Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19632, Ezra Willis, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Willis, Ezra Susannah
N 19632
CONTENTS

Rev Sept 21
Massachusetts 2041.
Susannah Willis widow of Ezra Willis who was a Private in the Mass. line
for 16 mo & 1843
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 55 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21st day of Sept. 1843 and sent to Sylvester Maxwell Charlemont Mass.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1. Page 57.

Susannah Willis

June second seventeen hundred & eightyfour Ezra Willis and Susannah Haynes both of Sudbury were married by --- Jacob Biglow
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the record taken from the records of the town of Sudbury, except the date which is expressed in fair legible figures thus June 2. 1784 - Attest Thos. Stearns Town Clerk of Sudbury
I Thomas Stearns testify and say that I am Clerk of the Town of Sudbury in the County of Middlesex and commonwealth of Mass a- charter, that I have the care and custody of the records of said Town and that the above is a true copy of the record of the marriage of said Ezra Willis & Susannah Haynes, with the excep- tion above named.
Thos. Stearns Town Clerk of- Sudbury
Middlesex Ys. Town of Sudbury September 11. 1839
Then the above named Thomas Stearns made oath that the above affidavit by him sub- scribed is True -
Before me Asahel Goodnow Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex Vs. I Elias Phinney Clerk of the board of Common Pleas for said County of Middlesex, being a court of record, do certify that Asahel Goodnow Esq. is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County of Middlesex, duly qualified and that his name subscribed to the within Certificate is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court the twelfth day of September 1839.
E. Phinney Clerk

V6434
Susannah Willis
• Mass.
Act 7. July 38
M 84. d 13-
Vol 4. 216. 1780. 5 mo 11 dy
17. 129. - 81 3. - 7
final settlements
39.5.32. - 18.26. - 1 Jan 84
40252 53.30. - 2 "
from Jan 83 to Sep 83. 8 mo.
adm d
16. mo. 18 days -
$ 55.
no deduction
Elijah Alvord esq. Greenfield Mass.

Declaration
In order in Order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th of July 1838 "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Franklin ss.
On this fifteenth fifteenth day of October in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine personally appeared before me Richard E. Newcomb, Judge of the Probate of Wills for the County of Franklin, Susannah Willis a resident of the Town of Charlemont in the County of Franklin foresaid aged seventy four years, at her own dwelling house in Charlemont foresaid, who can- -not from bodily infirmity attend the Court, who be- -ing 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 - 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows, that she is the widow of Ezra Willis late of Charlemont foresaid deceased, who according to my best knowledge and belief, was a private in the Army, in the Massachusetts line, that the said Ezra in the month of June in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty intitled into Capt. Abraham Williams Company in a Regt. com- -manded by Col. Sprott for the term of six months and served that time against the common enemy. At the time he enlisted or above he resided in the Town of Sudbury in the County Middlesex and State of Massachusetts. And that
And that, again, the said Ezra, living in the town of Sudbury of foresaid of foresaid, in the month of July in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty one intitled as a private into a Company commanded by Capt. Daniel Bowker in a Regt. of Col. Webb's, in the Massachusetts line, for the term of three months

and he served against the common enemy during said term and received his discharge.
And again, while the said Ezra was a resident in the town of Scituate aforesaid, some time in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty two, he enlisted into Capt. Moore's Company in a Regiment commanded by Col. Henry Jackson, in the Massachusetts line, for the term of three years, as may be seen by the discharge herunto annexed; and I believe this identical discharge was given to my husband, for I have seen and read it many times.
She further declares that she was married to the said Ezra Willis on the second day of June in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty four, by Pastor Beeples as Congregational Minister of Scituate that her husband the aforesaid Ezra Willis died on the thirtieth day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service; but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety four viz at the time above stated; and my maiden name was Susannah Haynes, and that she has never been married since the death of the said Ezra her husband, and that she has no other documentary evidence except the discharge annexed.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written.
R. E. Newcomb Judge of Probate.
Susannah Willis
And the said Judge of Probate doth hereby certify his opinion after the investigation of the matter, that the above named Ezra Willis was a soldier of the United States in the war of the revolution, and served as stated in the foregoing declaration; that the said Susannah Willis was married to the said Ezra on the second day of June A.D. 1784, as he has above declared; that the said Ezra died on the thirtieth day of April A.D. 1818, and that the said Susannah has ever since remained a widow.
R. E. Newcomb
Judge of Probate

