Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 27,502, Ebenezer Whitehouse, Continental Navy N. H.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental
Whitehouse, Ebenezer
N. 27,502
Navy
Dorcas
N.H.
CONTENTS
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7,736
Maine. 4
Ebenezer Whitehouse
of South Berwick in the state of Maine who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Reid of the N. Hampshire line, for the term of three years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Dist. of Maine at the rate of — 8 — Dollars per month, to commence on the 30 th of March 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 th of Mar: 1819 and sent to Hon Ben: Greene Judge, South Berwick, Me:
  Arrears to 4th of Mar: 1819 —  89. 54    Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep: 1819  48 —     $ 137. 54  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
See letter 16 Oct 1828 to Benj. Greene Esq At 7 a.m. 31 Dec 1828 x Colgrove
Pension Certificate issued 16 th Nov: 1828, and sent to Benjamin Greene South Berwick, Maine.
Application filed as the 1828 to Daniel Jewett, Humboldt, Maine

Elmer's Muthouse (Private)
Bonds Mafit. Reg. Spring 1776 for 1 year
June 1777 1 year U.S. Ship "Raleigh" - Thompson
Readi N. Hampshire Reg. 1780 to close of war -
30 th March 1812 -
Correct
on final settlement certificate vol 1 page 199 - $80 to 1 Jan 1983

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
YORK, ss. } ON this Thirtieth day of March A. D. 1818, before me the subscriber, Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit in said Commonwealth, personally appears Ebenezer Whitehouse aged sixty years - resident in South Berwick in said county of York, 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 in the spring of the year 1776 he the said Ebenezer Whitehouse enlisted as a private soldier in the Continental Army under Capt. Fuller of the Regiment commanded by Col. Bond of the Massachusetts Line. That he continued to do his duty in said Company & Regt. in the various places in which they were stationed, until the twelve months, the being the term for which he had enlisted, expired, when he was honorably discharged at Mount Independence near Mount Independence near West Point in the State of New York. And that in the Spring of the year 1780 as nearly as he can recollect, he again enlisted as a private soldier under Capt. Henry of the Regiment commanded by Col. Reed of the New Hampshire Line, and continued to do his duty in said Company & Regiment in the various places in which they were stationed until the close of the revolutionary war, when he was again honorably discharged at a station on the North River in the state of New York - but that he has long since lost his discharge - That in the month of June A. D. 1777 he shipped on board the United States Ship, of War Raleigh at Portsmouth New Hampshire Capt. Thomas Thompson Commander, and sailed in said ship on a cruise took several prizes, two of which were carried into L'Orient - from thence he served in said ship in various directions and continued to do his duty on board said ship until the year for which term he had enlisted, expired - when he was honorably discharged at Boston Massachusetts. but has the misfortune to have lost his discharge - And the said Ebenezer Whitehouse further states (a fact which is attested by the Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor of the Town in which he resides) That he is reduced in his circumstances and needs the assistance of his country for support, and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services. Sworn to and declared before me the day and year above said.
Benj a Greene
I, BENJAMIN GREENE, Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit, in the Commonwealth aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Ebenezer Whitehouse did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as he has stated in his declaration aforesaid - and that he is reduced in his circumstances, and needs the assistance of his country for his support. - And I do now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the before mentioned act of Congress.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this Twenty fifth day of June Anno Domini, 1818.
Benj a Greene
Please place on pension roll Boston

Ebenezer Whitehouse
S. Beck
1736
Am
Sep 1810
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STATE OF MAINE.
York ss....At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first — Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at York — within and for the County of York — on the first tuesday of July being the fourth — day of said month and by adjournment  from day to day, on the  day of — in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable Benjamin Greene, chief Justice  Judge of said Court.
ON this fourth — day of July — in the year 1820, personally appeared in open Court —
the same proceeding according to the course of the common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having “the power of fine and imprisonment,” and being a Court of Record for said Circuit , county Ebenezer Whitehouse — aged sixty three — years, resident in South-Berwick — in said Circuit , county who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a private — in the company commanded by Capt. Cherry — in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Reed — in the line of the State of Newhampshire — on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the thirtieth day of March — A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 7,736 — was granted. And 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 hereunto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is herein particularly described, also subscribed by me.
Attest C. Greene.
his Ebenezer  Whitehouse mark.
Sworn to and declared, on the 4 th day of July — A. D. 1820. }
BEFORE Benjamin Greene Atty. Daniel Sewall, Clerk.
Ch. Justice { One of the Judges of the said Court.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz :
1 cow & 1 pig. —
Some old articles of necessary furniture. —
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Ebenezer Whitehouse who, by occupation am a labourer — which I am unable to pursue by reason of all the time owing to age & infirmity.
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Dorcas my wife 55 able to stir about.   Mary my daughter 8 not able to support herself.   George my son 5 not able to support himself.   Edwin, grandchild 3 d o .     att d C. Greene,   his  Ebenezer + Whitehouse  mark.     
STATE OF MAINE.
I, York ss. Daniel Sewall Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said Circuit, within the county of York, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court ; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is nineteen dollars and seventy five cents. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this eleventh day of July, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
Daniel Sewall, { Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of York.

