Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 38,424, for Ephraim Taylor, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Taylor, Ephraim
S. 38,424
CONTENTS

12,225
Maine Ephraim Taylor
of _____ in the state of _____ who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Judge of the Mass line, for the term of 3 Years
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 4 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 of July 1819 and sent by Isiah Smith Maine
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 88.23 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 15 Sept 1818 10 27 1/2  11 36 23
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Restore
Notwithstanding the 3rd July 1829 to Genl. J. Sprague, Esq. Bath Maine

(R. 225)
Respecting reg d Dec. 26. 1828, see letter to H. M c Cracken Feb. 1829.
Maine
Ebenezer Taylor
of Lincoln Co. in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain White of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Tupper in the Massachusetts line, for the term of three years from 2 nd Jan y 1777 to 2 nd Jan y 1780
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 4 th day of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th of July 1828 and int d to Joseph Robbins Esq. Adm l Maine
Restored to the Roll on 25 th day of November 1828 and notification sent to N. Coffin Esq. at Muscaspell. Mass Pension commencing on the 1 st of November 1828.
Amount due on 4 th of March 1829 }
$29-29
60/18
{Revoluti Acts Mar. M

Ephraim 30 Taylor
12,225,
Sept 1819
not entered
Sylvester

STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss....At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at Wiscasset, within and for the County of Lincoln, on the third Tuesday, being the twentieth day of June, and by adjournment  day of  from day to day, on the in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable JOSIAH STEBBINS & EBENEZER THATCHER, Judges of said Court.
ON this twentieth day of June in the year 1820, personally appeared in Open Court
the same proceeding according to the course of the common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Circuit, Ephraim Taylor aged Sixty One years, resident in Newcastle in said Circuit, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a private soldier in the company commanded by Capt. G. White in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Supper in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the fourth day of April A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 12.225 was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818: and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
Ephraim Taylor
Sworn to and declared, on the 20 th day of June } A. D. 1820. }
BEFORE
Eben. Thatcher
} One of the Judges of the said Court.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz :
a small house & barn, the house very old, & seventy six acres of land, one pair of oxen three cows, three young cattle, 18 sheep, six pigs, ordinary farming tools & some old furniture. I owe about $120-
Ephraim Taylor
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Ephraim Taylor who, by occupation am a Farmer which I am unable to pursue by reason of the Rheumatism & a Rupture -
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Deborah Taylor 50. my wife is very weakly   Elizabeth Taylor 20. daughter " is unhealthy   John Taylor 18. son. " is lame   Otis Taylor 17. " is lame in his back   Sarah Taylor 15. daughter, has a lame stomach   Eunice Taylor 13. " is well   Ornith Taylor 11. " is well   Mary Taylor 9. " is in health -  
Writ Natl. Coffin Clk. Ephraim Taylor
STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss.
I, NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said Circuit, within the county of Lincoln, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is Three Hundred dollars and cents.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twentieth day of June - A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
Nat. Coffin
{ Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of Lincoln.

Ephraim Taylor
Mass - line
10 August Col. Tupper
2 Jan'y 77
Disch'd 2 Jan'y 1780
3 yrs
For AB Certificate see case of James Johnson

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
I the subscriber, being a Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify to your Honor, that Ephraim Taylor , a citizen of the United States, now resident in Newcastle , in the said County of Lincoln , in the District of Maine, on the fourth day of April , A. D. 1818, made application to me to receive his declaration under oath, and such other evidence, as was in his power to produce; and to transmit the same, and the proceedings had thereon, to your Honor; that he might be placed on the pension list of the United States, agreeably to the provisions of an Act, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war," passed March 18, A. D. 1818, which declaration, and the other evidence produced by said applicant are hereunto annexed.
And I do further certify to your Honor, that after a full examination of the said applicant, and a careful consideration of the evidence in the case, it appears to me that the said applicant did serve as a private soldier in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, for more than nine months, as stated in his declaration aforesaid; and that from his reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his country for his support.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the said Court to be hereunto affixed, this seventeenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Josiah Stebbins.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
LINCOLN, ss.
I THE Subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County of Lincoln, hereby certify that the Honorable JOSIAH STEBBINS , Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is a Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have affixed unto this certificate bearing his signature, the seal of the said Court in which he presides.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand:—Dated at Wiscasset, in said County of Lincoln, this day of _____ in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and

Copy 4. See.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT, May 29 181 9
BY THIS I CERTIFY, That it appears by public, official documents remaining in this Department, that Ephraim Taylor served as a Soldier in Capt. White's Company, and Col. Tupper's Regiment, (being one of the Regiments in the Massachusetts Line, and on the Continental Establishment,) in the American Army, in the War of the Revolution, from Jany 2 d 1777 to Decr 31 st 1781, being four years and  months. & our records come down no further
Alden Bradford Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

