Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10964, for Enos Lake, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass. N.H.
Soake, Enos
S. 10964
CONTENTS
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15553 New Hampshire
Amos Lake
of Nashua in the State of New Hampshire who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Hale of the Regt commanded by Col. Reed in the N. Hampshire line for 15 months
★ N. H. Mass.
Records completed Apr. 1835
Inserted on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of 50 - Dollars — Cents per annum. to commence on the 15th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd day of May 1833 and sent ex pa Dicker Gaffrey N. Clark
Arrears to the 15th of March 1833 $100.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 1 st Sp t " 25.00
$125.00
5 Revolutionary War, } Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded By W. H. Johnson Clerk, Book 15 Vol. 15 Page 110

I Daniel Lake of Rindge in the County of Cheshire & State of New Hampshire being of lawful age do Testify and Say that Enos Lake enlisted as a Soldier in the service of the Revolutionary War at Cambridge Mass on the twentieth day of April one thousand Seven hundred & seventy five for eight months & continued one month after his term of enlistment had expired making nine months in all at that time - He served first under Capt. Nathan Hale & next & mostly under Capt. Phillip Thomas in Col. James Reed's Regiment in the New Hampshire line -
He the said Enos Lake entered the service again about the first of Feb. A.D. 1776 - for two months in the Massachusetts line and was stationed during said term on Prospect Hill which I believe is in Charlestown near Boston in the State of Massachusetts in Capt. Sawyer's Company & Col. Herrick's Regiment. also He the said Enos Lake was out in the service of his Country again in one thousand Seven hundred & seventy five

under Capt. Dennis Round in Col. H. Benjamin's Battery Regt. of Artillery in the New Hampshire Line & was at the the of Saratoga in taking Burgoyne although I am now far advanced in life being seventy eight years old - I am the more certain of the correctness of the forego- ing statements from the circumstances that in the first nine months as named & the last term of one month I was with him in the same Company & Regt. in the second term of service as named above I was in the Service & Stationed on Winter Hill while the said Ennis Lake was Stationed on Prospect Hill near Boston in the State of Mass'ts. The said Ennis Lake is a Brother of mine & next younger in age. My- self & in my belief is more than twenty- five years old - in taking Burgoyne there were four Brothers of mine in the same Company in the same the same - Also Ennis Lake & myself

were both of us in the Battle of Bunker Hill - my father removed from Topsham in Massachusetts with his family in the year A.D. 1769. A Rindge New-Hampshire at which place Ennis Lake & myself   have had our residence ever since
Proo of Evos & I proved by wit Estate of Daniel St.
State of New-Hampshire Cheshire Co.
Rindge August 6 th 1832
Then the above named Daniel Lake Personally appeared and made solemn Oath that the foregoing Affidavit by him subscribed is True
before me - Joshua Converse Justice Peace
Cheshire Co - April 25. 1833 - The subscriber before whom the foregoing Affidavit was sworn to hereby certify that Daniel Lake the above deponent is well known to me and is a credible witness -
Joshua Converse Justice of the Peace

Churkin Sept 6. 1832
I Salma Hale clerk of the Judicial Courts in said county certify that Joshua Converse is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county and that I believe that the foregoing is his signature. In testimony whereof I hereunto affix the seal of our Superior Court of Judicature J. Hale Clerk
Daniel Southwick Deputy.
From Ennis Hale

Ennis Lake
V Hampshire
Print 15 Month
16 06
Apr 15 1835
P 335
125 95
A. Schuchert
See Parker
Saffey 11/11

BRIEF in the case of  60 of Cheshire
Gen. Lake  in the State of  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Gen. Courts  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 75  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. As a Gen.     V.A. Time In 1798 volunteered 2 Private Col. Doyne   1799 enlisted 2 " Col. Doyne   1799 " 1 " Col. Doyne   on Rec. of Service 18 months  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Battle of Bunker Hill  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Bridge V.A.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditional and three living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? one witness is useful as evidence the others are not 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Taylor
Examining Clerk.

