Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35708, Ebenezer Waldron, N.H.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N 26
Waldron, Ebenezer
S 35708
CONTENTS

6110.
Maine.
Ebenezer Waldron. -
Capt Carr Sergeant
New Hampshire line - War.
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of the District of Maine at the rate of — 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 31 of March 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th of Jan'y 1819 and del d R. C. Vose, Augusta, Maine.
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1818 5 mo 1/31 4/30 - 41.31
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Mar. 1819. 48.00
89.31
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Augusta
Continued
Not fr m , sent to R. C. Vose Esq. Augusta, Me. 15 July 1820

427
Ebenezer Waldren
William
6.110. Acquired
8 Jan 1819
Mar 1819
Robert Gibson Augusta Maine

State of Maine.
I John L Davis Clerk, for the County of Kennebec of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit, embracing the counties of Lincoln, Ken- nebec and Somerset, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court ; and that the original was exhibited in open 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, including debts due to the declarant therein stated, is Fifteen dollars and Fifty cents ; and deducting therefrom the amount of what the declarant owes, as set forth in said Schedule, the value of said property in the opinion of said Court, is Nothing  dollars and Cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twentieth day of June 1820.
John Davis Clerk of said Court for the County of Kennebec

Copy
State of Maine.
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KENNEBEC COUNTY, ss.
ON this Seventeenth day of June , 1820, personally appeared before  in open Court before  Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, being a Court of Record for said Counties, proceeding according to the course of the common law, having original jurisdiction, unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Ebenezer Waldron aged  Sixty four years, resident in Augusta in the County of Kennebec within said Circuit, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, viz. in the Company commanded by Captain  Carr and Regiment commanded by Colonel George Reed of the line of the State of New Hampshire upon the Continental Establishment, for the period of Three years, three during the war, and served seven  years in the Continental service, and was in battle on Lake Cham-  plain under General Arnold, in the battle at Hubbardston, and  both the battles at taking Burgoyne, in the battle at Monmouth,  and in the Indian expedition under Gen. Sullivan, and was  at the taking of Crown Point that his original declaration was made before Judge Weston on the  thirty first day of March 1818; that he is now on the Maine Roll, and that his pension certificate is numbered 6110 . And I, the said Ebenezer  Waldron do further solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, 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 eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; 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.
Ebenezer Waldron.
The following is a Schedule of my whole Estate and income, necessary clothing and bedding excepted, viz: I own one half of a cow, which half is of the  value of seven dollars and fifty cents. one swine of  the value of three dollars. Old household stuff besides  necessary bedding not exceeding five dollars in value.  I have no debts due to me that can be collected,  and I owe as much as twenty dollars. My income  from the above property does not exceed three  dollars a year. I am by occupation a farmer, but  from age and infirmity am not able to do much  labor. My family at home consists of myself,  my wife Mary, aged sixty two, and my grandson  Stephen aged eleven years. Except the foregoing and  my necessary clothing and bedding I have no estate  or income whatever.
Ebenezer Waldron

Subscribed, sworn to, and declared both the oath and schedule on the seventeenth day of June 1820 before me
Nathan Weston Jr Esq. C.C.C. Pleas.
A true copy
Albert G. Davis Clerk.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
I the subscriber, being Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify to your Honor, that Ebenezer Waldo , a citizen of the United States, now resident in Augusta , in the said County of Kennebec , in the District of Maine, on the thirty first day of March , A. D. 1818, made application to me to receive his declaration under oath, and such other evidence, as was in his power to produce; and to transmit the same, and the proceedings had thereon, to your Honor; that he might be placed on the pension list of the United States, agreeably to the provisions of an Act, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed March 18, A. D. 1818, which declaration, and the other evidence produced by the said applicant, is hereunto annexed.
And I do further certify to your Honor, that after a full examination of the said applicant, and a careful consideration of the evidence in the case, it appears to me that the said applicant did serve as a private soldier and non  commissioned officer until the end of the war , in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, for more than nine months, as stated in his declaration aforesaid; and that from his reduced circumstances, he needs the assistance of his country for support.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the Court in which I preside, to be hereunto affixed, this twenty third day of May in the year of our LORD one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Nathan Weston C. Just. C. C. C. Pleas 2 d E. Circuit.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
KENNEBEC, ss.
THE Subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County of Kennebec, hereby certifies, that the HONORABLE NATHAN WESTON, Junior, Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset ; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have affixed unto his Certificate bearing his signature, the seal of the said Court in which he presides.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand : Dated at Augusta, in said County of Kennebec, this tenth day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Thos Davis

Ebenezer Waldron, Augusta Surgeon Col. Geo. Reed's Mt Reg. 1775. to 1783
March 31. 1818
Admitted

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
I Ebenezer Waldron, aged sixty years, a citizen of the United States, born in Dover in the state of New Hampshire, but now of Augusta in the district of Maine, upon oath testify and declare, that on the twenty fifth day of January A.D. 1777 I enlisted as a private soldier, into the continental service of the United States, for the term of three years into the company commanded by Capt James Barr and regiment commanded by Col. Hale of the second regiment, New Hampshire line. In February or March A.D. 1778 at Valley Forge I enlisted into the same company and regiment, then commanded by Col. George Reed, and was returned for during the war. I served in the army, until the twenty fifth day of January 1783, when I took my honorable discharge from the army at Danbury as a sergeant in Connecticut. I kept the discharge until it was worn out some years afterwards. I was in battle with the enemy, on board the fleet with Gen Arnold on Lake Champlain; at Hubbardston on the retreat from Tyconderoga; at Bemis's heights September 1777; at Still Water Oct o 1777 and in July 1778 at the battle of Monmouth. I am indigent, and in need of the bounty of the government. And I do hereby relinquish all my claim to every pension, heretofore allowed me by the laws of the the U. States, if any. I am not to my knowledge borne on any pension list whatever. And I request that I may be placed upon the pension list for the district of Maine.
Ebenezer Waldron
Kennebec ss. On the thirty first day of March A.D. 1810 the above named Ebenezer Waldron was examined before me Nathan Weston Jun C. Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second eastern circuit, and after being duly cautioned, made solemn oath, that the above deposition by him subscribed is in the whole and every part true; and I do further certify that the said Waldron is known to me, and is in my opinion a man of veracity.
Nathan Weston Jun C. Just. C.C.C. Pleas.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
I Joshua Heath of Augusta in the district of Maine, of lawful age, upon oath, testify and declare, that I am well acquainted with the abovenamed Ebenezer