I Ephraim Taylor, of New Castle, in the County of Lin- coln and District of Maine, a citizen of the United States, on oath declare and say: That at New Castle aforesaid on the second day of January, in the year 1777, I enlisted as a private soldier on the continental establishment in the war of the revolution, for the term of three years: I entered the Company of Capt. George White of Topsham in said County, and the regiment of Col. Ebenezer Francis in the Massachusetts line. In this company I served till the battle of Hubbard- ton, near Ticonderoga, in which Col. Francis was killed. Here I was taken prisoner by the Indians, and carried to Ticonderoga, thence to Montreal, & Quebec. Thence I was sent to Halifax; and after about fifteen months captivity, most of which time I was in close imprisonment, I escaped in a prison cartel to Boston. Here I found General Heath, by whom I was, during a severe sickness, under which I was then suffering, placed in the hospital. Of- about five months, according to my recollection, I was discharged from the hospital, and obtained from General Heath a pass to my regiment. The

traveling being bad, and my strength not confirmed I traveled slowly though as fast as I was able, and joined my regiment, then commanded by Col. Tupper, at West Point. I served out my time of three years; and at West Point on the second of January in the year, 1780 received an honorable discharge, signed Moses Knapp Major Commandant. This discharge is lost.
Besides this term of service I had before served nearly a year at Portland, and afterward six months with the Marquis La Fayette, the particulars of which I could give if necessary. Eph m Taylor
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Simsbury ss. On the fourth day of April, A.D. 1818, before me Josiah Stebbins, a Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Second Eastern Circuit, personally appeared Ephraim Taylor also named, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing Declaration by him subscribed. Josiah Stebbins.

I Ephraim Taylor, further testify and declare that from my reduced circumstances in life I am in need of assistance from my country for support.
Ephraim Taylor
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Simsbury J. April 8. 1819. Sworn to before me.
Josiah Stebbins, a Judge C.C.C.P. D.C. Circuit.

Deposition Barton for Taylor

I Benjamin Barstow of Lawfull age do testify and say that Ephraim Taylor a native of Massachusetts now resident in Newcastle in the County of Lincoln & State aforesaid, was a Revoluti n Soldier in the Old Revolutionary war under the Continental Establishment and served three years in Gen l Pattersons Brigade Colon Tuckers Regiment Capt. Whites Company and was Discharged by M rs Knappp
Benjamin Barstow
State of Massachusetts
Lincolns Decem r 17 th 1818
Then the above named Benjamin Barstow truth & veracity to my knowledge & belief personally appeared before me and being duly sworn made solemn oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him in my presence Subscribed.
Dan l Waters { Justice of the peace for said County

Disposition Halt for Taylor

I William Hall of Lawfull age do testify and say that Ephraim Taylor a native of Massachusetts now resident in in the County of Lincoln and State aforesaid was a privit sold- ier in the Revolutionary war under the Continental Establishment and served three years in Genl Pattersons Brigade Coln Tuckers Regiment Capt Whites Company and was Discharged by M rs Knapp W m Hall
State of Massachusetts
Lincoln ss December 17 th 1818
Then the above named William Hall of truth & veracity to my knowledge & belief person- ally appeared before me and being duly sworn made solemn oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him in my presence subscribed
Dani l Waters Justice of the Peace for said County

DECLARATION,
In order to be restored to the Pension List, under the act of the 1st March, 1823.
State of Maine.
COUNTY OF Lincoln ss.
ON this twenty second day of May 1827 personally appeared Ephraim Taylor  before the Judges of the Supreme Judicial Court begun & held at Wiscasset within said County, the same being a Court of Record for said County, proceeding according to the course of the common law, having original jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping record of their proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment Ephraim Taylor - , resident in said County, aged in open Court  sixty eight years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the Acts of the eighteenth of March, eighteen hundred and eighteen, the first of May, eighteen hundred and twenty, and the first of March, eighteen hundred and twenty-three--that he the said Ephraim Taylor enlisted for the term of three years on the second day of January in the year 1777 in the State of Massachusetts in the Company commanded by Captain S. White in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Supper in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental establishment ; that he continued to serve in the said corps until 2 o January 1780 when he was discharged from the said service in West Point in the State of New York that his name has been placed on the pension list, and dropt there from on account of his property.
AND, in pursuance of the Act of the first May, eighteen hundred and twenty, I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, eighteen hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby, so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the eighteenth day of March, eighteen hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me ; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
Ephraim Taylor
SWORN to and declared, on the twenty seconds day of May 1827 before Nathan Weston Jr.
Jud. Sup. Jud. Com.

SCHEDULE of the Real and Personal Estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz :
No Real Estate - 1 pig & some old furniture viz. 12 old chairs, 3 pine tables, 1 tea kettle & 2 pots - a small assortment of crockery ware, all valued at twenty dollars Ephraim Taylor
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Ephraim Taylor who, by occupation am a Farmer which I am unable to pursue by reason of the Rheuma- tism & a Rupture -
   Names. Ages. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Deborah Taylor 57 my Wife, is extremely weak   Sarah Taylor 22 daughter has a lame stomach   Eunice Taylor 20 daughter is well   Arenath Taylor 18 " " is well   Mary Taylor 16 " " is well   Ephraim Taylor  
That since the exhibition of my first Schedule, the following changes have been made in my property.

