Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30773, Ebenezer Wallis, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Wallis, Ebenezer
S. 30773
CONTENTS

15574 Massachusetts
Ebenezer Wallis of Worcester in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Bowker of the Regt. commanded by Col. Webb in the Mass line for 6 months & 27 days
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Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 23 Dollars  Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th day of June 1832 and sent March . Dana  Broton  Wap
Arrears to the 14th of Mar '33  $46.00 Pemi-anl. allowance ending 1 st Sch t  11.50 $57.50
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by H. L. C. Clerk, Book  Vol. 22 Page 99
It is Phebe Wallis age 22 nd 46
April 7 th 1885 Copy of data furnished to Ezra D. Stearns Esq of Ashburnham Mass for historical use. Copy inside Worcester

Declaration of Ebenezer Wallis
Please to direct to Sam Dano Esq Grafton Ms

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Worcester ss.
On this fourteenth day of August  Probate A D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas , now sitting at Worcester within and for the County of Worcester in the Commonwealth
aforesaid
Philemon Wallis aged sixty six years
Who being 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 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That is to say
1 In A D 1780. he engaged to go to West point for three months in the Company of Capt. Boutelle of Lee minutes, in Col. Rands Regt of Mass forces, he returned to Westpoint was stationed there and then was marched to Kings Ferry where he completed his term of three months and was discharged — 2 In 1781. he agreed to go to Westpoint again was ordered into Capt. Backers Company of Newberry in Col. Webbs Regt of Mass forces he marched to Westpoint and was stationed there until he had completed his term of three months and was discharged. —

He relinquishes every claim, whatever, to a pension or annuity, whatever except, the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll, of the agency of any State. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Before Nath. Farn Ebenezer Wallis Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
We Nathan B. Sprattling a Clergyman residing in the town of Ashburnham in the County of Franklin hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Ebenezer Wallis who has subscribed and sworn to the above, and that we believe him to be sixty six years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood, where he resides, to have been a soldier in the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,
Joseph Jewett Jus. Pacis. Nathan B. Sprattling Concord & Stearns
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that after the investigation of the matter, and putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them, that Nathan B. Sprattling who has signed the preceding Certificates is a Clergyman resident in the Town of Ashburnham and that Charles Stearns of Ashburnham and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. Nath. Farn Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester Clerk of the Court of
do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains, the original proceedings, of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this day of in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty
Worcester ss.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Theophilus Wheeler Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Ebenezer Wallis for a pension, and that Joseph Jewett did before whom the foregoing affidavit was made, is a justice of the Peace in said County of Worcester duly commissioned and sworn, and the signature purporting to be his signature is I believe genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court. This twenty third day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three. Theophilus Wheeler Reg. of said Court

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex, to wit,
At the Court of Probate begun and holden at Worcester within and for the County of Worcester on the fourteenth day of August A. D. 1837. On the application of Ebenezer Wallis claiming to be a Soldier of the Revolution, the following Interrogatories were propounded to him to wit:
1. Where, and in what year were you born?
Answer,
I was born in Lienenburg Ms on the 11th of April A.D. 1766
2. Have you any record of your age, and where is it?
Answer,
I have no family record but my age is recorded on Lienenburg Ms
3. Where were you living, when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live? Answer,
I was living in Lienenburg on which I continued to live until removed to Vermont in 1801, I then continued till 1829 when I removed to Ashley and then to Ashburnham where I now live.
4. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute for whom? Answer,
I was living in Lienenburg, when called into service in 1801. I removed to Chester Vermont, from there to Ashburnham where I now live.
5. State the names of some of the regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served, such Continental, and Militia Regiments, as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service? Answer,
I saw Genl. Washington at the time when Arnold's treason was discovered Genl. Heath at Fitchburg, and I also saw Genl. Arnold and Genl. Gales & Green
6. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution? Answer,
Joseph Jewett Esq., George Cushing Esq., Asahel Dacey Charles Stearns Selectman of Ashburnham — I did you ever receive any written discharge from service and I do not remember that any written discharge was given to me! Ebenezer Wallis

To the
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Secretary of War Washington

Fitchburg Mass. Apr 17, 46.
Phoebe Wallace.
Asks for pension of Eben Wallace to be continued to her. W
1796 Need Apr 20/46
Pension Office
Eben Wallace Mass rdt 15574

