Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18,261, Ebenezer Wakefield, Mass. N.H.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass. N.H.
Wakefield, Ebenezer Abigail
N. 18261 B.L.M. 29009-160-55-
CONTENTS

Vermont"> Vermont 763.
Ebenezer Wakefield
of Bennington Co in the State of Vermont who was a P te Serjt in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt commanded by Read and others in the N. Hampshire line for
 8 months as Private. 26: 66.  5 do. as Corporal 18: 33.  4 do. as Serjeant. 20: 00  64: 99 
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 64 Dollars 99. Cents per to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18. day of Oct 1832. and sent to S. Swift Manchester. Vermont
 Arrears to 14th of Sept 1832. 97: 48.  Semi-ant. allowance ending 14 th March 1833. 32: 49.  139: 97. 
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. H. Glyn Clerk, Book 9 Vol. 1 Page 92.

3431, Pct. Vermont Pa.
Abigail Wakefield widow of Ebenezer Wakefield N H & Mass who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Pri. Capt & Sgt.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 65 Dollars —
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of Jan'y. 49 and sent to
Did V. Swift Jan 11, 1856 Manchester Vermont
recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 103 Vol. 3.
1881 March 3 Hon. H. Barker Military History for Israel Arnold
1881 March 21 J. N. Arnold that copies were sent March 3 rd to Mr Barker March 30 1881 - Found in Arnold Information

119,426 March 3/55
Abigail May 4/55
Abigail Wakefield W.
Ebenezer Wakefield
Wakefield
Rev. War
Ms. A. 9. 2. 20
Pensioner
Dr. - July 48 - 3431
Ad: 16 Dec 1852 23/12/52
RF/DA
W
E. M. Card Portlandville N.Y.
Cir E. M. Card Jan'y 20 2/56
Vol. W-16. —

BRIEF in the case of  Ebenezer Wakefield  of Bennington being in the State of  Vermont  (Act 7 June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?
In a Court of Probate
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he?
78 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.     * In 1775 May 8 Private Gen. New Hampshire Line Capt. Crosby Col. Read   Spring 1776 5- Corporal Massachusetts Line Volunteers Capt. Ford Col. Bullard   Summer 1777 4 Sergeant Capt. Foster Lt. Col. Brown  
5. In what battles was he engaged?
at Dinmond Island & Burgoyne's Surrender.
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
Amherst N. Hampshire
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
The services are proved by one living witness.
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
papers perfect
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
John M. Duffield Examining Clerk.

No 1070 Eben Wakefield
Declaration for a Pension
Rev. Eben Wakefield, Haverhill, Mass.

State of Vermont On this 23 rd day of July A.D. 1832, personally appeared Bennington County ss in open court, before the Hon. Myron Clark Judge of the Probate Court, for the Probate District of Manchester in the County of Bennington & State of Vermont, now sitting, Ebenezer W. seventy field of Man- chester in said County of Bennington, aged eight 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 was born in Reading in the County of Middlesex & State of Massa- chusetts, on the 15 th day of Nov r A.D. 1753. - That there is no Record as certainly known to him of his birth, except the private or family Record, but presumed that the same was recorded in the Town Records of said Town of Reading - That at the age of three years, his father & family with himself removed to the Town of Amherst in the County of Hillsborough & State of New Hampshire - That two or three years afterwards, he returned with an Uncle again to said Reading, where & at Chelmsford in the same County, he continued to reside & served as an Ap- prentice, until he became of age, or about Nov r 15 th A.D. 1774, when he returned again to his father's in said Amherst, where he remained until on or about the 20 th day of April A.D. 1775. - That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated
That agreeably to his present recollection, on the next day after Lex- ington Battle, which he thinks was on the 19 th day of April 1775, he turned out as a Volunteer & went to Cambridge in the State of Massachusetts, where in the month of May of the same year, he enlisted as a private soldier, in the Company commanded by Capt. Josiah Crosby in the Regiment com- manded by Col. Jas. Read in the New Hampshire line, for the term of eight months - That he was stationed for most of the time on Winterhill in Charleston in the State of Massachusetts - That his Regiment, & most of his Company were engaged in the Bunkerhill Battle so called, but that he had been ordered & detached on other duty at that time - but was himself engaged in several skirmishes during that campaign - That towards the latter part of January 1776, his term of service for which he had so enlisted, ex- pired, he was dismissed & went home, but does recollect whether he received any discharge or not, but if so, he has lost it - That soon after he returned from said Amherst to said Chelmsford, at which place he remained, & in the spring of the same year 1776, he again enlisted & was appointed & served as a corporal for the term of five months from the first day of June 1776, in the Company commanded by Capt. John Ford, in the Regiment commanded by Col. Sam l Bullard in the Massachusetts line - That he immediately afterwards

