Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35,151, Ebenezer Woodbury, Continental N.H.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental N.H.
Woodbury, Ebenezer
S. 35,151
CONTENTS
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13. 633 P
District of Maine
Ebenezer Woodbury
of Durham in the state of Do Maine who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Starks of the New Hampshire line, for the term of One Year
Inscribed on the Roll of District of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 7 th of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th of January and sent to William D. D. D. Esq. Portland D Maine
Arrears to 4th of Mar. 1819. 79. 48 Semi-ann. all'ce ending Sep 1819. 48. 00 9 Mo. 29/31. $127.48
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
A petition sent to John Quincy Adams Esq. 25th Oct 1820 Portland Maine

N 269. Ebenezer Woodbury
13693 13033
THE HISTORIC

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
DISTRICT OF MAINE, ss.
Special At a District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland - within and for the District of Maine, on the Tuesday, being the  eighth . . day of August 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 ALBION K. PARRIS , Judge of said Court.
ON this eighth . . day of August . in the year above written, personally appeared in open Court, the same having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Maine District, Ebenezer Woodbury aged sixty . . . years, resident in Durham . . in said District, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revo- lutionary War as follows, viz. as a Private . . in the company commanded by Capt. Elisha Woodbury in the Regiment commanded by Colonel John Stark in the line of the State of New Hampshire on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the seventh day of May . . . A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pen- sion, numbered 13693 . . 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 hereto 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 particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
Ebenezer Woodbury
Sworn to and declared, on the third } day of August A. D. 1820. }
BEFORE
Albion K. Parris
U. S. District Judge for the District of Maine.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:
Real estate — I have none —
One two year old steer — two cows — two yearlings — one calf one three year old steer — nineteen sheep — one mule 21 years old — one half of a 2 month's colt — one half of a waggon, one half of a cart — Sold chairs — one old pine table, a small table, a few articles of necessary crockery ware & cooking utensils — I am in debt to the amount of fifty dollars on account of sickness and the necessities of life.
Ebenezer Woodbury
Sworn to August 8. 1820 Before
Albion H. Parris U. S. Dist. Judge
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Ebenezer Woodbury . . . who, by occupation am a Farmer . . . which I am not able to pursue by reason of the infirmities of old age
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Rebecca Woodbury (wife) 66 very feeble and unable to work   Mary Woodbury (Daughter) 22 tolerable healthy   Sworn to Before Albion H. Parris U. S. Dist. Judge Ebenezer Woodbury  

MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
I, JOHN MUSSEY, Junr. Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, 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 one hundred sixteen . . . dollars and twenty seven . . . cents. and no more.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this eighth . . . day of August A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
A handwritten signature in cursive, reading "John Mussey Junr.", with a large, stylized flourish underneath the name.
{ Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.
116-27

Elizur Woodbury Private Col. Starks Regt N Hampshire shire Line 1775-1 year
dec. 7 th May 1815
Admitted
The deposition of two dis- interested & credible wit- nesses to prove the services of the applicant, duly to be taken & authenticated, is required. —

I Solomon Wolcott of Minot in the County of Cumberland and former estate of Massachusetts do hereby certify that I was in the Continental service during the Revolutionary war, at the same time that Ebenezer Woodbury of Durham in said County served and was in the same Regiment, and that the said Ebenezer Woodbury served as a private soldier in the Company under the command of Capt. Elisha Woodbury in Col. John Stark's Regiment of the New Hampshire line. Said Woodbury served in said Company and Regiment after I became acquainted with him from April A.D. seven hundred & seventy six until November following of the same year. In the said Woodbury enlisted for one year, and I have no doubt but that he served the term of time for which he was enlisted and until he was honorably discharged. I was frequently on duty with him at Ticonderoga, & Mount Independence, Crown Point &c. Solomon Wolcott
Cumberland J s April 26, 1811
Then personally appeared the above named Solo- mon Wolcott and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him signed
Before me Jacob Hill Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that I am personally ac- quainted with the above named Solomon Wolcott  deponent who signed & made oath to this deposition, and that his character for truth and veracity is good
Jacob Hill Justice of the Peace

State of New Hampshire
Grafton Jo —
On this 28 th day of October 1818, before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said County, personally appears James H. Woodbury of Orford in said County who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration, that being himself an enlisted Soldier in the revolutionary army in the year 1776, in Col. Elisha Woodbury's Company in Col John Stark's Regiment in the New Hampshire line, he will know Ebenezer Woodbury now of Durham in the County of Cumberland, in Maine, in the State of Massachusetts, who was at that time an enlisted soldier in said Company & Regiment & served therein for one year as at the expiration of said years service he was honorably discharged at Mount-Independence.
Ezra Bartlett

