Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1557, for Ephraim Lincoln, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Lincoln, Ephraim Lucy
Ms. A. 1. 5. 5. 7 B.L. Ms. 2. 1. 8. 15-160-55-
CONTENTS

10.951.
Massachusetts
Ephraim Lincoln of Norfolk in the State of Mass who was a Pirate in the company commanded by Captain [blank] of the [blank] commanded by Col Gille in the Mass line for 13 Mths 19 Days
Wid
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 45 Dollars 43 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th day of May 1833 and Dnt R S Seland Roxbury Mass
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $90.86 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept " 22.71 $113.57
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J H N Blair Clerk, Book No. Vol. 2, Page 49.
79 Norfolk

Act Mich 3/162,371 June 8 /35
Lucy Lincoln Widow of Ephraim Lincoln ps; Revolutionary War Map: No 1 Claim in a Pension Act July 1848
815. ad: 160 ac, Apr. 10 th 1836.
W. Map July 1848
(Stylized signature or mark)
Ellen Gray Hingham Mass
Vol L, page 92

252
Massachusetts
Sarah Lincoln
widow of Ephraim Lincoln
Mass who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 45 Dollars 43 ,
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March , 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 38 day of July 1849 , and sent to
James E. Dowe Cohasset Mass
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2 , 1848, Page 41 , Vol. 1 ,
July 29.
Book D

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hingham Plymouth County Nov 16 1848.
"Ephraim Lincoln of Cohasset and Lucy Lincoln of Hingham, were joined in Marriage by Rev. Henry Ware Pastor of the first Church in Hingham November 2 Seventeen hundred and Ninety four.
This may certify that the above is a true copy of the Record, with the exception of the the date which is expressed in the record in fair, legible figures as follows, Ephraim Lincoln of Cohasset and Lucy Lincoln of Hingham were joined in Marriage Nov. 2. 1794.
Joseph Sprague { Clerk of the town of Hingham
I Joseph Sprague above named do hereby say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the town of Hingham aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Town, of Hingham with the exception above named as certified by me.
Joseph Sprague { Town Clerk of Hingham

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Plymouth County ss. November 16. 1840. Then personally appeared the within named Joseph Sprague Town Clerk of King ham and made solemn oath that the within certificate by him subscribed is true and I hereby certify that the said Joseph Sprague is well known to me & he is a person of good reputation for truth - Before me - Solomon Lincoln. Justice of the Peace within & for Plymouth County affirmed

Ephraim Lincoln Mass
March 13 Mr 19 days
43.33 2.10 $45.43 $43.35 88 3/4
E. J. Leland Esq Roxbury Mass

BRIEF in the case of  Ephraim Lincoln  County of Norfolk — in the State of Mass  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 77  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.     25 Aug. In 1777 3 19 Innate Capt Wilson Col Gill   1775 and 76 2 " Capt Damm   Last of July 1776 + 1st Apr 1776 about 8 " Capt Stevens Col Whitney  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none mentioned  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses; by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditional documentary and two living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The exact time of service is not specified nor is the credibility of the living witnesses certified 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Taylor
Examining Clerk.

No 153 Lucy Lincoln mo of Ephraim Map
Act. 29 July 1848
November Married 1794 Husband died 1834
Adm d 13 mo s , 19 days per $43.43 per annum Com d 11 March 1848
James C. Doane Col. assell, Mass.

State of Massachusetts Norfolk County } ss
On this Fifth day of February A d Eighteen hundred and forty nine personally appeared before me James C Doane a Justice of the peace within and for said County Lucy Lincoln a resident of Cohasset in the County of Norfolk aged eighty four 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 provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 24 th day of July 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war That she is the widow of Ephraim Lincoln who was a private in the Army of the Revolution, a pensioner under the act of June 7 th 1832 at the rate of Forty five dollars and forty three cents per annum, and died June 9 th 1834 - She further declares that she still remains the widow of the aforesaid deceased to whom she was married at Hingham in the County of Plymouth November the second A d Seventeen hundred and ninety four
Lucy Lincoln
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me, and I further certify, that the said deponent is well known to me, is a person of good reputation for truth, and entitled to full confidence and belief
James C Doane Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, April 27 th 1855.
I Hereby Certify, That at the date of the attestation hereunto annexed,
James P. Francis was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Norfolk
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Levi Woodson Secretary of the Commonwealth.