This part of the State of Massachusetts & New Hampshire to Charlestown in 1749. in that State then marched to Springfield on Connecticut river in the State of Massachusetts  Vermont , thence through Massachusetts  Vermont , a part of the State of Vermont, to Bennington, now White- Hall at the head of Lake Champlain in the State of New York, thence down said Lake to Ticonderoga, where he remained & was stationed until the expiration of his said term of five months enlistment, on or about the first of Nov r when he was dismissed or discharged by parol, by Genl. Gates then in command at said Fort. That from thence he returned to said Amherst in N. H. & from thence after a short stay, to said Reading, where he remained until in the summer of the year 1777, he again enlisted for the term of five months from the first day of August of that year, received the appointment, & served as a Sergeant, & did the duty of an orderly, in the company commanded by Capt. Abraham Foster, in the same last men- tioned Regiment then commanded by Col. Benj o Brown, & that shortly after, he marched with an additional said company to Regt. through North Hampton in the State of Massachusetts, & Bennington, Castleton &c. in the State of Vermont, again to Ticonderoga. From thence after a short stay, up Lake George - that he was engaged in a skirmish at Diamond Island , at the landing on said Lake - at which last place they took & made prisoners of a guard stationed at that place. Also again at again at Diamond Island so called  the old French line so called - that from thence they marched to Fort Anne in the State of New York. From thence thro' Pownal, Manchester, & Arlington in the State of Vermont to Saratoga & Stillwater in the State of New York, where he assisted in the several engagements, which terminated in the capture of Genl. Burgoyne & his army, in October of the same year 1777. & was near to Genl. Arnold when he was wounded in that Battle - that after the summer of the British army, he marched down the North or Hudson River to the White Plains, where he was stationed for a short time, until on or about the first day of December of the same year his term of service for his said last mentioned enlistment having expired, he was regularly discharged, but has since by some accident lost his said discharge - That from thence he returned to said Reading, where he remained for four or five years - from thence he removed to said Amherst, where he resided until in or about the month of March 1799, when he removed to the Town of Londonderry in the County of Windham & State of Vermont, where he lived till about the spring of the year 1822, when he removed to the Town of Langdon in the County of Ben- nington & State of Vermont, where he spent one season, or the greater part of a year, when thence he came to said Manchester, where he has continued ever since to reside - That he has now no documentary evidence to prove his said services or any part thereof - That he now knows or recollects of no living witnesses, who reside in this region of country or near him ex- cept an aged & very infirm man of the name of William Stewart, who resided, or did lately reside in the Town of Londonderry in the County of Windham in this State, a short distance from the east line of said County of Bennington, whom he has known from his youth, who was with him in said service & who he believes was knowing, should testify to all or most of his said

service - He is certain that there was also a very aged man of the name of Hart Bales who resided or did lately reside in the Town of Andover in the County of Windsor in this State, who was knowing, he believes would testify to a part of his said services - That he had also a Brother of the name of Simon Wakefield, who if alive is also a very aged man & who was alive & did reside when he last heard or was informed of him in said Town of Reading who was knowing to the whole or the greater part of his said enlistments & services, he believes if alive he would testify to the same - & at present he does not know or recollect of any others who are now alive whom he could call upon to prove those facts by - As to his reputation for integrity & truth, & his opinion & belief of his services above, he believes he might confidently appeal to any of his respectable neighbours here or elsewhere.
That the Subaltern Officers in Capt. Crosby's Company under his said first enlistment, were Lieut. Danl. Wilkins, he believes Lieut. Jos. Bradford & the other, if any he does not now recollect - The other Field Officers except but upon second reflection he believes that Col. Chas. H. H. H. H. H. H. was one. Col. Read, he cannot now remember the names of, but the Regt. he believes was attached to the Brigade of Genl. John Sullivan - Col. Scammon was the Adj. Genl. - In his second enlistment, in Capt. Ford's Company, the Subalterns were Lieut. Cheney & Ensign Michael Hildreth - Lt. Col. Benj. Brown was the other Col. besides Col. Bullard - The Maj. name is forgotten - In his third enlistment under Capt. Foster, the Subalterns were Lieut. Kimball & Ensign Dyer - Lt. Col. Brown & Maj. Bryant were the only Field Officers who were out, Col. Bullard being sick at the time. 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 - Sworn and subscribed this day and year aforesaid
Ebenezer Wakefield
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after their investigation of the matter, and after perusing the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named Applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he stated - Certified & sworn by before
Myron Clark Judge of Probate Court
I Henry Robinson Register of the Probate Court for the Probate District of Manchester in the County of Bennington & State of Vermont, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Ebenezer Wakefield for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal at Probate Office this 28 th day of July A.D. 1832.
Henry Robinson Register of Probate Court

Note 741 Abigail Wakefield Wid of Eben in Vot.
Re Aug 30 1877

State of Vermont } On this 30 th day of August 1837, personally ap- County of Bennington } peared in open Court before the Hon. the Probate Court within & for the District of Manchester in the County of Benning- ton State of Vermont, Abigail Wakefield a Resident of the Town of Man- chester in said County, aged seventy three years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her Oath make the following Declara- tion in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 16. 1836. —
That she is the Widow of Ebenezer Wakefield late of said Man- chester deceased, who as she is informed & firmly believes was at differ- ent periods of the revolutionary War, a Private, a Corporal & a Sargeant in the Army of the United States — that in the year 1775 & perhaps the first part of the 1776, agreeably to her first recollection, information & belief he served eight months as a Private in the Regiment com- manded by Col. Ford — that afterwards in some subsequent year of the said war, but what year she is not now able precisely to state, he served as she has been informed, & believes, & agreeably to her best pre- sent recollection five months, or about that time, as a Corporal in Col. Foster's Company at Reading in the State of Massachusetts — that afterwards in some subsequent year of the said war, as she now believes towards the close thereof, but what year she is not now able precisely to state, he served as a Sargeant, as she now believes, in a Regiment commanded by Col. Brown, but for what length of period of service, she is not now able precisely to state, as she has now no in- cited or memoranda, or documents whatsoever, to recite, to ascertain with certainty any of the above mentioned or referred to services but that she is knowing that for his said services, his services during the said revolutionary war, her said husband was placed on the pension Roll of the United States under the Act of Congress passed June 7. 1832, at the rate of 64 Dollars & 99 Cents per annum, that he enjoyed the said Pension until the time of his death — that she has no documentary evi- dence in her possession, by which to prove his said services or to support her said claim to a Pension.
She further declared, that she was married to the said Ebenezer Wakefield at Reading in the State of Massachusetts, by the Rev. Mr. Pentip, now deceased,