Declaration of Enas Lake of Piridge County of Cheshire N.H.
12.595

Declaration,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE, COUNTY OF CHESHIRE, ss.
On this fifth day of September 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the Hon. Stearns Watson judge of the Court of Probate for said County of Cheshire —
now sitting, Emas Dake a resident of Bridge in the county of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire aged 75 years last October 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, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
1 st That he enlisted as a volunteer in the company of Capt. Nathan Hale of said Bridge in the Regiment of Col. James Reed of the New Hampshire line, and served the first eight months of the revolutionary war at Cambridge and that vicinity, and after wards remained in the camp and served one month more, before the recruits for the army could be got in — That he was in the battle of Bunker hill, before which Capt. Hale was appointed a Major, and the company was afterwards commanded by Capt. Phillip Thomas — That the Brigade was commanded by Gen. Sullivan — That he was dismissed in January 1778 and returned home, but 2 d in the fore part of the February following he entered the service again for two months in the Massachusetts line in Capt. Rogers Company and Col. Hennicks Regiment, and was stationed on Prospect hill near Boston — 3 d — That about the first of September 1778, he enlisted in the company of Capt. Smith of New Ipswich, Ensign Crombie, in the Regt. of Col. Baldwin of the New-Hampshire Militia, and marched to Springfield. Mass. Hartford and New Haven, and Stamford Conn. and thence to King's Bridge and White Plains — That after serving three months he was dismissed and returned home — 4 th — That in the year 1777, he enlisted in the company of Capt. Daniel Rand of said Bridge, in Col. Benjamin Bellows in the N th line and marched to Saratoga and was there when Gen. Burgayne surrendered; and that he served one month and was then dismissed —
He was born in Topsfield Mass. in the year 1756. — has a record of his age in his Bible and there is one at said Topsfield — Resided in Bridge aforesaid where he performed all the services — has

lived five years in Weatherfield V.T. since the revolutionary war, and the remainder of the time has lived, and now lives in said Rindge — Calumet every time as before stated — Recollects during the first eight months service, Col. afterwards Gen. Stark's Regiment at Winterhill — and that Col. Pease and he thinks Col. Gilley were there —
Never received any written discharge —
Joshua Converse Esquire and David Hale live near me in said Rindge and I believe can testify as to my character for veracity and belief of my services as a soldier of the revolution
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
Ebenezer Dake
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Across Watson Judge of Probate
We, Joshua Converse and David Hale both of Rindge aforesaid
hereby certify, that we are acquainted with Ebenezer Dake who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy five 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.
Joshua Converse David Hale
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Across Watson Judge of Probate
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 Joshua Converse and David Hale who have signed the preceding certificate are residents of the town of Rindge aforesaid and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit
Across Watson Judge of Probate
I, Asa Parker Register of the Court of Probate for County of Cheshire do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Court in the matter of the application of Ebenezer Dake for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this fifth day of September A.D. 1832
Asa Parker Register of said Court of Probate

Perkins
10964.
INVALID.
File No. 10964
Emory Lake
Pr. New Mar.
Act: June 1 th 82
Index:—Vol. A , Page 216
[Arrangement of 1870.]

March 24, 1842, West. Co. Mass. Thomas Guthrie. 29 Hollis St. Boston Mass.

12595-
Ennis Lake
Asia Parker E Saffrey
NA

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of James Lake 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? Certified by two citizens
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? yes one - the other NO
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes
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? yes
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.

We Amos W. Burnham a Clergyman and Samuel L. Wilder both residing in Rindge in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire do hereby certify that we are acquainted with Ezra Lake who has subscribed and sworn to the declarations to which this certificate is attached; That we believe him to be twenty six years of age; That he is respected and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion
A. W. Burnham Pastor of the Chh in Rindge V. H.
Sam. L. Wilder
State of New Hampshire Cheshire ss May 4th 1833 —
Then Amos W. Burnham a Clergyman in the town of Rindge, and Samuel L. Wilder Esquire of the same town, personally appeared and made oath that the foregoing certificate by them subscribed is true —
Before me Asa Parker Justice of the Peace and Reg. of Probate

State of New Hampshire, Rindge July 9 th 1832 Cheshire ss.
Then Thomas Emory of Rindge in the County of Hillsborough and State aforesaid, being considered a res- pectable citizen, of lawful age after due caution and care- ful examination, made oath that the follo- wing deposition subscribed by him contains the whole truth and nothing but the truth Taken at the request of Enos Lake of Rindge, State and County aforesaid before me
Amos Keyes (Jus t . Peace)
I Thomas Emory of Rindge in the Coun- ty of Hillsborough and State aforesaid do testify and say that I were knowing to Enos Lakes belonging to the revolutionary army in the capacity of a soldier in Capt. Philips Thomas company of Malabar Col. James Reed Regiment and the New Hampshire line I further state and say that the aforesaid mentioned the service between the say of it prev d A.D. one thousand seven hundred and seventy five and left the service in the month of January one thousand seven hundred and seventy six
Thomas Emory
Cheshire ss. Sept 6. 1832
I Salma Hale Clerk of the Superior Court in said county certify that Amos Keyes is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county and I believe the above indicated official signature to be his. In testimony whereof I hereunto affix the seal of our Superior Court of Judicature
J. Hale Clerk