I Joab Willis of Charlemont in the County of Franklin and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being forty seven years of age do on oath depose and say that I am the son of Ezra Willis late of Charlemont aforesaid deceased, and Susannah Willis the applicant on the opposite page, that I was born in Sudbury in the County of Middlesex in the state of Mass., where I remember having lived, from thence my father removed to Coleraine in the County of Franklin aforesaid, and from thence to said Charlemont, my father, the said Ezra Willis died on the thirteenth day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and my mother, the said Susannah has not been married since, and that I have often seen and read the discharge given to my father annexed to the declaration of my mother and have no doubt, that it is the identical discharge annexed
Joab Willis
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin ss. Oct. 15 - 1839 personally appeared Joab Willis the subscriber to the above affidavit and made oath that the same is true and I certify that the said Joab is reputed to be a person of truth and veracity
Before me Elijah Paine Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin ss.
I Elijah Alvord, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the county of Franklin, do hereby certify that Elijah Paine Esq is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly commissioned and qualified; and that the above signature purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said court, at Greenfield, this sixteenth day of October A.D. 1839.
E. Alvord Clerk

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin ss.
I Elijah Alvord, Register of Probate for the County of Franklin do hereby certify that Richard E. Newcomb is the Judge of Probate for said county duly commissioned and qualified; and that the attestation to the proceedings contained on the two first preceding pages purporting to be his is done in his genuine hand writing
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of the Probate Court for said county this sixteenth day of October A.D. 1839 E. Alvord Reg. Prob.

Massachusetts-4987.
Susannah Willis, widow of Ezra Willis, deceased-
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 30 th of April, 1818 of Franklin Co. in the State of Mass- who was a private in the company commanded by Captain A. Williams of the Regt. commanded by Col. Sprout in the Massachusetts line for 16 mos. 18 days.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 55 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd day of Febru- ary, 1840 and sent to Elijah Howard, Esq. Greenfield, Mass.
Arrears to the 4th of March, 1840 $220.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 th Sept. " 27.50
$247.50
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by S. A. Elliott Clerk. Book 4, Vol. 4, Page 145.

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 19632
Susannah Willis Widow of Ezra Willis Pr. Rev. No.
Act: March 30 th 48
Index:—Vol. M , Page 344
[Arrangement of 1870.]

BY THE HONOURABLE MAJOR-GENERAL K N O X,
Commanding the AMERICAN FORCES on Hudson's River.
Whereas William Saldrey the Fourth Massachusetts Regiment, being inlisted for Three Years, is hereby honourably DISCHARGED from the Service of the United States.
Given in the State of New-York,
the thirty first Day of Decem r
1783
By the General's Command,
Knox M c Lean
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment,
Isaac Hovey Adj t

2302 Susannah Willis Declaration 1843
$55 per ann
Sylvester Maxwell Charlemont Mass.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts } ss. Franklin County }
on this twenty ninth day of May in the year one thousand eight hundred forty three; personally appeared before me Sylvester Maxwell Esqr. one of the Justices of the Peace; in and for the said County of Franklin; Susannah Willis, a resident in the town of Charlemont the County aforesaid, 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 provisions of the Act of Congress passed on the third day of March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons, who served during the Revolutionary war. That She is the widow of Ezra Willis deceased, who was a private in the Army of the Revolution. That She received under the Act of July 7 th 1838 a pension of fifty five dollars annually. And She further declares, that She is still a widow.
In presence of
Sylvia H Burton Syl Maxwell
Susannah her mark Willis
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year above written Before Syl Maxwell Justice of the Peace
Franklin ss. 14 th June 1843. I hereby certify that Susannah the Willis, who subscribed the foregoing Declaration, is a person well known to me and is the same person who received a pension under the Act of July 7 th 1838 Syl Maxwell Justice of the Peace

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Franklin ss.
I, Henry Chapman, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Franklin, do certify, that Sylvester Maxwell Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Sylvester and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said Commonwealth, this fourteenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three
N. Chapman Clerk.

Ezra Willis
Sudbury, 80- 4-216- 5 July to 6 Dec 1? 5mo. 11 days Capt. Dan Bowker Webb. 1781- 3mo - 17-129 - Capt 3mo. 7 d
82. Col. Henry Jackson -
136 33 to 15953-
39 500 to 40 9 02 p 140-39.532# 18.20 July 1. '84
15604 to 15647 p 153-40.252# 53.30 9. - 84

J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions City of Washington Columbia

Greenfield Mass. Dec. 5. 1839
J. L. Edwards Comt. of Pensions
I am requested to forward to your department the enclosed applications for pensions. They have remained some time in my office from a misapprehension.
Yours respectfully Elijah Alword