on the 8 th day of October A.D. 1782, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred eighty two - That she has no certain knowledge that her said marriage was recorded either in the Town or Parish, when they were so married or in any other Town or Parish Records - That her husband the said Ebenezer Wakefield died on the 28 th day of April, in the year 1835. & that she has remained a Widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Abigail Wakefield
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above written by & before me
Martin C Derrington Judge of the Probate Court And I do further hereby certify, that it appears to me from satisfactory proof adduced before me that the said Ebenezer Wakefield the late husband of the above named Abigail Wakefield died on the 28 th day of April 1835. That he was formerly a Pensioner of the United States & that she the said Abigail has remained a Widow ever since his death & that she is a credible & respectable person. Certified by me
Martin C Derrington Judge of the Probate Court I Rebecca Howe a Resident of the said Town of Manchester, aged 86 years, do testify & depose & say, that I am the Daughter & resided in the house with the above named Ebenezer Wakefield at the time of his death, which took place agreeably to my best present recollection & belief, on the 28 th day of April 1835. - That the said Ebenezer received a Pension from the United States previous to his death for the sum or about the sum of 64 Dollars & 99 Cents - That the above named Abigail is his surviving Widow & that she still so remains - And I do further testify & say that I am well acquainted with him the said Ebenezer & heard writing & that I have often seen an ancient Record preserved in his family of the marriage of the said Ebenezer to the said Abigail, which said Record was subsequently a number of years since, transferred into the family Bible kept by the said Ebenezer - both of which said Records appear to be in the hand writing of the said Ebenezer - From which Records it appears that the said Ebenezer was married to the said Abigail on the 8 th day of October A.D. 1782. I further saith not.
Rebecca Howe
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above written by & before me
Martin C Derrington Judge of the Probate Court

I Jacob Agee born a Resident of Manchester aforesaid, aged fifty nine years, do testify declare & say that I lived as near neighbours in P. Manchester to the above named Ebenezer Wakefield, previous to, & at the time of his death & that I am fully acquainted with, & agree in all the facts, stated by the above named Rebecca Howe, in her affidavit by her above subscribed, & seems to, believe the same to be correct & true, as stated by her, further saith not,
Spaced by me 1.00 P.M.
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above mentioned by the foregoing
Martin C. Deming Judge of the Probate Court And I do further certify, that it fully appears to me that both of the above Affiants are credible Persons. Attest
Martin C. Deming Judge of the Probate Court
State of Vermont } Manchester Probate District Bennington County } Probate Office ss.
I Harmon Canfield Register of the Probate Court, within it for the Probate District of Manchester in the County of Bennington & State of Vermont, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original Proceedings of this said Court in the matter of the application of Abigail Wakefield for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my official signature, & the seal of the said Probate Court at Manchester this 30th day of August A.D. 1837, & of the Independence of the United States, the sixty second.
H. Canfield Register

Abigail Wakefield Bt.
admitted Pr. Capt. Swift Ex nrs, £65.-
D. Swift Manchester Bt

State of Vermont } On this 3 rd day of August 1838. personally appeared Bennington County } Abigail Wakefield before the Hon. the Probate Court within & for the District of Manchester in the County of Bennington & State of Vermont, Abigail Wakefield a resident of the Town of Manchester in said Probate District, aged 74. 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 7 th 1838. entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows," that she is the widow of Ebenezer Wakefield late of said Manchester deceased, who was a Private, Corporal & Sergeant in the army & militia of the United States during the revolutionary war & served as such during that contest, & for which service she received & enjoyed during his lifetime, a Pension of sixty four Dollars & 99 Cents per annum (as she now believes) under the laws of the United States, passed June 7 th 1832. — She further declares that she was married to the said Ebenezer on the 8 th day October in the year seventeen hundred & eighty two, that her husband the aforesaid Ebenezer died on the 28 th day of April 1835. — that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January nineteen hundred & ninety four (viz.) at the time above stated. That she has no documentary evidence to support her claim. At Abigail Wakefield Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above written, before
Martin C. Dunning Judge of Probate Court
We Joel Howe aged 46. years, & Rebecca Howe his wife aged 37. years, resi- dents of the Town of Manchester in the County of Bennington & State of Ver- mont, do testify & depose & say that we have resided for several years past in the same house with Capt. Ebenezer Wakefield lately deceased until the time of his decease, & the above named Abigail his wife, until the time of his decease, & that the said Abigail has lived in the house with us since his death, which took place on the 28 th day of April 1835. as we now fully believe — that the said Rebecca is the reputed daughter of the said Ebene- zer & Abigail — that we are knowing that the said Ebenezer enjoyed a pension in his lifetime until his death, under the laws of the U.S. Congress of that session

1832. as we fully believe, agreeably to our best present recollection of the Dollars & 99 Cents - That the said Abigail has survived, that she remained his widow, single & unmarried even since his death - That we have seen & known for several years in the lifetime of the said Ebenezer, in his possession a small memo- randum Book, containing a Record of the marriages, Births & Deaths which have taken place in his family - In the handwriting of the said Ebenezer, with which we are well acquainted, & which we have ever understood & considered from him & them both to contain a true family Record of those events on the first page of which, cut from the said Book in our presence, & appended to this - by a coadjutor, there is an entry or Record, in the handwriting of the said Ebenezer, in the following words, "Record of family events." "Eb: Wakefield married to Abigail Daman - Reading October 8. 1782" - which entry or Record, together with the other entries on the said memorandum Book, were afterwards copied or transferred into the family Record contained in a large family Bible of the said Ebenezer, I now in the possession of the said Abigail, which are all the Record of the marriage of the said Ebenezer & Abigail of which we have any knowledge - That the said Eb: & Abigail ever lived together, & had several children, & were always reputed as husband & wife so far as our knowledge & understanding has extended, & we have no doubt thereof.
Joel Howe
Rebecca Howe
Sworn to & subscribed in open Court, on the day & year above written, before me. And I do further certify, that it hath been fully made to appear to me, that the above Affiants are both credible Persons, & their statements entitled to full credit. Attest Martin C. Deming Judge of Probate Court.
Record of family events Eb: Wakefield Married to Abigail Daman Reading October 8. 1782
Thomas 1/1/1832

State of Vermont                      Manchester District Bennington County                      I Warren Canfield Registrar of the Probate Court within & for said District do hereby certify that the foregoing are the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Caroline Goodwin for a Pension —
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Manchester in said District this 3 rd day of Aug. A.D. 1838. & of the Independence of the United States the Sixty Third —
Attest                      W. Canfield Registrar

119.426

STATE OF NEW YORK, Otsego County Clerk's Office.
I, William C. Fields , CLERK of said County, and of the Courts of Record therein, do hereby certify that
Wm C Branch
Esquire,
was, on the
23
day of
April
185 5
a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Otsego, duly authorized to act as such, and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and that his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal of the said County and of said Courts, at Cooperstown, this 1 st day of May 185 5
Wm C Fields
CLERK.

