Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35495, for Ebenezer Kemp, Massachusetts

SERVICE
Kemp, Ebenezer
NUMBER
S 35495
CONTENTS

14-258R District of Maine
Glencoe Camp
of Portland in the state of Maine who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Prescott of the Massachusetts line, for the term of One Year
Inscribed on the roll of District of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 26 of May  1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 of Sep  1819 and to  William  Wadsworth Portland D. of Maine
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1819  122.60 Semi-ann. all'ce ending Mar 1820  48.00
15 Mo. \frac{6}{31} \frac{4}{30}  $170.60
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
William Wadsworth Portland D. of Maine 1819

237 Ebenezer Kenyon
"
14.256 Oct. 1819.
Mar. 1820

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. DISTRICT OF MAINE, ss.
At a District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland within and for the District of Maine, on the Tuesday, being the ninth day of June and by adjournment from day to day, on the twenty seventh day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable ALBION K. PARRIS, Judge of said Court.
ON this twenty seventh day of June in the year above written, personally appeared in open Court, the same having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Maine District, Ebenezer Merrill aged seventy years, resident in Camden in said District, 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 in the company commanded by Capt. John Chords in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Prescott in the line of the State of Maine on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the 26th day of May A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 14,257 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.
Ebenezer Merrill
Sworn to and declared, on the twenty seventh day of June A. D. 1820.
BEFORE Albion K. Parris
U. S. District Judge for the District of Maine.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:
Real estate — I have none — Personal estate — a few necessary articles to keep house with — I have no one now — Ebenezer Hemp
Swanton June 29. 1820 Before
Albron K. Parris U.S. Dist. Judge
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Ebenezer Hemp — who, by occupation am a shoemaker — which I am not able to pursue by reason of constantly — by reason of age and infirmity
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Wife Lydia 72 able to attend to her family part of the time   Elijah 41 lives with me, a single man — unoccupied all the time   Jonathan 24 able to support himself and more   Mary Hemp 90 my aged mother almost helpless   Ebenezer Hemp   Swanton   Before Albron K. Parris   U.S. Dist. Judge  

MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
I, JOHN MUSSEY, Juur. Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, 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 four dollars and eighty seven cents. and no more
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty seventh day of June A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
John Mussey Junr
{ Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.

Ebenezer Kimball, private Col. Prescott's Regt. Mass. Line 1776 - 1 year. decd. 26 th May, 1815
Hamilton

I Jonathan Moors testify and say that Mr Ebenezer Kemp who now lives in Gorham in the County of Cumberland and State of Massachusetts, was in actual service, in the war of the Revolution from the beginning to the end of the year of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred and seventy six, said Kemp belonged to the same company with me, and I was well acquainted with him in the service as aforesaid for the full term of one year, Mr Kemp with me served in the Company of Capt Joseph Moors and in the Regt. Commanded by Col William Prescott, under the command of General George Washington upon the establishment of the United States
Jon a Moors
Cumberland ss. Be it remembered that on this twenty first day of July A.D. 1819. The above named Jonathan Moors whom I consider to be a man of credibility and truth, was personally appeared and was examined and cautioned and sworn agreeable law, to the Deposition aforesaid taken at the request of Ebenezer Kemp for the purpose of supporting his claim to a pension from the U.S.A., agreeable to a late act of the Congress of said States
before me Grinfield Blake { Just. of the Peace and Oath within & for the County of Cumberland in the Commonwealth of Mass

Hon William Wilsbury Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, within and for the County of Cumberland. The Dep t of Jonathan Moors Esq. taken for the purpose of supporting Eleanor Kemps claim to a pension from the U.S.A. taken before and set up by me Griffith Blake Just. Paris

To the honorable William Clegg one of the Associate judges of the Circuit court of Common Pleas for the First Eastern Circuit of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Respectfully Thacker.
Ebenezer Thacker of Gorham in the Maine Dis- trict that he served as a private soldier and a corporal in the war of the revolution for the space of two years and eight  months in the Continental establishment, and that he is yet a citizen of the United States at Gorham aforesaid and that by reason of your obligations rendered in circumstan- ces in life he is in need of assistance from his country to support him now sixty eight years of age.
And your obligant further represents in the service aforesaid he belonged to Colt's Farnsworth's company and Colt's Pownall's regiment of the Massachusetts line, that he entered on or about the first day of May 1775 and served in that company and regiment for the term of eight months and on about the first of January 1776 he entered again into Colt's Moors company Colt's Pownall's regiment as a cor- poral and served in the same till about the first of January  1777 when he was honorably discharged the term of his enlist- ment having then expired. He was discharged at Bunker Hill which was a discharge by general order. He was at the battle of Bunker's Hill where he received a wound but has not never received any pension.
Wherefore your obligant very humbly believes that he comes under the provision of the act of entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval services of the United States in the revolution "any way" he prays you have power to establish as necessary with the circum- stances of his case, and that such further proceedings may be had touching as are prescribed by law in order that your obligant may be placed on the pension list of the United States.
Dated at Portland this 26 th May 1818
Ebenezer Thacker

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT KNOWN, that on the 21 st day of May one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came before me, WILLIAM WIDGERY, one of the Associate Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, resident at Portland, within the County of Cumberland, in said Maine District—the said Court being a Court of record of said State, Elizer Kunk the above named applicant, and made oath that the several statements by him made in the foregoing application by him signed are true. And the said Elizer Kunk farther offered in evidence
for the description of parcel of land situate in the town of...
WHEREUPON it does appear to the satisfaction of me the said Judge, that the said Elizer Kunk served in the revolutionary war as alledged in his application, against the common enemy.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I the said Judge, have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the said Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the County of Cumberland, to be hereunto affixed, this 21 st day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and of the Independence of the United States the forty-second.
Wm Widgery { Associate Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
CUMBERLAND, ss. I the subscriber, Clerk of the Courts in said county, certify that Hon. WILLIAM WIDGERY, is an Associate Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, as stated in the annexed Certificate, and that his signature to the same is his own proper signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I do hereto subscribe my name, and affix the Seal of said Court, this tenth day of August A. D. 1818.
Geo. Bradbury

35 495 Rev INVALID.
File No. 35-495
Ebenezer Kemp Pri Rev War
Act: 18 March 18 th
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[Arrangement of 1870.]