Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15,122, for Ebenezer Newton, Massachusetts

SERVICE
Mark
Newton, Glenzer Sally
NUMBER _____
W. 15. 122.
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10283 Massachusetts
Francis Norton of Westport in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Pillsbury of the Regt. commanded by Colonel Dyer in the Mass line for 12 weeks 29 days
Index
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of $3 Dollars 22 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th day of Feb y 1833 and Lieut. General John C. Hovey
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $66.44 Semi-annual allowance ending Sept r 1833 " 21.61 $108.05
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by H. H. Adams Clerk, Book E Vol. 94 Page 59

6528
Massachusetts
Sally Newton, widow of Ebenezer Newton, who was a Private Mass. in the Mass. Line
(Repr.)
No. 30
joint resolution certif. issued Jan. 23. 1845 } March 25. 45
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 21 Dollars 77 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of Dec 1844 and sent to
Hon. W. Parmenter, H. of Reps.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 35

9-15 Declaration of Ebenezer Norton
Margaret Norton my wife in Massachusetts

DECLARATION, in order to secure the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
COUNTY OF WORCESTER, ss.
ON this sixth day of September in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court, before Nathl Dame, Judge of Probate  and the Court of Worcester now sitting Ebenezer Newton a resident of Southborough in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy four 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 act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832.
THAT he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
(A.) That on the nineteenth day of April 1775 he volunteered as a private in the service of the United States in the Massachusetts Militia in Capt. Elijah Bellows's Company of Southborough the day of Lexington Battle and marched immediately to Waltham a town adjoining said Lexington and there learning that the British troops had retreated back to Boston we continued our march to Cambridge near Boston and there at Cambridge I served in the service nine weeks when and where I was verbally dismissed. The officers that I recollect at this period were Capt. Elijah Bellows, Col. Jonathan Ward, Gen. Artemas Ward. For documentary evidence of this period of service reference to affidavit marked (A.)
(B.) (6.) That about the middle of November 1775, he volunteered as a private in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War in the Massachusetts Militia for three months in Capt. Silas Gates's company and marched immediately to Dorchester near Boston in said Commonwealth and there joined Col. Jonathan Ward's Regiment and there served at said Dorchester, till near the time the British troops under the command of Lord William Howe successor of Gen. Gage evacuated Boston on the 17 th day of March 1776 when I completed my full term of service of three months and then was verbally discharged at said Dorchester. The officers at this period of service that I now recollect were Capt. Silas Gates, Lt. Bellows, Col. Jonathan Ward, Maj. Gen. Artemas Ward and Gen. G. Washington commander in chief - for evidence of this campaign reference to affidavits marked (B.) 4 (6.)
(2) E. That on or about 25 th day of June 1776 he volunteered as a private for five months in Capt. Seth Newton's company and marched im- mediately to Hartford & New Haven in Connecticut and there took shipping for New York where we arrived and then joined Col. Smith's Regiment on the 2 nd or 3 rd day of July and stayed there till the British troops under the command of Sir Henry Clinton, Percy and Cornwallis took Long-Island which we soon after retreated out of New York to Harlem Heights over King's Bridge to Mile Square to White Plains and there stayed till the Battle at said White Plains and from thence to Croton's Manor and there served my term of five months and which place I was verbally discharged
The officers of the company at this period were Capt. Seth Newton, 1 st Lt. - Inglesby, 2 d Lt. Jonathan Harrington Ensign Ephraim Pratt - Col. Jonathan Smith, Lt. Col. James Longley - Gen. Fellows's Brigade - for documentary evidence of this campaign reference to affidavits marked (D) & (E)
(F.) That on the fore part of August 1777 he volunteered as a private and marched about the time that Gen. Burgoyne was lying at