State of New York County of Otsego } ss.
On this tenth  twent third day of April One thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a justice of the peace, authorized to administer oaths within and for the county of Otsego and State aforesaid. Abigail Wakefield aged Ninety three years the ninth day of July next, a resident of the town of Milford County of Otsego and State of New York who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Ebenezer Wakefield deceased which said Ebenezer Wakefield was a Private Corporal & Sgt in the revolutionary war and who has obtained a pension under the Act of February 2 d 1848 as the widow of Ebenezer Wakefield deceased and which is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of sixty five dollars per annum commencing on the 4 th day of March 1848, and continuing for life unless she should again marry, which pension certificate was given at the war office of the United States on the 26 th day of January (1849) One thousand eight hundred and forty nine under the seal of the War department and signed by W. L. Marcy Secretary of war, and examined and countersigned by J. G. Root for Commissioner of Pensions and recorded in Pension office on the roll of pensioners under the act February 2 d 1848 page 103 Vol 3 d H. Humphreys Clerk, and for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she is entitled by the act passed by Congress and approved March third, One thousand eight hundred and fifty five. This deponent or affiant, Abigail Wakefield begs leave to refer to said papers above referred to, and to all

of said papers & affidavits on which said pension was obtained for the proof of the service of Ebenezer Wakefield in the revolutionary war and all facts relative to said service and of his commanding officer also begs leave to refer to said papers for the proof of her marriage to Ebenezer Wakefield and also for the proof of his death, all of which affidavits & papers this applicant begs leave to refer to, to obtain her bounty land, to which she is entitled by the act passed by Congress and approved March 3 d 1833 s .
And She further States that she was married to said Ebenezer Wakefield just before the close of the revolutionary war, and that her name before her marriage to said Ebenezer Wakefield was Abigail Darrow. That her husband died at Manchester Vermont in the year One thousand Eight hundred and thirty five and that she is now a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she is entitled under the act of Congress approved March 3 d 1833 s .
E. M. Lord,
Thomas L. Wakefield
witnesses to the execution of the declaration or application
Abigail her X Wakefield mark.
We the undersigned Thomas L. Wakefield and E. M. Lord residents of the town of Milford County of Otsego and State of New York, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Abigail Wakefield in our

presence and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the claimant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be
Thomas L. Whitfield E. M. Card.
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were Sworn to and Subscribed before me on the day and year above written, and I certify that I know the Affiant to be a credible person that this claimant is the person that she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
W. H. Branch justice of the Peace

July 2 1931.
Mrs. William B. Gottgetren 27 Yale Place Rockville Center, Long Island New York
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section III.
Dear Madam:
Next time this is Miller, not "name not given" after "an uncle"
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.18261, that Ebenezer Wakefield was born November 15, 1753, in Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. When three years of age, he moved with his father and family, no names given, to Amherst, Hillsboro County, New Hampshire; two or three years afterward, he returned to Reading, Massachusetts, with an uncle, and lived there and at Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, until November 15, 1774, when he returned to his father's home in Amherst, New Hampshire. The name of his uncle is not given.
While residing in Amherst, New Hampshire, he enlisted April 20, 1775, served as a private in Captain Josiah Crosby's Company, Colonel James Reed's New Hampshire Regiment, and was discharged the latter part of January, 1776.
After the termination of this service, he moved to Chelmsford, Massachusetts, and June 1, 1776, again enlisted, and served five months as a corporal in Captain John Ford's Company, Colonel Samuel Bullock's Massachusetts Regiment.
He enlisted August 1, 1777, at Reading, Massachusetts, served as orderly sergeant in Captain Abraham Foster's Company, under Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Brown, was in the engagements at Stillwater and Saratoga, which terminated in the capture of General Burgoyne and his army and in several skirmishes, length of service four months.
After his Revolutionary service, he resided at Reading, Massachusetts, for four or five years; then moved to Amherst, New Hampshire, where he lived until March, 1799, when he moved to Londonderry, Windham County, Vermont, lived there until the spring of 1822; then moved to Sandgate, Bennington County, Vermont, lived there about

one year, and then moved to Manchester, Bennington County, Vermont.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 23, 1832, while living in Manchester, Vermont.
He died April 28, 1835, at said Manchester.
The soldier married October 8, 1782, at Reading, Massachusetts, Abigail Damon, who was born July 9, 1762 or 1765.
She was allowed pension on her application executed August 30, 1837, while residing in Manchester, Vermont. In 1855, she was living in Milford, Otsego County, New York.
She died January 11, 1856.
Children are referred to, the only name given is that of a daughter, Rebecca, the wife of Joel Howe. In 1838, they resided in Manchester, Vermont, and at that time she was aged thirty-seven years and her husband, forty-six years.
One Thomas L. Wakefield was a resident of Milford, New York, in 1855, no relationship to soldier and his wife shown.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator
Sal. Had a brother Timothy Wakefield who was dead in 1832 & who had lived in Reading Mass
In her first claim it was stated that she was born in 1762, the 9th of mo. July 1855 In her new claim her statement indicated that she was born in 1764 or 1765
AB