William
Dorcas Whitehall
widow of Ebenezer Whitehall a pensioner under Act 18 Mar 1831 who died on the 4 day of June 1832 of York Co in the State of Maine who was a private in the Co mpy commanded by Captain Cherry of the Regt commanded by Col Reid in the N. Hampshire line for 2 years .
Inscribed on the Roll of Concord N.H. at the rate of 10 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 1st  5th day of March  June 1832.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of Sept 1838, sent to M c A. Hayes South Berwick, York Co. Maine
Arrears to the 14th of Sept 38) $560.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar 39 40.00
$540.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 d }
Recorded by D. M c Ardy Clerk Book A . Vol. 2 . Page 19 .

✓ 2323
Declaration of Widow Doreas Whitehouse and the Evidence in support thereof
admitted P 2 m H 80,
Henry Hoopwell Agents South Berwick Maine
W. A. Hayes South Berwick Maine

Declaration,
In order to obtain the benefit of the third section of the Act of Congress of the fourth of July 1836-
State of Maine } County of York } On this tenth day of July in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty seven personally appeared before me William Allen Hayes Esquire Judge of Probate within and for the County of York in the State of Maine, Dorcas Whitehouse a resident of South Berwick in the County of York & State of Maine aged seventy two years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4th A.D. 1836-
That she is the Widow of Ebenezer Whitehouse late of South Berwick in the said County of York, who was a soldier and also a mariner in the war of the revolution, that my said husband Ebenezer Whitehouse in the spring of the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & twenty five enlisted in Captain Fuller's Company in Col. Bangs Regiment of Massachusetts line, & served in the revolutionary war against the common enemy twelve months being the time for which he enlisted, when he was discharged at Mount Independence, near West Point in the State of New York-
About five months after he was discharged as aforesaid the said Ebenezer Whitehouse my said husband shipped at Portsmouth New Hampshire on board the Continental Frigate Brooklyn commanded by Capt. Thompson, in which vessel he served twelve months,

Nine months of which time was taken up in a cruise to France. after the term of his shipment had expired he was discharged in Boston.
I further declare, that in the spring of the year seventeen hundred & eighty the said Ebenezer Whitehouse again enlisted in the continental army as a private soldier at Portsmouth in the state of New Hampshire in Captain Cherry's company in Col. Bridg Regiment of the New Hampshire lines, and served in said company as a common soldier, during the remainder of the Revolutionary War, and was honorably discharged at the time of the Peace, at a station on North River in the state of New York for these services her said husband drew a pension under the act of the 18th of March 1818 as by his original certificate dated 13th day of November A.D. 1828. number 7,736 herunto annexed appears -
And the said Deborah further declares that her said husband enlisted to serve during the war, in Col James Coons company of that the evidence of such enlistment and service will appear in the evidence to support the declaration of George Fall who drew a pension under the Act of May 15. A.D. 1828 - reference thereto being had in the pension department, of that he served under this and his other enlistment till 1803 when peace was declared.
She further declares that on the last of March or first of April in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred and eighty two, when the said Ebenezer Whitehouse was at home on furlough she was married to him by

