Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 5668, for Ephraim Larkin, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Larkin, Ephraim
S. 5668
Carded
CONTENTS

2991
Massachusetts New York
Ephraim Garkin
of Rome in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Moore of the Reg t commanded by Col. Jacobs in the Massachusetts line for 11 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 36. Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th day of Decem- ber 1832 and sent to R.P. Colinson Rome Oneida Co NY.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $ 54.99 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mar 33 18.33
$ 73.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Incornwood Clerk, Book D Vol. 7 Page 163
Fr. Air. Albany agt. Nov 10. 18 Trans d to Massachusetts fm 4 Sept 1834 - Nov 17. 1835; and not sent to Pensioned Wilkinsonville, Mass.

7395 Ephraim Larkin Oneida Co. N.Y.
1779. Col Jacob, 64, 2
Thos. Mil 2 months
1780. Same Rpt. 3 months
1781 Colington, 64 6 months
1781. Col. Hudson Agent. Rome N.Y.
admitted
11 mo.
$26.66
To be payable at the rate of $100 per annum

STATE OF NEW YORK, } ss. Oneida County, }
On this 11 th day of Sept 1832 personally appeared in open court now sitting, Ephraim Larkin in the court of Common Pleas Oneida Co a resident of said county and state, aged sixty nine 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 entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated: That he was born at Lancaster, Worcester Co Mass 1763. Record of his age he supposes there. Served there when he entered service. Since war there. Berlin, Bolton, Leominster Mass. Danby Vt. Rome Oneida Co NY. That in August 1777 he enlisted in Capt David Alwordn 60, Col Jacobs Regt Mass. militia and served at Rhode Island 2 mos. In August or September 1780, he again enlisted in same Comp. Col Howes Regt and served 3 months at Rhode Island. In July 1781 he enlisted for 6 mos in Capt Williams 60, Col Graytons Regt. Major Tiscott in same Regt. of which Regt Col Hill took command on Grayton being appointed Brig Genl. and served said six months along the North River - and was discharged opposite Mott Point . General Heath command. Col Jackson Col man Regt there also. Never rec d any written discharge - Refers to annu ty after all proof he has rec d from Genl. Hunt Col d officer. See letter
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 to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Joseph B. Read (Dep y Clerk)
Ephraim Larkin
We, Moses Gillit clergyman residing in Rome Oneida Co  Ephraim Larkin about sixty nine
and Wheeler Barnes atty at law hereby certify that we are well acquainted with who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration: that we believe him to be about sixty nine years of age: that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid 7 th day of Sept 1832 and entirely they are my own words.
believe him to be a man of truth and veracity
Moses Gillit Wheeler Barnes
Wheeler Barnes Moses Gillit
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after 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 Moses Gillit who has signed the preceding certificate, is a resident in Rome and is a clergyman and that Wheeler Barnes who has also signed the same, is a resident in Rome and is an atty at law and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. & from distance of residence from court at some occasion so much expense to require personal attendance
By the Court E. May clerk pro temp
I, George Brown Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas Oneida Co do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Ephraim Larkin for a pension.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 11 th day of Sept 1832 ,
And I certify that Alva Wheeler above named is a justice of the peace and above signature I believe to be his proper hand
Geo Brown Clerk Joseph B. Read Dep y Clerk

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
County of Worcester ss.
On this twenty seventh day of October 1835, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Worcester, personally appeared Ephraim Larkin who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain David Moore, (others) in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Jacobs, Jackson, Howe (and others) in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of New York, from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State (District, or Territory,) of Massachusetts, where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. The following are his reasons for removing from New York to Massachusetts - being aged and infirm - having no wife living, or family of his own - and having several children in Massachusetts, with one of whom it was more convenient for him to reside - Sworn and subscribed to before me, the day and year aforesaid. Ephraim Larkin. Jon. Leland, Justice of Peace.
The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official character and signature must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The County Clerk, Secretary of State, or some other officer, must certify, under his seal of office, that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the pensioner's identity. He must swear that the person who has taken the above oath is the person described in the affidavit. The Magistrate must certify that the witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above directed.
Pension due from Sept. 6, 1834 - Amount to Mr. Leland at Wilkinsonville, Mass.

