Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29957, for Ebenezer Kollock, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Kollock, Ebenezer
S. 29957
CONTENTS

Maine 4723.
Ebenezer Hollock of Westbrook in the State of Maine who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Pond of the reg t commanded by Col Reed in the Militia time for
9 Months.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 30. Dollars & Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26. day of Jan y 1833. and sent to Hon. J. Anderson. H. of R.
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1832 45. 00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 th Mas. 33. 15. 00
60. 00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Francis J. Francis Clerk Book D. Vol. 1 st Page 65.

I Ebenezer Hollock of Westbrook in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine on oath declare that I am - seventy nine years of age - I was born at Sharon in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts on the tenth day of March A.D. 1753 and lived there until I was twenty one years old - I then moved to Wrentham in said County of Norfolk and in the year 1800. and month of May I moved to Otisfield in the County of Cumberland & State of Maine - and in February A.D. 1801 I moved to said Westbrook where I have ever since resided, and if my age is any otherwise stated in any declaration for a pension under the act of June 7 th 1832 it is an error
Ebenezer Hollock
Cumberland ss January 17 th 1853
Personally appeared the above named Ebenezer Hollock and made oath to the truth of the foregoing statement by him - subscribed before me
David Hayer Justice of the Peace

We the undersigned ss of Westbrook in the County of Cumberland & State of Maine do hereby certify & declare under oath that we have been acquainted and have known the within-named Ebenezer Kolloch for about thirty years, and should judge him to be about seventy five or sixty years of age - and that he is reported & believed to have been a soldier in the old revolutionary war - and also that we believe the same fact.
Westbrook Jan 18th 1833
Benjamin Pease Herr Valentine
Cumberland ss Jan 18th 1833. B. Pease Sworne to before me
David Hays Just. of the Peace
I John Anderson member of Congress from Maine hereby certify that David Hays whose signature is known to this paper is a Justice of the Peace duly qualified to administer oaths in the County of Cumberland State of Maine
John Anderson
I further state that the error in the age of Ebenezer Kolloch in his declaration was made, I have no doubt, by myself in taking his statement & submitting this to correct the error
John Anderson

Elisabeth Kollack
advent 9 th private $ 30 -
John Anderson Horn of Kelp

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT SS.
AT a Special District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland, within and for said District, on the 22 nd day of August A. D. eighteen hundred and thirty- two before the Honorable ASHUR WARE, Judge of said Court.
On this 10th day of August aforesaid, personally appeared in open Court before said District Judge Oliver D. Dole a resident of the county of Penobscot in said Maine District, aged 45 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832. That he was a citizen of the United States
make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by an act passed June 7th, 1832. That he was a soldier in the War of the Revolution and enlisted therefor in the County of Norfolk & State of Massachusetts in the fall of 1774 in Capt Oliver Lord's Company of Berkshires as a minuteman & was called into service on the 19th of April 1775 the day of the Battle at Lexington & was marched at Lexington to Boston & served out the eight months at Cambridge in said Company which was attached to Genl Lord's Key Stone Battery. Said Company said eight months commenced on the said 19th of April the day I was called into actual service & I was discharged the last of December of that year - but have no written discharge.
Afterwards I believe in 1875 I was drafted to go to Rhode Island the Captain's name I have forgotten. Subsequent Lieutenants, name was Ware but belonged to Brentano. We went to Rhode Island crossed over Bristol Ferry & joined Col Haines Regt & was attached to the Main Army under Genl Sullivan. For a few days after our arrival on the Island the Battle took place which was on a Saturday morning but the month I have forgotten. I was with Col Haines & other soldiers, one of whose names was Bean of our Company, were ordered to carry Major Sherman who belonged to the Connecticut Troops off of the ground, he having been wounded in the battle by a cannon shot & two foot and head. After we carried him to a place called Howlands Ferry where he was put on board of a Boat taken to the Main, where he was returned to his Company was engaged in digging ditches for intrenchments. Once they returned to Kingston when he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on any pension roll of any agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Before,
U. S. Judge for the District of Maine.
no. 1. He was raised from a private to a colonel then marched some 1500 to 2000 men then marched to Second Plains & discharged & was in this service about one

near the. I recollect that a day or two before the battles described from our Army was apprehended tried & shot in the night. I was present when he was hanged his name was an odd one to me is here forgotten it, but it sounded some like Tweedle.
Ebenezer Shollock Kolloch
Signed soon to be done
Sept. 29. 1872
Adam Warr
Joseph D. Smith Dist. Atty.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatives prescribed by the War Department) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states
I, John Mufsey Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Ebenezer Shollock for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty ninth day of September A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two
John Mufsey
Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.