Gatchenburg mass, April 17 th 1846
A petition to the secretary of war your petitioner prays that you would search the records at the war office you will find one Elenneyer Wallace A revolutionary soldier has name involved on the pension list you will also find that he has not drawn any pay from the treasury its eleven years since at this time he our pensioner was very much out of health he applied to our physicians for help. He continued to grow worse until September 1835 he concluded to go to his son who is a phys ician  then living in Baldwin Vill. in York state & apply to him for help he accordingly started from home in the Sturge & traveled as far as Albany & then went aboard of a canal boat & in so doing went into the midst of the colera it is firmly established in the minds of all his friends that he fell a victim to the disease the colera. some time after the colera had abated, I took a journey to Baldwin Vill to his sons, to be contin ued

as his son was then living near the canal, I believed that if there could be any information obtain- have {respecting his death or burial he won't obtain it would if possible I tarried at the doctor's three weeks while we got no information excepting I was told by those that lived near that it was there opinion that there was so many died of that disorder that those that died aboard the boats were hurried out of the way as soon as possible Some in the canal & others where they could find a place, & no thing said about them
Mr Wallace gave me his pension Bill when he started from home he said if he did not live to return that I could claim his pension although but small it might help me your petitioner prays that your won't present my case before the house
To the secretary of war) Phebe Wallace
P.S. should have written to you last winter but I was sick could not
Fitchburg mass

22746 Ebenezer Wallis Massachusetts
That 6 mo 27 days
20.00
S. Dana Grooton Mas

BRIEF in the case of  County of Worcester
Ebenezer Wallis in the State of Massachusetts (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 66 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.     Engaged In 1780 — 3 5 private Gen. Bandelle Col. Rand   1781 — — 3 22 — Col. Bawkins Col. Ullrich  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Massachusetts  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Documentary  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. W. Clark Examining Clerk.

Buffalo, N.Y. March 13th. 1898.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
I am referred to you by the Record and Pension Office as the proper person to answer certain questions relative to the records of Revolutionary Soldiers. Both myself and wife are descendants of revolutionary ancestors and for the purpose of joining the order of Sons and Daughters of the revolution are desirous of obtaining the records of the following persons:
Jesse Ware of - - - - - Mass.
Justin Cole, of Dalton, - - "
David White, Hampshire Co. - - "
Noah Turner, of Weymouth, - - "
Ebenezer Wallace, of Lunenburg, " The latter - my Grandfather- entered the army at the age of 16, and was a Captain at the close. I have his Sword, and we formerly had his uniform, and other relics.
If there are any records extant, I would be pleased to hear from you if the information is at your disposal, - If the application is not properly made out, kindly advise.
Yours truly
Geo. A. Wallace.
5 1 5

30773 Pay INVALID.
1893 May 5 Hist to Geo A Wallace Buffalo 31/2
File No. 30,773
Ebenezer Wallis
Dir Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 438
[Arrangement of 1870.]
✓

Ebenezer Wallis Wallis, Massachusetts roll, act June 7. 1832, at $23.
Be pleased to say to what time he was last paid.
Pension office } p't. 4 Sep 1833 ch 24. '46. } JH

Chemser Wallis
3 m o : 5 days . . . 1780
3 m o : 22 days . . . 1781
Correspondence to International

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Nov. 10 1832.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that
the name of Ebenezer Wallis is borne on a roll, of a detachment of Militia in Col. Thomas Crafts regiment, in service at Boston, for the space of five weeks from the 8 th of November 1777, in the company of Capt. Nath. Heath
Again, his name is borne on a roll of Capt. Timothy Boutelle's company, in the regiment of Col. John Rand, of Militia raised for 8. months, agreeable to a Resolve of the General Court passed June 22 nd 1780. to reinforce the Continental army - For the space of 8. months and 5. days from the 15 th of July. 1780.
Again, his name is borne on a Pay Roll of the company of Capt. Daniel Bowker in Col. Webbs regiment, raised agreeable to a resolve of the Gen l Court of the 20 th of June 1781. to reinforce the army of the United States for the space of three months and twenty - two days, in lieu of being marked 214. miles from home, when discharged.
Edward D. Bangs. Secy