State of Massachusetts,
Worcester County ss.
Be it known, That before me Jonathan Leland a Justice of the Peace for the county aforesaid, personally appeared David Southwick of Northbridge, in said County who affirms and says, that he is well acquainted with Ephraim Larkin, formerly of the State of New York, now of Northbridge, aforesaid, and that he knows him to be the identical person described in the preceeding affidavit made for the purpose of obtaining a transfer of the payment of his pension. David Southwick
October 27, 1835. David Southwick, above named, belonging to the Society of Friends, and conscientiously scrupulous of taking an oath, subscribed, and made solemn affirmation of the truth of the foregoing declaration, before me - - and I further certify, that I am acquainted with the said David Southwick, and that he is a person of undoubted veracity.
Jon a . Leland, Justice of the Peace.
Worster ss.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I certify that Jon a Leland whose name is above written and also written on the other side of this Paper, is a Justice of the Peace within & for the County of Worster, duly commissioned and sworn, that the name in both places are written with his own hand and are genuine -
In testimony whereof I do hereunto set my hand and the seal of the Court of Probate for the said County of Worster, this third day of November A.D. 1835. Shepley Wheeler Reg d of the Court of Probate for the County of Worster in Massachusetts

O. W. & N. Div. F. S. M. E. C. I. 5668.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 25, 1896.
Madam:
In response to your request for the military record of Ephraim Larkin, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that he made an application for pension on September 11, 1832, at which time he was residing in Rome, N. Y., and sixty-nine years of age, and his pension was allowed for eleven months' actual service as a private in the Massachusetts troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time served under Capt. David Morse  Col. Morse and Col. Jacobs.
No list of Revolutionary pensioners has been published by the Government since 1835.
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.
Mrs. A. D. Brackett,
902 F. St.,
Washington, D.C.

In reply to your request of _____, I have the honor to submit for a statement of the military history of Ephraim Larkin , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. Jun. 7. 5668.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Aug. 1779. 2 mo. 00. Priv. David Moore Jacobs Mass.   Aug. or Sept. 1780. 3 " " David Moore Howe "   July 1781. 6 " " { Haskell Williams { Grafton Hull "  
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Lancaster, Mass.
Date of application for pension, Sept. 11. 1832. His ch. natural
Residence at date of application, Rome, Oneida Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, Born in 1763 at Lancaster Worcester Co. Mass.
Remarks: Soldier states in 1835 that his wife was out  living and refers to several children living in Mass.,  names stated. No other family data.
The above noted is the only Ephraim Larkin of Mass. found on  the Rev. War pension records. Very respectfully,
(Card is A.R.)

March 23/96 Soldier pensioned Mrs. A. D. Bullock. Washington D.C. Md.
March 12, '08. History to Mrs. Manda D. Bullock.
Rev War
5668
INVALID.
File No. 5668
Ephraim Larkin First Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1832.
Index:—Vol. M , Page 215
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Record Division.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
March 9, 1908
Searched by L. D. Lamparter
Original No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant, _____
Soldier, Ephraim Sarkin
Service, Mass.
Rev. War
Remarks: No claim was above except Inv. # 5668
_____ Chief of Division.

Whitinsville Mass Mar. 3/08.
Pension Bureau Wash D.C.
Gentlemen:
Will you kindly send me record of pension of a Revolutionary soldier Ephraim Larkin of Lancaster Mass. His wife was Sarah Baker. and his father was Peter Larkin.
Thanking you Yours Truly
(Mrs.) Maude D. Bullock.
Whitinsville. Mass.

Abner H. Haines, Bank Albany Pension Agency Nov. 14. 1835.
James L. Edwards Esquire Counsel of Pension, Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 10 th inst. I have to state that Ephraim Larkin was last paid to 1 Sept. 1834 - Resp y . Yrs. of. Serv t
Thos M c Clusky

Ephraim Larkin
ans. Oct 17-33-P.9.
J. L. Edwards Esq.

Wilkinsonville, Ms. Oct. 1835.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions. Sir.
Mr. Ephraim Larkin a Revolutionary Pensioner, late of the State of New York, is now living in Northbridge, Worcester County, Mass. and respectfully requests that such measures may be taken in your Office as will enable him hereafter to receive his Pension at the Agency in Boston, Ms. instead Utica, or any other place in the State of New York. His Pension Certificate is enclosed, as it is supposed to be necessary to forward that with his request. His pension has not been paid, he says, since September, 1834. The writer of this is not fully acquainted with mode of necessary in an application for a transfer, as here requested, but has full confidence in the liberality of the department. It is requested that any return, or information on this subject may be directed to the Post Office at Wilkinsonville, Ms.
Respectfully, &c.
Jam. Leland.
Ephraim Larkin, here present, subscribes his name, in token of the foregoing being his request.
Ephraim Larkin

7398
BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Ephraim Larkin Oneida NY which require further proof or explanation.
 I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes  II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes  III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?  IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes  V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes  "a full account of his service is indispensible to a fair action in his case" - alone in paper returned  VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes  VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes  VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes  IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes  X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes 

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? _____
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? No
Done in an paper -
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? _____
And is the official character and signature of the magistrate certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? _____
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? _____
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And if not, which of them is not so answered? oth. 7th -
(Answered in amended declaration)
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____: and for such service I claim a pension.”