   Names of the persons to whom sold. Time of Sale. Amount of Money, or description of property received in return.     John Taylor & J Eli Taylor J March 22 1827. my notes of hand, before that time given to them for bills which they paid given to other persons Ephraim Taylor  
Attest Nath. Coffin Clk
I, Nath. Coffin Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within the said County of Lincoln do hereby certify, that it appears, to the satisfaction of the Court, that the said Ephraim Taylor did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, under one engagement, on the continental establishment. I also certify, that the foregoing oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Records of said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is twenty dollars and cents  Supreme Judicial
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this nineteenth day of June 1827.
Nath. Coffin
Clerk of the of Ephraim Taylor

The Real Estate before promised me in 1820. has been sold, by deeds to John & Eli Taylor, my personal property valued in 1820. at about 150 dollars has been expended in the support of myself and family. The Real Estate, which I promised in 1820 was I believe valued at about 150 dollars or about that sum, and since that time John & Eli Taylor my two sons have built a new house on said estate, which cost them about 350 dollars, raising the value of said estate to about 500 dollars. They also assumed the payment of my debts, amounting to 120 dollars or a little over, which I owed at the time of my former declaration in 1820. or furnished me with money to pay the same; and likewise furnished me with money to pay physicians bills and to buy necessaries for the use of and maintenance of my family to the amount of over 80 dol. part of the above was done at one time and part at another and I at different times gave them my notes for the same within these four years past. In the month of March last, finding no other way of paying them the sums due them, and being altogether unable to earn on the farm which I lived on, being entirely destitute, I sold them the land together with a few old farming tools owned by me, the house built by them on the place, I have considered as theirs and I of course received nothing for the same, altho the value of it went to make up the consideration in the deed, which was 500 dol. The house formerly on the land was at the time the new one was built so old and so much

out of repair that it was no longer tenable.
My own health has been and is now, extremely poor, and entirely disenable me from contributing in the least to the support of my family, who are now altogether dependent on the exertions of my sons and my Country's gratitude. My family has been an expensive one, owing to the sickness of my wife, eldest surviving daughter, and another daughter, who died a few years since, after a long and expensive illness, and had it not been for the assistance of my sons, I should have been obliged long since to have asked the assistance of my Country in my old age. The Real estate property owned in 1820 and which I have since deeded away contains about 76 acres of land, altho in my deeds I have called it over that number more or less.
Ephraim Taylor
Sworn to May 22. 1827 Before
Nathan Weston Jr.
First Sup. S. Court
Attest Nat. Coffin Clk.

DECLARATION,
In order to be restored to the Pension List, under the act of the 1st March, 1823.
State of Maine.
COUNTY OF Lincoln ss.
ON this twenty second day of May 1827 personally appeared Ephraim Taylor before the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court begun & held at Wiscasset within said County, the same being a Court of Record for said County, proceeding according to the course of the common law, having original jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping record of their proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment Ephraim Taylor - , resident in said County, aged sixty eight years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, in open Court on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the Acts of the eighteenth of March, eighteen hundred and eighteen, the first of May, eighteen hundred and twenty, and the first of March, eighteen hundred and twenty-three--that he the said Ephraim Taylor enlisted for the term of three years on the second day of January in the year 1777 in the State of Massachusetts in the Company commanded by Captain S. White in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Supper in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental establishment; that he continued to serve in the said corps until 2 o January 1780 when he was discharged from the said service in West Point in the State of New York that his name has been placed on the pension list, and dropt there from  there on account of his property.
AND, in pursuance of the Act of the first May, eighteen hundred and twenty, I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, eighteen hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby, so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the eighteenth day of March, eighteen hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
Ephraim Taylor
SWORN to and declared, on the twenly seconds day of May 1827 before Nathan Weston Jr.
Jud. Sup. Jud. Court.

M.E.E.
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
August 30, 1928
Mrs. Chas. S. Passmore 717 W. Granite Street Butte, Montana
Madam:
I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 38434, it appears that Ephraim Taylor was born in Massachusetts, date and place not stated.
He enlisted at Newcastle, January 2, 1777, served as a private in Captain George White's Company, Colonel Ebenezer Francis' Massachusetts Regiment, was taken prisoner at the battle of Hubbardton, carried to Ticonderoga, thence to Montreal and Quebec, and on to Halifax, where he was held in captivity for fifteen months, when he escaped in a cartel to Boston, where he remained for about five months then joined his own Regiment at West Point, under the command of Colonel Tupper, and was discharged January 2, 1780.
Soldier also stated that "Besides this term of service I had before served nearly a year at Portland, and afterward six months with the Marquis La Fayette." No further details given.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 14, 1818, while a resident of Newcastle, Lincoln County, Maine.