the Rev. James Baker then a Minister of the Gospel in the State of New Hampshire where we then both had our home. After we were married as aforesaid my said husband returned to the army in the State of New York, and did not come home again till the next winter about the month of January A.D. 1783. and that her said husband Ebenezer Whitehouse died the fourth day of March A.D. 1832 and that she has remained a Widow ever since that period, as well more fully appear by reference to the proof herunto annexed.
Witness
Wm. A. Hayes Thos. Tuttle
her Dorcas J. Whitehouse Mark
State of Maine
County of York July 10th A.D. 1837. Then personally appeared the above named Dorcas Whitehouse and made solemn oath that the foregoing declaration by her subscribed is just and true & I do also certify that the said Dorcas Whitehouse is well known to me to be a person of truth and that her statements are entitled to full credit. And I do further certify that the said Dorcas Whitehouse by reason of her great age and bodily infirmity is unable to travel and attend court.
Wm. A. Hayes, Judge of Probate York, County Maine State of Maine.
York county ss.
I Wm. Cutter Allen, Register of the Court of Probate of the county and State aforesaid, hereby certify that the Hon. Wm. A. Hayes is the Judge of said Court of Probate, and also a Justice of the Peace within and

and for the county of York, and that his signatures hereto annexed, are his genuine signatures.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court this twentieth day of July, 1837.
Wm. Butler Allen, Reg. Prob. York County.

I Inoch Jones of Samsonworth in the County of Southampton and State of New Hamp- shire Yeoman aged seventy four years do hereby testify and say, that Ebenezer Whitehouse, and my brother Samuel Jones were out in the army a great part of the time during the revolutionary War. That they both the said Ebenezer and my brother Samuel, while they belonged to the army in March in the year of our Lord Seventeen hundred & eighty two came home on a furlough, and while they were at home as aforesaid the very first of April A.D. 1782 the said Ebenezer Whitehouse was married to my sister Doreas Jones by the Rev. James Pike then the Minister of the gospel in said town of Samsonworth. I went with the said Ebenezer & Doreas to the Reverend Mr. Pike's house, and saw them married. My said brother Samuel was also present & saw them married. Mr. Pike's residence are last, having been burnt in & with the dwelling house of the Rev. Peirson Shurton, the successor of said Pike in the Ministry of Samsonworth. I very well remember that when he was at home the said Ebenezer had no clothes but his regimental uniform & I lent him a coat to be married in. In a few days after the said Ebenezer and Doreas were married, the said Ebenezer & my brother Samuel returned into the State of New York to the army - and the said Ebenezer did not come home again till the next winter, - and the said Ebenezer served in the army of the revolution as many as nine or ten months after he was married to my sister. The said Ebenezer Whitehouse died the fourth day of March in the year of

our Land eighteen hundred of thirty two, and the said Francis Whitehouse has remained a Widow ever since the death of the said Ebenezer -
Witness -
Wm. A. Hayes - John R. Goodwin
Enoch Jones
State of Maine County of York } On this tenth day of July A.D. 1837. Personally appeared the above named Enoch Jones and made oath that the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed is just & true, and further certify that the said Enoch Jones is well known to me to be a person of truth and veracity and statements made by him are entitled to full credence
Wm. A. Hayes Just Peace York County, Maine

Ebenezer Whitehouse
Payable semi-annually on the 4th of March and 4th of September, at Portland Maine by the First U.S. Br. Bank.
No payment can be made on an original certificate, until the arrival of one or the other of the above dates after issuing the certificate.
Registered in Book C Vol. I. page 91. by E. Prouty - Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I Certify, That, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18 th of March 1818, May 1 st 1820, March 1 st 1823. Ebenezer Whitehouse late a Private in Col. Reid's Regiment of the Army of the Revolution is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Maine Agency , at the rate of eight dollars per month , to commence on the thirtieth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this thirteenth day of November one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight.
This Certificate is issued in lieu of one dated 16 th of March 1819, supposed to be lost or destroyed which, if it should hereafter be presented at the Bank, the Agent will please transmit to the War Department.
P. B. Porter
Secretary of War.
Examined and countersigned,
James L. Edwards

Evidence in the case of Dorcas Whitehouse
add proof
abt 1836 2323
Wm A. Hayes South Berwick Maine Aug 17 th