State of New York Oneida County B on this 23 rd day of November
1832 before me personally appeared the within named Ephraim Larkin and being duly sworn, does upon oath make the following additional declaration - That he enlisted in August 1779 at Lancaster Worcester County Mass, in Capt d David Moores Company, Timothy Bailey Lieut. Ensign Houghton - Col Jacobs Regiment, militia Lt Col Durdlee - dont recollect the Major - and Marched from Lancaster thro' Northbury - Westbury, Northbridge, Hopkinton part of Worcester D ty Boston Providence Rhode Island where we remained one week - Then down the River to found to a place called Tiverton and there encamped about two weeks - the British forces were then in sight - While the troops were at Tiverton a number of British soldiers deserted and joined us. From Tiverton we crossed to a place called Butts or Zuaku Hill. The same day British left the Island - From thence Marched to Newport at which place the British embarked - after staying there about three weeks we returned again to Butts Hill - and were there discharged after the expiration of two months the term of enlistment. This deponent served the full period of two months - In Putnam, was with the troops - Gen Cornwall also a militia General.
In August or September 1780 he again enlisted, at Lancaster under the same Captain David Moore, Lieut Bailey, Ensign Silas Gates - for three months , in Col Howes Regt

The Col was called "Sip Home" — St. Col Durfee, does not recollect the Major — Adjutant Wales — Marched from Lancaster through the same towns as before to Hopkinton and then to Rehoboth and Bristol, Rhode Island — Then on to Island to Butts Hill, and were engaged in building fort ? on the hill and continued to work there until the expiration of service — when he was discharged from service having fully served the term of three months for which he enlisted. —
Recollects Gen Heath as being there some of the time — Does not now remember any others.
In July 1781 enlisted again at Lancaster a furlough for six months , in Capt. Williams company — St. Healey — Ensign not recollect — in Col Graytons Regiment St. Col Hull (Maj. Tisdale. Brig. Major) — Maj. Oliver belonged to Graytons Regiment — Col Hull took Command of this Regt. on Col Graytons being appointed Brigadier General — The deponent passed muster at Leicester in Said Co of Worcester, one Washburn Superintendent — and marched to Springfield Mass — When the troops came in from different towns — and the deponent was under charge of a Capt. Haskell — Gen. Shepard had the charge of the men assembled there — Marched from Springfield directly to West Point on the Hudson River — where troops arrived last of July or first of August — and there this deponent joined Capt. Williams company.

And as detachment was called for to go to Morristown to cut the lines of which this deponent was one - and performed the service then required - and the troops were at a place called Robinsons Farm near West Point and were engaged as guards, and patrolling up and down the river - and continued in service there until the month of January - the 3 d day as he recollects - when his term of service had expired - when he was discharged having served the full term of Six months for which he enlisted.
Recollects Genl Brattle - Col Jackson of Mass. Regt - - Genl Grayton - Genl Putnam was there some of the time - - also Genl Greene was there he thinks a very short time, -
This deponent never received any discharge in writing -
This deponent refers to the Rev. Moses Gillet & Wheeler Barnes , Esq. and Henry Hous 2 at Law as persons living in his neighborhood & to whom he is known - and also to Say Hathaway merchant. Ebenezer Huntington Merchant and many others whom he might name.
And this deponent further says that he does not know of a single witness living by whom he can prove his services
And this deponent further says, that he has

given a statement above according to his best recollection and belief - and further says not. E. P. Stevenson. Larkins
State of NY Oneida County Personally appeared before the subscriber the above named Ephraim Larkins to me known as the person within described, and as a man of truth & veracity, and made oath to the foregoing affidavit. the day and year aforesaid. J. Matthew Dodge of Oneida Co. p. l. at Counsellor etc.
Clerk's office Oneida County George Brown Clerk of the County of Oneida do hereby certify that Joshua Matthew Dodge before whom foregoing aff n was taken is a judge of said County of Oneida, and that the signature is in his own proper hand writing. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 24 th day of November 1882. Geo. Brown Clerk