That she is the identical Lucy Lincoln who is "inscribed on the pension list at the rate of forty five dollars and forty three cents per annum" as a pensioner for life under the act of July 29, 1848, as appears by a certificate from the Department of the Interior dated the 13 th day of July 1849, and signed by T. Ewing, Secretary, and recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under the act of February 29, 1848, Page 71 Vol. I Book D.; and that the facts and dates of her husband's service in said war are forgotten by her, and that the proof of his said service, of her marriage to him and of his death are upon file at the proper office in Washington. Having been placed there when she obtained her said pension.

STATE OF Massachusetts COUNTY OF Norfolk } ss:
On this Twenty-first day of April A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five , personally appeared before me, a justice of the peace, within and for the County and State aforesaid, Lucy Lincoln aged 91 years, a resident of Cohasset , in the State of Massachusetts , who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Ephraim Lincoln deceased, who was a private in the Revolutionary war with Great Britain
in the war with Great Britain , declared by the United States on the _____ day of _____; that her said husband _____ at _____ on or about the _____ day of _____, A. D. _____, for the term of _____ and continued in actual service in said war for the term of fourteen days, and was honorably discharged at _____, on the _____ day of _____ A. D. _____
She further states that she was married to the said Ephraim Lincoln on the second day of November , A. D. 1794 , by one Henry Ware , a clergyman , and that her name, before her said marriage, was Lucy Lincoln ; that her said husband died at Cohasset on the ninth day of June A. D. 1834 , and that she is now a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3, 1855. She also declares that she has not received a warrant for bounty land under this or any other act of Congress, nor made any other application therefor.
Lucy Lincoln
We, Mary Lincoln and Mary E Doane residents of Cohasset , in the State of Massachusetts , upon our oaths, declare, that the foregoing declaration, was signed and acknowledged by Lucy Lincoln , in our presence, and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be. Mary Lincoln Mary E Doane
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
James B Doane Justice of the Peace for the County of Norfolk

Epistle in London
8894
Edwin S. Leland

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Norfolk ss.
On this fourteenth 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 Board of Probate now sitting at Quincy in and for said County, Ephraim Lincoln - a resident of Cohasset in said County, aged seventy seven , 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 Cohasset aforesaid
on the twenty fourth day of May A. D. 1755, and that there is a
record of his birth on the town records of Cohasset that he was in the United States service from
the twenty fifth day of August A. D. 1777, to the first day of Dec A. D. 1777 3 Months
19 days
as a private in the Massachusetts Militia : that he was residing at Cohasset aforesaid
when he entered the service ; that he was a volunteer
and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Capt Theophilus Wilder of Colonel Benja Gill's Regiment
: that he marched from Hingham to Charleston , from to from Charleston to the North River
: that he served at the capture of Brandywine with of the regular troops ; and
none of the 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 Cohasset
ALSO : that he was in the United States service from
the last day of December A. D. 1775, to the last day of March A. D. 1776 2 mo.
as a private in the Massachusetts Militia : that he was residing at Cohasset
when he entered the service ; that he was a volunteer
and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Capt Thomas Bacon
: that he marched from Cohasset to Newark , from to from to
: that he served at with of the regular troops ; and
none of the regular officers were known to him : that he was in no battle
and at the end of his service received no written discharge, that he has no documentary evidence of this service
ALSO : that he was in the United States service from
the last day of July A. D. 1776, to the first day of April A. D. 1777
in the Massachusetts Militia : that he was residing at Cohasset
when he entered the service ; that he was a volunteer for Cushing's Battery
and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Capt Seth Hawes of Colonel Joseph Whitney's Regiment
: that he marched from Cohasset to Heath , from to from to
: that he served at Heath with none of the regular troops ; and
none of the regular officers were known to him : that he was in no battle
and at the end of his service received no written discharge. that he has no documentary evidence of this service