Pay
WIDOW, &c.
No. 18,261
Abigail Wakefield widow of Ebenezer Wakefield Sergt. Rev. War.
Act: Feb 29 th 48
ex:—Vol. 11 , Page 311
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Dec. 14 '98
Miss Helen
Northfield
Oct 23 '99
as above
Apr. 2-190.
Maj. F. L. Howe
Northfield Vt.
E Howe
Ver
File
Ind

1925 Feb. 28 - Helen E Howe adv. as to dates of birth + death un 1931 - July 2 - Hist. to Mrs H. B. Gottgetren Olaf

204
Letter to S. Smith 28 June 1843
Burlington Vermont
Abigail Wakefield widow of Ebenezer Wakefield decd.
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 25th April 1835 at Bennington Co. in the State of Vt. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt. commanded by Col Read in the N.Y. line for 17 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Burlington at the rate of 5 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6th day of Sept. 1838 and sent to Swift Manchester Vt.
Arrears to the 14th of Sept 1838 $162.50 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar. 39, 32.50
$195.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by A.H. Addison Clerk, Book 7 Vol. 12 Page 61

Pet Sept 55-
2093
Vermont. Burlington
Abigail Blakefield widow of Ebenezer Blakefield who was a Pri. Capt & Sgt in the A. V. line
for 17 months
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 65 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25th day of Sept. 1843 and sent to S. Swift
Manchester Vt
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book . 432 Vol. 1. Page

V Against Wakefield Rejected
See letter to S. Swift 23 rd Oct 1837.

✓ 29.009
5 Noo Ans

FREE
Commissioner of Pensions Department of the Interior Washington Dist. Columbia,
119.426

Ebenezer Wakefield Bt. Ad 7 June 1832, when last paid - A 10/ Due 28 th April 1836 50 L. that found 9/4

Ebenezer Wakefield Vt. act 7 June 1832 to what time paid? Per Offer Dep St.
Decr 28 th April 1835 p to that period O.H.

18761
Ebenezer Wakefield
July 23-1832
Manchester Vt - 75
Born Reading Mass. Nov 15, 1753
Apr 20-75 Inverness N.H. & Chelsea Mass
Capt Israel Crosby N.H. at Deer Road pvt - 8 mos
Sep 76 - Cpt for Ford at Same Bullard Mass Corp - 5 m
Aug 77 Capt Abraham Foster Mass. at Benj Brown Sergt - 4 m
Bunker Hill Stillwater
married Abigail Damon
Oct. 8, 1782
Died Apr. 28, 1805

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If these papers are not all right please send back the same and inform me of the defects, be specific about the defects. My address is Portlandville Otsego County, New York.
Yours sincerely
E. M. Gaud, Portlandville, Otsego County, New York.

in 1832 of Manchester Bennington Co Vt aged 78 yrs - born in Reading Mfr Nov 15 1753 E Wakefield died April 28. 1835 at Manchester Vt
Served as private, Corp & Sergeant Enlisted at Amherst Vt When at the age of 3 years his father removed to Amherst N H Hillsboro, & in 2 or 3 years returned with an Uncle to Reading where at Chelseaford he continued to reside & served as an apprentice until of age or about Nov 15. 1774 when he returned to his father in Amherst, remaining until about April 20. 1775 when as he believes the day after the battle at Lexington he turned out as a volunteer going to Cambridge where in May he enlisted as a private under Capt Jonah Gossby of Col o Jones Read in for the term of 8 mos - Then in the battle of Bunker Hill was stationed most of the time at Winter Hill in Charleston Most of his Co was engaged in the battle of Bunker Hill but he was ordered & detached on other duty at that time - He was engaged during the Campaign in several Skirmishes & his term expired in the latter part of Jany 1776 (he was discharged Vret) Thorne & soon afterwards went from Amherst to Chelseaford from which latter place he, in the Spring, enlisted of 1776 enlisted as a Corp d in the Co of Capt John Ford & Mass regt of Col o Samuel Bullard, who marched to N o 4 now Charlestown Mt, Springfield Vt, Skeneboro now Whitehall N Y at head of Lake Champlain, then down said Lake to Ticonderoga where stationed until his term of 5 mos expired on or about Nov r first - Gen Gates was in command at said fort - returned to Amherst After a short stay he went to Reading where remaining until the summer of 1777 when he again entered the service for 4 mos from August 1 st serving as Sergeant, doing the duty of orderly receiving the app t of orderly Sgt in the Co of Capt Abraham Foster in same last mentioned regt then commanded by Col o Benjamin Brown, (Col o Bullard being sick) shortly after which he marched with a detachment of said Co. regt through Northampton Mass, Bennington, Castleton etc, in 2 nd to Ticonderoga N Y, remaining a few days, then up Lake George at the of the landings of which he was engaged in a skirmish, making prisoners of the guard & also another French town, & again at Diamond Island where they sunk & destroyed the boats, guns, stores etc on said Lake, from whence marched to Fort

Ann, N.Y. - to Paul it, Manchester, Arlington etc in Vt, to Saratoga & Stillwater N.Y. where assisting in the several engagements preceding the surrender of Genl Burgoyne & his Army in Oct 1777 & was near to Genl Arnold when he was wounded in that battle. After the surrender of the British Army he marched down the North or Hudson river to White Plains where stationed a short time until about Dec 1. 1777 when regularly discharged & returned to Reading Mass, remaining 4 or 5 years, then he removed to Amherst where residing until 1799 when he removed to Londonderry, Windham Co Vt & in Spring of 1822 he went to Sandgate Bennington Co Vt & in about a year moved to Manchester which has continued to be his residence ever since widow in Manchester in 1848 aged 84 years mar Oct 8 1772 at Reading
Atkinson, Bennington Sept 1871