In 1830 soldier was aged sixty-one years, and stated that his family then living with him consisted of his wife, Deborah, aged fifty years, and children, Elisabeth, John, Otis, Sarah, Eunice, Asenath and Mary, aged twenty, eighteen, seventeen, fifteen, thirteen, eleven and nine years, respectively.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.
He did not state that one of the children had died, as it was not specified which one - altho it was probably Elisabeth -

38424
INVALID.
Rev
1928- Aug 20- Hist to Mrs. Chas S. Passmore MEE
File No. 88 424
Ephraim Taylor Rev Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 500
[Arrangement of 1870.]

JOHN C. CUTLER, VICE-PRES. GEO. J. CANNON, VICE-PRES. & MGR.
HEBER J. GRANT, PRESIDENT.
A. L. MACDONALD, SECRETARY. BERTRAM F. WILLIS, ASST. SECY. EDGAR S. HILLS, TREASURER.
DIRECTORS: HEBER J. GRANT, JOHN C. CUTLER, ELIAS A. SMITH, JOHN F. BENNETT, E. O. HOWARD, LEON SWEET, CHAS. W. NIBLEY, GEORGE J. CANNON,
USALAVE GUARANTEE HOME FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY SALT LAKE CITY,
DIRECTORS: REED SMOOT, EDGAR S. HILLS, THOS. N. TAYLOR, ELIAS S. WOODRUFF, EDWARD L. BURTON, HENRY H. ROLAPP, MARRINER S. ECCLES, LOUIS S. CATES, RICHARD W. MADSEN.
PASSMORE & CO. Agents, Butte, Mont.
Oct. 20, 1947 Butte, Montana
U. S. Pension Bureau Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs:
Can you tell me from your records anything of the family of Nathaniel Taylor (Capt.) born in Maine in 1755 d. Aug. 28, 1847, Newcastle Maine, Lincoln County. He was a Rev. soldier. I would like to get the family records for a D. A. R. blank.
Very Truly Yours,
Mrs Chas S. Passmore 717 W Granite St Butte Mont

COCHRAN, VICE PRES. MORTON, 2 ND VICE PRES.
E. C. IRVIN, PRESIDENT.
M. G. GARRIGUES, SECY. R. N. KELLY, JR., ASST. SECY.
INCORPORATED 1919
VICTORY INSURANCE CO. OF PHILADELPHIA, PA.
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PASSMORE & COMPANY RESIDENT AGENTS P. O. BOX 43
BUTTE, MONTANA
Oct. 5, 1947
U. S. Pension Bureau Washington, D. C.
Can you tell me from your records anything of Ephraim Taylor, of Lincoln County, Me. He was a Rev. soldier who lived in 1840, b. in 1780. He served most of service from Mass. during the war, but he was living with John Taylor in Maine. I am very anxious to get data for D. A. R. blank. Thanking you in advance.
I am Ver. Sincerely Yours,
Mr. Chas. S. Passmore 717 W Granite St Butte Mont -

Hon. James Parlour Secretary of War Washington

Wescassit, June 11th 1828
For Samuel Southwick,
2d. They have procured the necessary affidavits in favor of Mr. Ely Taylor, Alexander Farnham, William Richardson, John Barstow, & Ethanah Tongue and give the following facts as proved by their affidavits. 1st. The indictments made on the place by John & Ely, as it regards the House built by them are proved by John Barstow a House carpenter, who was employed by them for that purpose and who received his pay from them, also by William Richardson who sold them or one of them, nails, lines &c for that purpose. This fact could be proved by divers other persons, but as there is a suspicion in obtaining witnesses, and as it is proved by two respectable persons not connected in any manner with Ephraim Taylor the Applicant, I presumed it would be considered sufficient to prove that fact.
2d. The calls of Ethanah Tongue, & Alexander Farnham, who are also disinterested witnesses and not connected with the Applicant prove the fact of his paying out cash for debts due him by Mr. Farnham residing there at home at Boothbay and when his application was taken he was about to proceed to court and he would certainly after went away without having any opportunity of paying forward his Books & Bills. He is at present in the city of Boston.
3d. The calls of Mr. Taylor could prove the payments of money as to the amount of from 30 to 50 & 60 dollars having been made to different persons within 4 or 5 years since which were in small sums.
4th. The amount of cash paid or lent Ephraim Taylor by John & Ely is proved by the affidavits of John & Ely amounting to 150. The manner in which the old man spent the same is

opened by Teague & Farnham.
With the amount of payments made by them (the depts) to other persons for the old man, together with responsibilities incurred by the depts for the father, amounts as by their affidavits to 950 dolls.
The affidavit of William Robinson says that L. M. Farnham owes about 50 dolls. The rest is I have understood comprised of small sums and the persons to whom paid, at least some of them have removed from this part of the country & cannot be found.
Thus all the points of which information is requested by the War department, are given in the affidavits above attached, one of which is humbly Submitted by
Your Hble Servt Thomas Mitchell