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.
Ephraim Lincoln
We
Jacob Flint
a clergyman, residing in the Town of Cohasset
and James C Doane residing in said Cohasset hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Ephraim Lincoln who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy seven years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood, where he resides to have been a soldier in the Revolution of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed as aforesaid.
Jacob Flint
James C Doane
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 abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier  for more than four years and served as he states. And the court further certify that it appears to them that Jacob Flint , who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the Cohasset ; and that James C Doane who has also signed the same is a resident in Cohasset and is a credible person; and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Nathan Severy Judge of Probate
I Samuel Haxon , Reg t , 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 Ephraim Lincoln for a pension.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the day and year first aforesaid.
Samuel Haxon

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Aug 7 24 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 Ephraim Lincoln is borne upon the Pay Rolls of Capt. Seth Howland's Company Col Joseph Whiting's Regt. for the period of three months & seven days from the twenty fourth day of August 1776 Also in the same Company & Regt for the period of one month from December the first 1776 Edward D Bangs. Secy
The name of Ephraim Lincoln is also borne upon the Pay Rolls of Capt. Theophilus Wilder's Company in Col. Benjamin Gill's Regt for the period of three months & nineteen days from the twenty fourth day of August 1777 Edward D Bangs. Secy

I Joshua Beal of Cohasset do testify and declare that I was a soldier in the army of the United States stationed at Hull in the years 1776 & 1777 that I served in company with the author named Ephraim Lincoln who was then a member of Col. D. L. H. Sturtevant's Company
Joshua Beal mark
Norfolk ss August 14 th 1832 Submitted to
before S. Leland judge of Probate
I Joseph Beal of Cohasset do testify and declare that I served at Nantasket or Hull in company with Mr. Ephraim Lincoln under the command of Capt. Thomas Bourn as set forth in his declaration within
Joseph Beal
Norfolk ss August 14 th 1832 Submitted to
before S. Leland judge of Probate

Pay WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1557
Lucy Lincoln, Widow. Ephraim Lincoln Paris. Rev. War
Act: July 29. 1848.
Index:—Vol. 2
Page 435
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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5 Her Amis

Massachusetts Roll, Act 7 June 1832 Ephraim Lincoln. His $45.43 per annum, To what time last paid? Died 9 th June 1834 P d to his death 135/13.

Mr. Act 29 th July, 48, Mess:
Mr. R.

No. 9 Rep d Feb y 9 th 1849,
Hon. J. L. Edwards, Dear Sir,
I forward, herewith the application of Sarah  Lin- coln for a Pension.
I would also request your attention to the case of Elizabeth Lin- coln , whose papers were forwarded to you, some four months since, by the Hon. James C. Doane of Cohasset, Mass, she wishing to be restored to a Pension, under the act of Feb y 7 th 1848. When the certificates are made out, will you be so good as to for- ward them to Mr. Doane, at Co- hasset.
And oblige
Yours very truly Horace Mann,

Cohasset, Mass. June 27 th 49
Hon ble Thos Ewing Secy of Home Department Sir
In the month of Jan y last I forwarded to the Commissioner of Pension the application of Lucy Lincoln Widow of Ephraim Lincoln who was a Revolu- tionary pensioner under the act of 7 th June 1832 at the rate of $45.43 pr An m . and who died June 9 th 1834, to be placed upon the pension Roll under the act of Congress Chap 120 approved July 29 th 1848.
Near six months have now expired, and no answer received, M rs L is over 80 years old Very Respectfully Your obed Serv t
James G Doane