Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29254, for Ebenezer Hunt, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Hunt Ebenezer
S 29254
CONTENTS
This man's widow was pensioned, see Leizah Hunt former widow of Joshua Bates, Mass. W. 15556.

15890 Massachusetts
Francis Hunt
of Wadsworth in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Miles of the Regt commanded by Col Smith in the Mass line for 11 months 15 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 30 Dollars 50 Cents per annum. to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16th day of Aug 1833 and Sub E.C. Leland Putney
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833 $ 78 00 Semi-annual allowance ending 1st  17 50 $95 50
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by A.H. Addon Clerk, Book E Vol. 2A Page 34

1084
Ebenezer Hunt
Paid 10 Mts & 15 days
Hy 06 April 5 1833
1837
E. Leland Esq Roxbury Mass

7084  BRIEF in the case of  Ebenezer Hunt  County of Norfolk  in the State of  Massachusetts  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Judge of Probate  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? yes  3. How old is he? 72  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.     Vol. In 1777 Nov r 6 Private Gen. S. Wild, Col. Brook   " 1778 July 1 1/2 do. Capt. S. Botter, Col. M c Clintock,   " 1780 10 th Oct r 3 do. Genl. Lovell Capt. T. Newcomb.  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Rhode Island  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Braintree  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional, Documentary & witnesses  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.
 F. Waugh Examining Clerk. Jan y . 25. 1833.

Ebenezer Hunt 70 84.
Edwin S. Leland

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Norfolk ss. On this Eighteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Judge of the Court of Probate  sitting at  in and for said County, Deacon Hunt a resident of Duxbury in said County, aged seventy two years  from birth of reference is made to a time long 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 7th A. D. 1832,
THAT he was born at Duxbury aforesaid on the twentieth day of August A. D. 1760, and that there is a record of his birth on the records of the church of Duxbury that he was in the United States service from the month day of November A. D. 1777, to the month day of May A. D. 1778 six months as a Soldier in the Massachusetts Militia : that he was residing at Braintree in said county of Norfolk when he entered the service ; that he was a volunteer and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Capt. Silas Dike of said Braintree in Col. Dyer's Regiment : that he marched from Braintree to Cambridge , from to from to : that he served at Cambridge with said Dike's Regiment of Massachusetts Troops  none of the regular troops ; and no regular officers were known to him : that he was in no battle and at the end of his service received no written discharge : that since the Revolutionary war he has resided at Duxbury aforesaid .
ALSO : that he was in the United States service from the month day of July A. D. 1778, to the month day of September A. D. 1778 one half month as a Soldier in the Massachusetts Militia : that he was residing at Braintree aforesaid when he entered the service ; that he was a volunteer and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Capt. Joseph Morton in Col. M'Kinley's Regiment - Braintree Det. Col. M'Kinley's Gen. Scamell's Continental Line and Brigade Major : that he marched from Braintree to Rhode Island from thence to Braintree from to : that he served at Rhode Island with none of the regular troops ; and no regular officers were known to him : that he was in the battle at Rhode Island and at the end of his service received no written discharge.
ALSO : that he was in the United States service from the day of A. D. 17 , to the day of A. D. 17 in the : that he was residing at when he entered the service ; that he and served for the period aforesaid under the command of : that he marched from to , from to from to : that he served at with of the regular troops ; and regular officers were known to him : that he was in battle and at the end of his service received written discharge.

Also from Oct 10 th 1780 served three months in Capt. Thomas Newcomb's Company, & officers by a vote of the meeting of the Commonwealth's health assured. And that he has no other documentary evidence.
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 first aforesaid. Elizer Hunt
We Jonas Perkins a clergyman, residing in the said  town of
New Bedford and Elias Hunt residing in said  New Bedford hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Elizer Hunt who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy two 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 as aforesaid.
Jonas Perkins Elias Hunt
And the said court  judge do hereby declare their  his opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court  judge further certify that it appears to them  him that Jonas Perkins , who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the said  town of  New Bedford ; and that Elias Hunt who has also signed the same is a resident in said  New Bedford and is a credible person; and that their statement is entitled to credit. And the said judge further certifies that Elizer Hunt is unable by reason of bodily infirmity, to attend court for the purpose of making the foregoing declaration.  Shuman Leland  Judge of Probate
I Samuel Haven , Regt. of the Court of Probate aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Elizer Hunt for a pension.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the day and year first aforesaid.
Samuel Haven

7084
Ebenezer Hunt
E. J. Leland Esq.
Roxbury
Mass

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Ebenezer Hunt 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 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?  XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? yes If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? No Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? No  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? yes  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? 7. 
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."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

29 254 Rev INVALID.
File No. 29, 254
Ebenezer Hunt
Rev Rev
Act: June 7 th 1897
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 197
[Arrangement of 1870.]
July 11 '99 Hon. Waricha Ent. Dept City
July 24/1900 Same to Same

Elmer Hunt

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, April 15 1833.
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 Ebenezer Hunt served as follows (viz) Under Capt Silas Wild, in Col Brooks Regt, as a private, for the period of five months, commencing November fourth 1777, & under Capt Joseph Dexter in Col McIntosh's Regt, as a private, for the period of one month & thirteen days commencing August fifth 1778
Edward D Bangs Secy
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Aug t 6 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 Oliver Hunt is is borne on a roll of Capt. Silas Wilds Company in Col. Brooks Regiment Stationed at Cambridge and is therein stated to have served two months from Feb 3 rd to April 3 rd . The year of service is not stated, but the warrant for the pay of the men is dated June 12 1778.
Also on a roll of Capt Thomas Newcomb's Company in Col. Oliver Thayer's Regiment raised to recruit the Continental Army, and is therein stated to have served three months from Oct 10 1780.
Edward D. Fane