To
Hon. Secretary of War
Washington City

Wacousta October 10th 1828
No. 4600. Secretary of War
Sir, some time since I received a Letter from J. L. Edwards Esq. of your department, stating that the documents transmitted in the case of Ephraim Taylor, to restore him to the Pension list, were not satisfactory. They were the best could be obtained at the time, since which I have obtained the deposition of John Dell Crate Esq. who had done their business as may be seen by the same; and which is enclosed for your consideration. — In examining the several Depositions, sent before together with John Dell Crates. you will find that the House built upon the Lot of Ephraim Taylor, was solely built by his sons (John & Otes) and Ephraim Taylor did not contribute a cent toward the building, being largely in debt to his sons before so. Money borrowed and other supplies furnished him and his family for some years previous, and to avoid the cost of a Law suit with his sons, he was advised to give them a Deed of the Land, as in Law they would have their Ex on levied and the Land set of to satisfy the reversion & as John & Otes Taylor were willing to take the Land and discharge their Father from all claim which they had against him, and that sum being more than the Land was worth, he said Ephraim complied, it being the only alternative. — he is now destitute and has been for some time past, being rendered unable to labour, and has a Wife to support. Permit me Sir to state state a few facts for your consideration, Ephraim Taylor has served his country in the early part of life, and when he left the army he had not a cent to help himself, as was the case with many at that time, He from his industry supported his family untill his health deprived him of his only resource, which was labour; being broken & infirm, with the decrepitude of old age. He is dependant

upon the charity of others for that support, which he thought a grateful country had made provision for, & his early sacrifices in the cause of his country & of liberty, together with the facts communicated will I trust restore to the Pension list, one who I consider a very fit subject. Were it necessary many residing in the same Town with him could testify to the same fact. It cannot be many years, in the course of nature, he can live, and I trust, in reviewing the Documents once more, and examining the Affidavit of J D M c Crat e you will restore said Ephraim Taylor to the Pension List, and thereby render the few remaining years of his life comfortable and his mind composed; & gratefull for his country's bounty with sentiments of esteem I am your Little Friend
Thomas M c Crat e

Hon. James Harbom Secy of War Washington City

Wiscasset August 17th 1827 To the Hon James Barker, Secretary of War.
Sir Enclosed you have the declaration of Ephraim Taylor of New Castle in the County Lincoln & State of Maine taken in Open Court, together with a certified copy from the records of Deeds in this County of his real estate as sold by him. He said Taylor having applied to me to have his name placed once more on the Pension list.
I have examined very minutely his circumstances and find his statement correct. He is really a very poor man and stands in need of public or private support. His Sons are also poor, and each have a family. On close enquiry I find to be true, and that they had to support their aged parents for four years last past. His family and have not the means at present of their, will be unable to support them any longer.
Mr Taylor has served his country in the war of 1775-1783 revolution seven years, and has been to my knowledge a firm supporter of our country through all its vicissitudes for thirty years last past. Two of his sons were out during the last war, and from my own knowledge and those of his neighbors I think him a fit subject of her country's gratitude all of which is humbly submitted by your humble Servt
Thomas W. Dyer

I John D. McBrat of Nobleborough in the county of Lincoln Esquire, on oath depose and say that I was called upon in March 1827 by Mr Ephraim Taylor & his two sons John & Otis and requested by them to draw a deed or deeds of said Ephraim. Land in Newcastle from him to his two sons aforesaid - This I did, and witnessed the Execution & delivery of the same. John and Otis or one of them paid me for my services -
At the time I drew the deeds, the sons requested me to make the consideration mentioned in the deeds, sufficient to cover the house as well as the land, and it was so done - The house I understood from them all at the time, was built by John and Otis and by them owned, but as they had never received a deed of the land on which it stood from their father, they wished it the value of it, to be added to the value of the land estimated at about 150 or 200 Dls, to make up the consideration money mentioned in the deeds. The house cost them about 350 Dls as I understood -
The actual amount paid by the sons, John and Otis, to Ephraim Taylor for the deeds of land was I think a small amount over 200 Dls - in notes of hand against the old man - These notes were dated at different times within 3 or 4 years previous to the execution of the deeds - there were a number of them and I cash the interest on them at the request of both parties - the exact amount of them I cannot now recollect - but I know that the amount of the notes and interest exceeded the value put upon the land by the parties, and by my advice they were given up to the old man by the sons as he was poor, old and infirm -
Ephraim Taylor lives in my neighborhood & I have known him for a number of years. and I have no doubt that the old man long ere this would have been obliged to call upon the power for assistance, were it not for the relief

afforded him by his Sons, who are both seafaring men, very prudent and saving. I have been shewn a Letter from Mr Edwards the War Department, wherein it is stated, that the property sold by Ephraim Taylor to his sons exceed the sum of 6000 00 . I can only say in answer to this, that the consideration money mentioned in the Deeds, was not the amount paid to the old man and it was never considered at the time the Deeds were made, as the worth of the property sold by the old man to the Sons, as the house standing on land then deeded, belonged to the Sons before and was built by them - the old man never having claimed it, either at that time or before - and of course the value of the house, estimated at about 350 00 in the Deed should be deducted from the consideration of the same - I would further state, that in drawing deeds of land, it is not considered necessary in this part of the Country, to make the consideration specified in the deed, the same worth the exact sum paid, and in drawing the deeds aforesaid - I made the consideration express in the Deed enough to cover the value of the house, although nothing was paid for the same, the grantor having no right or interest in it - John D. McGrath
Lincoln Co. October 10. 1828 personally appeared of credible standing the above named John D. McGrath, and made affidavit to the truth of the above before me Thomas McLeod Justice of the Peace