I Josiah W. Seaver of South Berwick in the County of York & State of Maine Esquire aged fifty eight, depose testify, and say, that I have resided in South Berwick for thirty four years last past, that for twenty or thirty years I have known Deborah Whitehouse formerly as the wife of name of the widow of Ebenezer Whitehouse deceased late a pensioner of the United States. She is now and has been for many years last past a member of the Baptist church in this town of regular standing - I know this fact from my being, a member of the same church - She is universally regarded as a very worthy, good, & pious woman. Where she is known, her credit for truth and veracity is unimpeachable - I never heard her character doubted - She is very much respected, although a poor, very poor, woman. In order that it may judged what my standing is with my neighbors I am requested to state what offices I have held - I was nine years President of the Academy in this town - was collector of Direct Taxes, many years town treasurer, many years representative of the town in the State Legislature, member of the Senate, member of the convention to form a constitution for this state - eight years high sheriff of the County of York, and now for many years have been Post Master in this town & a magistrate of the County -
Josiah W. Seaver
State of Maine
County of York ss - July 30th A.D. 1838. Then the above named Josiah W. Seaver personally appeared & sworn & subscribed the foregoing Deposition
Before me Wm. A. Hayes Just of the Peace J William Allen Hayes the before named Justice

of the Peace certify that Josiah W. Seaver who is well known to me is a person of truth & veracity of his statements are entitled to full credence
Wm. A. Hays Justice of the Peace

State of Maine.
York, ss.—
I, JOHN SKEELE, Register of the Court of Probate, within and for the County of York, being a Court of Record, hereby certify that William A. Hayes is Judge of said Court of Probate and that the said William A. Hayes is also a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and that the signatures to the papers hereunto annexed and purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, this ninth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight.
John Skeele } Register of Probate York County.

I John Philpat of Somersworth in the County of Strafford and State of New Hampshire, aged eighty one years on the first day of February last past depose, testify & say, that I have known Ebenezer Whitehouse even since I was a child, he was born & brought up within half a mile from the place where I then & have ever since lived; — the said Ebenezer Whitehouse was a soldier in the revolutionary army during most of the war — He lived most of the time in this town & in Berwick across the river till he died — He was when a young man married to Dorcas Jones of this town, who is still living as his widow having never been married since the said Ebenezer Whitehouse's decease — Mr. James Pike was settled as Minister in this town in the year seventeen hundred & twenty nine, & remained a Minister here till seventeen hundred & ninety one when he died, — Pearson Thurston was settled as his colleague & succeeded him in the Ministry — I have been for many years one of the selectmen of this town & for more than ten years have been Town Clerk — Mr. Pike kept his own record of the marriages which he solemnized, and never made any return thereof to the town clerk, to be by him recorded — Mr. Thurston's house with most of its contents was burned more than twenty years ago — I then & since that time have often heard it stated that Mr. Pike's record of marriages was handed over to Mr. Thurston & was burnt in his house, & I never heard the fact doubted — Enach Jones the brother of Dorcas Whitehouse is a credible person, and his statements with all who know him would be fully believed — When he & his sister state that she was married to Ebenezer Whitehouse when he was at home on a furlough before the close of the war & that Ebenezer Whitehouse again returned to his duty as a soldier I should believe them & so would their neighbours generally —

I know of no circumstance which should lead me to doubt but what Mr. & Mrs. Whitehouse were married before his last service in the war of the revolution - although I can not state the precise time when they were married.
John Phelps
State of Maine
County of York ss July 30th A.D. 1838 Then personally appeared the above named John Phelps and subscribed & swore to the foregoing Deposition
Before me Wm. A. Hayes Just. of the Peace
I William Allen Hayes the before named Justice of the Peace do certify that the above named John Phelps, who is well known to me is a person of truth & veracity and his statements are entitled to full credence
Wm. A. Hayes Just. Peace

I Joseph Prina of Berwick in the county of York and State of Maine do hereby aged seventy four years testify depose and say, that I have ever since I was a child known Doreas Jones who was afterwards the wife and is now the widow of Ebenezer Whitehouse late Pensioner of the United States. I also knew her parents - she was born & brought up in Somersworth N.H. about three miles from the place where I was born & have ever since lived. I have also known her late husband the said Ebenezer Whitehouse ever since I was a child - He always lived in this town Somersworth, & in the two next adjacent towns of Lebanon & Rochester - The said Doreas Whitehouse always was and now is regarded as a person of truth and veracity - I should, and I have no doubt her neighbours universally would give full faith and credit to her statements; and when she states that she was married to said Whitehouse before the close of the war & that her husband again returned to the army after their marriage, I think she states truly although I cannot state precisely the time of her marriage, she was then old enough to have been then married and well remember to have seen the said Whitehouse at home on furlough in his uniform while he belonged to the army - Isaac Jones her brother who has sworn to her marriage is a person of truth and veracity, and in this neighbourhood all who knew him would give full belief to his statements - The Rev. Mr. Pike was the minister of Somersworth about the close of the war - and I have no doubt Mr. Pike married Mr. & Mrs. Whitehouse as she states and at the time she states, Mr. Thurston succeeded Mr. Pike in the Ministry, and according to the usual course of things Mr. Thurston had the records of Mr. Pike in his possession, of upwards of twenty years ago Mr. Thurston's house was burnt, and in it as I have always understood the records of the church, the marriages & of the baptisms of the Par-