Ebenezer Wakefield in 1832 was residing in Manchester Vt & was Born in Reading, Mass, Nov 15. 1753 - At the age of 3 years his father Moved to Amherst N H & after 2 or 3 years he returned with an uncle to Reading, Mass, where at Chelmsford, Mass, he continued to reside, serving as an apprentice until he became of age when he returned to his father's at Amherst, there remaining until about April 20 1775 when he turned out on the alarm at Lexington as a volunteer, going to Cambridge, Mass. In May 1775 he enlisted as a private under Capt. Josiah Crosby in the regt of Col NH James Read for 8 mos Service, Stationed at Winter Hill, in Charlestown Mass, The regt & most of his Comp y was engaged in the Battle of Bunker Hill, But he at the time was ordered on detached duty, He was however in several Skirmishes during the Campaign. In the latter part of Jan y 1776 he was discharged there - Soon after, he left Amherst for Chelmsford where he remained until the Spring or Summer of 1776 he again entered the Service for 5 mos as Corporal from June 1. 1776 under Capt John Ford in the Mass, regt of Col NH Samuel Ballard, marched then  NH to Skeensboro' now Whitehall at the head of Lake Champlain in N.Y. thence to Ticonderoga where discharged at by Gen d Gates who was in Command of the fort at that place. He returned to Amherst where After a short time he went to Reading remaining  there Summer of 1777 until Aug t 1. 1777 when he enlisted for 14 Mos as Sergeant under Capt Abraham Foster, in the Same Mass, regt of Col NH Samuel Pratt which was then Commanded by Col NH Benjamin Brewer, marching to Ticonderoga, thence up Lake George & way at the head of the lake engaged in a Skirmish at the landing, with the guard who were made prisoners; also another Skirmish at the old French line so called & at Diamond Island they took sunk or destroyed British guns &c, thence to Fort Ann N.Y., then to Poult, Arlington Vt, Saratoga & Stillwater N.Y. participating in the several engagements which terminated in the Capture of Gen t Burgoyne's Army & was near to Gen t Arnold when wounded in that

battle After the Surrender of the British Army he was sent marched down the Hudson river to White Plains, there Stationed until discharged about Dec 1 st 1777 & returned to Reading where he remained 4 or 5 years, then removed to Amherst NH where he resided until 1797 March 1799 when he removed to Londonderry Vt. & in the spring of 1822 he went to Sandgate, Vt. & in about a year then removed to Manchester Vt where remaining ever since He died April 28 1835

Mr. Wakefield
uu
2093

Declaration,
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2 nd February 1848, entitled "An act making further provision for servicing widows of Soldiers of the Revolution - State of Vermont, Bennington County ss. On this 1 st day of September, 1848, personally appeared before the Subcribe a Justice of the peace in & for the County aforesaid, Abigail Wakefield, a resident of the town of Manchester, in said County, aged eighty five years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 2 nd February 1848, granting Pensions to widows of Persons who served during the revolutionary war - that she is the widow of Ebenezer Wakefield, who was a Private, Corporal & Sergeant, in the army of the United States, during said war in the New Hampshire line, but in what corps, company, or companies, regiments or regiments, if she well knew, she is now, from want of recollection unable particularly to state - that he received in his lifetime for his said services a Pension under the act of June 7. 1832 - That since his decease, she has also received a Pension therefor under the act of 17 th June 1844, of the annual amount of sixty five Dollars.
She further declares, that she is still a widow.
Abigail her Wakefield mark
Witness, Beriah Wheeler Not. Public
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above written before me,
Beriah Wheeler Justice of the peace
I certify that the above Declaration is personally known to me, & that she is the same individual who drew a Pension as stated by her in the foregoing Affidavit.
Beriah Wheeler Justice of the peace
State of Vermont, ss. Samuel H. Blackmer, Clerk of the County Court, within & for the Bennington County ss. County of Bennington aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the above named Beriah Wheeler is a Justice of the peace within & for the said County, duly commissioned & qualified - that his commission bears date from the first day of December 1847, & will expire on the 30 th day of November 1848, - That his signature above written is genuine - Given under my hand, & the seal of said County at Bennington this 6 th day of September A. 1848, & of the Independence of the United States the seventy third.
Sam l H. Blackmer Clerk

283 Mrs. Abigail Wakefield
$65 per an
L. Swift Manchester vt

State of Vermont, } Bennington County } ss.
On this 1 st day of April 1843, personally appeared before the Subscriber a Magistrate within & for the County of Bennington aforesaid, Abigail Wakefield a resident of the Town of Manchester in said County, aged seventy eight years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her Oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 3 d March 1843, granting Pensions to Widows of Persons who served during the revolutionary war - That she is the widow of Ebenezer Wakefield late of said Manchester deceased who was a Sergeant Corporal & Private in the Army of the United States, during that war, & who therefore enjoyed a Pension during his lifetime, & for whom said services, she also since his decease received a Pension of sixty five Dollars, or about that sum per annum, under the Act of July 7. 1838. She further declares that she is still a Widow.
Abigail Wakefield
Sworn to & subscribed this day & year above written, before me,
Michael Johnson Justice of the peace
And I do hereby further certify that the above named Abigail Wakefield, the Declar- ant, is personally well known to me Michael Johnson Justice of the peace
State of Vermont } Bennington County } ss.
I Samuel H. Blackmer Clerk of the County Court, of the County & State aforesaid do hereby certify, that Michael Johnson is a Justice of the peace in & for said County duly commissioned & qualified - That his commission was dated on the first day of December 1842. He will expire on the first day of the thirtieth day of November 1843: - And that his signature above written I believe is his is genuine
Given under my hand & the Seal of said County, this 6 th day of April - A. 1843. In the Independence of the United States, the sixty seventh
Sam H. Blackmer Clerk &c.

105 4 July '36 30 Sec.
6.00 c p f f
Henry Lenard
FREE
The Hon. The Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington,
D. C.

