Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29950, for Ezekiel Knowels, New Hampshire

SERVICE
NUMBER
N 26
★ Knowels, Ezekiel Knowles or
S. 29950
CONTENTS

Maine 5245
Ezekiel Knowles of Chester in the State of Maine who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Hutchin of the Regt commanded by Col Stark in the N. Hampshire troops time for
8 months, private.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 26. Dollars 66. Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6th day of Febry 1833. and sent to R. C. Vose, Augusta Me.
Arrears to 14th of Sept r 1832. — 39. 99. Semi-annual allowance ending 11 Mar. 1833. 13. 33.
$ 53.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Francis T. Francis, Clerk, Book D. Vol. 1. Page 65.

29950 INVALID. Rev
File No. 29,950
Ezekiel Knowles
Rev Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 295
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Ezekiel Knowles
Private New Hampshire troops.
Hutchins Co: Stark's Regt. 6 months
Corporal
Dearborn's Co: Lt. Col. Cutter's Regt. 8 months
N o 4140 enlistment
On the Roll in the War of Rebellion Dearborn's Company admitted 20 men from 8 th
R. C. Rose. Augusta, Me.
Knowles, Ezekiel N.H. S 29950

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. KENNEBEC COUNTY,
ON this ten tenth day of July  July A. D. 1832 personally appeared before the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, of said State, Ezekiel Knowles a resident of Bethel in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, aged Eighty three years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following dec- laration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1775 with Captain Hutchins and served in Col. John Stark's regiment of the New Hampshire line or troops under the following named officers : viz Hutchins Capt
Stark's Col. That he enlisted in said Company as a private in June 1775, for the remainder of the first eight months service, then about six months. That he served until the last of August following, about two months, when he procured his brother as a substitute who was accepted by his officers, & by their permission he left the army at Cambridge, Mass.
That the first of May 1776 he again enlisted as a private, for the remainder of the year's service then about eight months, in Capt. Dearborn's company & regiment commanded by Lieut. Col. Leute of the same line or troops. This period he fully served out & was verbally discharged at Mount Independence January 1, 1777. That during this latter service he served & was discharged as a corporal. 30

State of Maine.
KENNEBEC, ss.—I, JOHN A. CHANDLER, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within and for the County of Kennebec, hereby certify that the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, before whom the within proceedings was had, is a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State; I also certify that the within contains the original proceedings of the said Judge, in the matter of the application of Ezekiel Knowles for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this 20 th day of July
A. D. 1832,
J. A. Chandler
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were:
That he was born at Rye in New Hampshire in the year 1749 where he believes his age to be of record. That during his revolutionary services his home was at Candia N.H. where he lived until he removed to said Chesterville, where he has lived for about twenty five years. That he enlisted into the service was not drafted or received as a substitute. That he did not receive a written discharge from the service. That any of his neighbors will testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his revolutionary services.
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 any agency in any State.
Ezekiel Knowlton
20 July
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, Before
Nathan Winton 2nd S.J.C.
And the said Judge does hereby declare his opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
Nathan Winton

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
I the subscriber, being Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify to your Honor, that Ezekiel Knowles , a citizen of the United States, now resident in Chesterville , in the said County of Humboldt , in the District of Maine, on the thirteenth day of May , 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 the said applicant, is 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 support.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the Court in which I preside, to be hereunto affixed, this first day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Nathan Weston C. Just. C. C. C. Pleas 2 d E. Circuit.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
KENNEBEC, ss.
THE Subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County of Kennebec, hereby certifies, that the Honorable NATHAN WESTON, Junior, Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset ; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have affixed unto his 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 Augusta, in said County of Kennebec, this tenth day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Ebenezer Dyer

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I Ezekiel Knowles aged sixty nine years a citizen of the United States, born in Rye in the state of New Hampshire, now resident in Chesterville in the District of Maine upon oath testify and declare that the last of June 1775 I entered as a private soldier in the war of the revolution against the common enemy upon the continental establishment, for the remainder of the first eight months service, then about six months, in Capt. Hatcher's company and Col. John Stark's regiment of the New Hampshire troops or line, and I served until the last of August following, about two months, when I procured my brother as a substitute who was accepted by my officers, and by their permission I left the Army at Cambridge in the state of Massachusetts. The first of May 1776, I enlisted as a private in the same service and upon the same establishment, for the remainder of the year's service, then about eight months, in Capt. Dearborn's company and regiment commanded by Lieut. Col. Senter of the New Hampshire line or troops. This period I fully served out and took my honorable but verbal discharge at Mount Independence January 1. 1777. This was my last continental service. From my reduced circumstances I need the assistance for my country for support. And I do hereby relinquish all my claim to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, if any, but I am not to my knowledge borne on any pension list whatever. I request that I may be placed upon the pension list for the District of Maine — Ezekiel Knowles

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hemreps.
On the thirteenth day of May A. D. 1818 Ezekiel Knowles within named, after having been carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the within declaration, by him subscribed. Before me
Nathan Weston her C. Just. C. Court
C. Phas & Eastern Circuit.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I John Knowles aged fifty seven years now resident in the Fayette in the District of Maine upon oath testify and declare, that I know Ezekiel Knowles named in the annexed declaration entered and served as a continental soldier in the war of the revolution, the whole periods by him therein mentioned —
John Knowles
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Hear the p.
On the thirteenth day of May A.D. 1810 John Knowles above named, after having been carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the above deposition, by him subscribed. Before me
Nathan Weston Jr. C. Just C. Court C Pleas 2 Eastern Circuit