ish up to that time - and if these records had not have been so destroyed I think the marriage of Mr & Mrs Whitehouse could have been proved to have taken place before the period of his last service in the war of the revolution as stated by Mrs Whitehouse & her brother Enach Jones - Mr Ebenezer Whitehouse was always a very poor man although a good laborer when he died he left no property. His widow is now very poor. She lives with her unmarried daughters, who are also entirely destitute of property. These daughters go out to work in a neighbouring factory, and thereby support themselves & their aged and infirm mother.
In order to show what value to attach to my statements I am requested to state & do state that I am town clerk of Berwick & have been elected to that office twenty three times for that number of years - have been elected treasurer of my town party two successive years - have now & have been a magistrate in the county nearly forty years, have been elected member of the house of representatives twelve times, of the senate of Maine twice, & elector of President & vice President once -
Joseph Prime
State of Maine
York County ss - July 30th A.D. 1830
Sworn to & subscribed by the above named Joseph Prime
Before me Wm. A. Hayes Just. Peace
I William A. Hayes the above named justice of the Peace certify that the above named Joseph Prime, who is well known to me, is a person of truth & veracity & his statements under oath are entitled to full credit
Wm. A. Hayes Justice of the Peace

I Moses Yeaton of Somersworth in the county of Strafford & state of New Hampshire aged eighty five on the thirteenth day of October next depose testify and say that I was born & have always lived in this town - Mr James Pike was for about sixty years a minister in this town, and was succeeded by the Rev. Mr. Thurston. More than twenty years ago Mr Thurston's house was burnt, and in it as I have always heard said, were kept Mr Pike's & his own records of marriages which they had solemnized - Mr Pike and also Mr Thurston both lived very near to me - I saw Mr Thurston's house when it was burning - I have always known Ebenezer Whitehouse and his wife Dorcas - formerly Dorcas Jones - the said Ebenezer Whitehouse was gone from home most of the time during the revolutionary war, & it was said and I have no doubt he was out in the army. His wife is still living is a respectable woman is now living as his widow unmarried - I have always known her brother Enach Jones - The said Enach Jones & Ebenezer Whitehouse's Widow, Dorcas Whitehouse are both credible persons and their statements are entitled to full credit - and when they state that the said Dorcas was married to the said Ebenezer before the close of the war I should believe their statements, and know of no circumstance to show that they therein mistake - though I cannot swear to the precise time when they were married, I have been more than twenty years one of the selectmen of this town - I was out in the revolutionary war for short terms & now draw a pension - - - - Witness Moses Yeaton
Wm. A. Hayes - State of Maine York County ss July 30th AD 1838. Subscribed and sworn to by the said Moses Yeaton Before me Wm. A. Hayes Just Peace
I William A. Hayes the above named

justice of the Peace do certify that the above Moses Yeaton, who is well known to me is a person of truth and veracity, and his statements are entitled to full credit
Wm. A. Hayes Just, Peace

Deposition of Joseph Brims in Duncan Whitehouse's lease — —

I Joseph Doe of Somersworth in the county of Strafford & State of New Hampshire, Esquire aged fifty nine years, depose, testify, and say that I have known Enock Jones for twenty five years last past; He was a tenant on a farm belonging to me for more than fifteen years - of during that time he had the management of my concerns on the farm - so that I had the best opportunity to judge of his honesty & uprightness - I regard him as a very honest man - I should give full confidence to whatever he states, whether under oath or otherwise. He is universally esteemed among his neighbours as an honest man, and they would all of them believe him in his statements whether made under oath or not. - I do not think he could be induced to make a false statement - I have always understood that his sister Deborah Whitehouse is a worthy & good & respectable woman, though I know less of her character, than of her brother Enock -
I am requested to state & do state that I am now a magistrate & have been such for twenty five years - for many years one of the selectmen & assessors of Somersworth & also for several years a member of the legislature from that town -
Joseph Doe
State of Maine
York county ss. July 30 A.D. 1830 - Subscribed & sworn to by the said Joseph Doe
Before me Wm. A. Hayes Just of the Peace & William A. Hayes the before named Justice of the Peace certify that the above named Joseph Doe is well known to me, that he is a man of truth and veracity, and that his statements under oath are entitled to full credit
Wm. A. Hayes Just Peace