Manchester Augt. 30. 1837.
To the Hon. the Comr. of Pensions,
Hon. Sir, Enclosed I send you some further testimony to support the claim of Mary Leonard to a Pension, & to prove her marriage &c. I find upon enquiry of her that I was mistaken in one fact stated by me in my letter which I addressed to you a few days since in relation to her case —
I then you stated to you I believe, that I understood that the family Bible containing the Record of their marriage had been lost or destroyed — but in conversation with her since that time I understand her to say that it was not lost or destroyed, but left at Luzerne in the State of New York, the place where they lived at the time of his death, & that it contains that Record made in his hand writing — & if the testimony which I now forward is not satisfactory as to that point, the Bible can be sent for & obtained & that proof added.
If consistent with the regulations of the Department, I would thank you to return me his Pension certificate which you enclosed to you with the original Papers —
I also herewith enclose the Pension Declaration &c. Wakefield — The services of her husband are not particularly detailed, as after his death I destroyed the minutes which I made of them, considering that they would be of no further use — & she is unable distinctly to remember to state them from what he had told her in his life time — his original Declaration of them they & however doubtless on file in your Office, & can there be found & referred to — The witness also who was called upon at that time to prove the same, is also as I am told since dead —
Very respectfully,
I am Hon. Sir, Yours &c
S. Swift

Manchester Aug 24
Ms. A. 9. 2. 10. 70 Parsons Office
July 29 1802
Vermont,
The Hon. Lewis Bap, Secy of War of the U.S.
Washington (City)
D. Columbia

To the Hon. Lewis Cass, Secy of War of the U.S.
Hon. Sir, Enclosed I forward to you the Application & Declaration for a xxxxx of the late Eben? Wakefield for a Pension, together with an affidavit to support the same. The certificate of his Neighbours is omitted, because it was thought that the other testimony would be sufficient agreeably to the published regulations of the War Department on that subject - if required they can readily be obtained & forwarded on.
Respectfully, I am Hon. Sir, your most obedt. Servt.
S. Swift
Manchester 23. July 1832.
P.S. I perceive in the Regulations that have been published relating to pensions under the late act, it is stated that "No payments can be made on account of the services of any person who may have died before the taking effect of the act June 7. 1832" As the act has a retrospective in one sense , some doubt arose in my mind upon the proper construction of that clause - As an application has already been made to me in behalf of services which were done by a man who died but a short time previous to the passing of the act, & there may be other such cases, I have been induced, as well as requested, to ask for the proper construction or explanation of that clause, & whether the case referred to, comes within the act for relief - I am most respectfully &c
S.S.

William Stewart
Affidavit

I William Stewart of Londonderry in the County of Windham & State of Vermont, aged 84 years do testify & say that I was well acquainted with Capt. Eben. Wakefield who now resides in Manchester in the County of Bennington, during the Revolutionary War, & during the most of the period since that time, & that I was well knowing that the said Wakefield enlisted in the Spring of the year 1775. for the term of eight months, in Capt. Jonah Crosby's Company, Col. Samuel Read's Regiment of New Hampshire Troops, & that he served through the whole term, that he afterwards enlisted in the Spring of the year 1776. for the term of five months, in Capt. John Ford's Company, Col. Samuel Bellows's Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers, & that he served as a Corporal through that term - That he afterwards in the Summer of 1777. again enlisted & served as a Sergeant in Capt. Abraham Foster's Company in the same last mentioned Regiment, then commanded by Col. Benj n Brown, for the term of four months, & that he did the duty of orderly, & served through the whole of that term - And that the said Wakefield has ever borne the reputation of a man of truth & veracity, & further saith not W m Stewart
State of Vermont } I do hereby certify that before me, Amos Bennington County ss. Denson one of the Justices of the peace within for the County of Bennington personally appears W m Stewart of Londonderry in the County of Windham personally known to me as a credible witness, who made oath that the facts stated in the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed are true according to his best knowledge & belief. Witness my hand this 16 th day of July A. 1832.
State of Vermont } Amos Denson Justice of the peace
I Henry Robinson Clerk of the County Court of the County of Bennington in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that Amos Denson before whom the foregoing Affidavit was sworn, was at the time & is, a Justice of the peace of said County & duly empowered to administer oaths - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court, this 23 rd day of July A. 1832.
Henry Robinson Clerk

Dato ✓
H. Clay Evans Commissioner, Bureau of Pensions Washington D.C.

Bureau of Pensions Washington D. C.
Will you kindly send me the war record of my ancestor - Ebenezer Wakefield of Bennington Co. Vermont - a Revolutionary soldier, who enlisted from Amherst N. H.
Any data that you can send me will be very welcome as I am doing some genealogical work on the Wakefield family - Thanking you for this favor I am
Sincerely
Mrs. Am. B. Gottgetreu 29. Yale Place Rockville Centre Long Island N. Y.
May-18-31

Northfield VT
Jan 24, 1925-
Department of Interior
Bureau of Pensions
I wish to learn the date of death of one Ebenezer Wakefield who was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War. He was a pensioner and also his wife Abigail Slamon Wakefield received a pension for the services of her husband. He enlisted at Amherst - N.H. He died at Manchester Vermont. He being my great-grandfather I am

anxious to have his grave marked and wish for the date I am a member of the Daughters of Revolution - Thanking you in advance!
Very Truly
Helen E Howe Northfield
Vermont
P.S. I thought in Abigail Wakefield's marking application for him the date of death would be found!

June 12 1899
H. Cley Evans.
Sir:
I return letter and have answered as many of the questions as far as I know. Abigail Wakefield received a pension for her husband. He made application June 23 1832 for service allowed seven her months. I would like to get the record of her application to find date of birth & marriage. Thanking you very much.
Respectfully
Miss Helen E Howe
Northfield
P. Box 39
Vermont-

RETURN THIS LETTER.
Noted
Northfield Vt. July 8 th 1897
H. Clay Evans
Dear Sir:
I write to ask you if a widow in making application for a pension for her husband's service in the war has to give the dates of her birth and marriage and if they are put on the records in the pension department if so will you please send me the record of the application of Abigail Wakefield her husband was Ebenezer Wakefield who enlisted from Amherst-Vt. H. - as he was a pensioner and and perhaps in his record would tell where he was born please

will you send the full record ..
Respectfully
Miss Helen E Horne
Northfield
L. Box 39
Vermont-

ON Northfield Vt.
Nov. 24. 98
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.
Dear Sir.
I beg leave to ask you for a statement of the military history of Ebenezer Wakefield a soldier of the Revolutionary War. as contained in his (or his widow's application for pension on file in the Bureau of Pensions. His wife's name was Abigail (Damon) Wakefield. He either enlisted from Amherst N.H. one thinks as he used to live there. If that one does not prove to be the one it would be from Massachusetts.