To the Honorable WILLIAM WIDGERY , one of the Associate Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
RESPECTFULLY SHOWS....
Eleazer Woodbury of Greenland in the Maine District, that he served as a private soldier in the war of the revolution for the term of one year - in continuation on the Continental Establishment, that he yet is a resident citizen of the United States at Greenland aforesaid, and that by reason of your applicant's reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support.
AND your applicant farther represents, that in the service aforesaid, he belonged in his said capacity of a private soldier to the 1st Maine Regiment of the Massachusetts Line, that he entered said service on or about the 10th day of June one thousand seven hundred and seventy five and that he left said service on or about the 10th day of December one thousand seven hundred and seventy six
WHEREFORE, inasmuch as your applicant, as he verily believes, comes under the provisions of the Act, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," he prays your honor to institute an enquiry into the circumstances of his case, and that such farther proceedings may be had touching the premises as are prescribed by law, in order that your applicant may be placed on the Pension List of the United States.
Dated at PORTLAND, this seventh day of May 1818.
Eleazer Woodbury
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
ss.
BE IT KNOWN , that on the seventh day of May one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came before me, WILLIAM WIDGERY , one of the Associate Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, resident at Portland, within the County of Cumberland, in said Maine District—the said Court being a Court of record of said State, Eleazer Woodbury the above named applicant, and made oath that the several statements by him made in the foregoing application by him signed are true. And the said
farther offered in evidence
Eleazer Woodbury - Regiment of Col. Woodbury's 1st Maine Regiment - being the best evidence in his power to produce -
WHEREUPON it does appear to the satisfaction of me the said Judge, that the said Eleazer Woodbury served in the revolutionary war as alledged in his application, against the common enemy. in that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his country for support.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I the said Judge, have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the said Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the County of Cumberland, to be hereunto affixed, this seventh day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and of the Independence of the United States the forty-second. all which is hereby certified & transmitted
Wm Widgery
Associate Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
CUMBERLAND, ss. I the subscriber, Clerk of the Courts in said county, certify that Hon. WILLIAM WIDGERY , is an Associate Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, as stated in the annexed Certificate, and that his signature to the same is his own proper signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I do hereto subscribe my name,
and affix the Seal of said Court, this 27th day of June .
A. D. 1818.
Rev. Mr. May

The Honorable Secretary of War is respectfully requested in case my application is approved to forwarding pension cer- tificate to the case of Wm. R. Noble esquire, Patriot, etc. for my use.
Ebenezer Woodbury

M.S.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT
October 17, 1925.
Miss. Martha L. Woodbury, 60 East Main Street, Dover-Foxcroft, Maine.
Madam:
I have to advise you, that from the papers in the 35157 Revolutionary War pension claim, S-35153, it appears that Ebenezer Woodbury enlisted December 1, 1775 and served until December 1, 1776 as a private in Captain Elisha Woodbury's Company, Colonel John Stark's New Hampshire Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 7, 1818 while residing in Durham, Cumberland County, Maine, aged fifty-eight years.
In 1820 his wife, Rebecca, was sixty-six years old and his daughter, Mary, twenty-two years old.
The above noted is the only Ebenezer Woodbury, found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT, Commissioner.

Rev. & J Bureau. Ebenezer Woodbury L.T. 95-15-3
   REG'T OR BATTALION. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Dec. 1. 1775 Dec. 1. 1776 Pt. Elisha Woodbury John Stark N.H.                                                   
Battles engaged in, None stated.  Residence of soldier at enlistment, ✓  Date of application for pension, May 7, 1818. Claims allowed.  Residence at date of application, Durham (Saint John) Mass.  Age at date of application, 58 years. Date of death not stated.  Remarks: In 1830 Soldier's wife Rebecca was 66 years old, and daughter Mary 22 years.

1924 South Lyon St. Colorado Springs, Colo. May 1. 08
Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir:
Will you kindly inform me what the Revolutionary Pension Records of your office show in regard to Ebenezer Woodbury or Woodberry, of Salem, N.H., after the Revolution moving to Freeport, Maine, and later to Royalborough, Maine (afterwards named Durham, Me.).
Various records represent him as being born in Salem, N.H. - Sept. 20, 1760, and dying in Durham, Maine, in 1835.
As having served as

private, in Capt Jacob Webster's Co. N. H. Troops, at Portsmouth, N. H. for 23 days, having been mustered in Nov 23, 1775.
Also as private in Capt. Jesse Page's Co. Col. Abraham Wrate's Regt, N. H. Militia. from Sept 8. 1777 to Dec 15 1777, and as having been in the battle of Saratoga and present at the surrender of Burgoyne.
Also as private in Capt Richard Davis' or Dowes' Co. N. H. Militia, Col. Wingate's Regt. for 4 months in 1775, at Piscataqua Harbor or Great Island.
By so doing, I'm well greatly obliged Yours truly
AL Cobb
1924 North Tazewell St. Concord, N. H.

35 151
Rev INVALID.
File No. 35-151
Ebenezer Woodbury Rev Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: — Vol. 2 , Page 464
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1908 May 12 Hist. Soc. A. G. Cobb, V.S.U. 1917 Feb 23 Hist. Soc. to Mrs. H. E. Sage 1925 Oct 17 Hist. Soc. to Miss Martha L. Woodbury in D r

60 East Main Street Dover-Foxcroft, Maine Sept. 4, 1925
Department of Interior Bureau of Pensions Washington, D.C. Gentlemen:
Will you please send me the "Revolutionary Service" record of Ebenezer Woodbury who was born in Salem, New Hampshire, Sept. 20, 1760, and died in Royalsborough, Maine, near Durham in 1835. He married Deborah Parker-Pomroy in 1750, April 18th.
He was a Revolutionary

pensioner in Cumberland County, Maine.
Yours very truly,
(Miss) Martha L. Woodbury.

W. E. SAGE CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION GENERAL CONTRACTING
OFFICE NORTHWEST BUILDING MATERIAL EXHIBIT ENTIRE FOURTH FLOOR FIRST NATIONAL-SOO LINE BUILDING
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN..
February 13 th 1917
Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions, Washington D.C.
Gentlemen:—
Will you kindly find for me in your records under my ass enlistment. Ebenezer Woodbury. This man drew a pension, also can you give the full name of from your records. Revolutionary record. {enlist service pension place + pay record.
If you can send me this information I will greatly appreciate it at any early date. Yours truly,
Mrs. W.E. Sage
address #5 3312 - West 45 th St Nipb. Minn