I, the undersigned of Portland in the County of Cumberland do hereby declare that I am acquainted with said Charles Koback & know him to be reputed a man of truth - & it is reported & believed by him in his neighbourhood that he was a soldier in the Revolutionary & I concur in that opinion & also believe he is as old as he states
John Underwood
Lyman D. Dyer
Asa Dyer
Feb 27. 1832
John H. W. S. for the Secy of Navy

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section EEL
August 26, 1930
Grace N. Kollock R.R.9, South Hills Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.29957, that Ebenezer Kollock was born March 10, 1753, in Sharon, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, and resided there until he was twenty-one years of age when he moved to Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
While residing in Wrentham, Massachusetts, he enrolled in the fall of 1774 as a minute man in Captain Oliver Pond's Company and was called into actual service on April 19, 1775, and served eight months as a private in Captain Oliver Pond's Company, Colonel Joseph Read's Massachusetts Regiment.
He also served one month under Lieutenant Ware in Colonels Hawes' Massachusetts Regiment and was in General Sullivan's Rhode Island expedition.
In May, 1800, he moved to Otisfield, Cumberland County, Massachusetts (Maine), and in 1801, moved to Westbrook, Cumberland County, Massachusetts (Maine).
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 1, 1832, while residing in Westbrook, Maine.
It is not stated that soldier was ever married.
The above is the history of the only soldier named Ebenezer Kollock found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.
Did not use 1777 as date of enlistment as he was in Wrentham & Sullivan's R.I. exp. in 1778
Date of death not on a B

I Jeremiah Hartshorne of Wrentham in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts being about eighty years of age do testify and say that I was acquainted with Ebenezer Hollock formerly of Wrentham and now of Walbrook in Maine, more than fifty five years ago. On the nineteenth day of April 1775 I was knowing to the enlistment of said Hollock to go to Roxbury as a soldier of the revolution — he served at that time until the surrender of Burgoyne and afterwards enlisted and served eight months in the company of Capt Oliver Parker with Elias Dason in the Regiment of Col Joseph Read of the Mass. Militia — I was a sol- dier in said company at the same time. Attest Josiah J. Fiske Jeremiah Hartshorne Norfolk ss Aug 22. 1832 Then the above named Jeremiah Hartshorne being a credible wit- ness made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition Before me Josiah J. Fiske Jus. Peace. Not Public.
I Ebenezer Whiting of Wrentham in the County of Norfolk, being about seventy five years of age do testify and say that I was acquainted with Ebenezer Hollock formerly of Wrentham, now of Walbrook in Maine, in 1775 I was knowing to his being a soldier of the revolution and serving at Roxbury eight months, in the company commanded by Capt Oliver Pond & in the Regiment commanded by Col Joseph Read — His service commenced some time in the month of May 1775 according to the best of my recollection — I was a sol- dier in the same company for eight months that year —
Ebenezer Whiting
Norfolk ss, Aug 10 1832 Then the above named Ebenezer Whiting, a credible witness made oath to the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed before me Josiah J. Fiske Jus. Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Sept 3 d 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 Ebenezer Rollins is borne on the Muster Roll of the Company under the command of Capt Oliver Pond in Col Joseph Reed's Regiment to the first of Aug. 1775. Time of enlistment May 2 1775. Service 3 months 7 days. The Roll of said is made up to August 5 th 1775 & no longer. The name is also on a Muster Roll of the Minute Company in the Colony Service which marched from Wrentham April 19 1775 under the command of Capt Oliver Pond — Service at that time 14 days.
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Edward D Bangs. Secy

South Hills, Route 9 Pittsburgh, Pa 8-28-30.
Bureau of Pensions, War Dept, Washington, D.C. Attention, Earl D Church, Commissioner, My dear Mr. Church:
Can you give me any war record, War American Revolution, of Ebenezer Kallock who was born March 10, 1753, near Sharon (now) Massachusetts, and died near Saccarappa, Maine June 1826. He is said to have been a pensioner of that War.
Respectfully
Grace N. Kallock

29957 Very INVALID.
1930-Aug 26 - Hist. to Grave. Dr. Kellock - EEL
File No. 29,957
Ebenezer Kellock
Rev. Rev. War.
Act: June 7 th 1797
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 226
[Arrangement of 1870.]