Ebenezer Whitehouse, Maine, Act March 18, 1818, to what time paid?
(Pen: Office)
Aug t 7, 1837.
Paid 4 Jan y 1832 5 4 . That period 8 4

Dorcas Whitehead Maine
Suspended
See letter of Sept 1837 to Hays & Coss - well,
Admitted
2 yrs Act 4 July '36

Parf
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 27,502
Dorcas Whitehouse wid. of Ebenezer Whitehouse Paris, Pa. nat.
Act July 4 th 1836.
Index: Vol. M , Page 326
[Arrangement of 1870.]

APPLICATION FOR A NEW CERTIFICATE.
County of York
ss.
On this 28 th day of October 1828, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of York personally appeared Ebenezer Whitehouse who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Fullers in the regiment commanded by Colonel Bond, 1 st Washington Line in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Maine that he received a certificate of that fact, under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War: which certificate, on or about the fourth day of March 1827, at or near South Berwick in said County was lost or mislaid so that he has not been able to produce it but has since drawn his pension on a notification from the War Department dated 20 th July 1820
Sworn and subscribed to, before me, } Eben. Whitehouse his mark the day and year aforesaid. } Witness -  X Samuel Powers B. Green Justice of the Peace
NOTES.—The last four blanks are left for the applicant to set forth the time, place, and manner of the loss or destruction of the original certificate. The oath to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must be properly authenticated. If the pensioner has never received a formal certificate, but has drawn his pension on a mere notification, as was the case in a few instances many years ago, he should leave out the above words in italics, and insert, in lieu thereof, "but has never received a formal certificate, and now wishes to obtain one." The pensioner's oath must be supported by the evidence of another person as to identity. The person must swear that he well knows him to be the same person described in the above affidavit. The magistrate must certify that the deponent is a person of veracity. This oath must also be authenticated by the certificate of the proper officer, under his seal of office, setting forth that the officer before whom the affidavit may be made is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, or Notary Public, as the case may be. When a person acting as an Agent or Attorney for a Pensioner, loses the certificate, the affidavit of that person is also required, which must be authenticated as above.

York p. October 28 th 1828-
I Samuel Parks of South Berwick in the County of York, of lawful age, testify & say, that I am well acquainted with Ebenezer Whitehead within named; and I do know that he is the same person described in the within affidavit by him subscribed -
Subscribed & sworn to the day & year above named, and
I hereby certify that the above named Samuel Parks is a person of veracity -
Benj t Greene jus. Peace South Berwick 28 th Oct r 1828 -

State of Maine
York ss-
I Jeremiah Bradbury Clerk of the Judicial Courts for the County of York aforesaid, do hereby certify, that Benjamin Greene Esquire - who has certified the annexed affidavits of Ebenezer Whitehouse and Samuel Parks, is a Justice of Peace for said County of York, duly appointed and qualified and the signatures purporting to be his, are genuine -
In witness whereof I hereunto set my name and affix the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said State this sixth day of November A.D. 1828 Jere. Bradbury Clerk

For Benioff's Revolutionary Claim      Free July 17
2323 Whitcomb July 21
me 4 July 36 30 etc.
Hon James L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington

Yor Borwick July 15 1837
Hon J. L Edwards Sir Sir
Enclosed we send you the Declaration of Mrs Dorcas Whitehouse with the accompanying evidence to support her claim to a pension
Your early attention to the same will confer a favor on your Obt. Servants Henry Hoagswell

Hon. S. B. Porter Secretary of War

South Berwick 7 th Nov r 1828
Hon. J. B. Porter Secretary of War -
Sir
I herewith transmit the applica- -tions of E. W. Whitcomb and David Knapp for a new Certificate - If their applications are correct, you will have the goodness to forward to me (who apply on their behalf) a new Certificate for each of them -
With Great Respect, I am -
Sir, Your obedient servant
Br d Green