I will be grateful. As I had the record of another Rev. Colcher I see came from the commission I thought this was the place to write to. to
Very Respectfully
Miss Helen E. Howe Northfield Vermont.

WAR & DEC 2 19 FII

HON. ISAAC N. ARNOLD, PRESIDENT.
ALBERT D. MAGER, SECRETARY.
104 Pine St 111-113 Dearborn Avenue.
Chicago, March 10. 1881
The Hon. C. B. Farwell
My dear Sir
Sometimes in February I wrote to your predecessor, asking him to obtain from the Pension office, the facts regarding the services of Ebenezer Wakefield a revolutionary soldier, and pensioner, who died some years ago. I want a copy of his application for a pension stating when, where & what

were his services. I want the information for historical purposes & no other.
I mentioned in my letter that I hoped I should obtain the information by the 4 th of March. The 10 th being here & no reply - I beg you will do me the favor to send this note to the Pension Bureau - with a request for an early answer & oblige your friend
Isaac N. Arnold

Respectfully referred to the Commissioner of Pensions who will please answer direct to the writer -
J. B. Zane per S.R.
March 18/81
from Pensions from Pensions from Pensions

RETURN THIS LETTER
HEADQUARTERS FIRST BATTALION, VERMONT NATIONAL GUARD, NORTHFIELD, VERMONT.
Mar. 2 1901
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:—
I have the honor to inquire of the war records of my relative Ebenezer Wakefield who enlisted from Reading Mass or near there
Very Truly
J. L. Keene
Major 1 st B att V.N.G.

L. W. B. W. 18261.
This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
October 23rd, 1899.
Madam:-
In response to your recent communication wherein you request further information concerning Ebenezzer Wakefield, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that he was married to Abigail Damon October 8th, 1782. The soldier died April 28th, 1835. Place of his birth is not shown by the papers on file in the pension claims.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Miss Helen E. Howe,
Northfield, Vermont.
Lock Box 39.

App. 8. Old war Division
Department of the Interior. PENSION OFFICE.
Washington, D.C. March 21 1881
Sir,
In reply to your letter of 10 th inst addressed to the Hon: C.B. Farnwell which he referred to this office to answer, relative to Ebenezer Wakefield, a Revolutionary Soldier, you are informed that copies of his papers were sent to the Hon: H. Barber on the 3 rd inst.
Very respectfully
O. P. Clarke - actg commissioner Br
Hon Isaac N. Arnold 104 Pine Street Chicago Ills
Hon. C. B. Farnwell Dear Sir
Mr Barber, has forgotten to send me the "copies" above referred to. I fear they are lost. I am sorry to trouble you, for the Pension Office, but these papers are quite important in establishing a historical fact

connected with the Revolutionary war, & I beg you will ask the commissioner to direct another copy to be made, as early as possible & forward to me. Very Truly Yours Isaac N. Arnold
Mr Buntly - Please oblige Mr Arnold by causing notes to be prepared C B Farnum

Northfield Vt Mar 13 1901
Respectfully returned with the information That Ebenezer Wakefield was said to have served in Captain Abraham Foster's Company in 1777 said Captain was from Reading Mass.
Respectfully F. L. Howe
3-986. (Old No. 3-949 a.)
Mail Div. Exr. / Inclosures.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
WASHINGTON, D. C. Mar. 9 1901
Respectfully returned to F. L. Howe, Major 1st H. N. G. Northfield Vt.
In order that the claim referred to within may be identified, please fill in the blank spaces below and return all  enclosed papers to this Bureau.
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Name of Claimant, _____
Name of soldier, _____
Co. _____ Reg't _____ State (where enlisted), _____
If unable to furnish service, give names of company officers.
Soldiers name and service (Co. and Reg't, and claim number, should be stated in every communication.
Abel Brant 15316b10m7-1900 Commissioner.

Mail Div. B Ex'r. C Inclosures.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C. July 12, 1899
Respectfully returned to Mrs Helen E. Horne Northfield - Vt
In order that the claim referred to within may be identified, please fill in the blank spaces below and return all papers to this Bureau.
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Name of claimant, Abigail (Lamson) Wakefield
Name of soldier, Ebenezer Wakefield
9 th Co. N.H. Reg't Anchust (where enlisted)
New Hampshire Apr 23. 1775 Old War
If unable to furnish service, give names of company officers.
Served under Capt. Crosby + Lieut. Beach.
W. Chas. Evans Commissioner.

U. OLD WAR & NAVY. S. JUL 22 1899 FILES. L. H.

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
February 28, 1925.
Helen E. Howe, Northfield, VT.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in Revolutionary War pension claim, W.18261, it appears that Ebenezer Wakefield was born in Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, November 15, 1753, and died at Manchester, Vermont, April 28, 1835.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

L. W. B. W. 18261.
This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS, WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV. REVOLUTIONARY.
December 14, 1898.
Sir:—
In response to your recent communication you are advised that Ebenezer Wakefield made an application for pension on July 23, 1832, at which time he was 73 years of age and residing at Manchester, Vermont, and his pension was allowed for seventeen months' actual service as a private, corporal and sergeant in the New Hampshire troops, Revolutionary war. He enlisted at Amherst, New Hampshire, and served under Capt. Crosby and Col. Read.
His widow, Abigail, made application and received a pension for the service of her husband as above set forth.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Miss Helen E. Howe,
Northfield, Vermont.