Lincoln ss.
State of Maine.
I certify that Thomas W. Loring Esq., whose name is subscribed to the annexed certificate, is a justice of the peace duly & legally commissioned & qualified, and that the foregoing is his own proper signature to me well known, and that he was so commissioned & qualified on the 10 th day of October last. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the Court of Common Pleas this fifteenth day of November A.D. 1828.
Nathl. Coffin Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in the said County of Lincoln
B P D

Know all men by these presents that I Ephraim Taylor of Newcastle in the county of Lincoln & State of Maine, yeoman, in consideration of the sum of one hundred & fifty Dollars to me paid by John Taylor & Otis Taylor both of said Newcastle, yeomen aliens mariners, the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, do hereby give, grant, sell & convey unto the said John Taylor & Otis Taylor, to hold in common & undivided between them a certain lot or parcel of land situated in said Newcastle & bounded as follows, viz, beginning on the west side of Long mead- ow brook so called, at the North line of land in posses- sion of Steward Nickels; thence running, West North West to Nickels' mill brook, so called, thence Northerly bounded on the East side of said mill brook to the Southwest corner of land formerly belonging to Enoch Perkins being fifty rods in width on a right angle; thence running, East Southeast to said long meadow brook; thence Southerly bounded on the west side of said long meadow brook to the first mentioned bounds, containing about fifty acres be the same more or less & also a convenient road for one & a half rods wide from said land through land formerly belonging to Nathl Webb to the county road, being the same land conveyed to me by Na- thaniel Webb February 7. 1795. & Recorded in Co. Records Lib 34 Fol 57. with all the privileges & appurtenances belonging to the same.
To have and to hold the aforegranted premises to the said John Taylor & Otis Taylor their heirs & assigns to their use & behoof forever. And I do covenant with the said John & Otis their heirs & assigns that I am lawfully seized in fee of the aforegranted premises; that they are free of all incumbrances; that I have good right to sell & convey the same to the said John & Otis

& that I will warrant & defend the same premises to the said John & Otis their heirs & assigns forever against the lawful claims & demands of all persons.
In witness whereof I the said Ephraim Taylor have hereunto set my hand & seal this twenty second day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty seven.
Signed, sealed & delivered in presence of us Joseph Gogswell John D. McGrate
Ephraim Taylor V er seal.
Since my March 22. 1827. then the above named Ephraim Taylor acknowledged the above in- strument to be his free act & Deed before me John D. McGrate Justice of Peace. Recd April 2. 1827. Entered & examined by Warren Rice Reg.
Since my June 20. 1827. copy from the Records for Deeds for said County Vol 141 Page 145 See 58 o Warren Rice Reg.

Know all Men by these Presents, That I Ephraim Taylor of Newcastle in the County of Lincoln & State of Maine, Yeoman,
in consideration of three hundred & fifty Dollars to me paid by John Taylor & Otis Taylor both of said Newcastle Yeomen, alias Measurers,
the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, do hereby give, grant, sell, and convey unto the said John Taylor & Otis Taylor to hold in common & undivided a certain lot or parcel of land situated in said New- castle & bounded as follows, viz, Easterly on the town road, being thirty rods wide on said road more or less; Southerly on land of Job Hussey; Westerly on land of William Hopkins & land in possession of Widow Dainstow; Northerly on land of Eunice Jones & land belonging to me which I bought of Solomon Hutch- ings & Eunice Jones, & on land of John Borland, being the same land conveyed to me by my father Joseph Taylor, as per his Deeds to me dated April 20 th 1785- September 1793. & recorded in Lib 18 fol 35 of Co Records, & his other Deed dated May 1793. & recorded in 69 Records Lib 30 folio 90. for a more particular description vide said Deeds, containing altogether about forty acres be the same more or less, together with all the buildings on said lot & all the privileges & appurtenances to the same belonging - said land being also conveyed to me by Commonwealth's Deed December 10. 1816.
To HAVE and to HOLD the afore-granted premises to the said John & Otis Taylor their Heirs and Assigns to their use and behoof forever. And I do covenant with the said John Taylor & Otis Taylor their Heirs and Assigns, That I am lawfully seized in Fee of the afore-granted Premises; That they are free of all incumbrances; That I have good right to sell and convey the same to the said John & Otis same And that I will warrant and defend the said premises to the said John & Otis Taylor their Heirs and Assigns forever, against the lawful claims and demands of all persons.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I the said Ephraim Taylor
have hereunto set my Hand and Seal this twenty Second day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven.
Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of us,
The word "one" being erased & the word "three" being interlined before signing.
Joseph Cogswell John D. McBratle
Ephraim Taylor & a seal.
Lincoln ss. March 22. Ephraim Taylor
Act and Deed—before me,
1827 Then the above named acknowledged the above instrument to be his free John D. McBratle Justice of the Peace.
Recd April 2. 1827 Entered & examined by Warren Rice Reg.