Waldron. He is indigent, and in need of the bounty of the government, and sustains the character of a man of veracity.
Joshua Heath
Kennebec J. On the thirty first day of March, A. D. 1810 the said Joshua Heath was examined before me, and after being duly cautioned, made solemn oath, that the above deposition by him subscribed, is in the whole and every part true. And I do further certify that I am acquainted with the said Joshua Heath, and he is in my opinion a credible witness.
Nathan Weston Esq.
C Just. C.C.C. Pleas.

Eben Waldron

I John Clough of Phillips in the County of Somerset and State of Massachusetts of lawfull do testify and say that I knew and was well acquainted with Ebenezer Waldron now of Augusta in the County of Kennebec and State aforesaid as a Sergeant in the Continental Army in July 1777 and continued to be well acquainted with the said Waldron from July 1777. untill the 20 th of April 1779. that said Waldron served as a Sergeant during that term. that said Waldron was in the battle of Monmouth with me at the taking of Burgoyne at the battle of Monmouth - I further testify and say that I was discharged on said 20 th day of April 1779 and that I left said Waldron in the service at West Point John Clough
commonwealth of Massachusetts
Kennebec ss
April 20. 1818
Personally appeared the within named John Clough and made solemn oath that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed is true
before me Hattwell Williams Justice Peace

March 1, 1940.
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Frances M. Jose Dexter Maine
BA-J/ADY Ebenezer Waldron S.35708
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to soldiers of the Revolutionary War, Daniel Nelson and Ebenezer Waldron.
Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and the limited trained clerical force available for furnishing such information it is impossible to comply in full with each request pertaining to soldiers of that war.
The data contained herein were obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.35708, based upon the military service in that war of Ebenezer Waldron.
Ebenezer Waldron was born in Dover, New Hampshire, date and the names of his parents are not shown.
Ebenezer Waldron enlisted, place not stated, served in Captain James Carr's Company, Colonels Hale's, George Reid's and John Waldron's (no relationship shown) New Hampshire Regiments; was in the battles of Lake Champlain, Hubbardton, Bennington Heights, both battles of Stillwater and battle of Monmouth; was in General Sullivan's Indian Expedition; was at the taking of Cornwallis and was discharged January 25, 1783, having served seven years in all, as private and sergeant.
He was allowed pension on his application executed March 31, 1818, at which time he was aged about sixty years, and a resident of Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine.
In 1820, his family at home consisted of his wife, Mary, sixty-two years old, and his grandson, Stephen, eleven years of age. There are no further family data.
The soldier, Ebenezer Waldron, died in December 1831, place not given.
This was the 1st bat. of Stillwater
On 11/3,

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension and the name of person paid, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and cite the following data: "Ebenezer Waldron, Certificate No.6110, issued January 8,1819, rate $8.00 per month, commenced March 31, 1818, Act of March 18, 1818, Maine Agency".
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

35708
INVALID.
Rev
1940 Marl. Hist. Soc. Frances E. Jose, A.D. 1940.
File No. 35708
Ebenezer Walaron Seiz Rev Wae
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 439
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Ezra Waldron

This is to Certify Whoev r it May concern that Ebenezer Waldron Was a Soldier in my Reighment in the year 1775. and 1776. at Charlestown near Boston when the British Soldiers was in Possion of Boston and remained there A good Solder untill the British left Boston then he Enlisted for During the war and kept in army untill peace was declared and then Discharged John Waldron Colonel
Dated at Dover this 2 d day Febury 1818
As the above said Waldron is a poor man. has nothing to help himself with but his hands and has had a great deal of sickness and become unable to labour. but very little — Thereby certify that the above named Ebenezer Waldron Enlisted, sometime in the forepart of the late revolutionary war in the Hampshire line during the War and remained there until peace was declared, then Honorably Discharged to the the best of my recollection.
Somersworth Jan y 2 d - 1818 James Carr Then Major in the same line
New Hampshire Line Batts Genl Pack = Q u ar ter Master

Dexter, Maine, February 8, 1940.
Bureau of Pensions, Department of the Interior, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
In a list of Revolutionary War pensioners in Maine, compiled by Charles A. Flagg, librarian of the public library of Bangor, Maine, and published in Sprague's Journal of Maine History, we find the names of Ebenezer Waldron and Daniel Nelson , both receiving pensions under the Act of March 18, 1818.
Ebenezer Waldron: service, N. H. line, Sergeant; age 64; residence Kennebec county; died in 1830.
Daniel Nelson: Continental Navy, mariner; age 73; residence Somerset county.
Ebenezer Waldron may have lived in Augusta, Clinton, or Benton, Kennebec county, Maine. Daniel Nelson died and is buried in Canaan, Somerset county, Maine.
Of each man we desire the birthplace, dates of birth, death and marriage; name of wife and her dates of birth and death; names of children, with birth dates and names of persons they married.
If any of these facts are given in the applications for pension will you please send me an abstract of them?
Very truly,
Francis E. Jose