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts in the year 1758 He has no record of his age except in his family Bible, thinks his birth is recorded in said Bridgewater -
He lived in the town of Bridgewater when he entered the service, after the close of the Revolutionary War he moved to Lynde N.H. where he has lived ever since, and where he now lives -
He volunteered -
The first time of his service Gen l Sullivan had the command of the Brigade to which his Company belonged, in the year since Gen l Sullivan had the command, he does not recollect other Regiments, and cannot be more particular as to the circumstances of his service -
He never received a written discharge, but was dismissed when his term expired - He has no documentary evidence - he refers to David C. Churchill Esq. & other Lathams who can testify to his character at the time of his service as a Soldier of the Revolution

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State,
Ezra Warren
Sworn to and subscribed, the day of 4 year aforesaid
We, David C. Churchill residing in Lyme and Arthur Latham residing in Lyme A.D. 1832 hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Ezra Warren , 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.
Sworn and subscribed the day of 4 year aforesaid David C. Churchill Arthur Latham
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 certifies, that it appears to them that David C. Churchill who has signed the preceding certificate, is Justice of the Peace resident in the town of Lyme and that Arthur Latham , who has also signed the same is a resident in the town of Lyme & Portsmouth and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Edward Webber Judge of Probate I, Moses Dow Clerk of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Ezra Warren — for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this twenty seventh day of Aug t A.D. 1832 — Moses Dow