Lincoln p October 10, 1827. Handwritten  copy from the Records for Deeds for said County Vol 141 Page 143 Dec. 50 in line Warren Rice Reg. ??
copy to Taylor

State of Maine
Lincolns ss. Nathaniel Coffin Clerk of the Judicial Courts in & for the County of Lincoln. Certify that Warren Rice
whose name is subscribed to the two certificates within made, to wit: the arms mentioned as the after thereof Register of Deeds for this County duly & legally chosen & qualified, and that the within are his own proper signatures to me well known, also that the said certificates are in common form & that he has not yet not required by law to have an official seal.
In testimony of which I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the Court of Common Pleas this thirtyfirst day of Decem- ber A.D. 1827
Nathaniel Coffin Clerk
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State of Maine
Lincoln ss. I Otis Taylor of Newcastle in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine, Mariner, do solemnly depose and swear, that on the twenty second day of March last past I and my brother John received from Ephraim Taylor, our father, Deeds of his Land situated in said Newcastle; said Land lays in two bodies, one being the same whereon my Father has always and now lives and on which I and my brother John built a new house - My Father had deeds of this at different times, and a very small part is under Cultivation; the Rest is wild and rocky land and is of no value - the other lot formerly belonged to Nathl Webb, no part of which is improved - I, at the same time, with my brother John received a bill of Sale of my Father of a few old farming tools on the place - The amount paid by me to my Father for my half of the place and tools was 102 Dls and a few cents, in notes of hand against him; The origin of the notes was the greater part cash advanced to my Father for the purpose of paying his Debts and a small part was on account of my becoming responsible for Debts due and paying workmen for labour on the land while my brother and I were at Sea - The Cash advanced to him amounted to about 80 Dls, the responsibilities I have incurred, and amounts paid small sums for work done on the Place was about 22 Dls -
The house on the Place was built by my brother and myself, together with workmen hired by us; it was the greater part built at different times, we being unable to finish it at one time -
The above amounts paid refers to the consideration paid for the Land & the farming tools - I have besides the same advanced my father other sums in Cash for which I took his notes at the time and although he would on a fair settlement owe me now 70 or 80 Dls, I still gave him up the whole, considering that it

would be impossible for him ever to pay me the balances due me, he being wholly un- able to subsist & support his family without assistance from me and my brother - My living is obtained from following the Sea and as what I earn is small, I find it impossible for me, consistent with other duties, to lend him that assistance which I have heretofore done, although before he should suffer, I should still share my hard earnings with him,
Otis Taylor
Lincoln J. Personally appeared the above named Otis Taylor on this fifteenth day of December A.D. 1827. and made affidavit to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed -
Before me John D. McVate Justice Peace
Attestance One by Walter Coffin

State of Maine
Lincoln ss. I John Taylor of Newcastle in the county of Lincoln and State of Maine of lawful age, do solemnly depose and swear that on the twenty second day of March last past, I and my brother Otis bought from Ehrvaim Taylor my Father his land in said Newcastle lying in two bodies, one being the same whereon my Father has always lived, and on which I and my brother Otis built a new house. This lot is poor and rocky land and a small part only is improved. The other lot formerly belonged to Nathaniel Webb and no part of it is improv- ed - I also with my brother Otis bought a few old farming tools of my father at the same time. The amount paid to him by me, was about one hundred and sixteen Dollars which accrued in the following ways, viz paid debts of my Father and became responsible for him, together with small sums paid for work done on the place about forty six Dollars; Cash lent or advanced him at different times which he wanted to pay his debts and to buy necessaries for his family about Seventy Dollars. At the time or soon after this was done, I took his notes, which were given up to him at the time the Deed was delivered to me - I having always understood from him, that unless he paid me back the monies due me, he was to give the hand to me and my brother Otis to be divided between us - and it was with the understand- ing, that we should have the place, that I and my brother Otis commenced building a house

over four years since on the land, although at that time, I had not paid him but a small part to him , and we went on with the same understanding, doing a little at a time, as our means and opportunities offered. It was also understood that my brother Oti & I should be made equal, as it regard the amount paid for the land &c. in all after settlement between us —
My Father is still owing me sums , which I can not even expect to obtain from him.
My living is obtained from following the sea as a mariner — and the sums already advanced my father has taken every thing I could save, as well as brought me into debt — were my means more ample, my Father should not at this time, with my consent, be begging for that from his Country, which after all his years of servitude in her arm-ies —
John Taylor
Personally appeared the above named John Taylor and made affidavit that the above deposition subscribed by him is true  true . On this twenty fourth day of December in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and twenty seven —
Subpoena two by N. A. D. Coffin
Before me John D. Bratt Justice of the Peace

State of Maine
Lincoln ss. Personally appeared before me John D. Bratt a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Lincoln in the State of Maine duly commissioned and sworn, John Barstow of Nobleborough in said County of Lincoln House Carpenter, who being duly sworn has deposed as follows.
I John Barstow of Nobleborough afore said House Carpenter, do solemnly depose and swear that I was employed by John and Otis Taylor in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and twenty six, to work upon a house, which they were building on land said to belong to their Father Ephraim Taylor and that I worked for them about fifty or sixty days, the exact number I can not at present tell but it could not be more than sixty nor less than fifty, but I think it was fifty eight days and they agreed to give me eighty four cents per day, and board me while at work, after having finished the work, They paid me the amount of my work which was about fifty dollars, or nearly that and boarded me the whole time I was at work; my board was worth at that time about thirty seven cents per day - which they

settled for - The house was built altogether by them and they paid the workmen - Otis Taylor worked with me in building the house during the whole time I was there , and John was at work either on the house or on the farm the whole time - Mr Ephraim Taylor the Father of John and Otis Taylor is old and decrepid & is unable to do any work; the farm having been carried on by John and Otis and they making improvements on it, hiring men, while they were absent at sea. The within is a copy of my bill against them as near as I can recoll- ect -
John & Otis Taylor To John Barstow Dr
1826 - } To working 58 days upon November } your house for you at 50 per day you finding { 48.72 me board
John Barstow
Lincoln J. December 3 rd 1827. Personally appeared the above named John Barstow and made affidavit to the truth of the above before me -
John D. Crote Justice of the Peace.
Numbered three by Nath. Coffin

State of Maine
Lincoln ss. Personally appeared before me John D. McBrat a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Lincoln aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, Alexander Farnham of Boothbay in said County who being duly sworn has deposed as follows -
I Alexander Farnham of said Boothbay of lawful age do solemnly depose and swear that Mr Ephraim Taylor of said Newcastle in Lincoln Co aforesaid, has within about three years last past at different times paid me from Eighty five to Ninety Dollars - The whole amount of my account against him, amounts to little over one hundred Dollars, and I should think that there was about twenty Dollars now due me - and John and Otis Taylor sons of Ephraim have agreed to become responsible to me for the amount now due together with the old man. As the above account accrued at different times and I have not my books and bills with me I cannot state the exact amount - The above account of mine against Mr Ephraim Taylor, accrued on account of necessaries wanted by him for the support of his family such as Corn, Tea Sugar &c &c. Alexander Farnham
Lincoln ss. Dec 13. 1887 Personally appeared the above named Alexander Farnham and made affidavit to the truth of the above subscribed by him -
Before me John D. McBrat
Justice of the Peace
Sworn to four by Nath Loffin

State of Maine
Lincoln ss. Personally appeared before me, John D. M'brat a Justice of the Peace within and for the county of Lincoln aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, Elkanah Teague who being duly sworn has deposed as follows.
Elkanah Teague of said Newcastle Yeoman, of lawful age do solemnly depose and swear that Mr Ephraim Taylor of said Newcastle Yeoman, paid me during the year of 1826, the sum of Sixty five Dollars which sum the said Taylor was owing me at that time, and that he at present owes me about fifteen Dollars — the amount now due, I cannot exactly tell, as we have had no settlement — Elkanah Teague
Lincoln ss. December 13. 1827. Personally appeared the above named Elkanah Teague and made affidavit to the truth of the above before me — John D. M'brat Justice of the Peace
Numbered five by Nathan Coffin

I William Robinson of Newcastle in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine Master Mariner of Lawful age do solemnly depose and swear that John Taylor of said Newcastle Mariner, bought nails line and other articles from me, for the purpose of building a house, which he and Otis Taylor his brother built on land formerly belonging to Ephraim Taylor his Father - Said John Taylor also paid me on my Settlement with him about Twenty one Dollars or a little over that Sum for articles furnished by me to Mr Ephraim Taylor for the Support of said Ephraim's Family and the sum of Ten Dollars Cash advanced to said Ephraim Taylor - and I settled
Wm Robinson Lincoln Jt. December 21. 1827. Personally appeared the above named Wm Robinson and made affidavit to the Truth of the above signed by him - John M c Grath Justice Peace.
Numbered six by Nath. Coffin

State of Maine Lincoln Co. personally appeared Elkanah Teague
William Robinson Deposition
Ms. A. 1. 2 v. 1 p. 5. 1

State of Maine
Lincoln ss. I Nathaniel Coffin clerk of the Judicial courts in & for the County of Lincoln. Certify that John D. Sleeper Esq whose name is subscribed to the within & annexed certificate, is, & was at the several times, they bear date, a Justice of the Peace, duly & legally commissioned & qualified to act as such, and the within & annexed signatures numbered by me, one, two, three, four, five & six are his own proper signatures, some will know me. The foregoing extracts I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the Court of Common Pleas this thirtyfirst day of December A.D. 1827 - Nathl Coffin