The officers of the company at this period were Capt. Seth Newton, 1 st Lt. - Inglesby, 2 d Lt. Jonathan Harrington Ensign Ephraim Pratt - Col. Jonathan Smith, Lt. Col. James Dingley - Gen. Fellows's Brigade - - - for documentary evidence of this campaign reference to affidavits marked (D) & (E)
(F.) That on the fore part of August 1777 he volunteered as a private and marched about the time that Gen. Burgoyne was lying at Fort Edward and when he Burgoyne said that with seven thousand men he could march through the Country and when we such as had just returned home from a tour of duty and all that were not then in the service to volunteer and march and if possible to stop Burgoyne's proceeding any farther as the Country was then in a great excitement and marched from Southborough to Hadley a town on the Connecticut River and there learning a Battle had been fought at Bennington and decided in favor of the Americans and that our services would be no longer necessary I was verbally discharged by our commanding Officer and returned home to 2.w. Southborough being absent about two weeks - The Capt's name at this period I now do not recollect - for evidence of this service reference to affidavit marked (F.)
(G.) That in the autumn of winter of 1778 he volunteered as a private and went to Rutland in said Commonwealth and assisted in guarding the part of Burgoyne's prisoners that were stationed at said Rutland and was there nine weeks The Officers names at this period I do not now recollect except the Captain whose name was Buggles - for evidence of this service reference to affidavit marked (G.)
(I.) I was born at Southborough, Worcester Co. Mass. on the eight day of February 1758 - and I lived at said Southborough with my father before the War and I have ever since the War lived in said Southborough - for evidence of this reference to Letter (I.)
Ebenezer Newton
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 aforesaid.
Messrs Nathan D. Dole Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
Ebenezer Newton

We Jonas Ball a clergyman residing in the town of Southborough and Larkin Newton residing in the said Southborough hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Phineas Newton who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy four years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. B. Green Judge of Probate for the county of Worcester
Jonas Ball Larkin Newton
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 above mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that Colo Jonas Ball who signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman , resident in the Town of Southborough and that Larkin Newton who has also signed the same is a resident in the Town of Southborough and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
James D. D. Judge of Probate for the county of Worcester
I Theophilus Wheeler Regis , Clerk of the Court of Probate for the county of Worcester do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Eleazer  for a pension  that to them  know  Henry  before whom the  same . IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand affixed the seal of the said Court this 7th day of September in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty two Theoph. Wheeler Regis of said county in Massachusetts
Declaration of Phineas Newton

(A.) I Lovina Newton of Southborough in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being seventy two years old on the 7 th day of May past, do testify and declare, that Ebenezer Newton of said Southborough and County and Commonwealth aforesaid, is a brother of mine, and he the said Ebenezer Newton went as a private in the service of the United States in the Massachusetts Militia in Capt. Elijah Bellows's Company of said Southborough on the 19 th day of April the day of Lexington Battle to Wellesley adjoining Lexington and thence to Cambridge near Boston and there served at Cambridge nine weeks in his Country's service and then returned home to our father's family at Southborough.
(B.) Also I do further testify and say, that said Ebenezer Newton, went as a volunteer in the service of the United States in the Massachusetts Militia about the middle of November 1775 for three months in Capt. Silas Gates's Company of Marlborough and Col. Jonathan Ward's Regiment of said Southborough and marched to Dorchester near Boston, and served there in his Country's service till about the time the British troops evacuated Boston on the 17 th day of March 1776 and then returned home to our father's family being absent those full months.
(D.) Also I do further testify and say that said Ebenezer Newton went as a volunteer in the service of the United States, in the Massachusetts Militia on some of the last days of June 1776 for five months in Capt. Seth Newton's Company and marched to Hartford and New-Haven and there took shipping to New-York and was there when Gen. Washington retreated out of New-York to Harlem Heights and White Plains and there served in the service the full term of five months and then returned home to our father's family at Southborough sometime in the month of December following.
(E.) Also I do further testify and say that said Ebenezer Newton sometime in the month of August 1777 volunteered in the service of his Country's cause with several others from Southborough about the time that Gen. Burgoyne was near Bennington in Vermont and marched from Southborough to Hadley a town on the Connecticut River and there learning a Battle had been fought at Bennington and decided in favor of the Americans and that their services would be no longer necessary he was verbally dismissed by his commanding officer being absent two weeks and then returned home to our father's family.

(9.) Also I do further testify and say that I personally knew that the said Ebenezer Newton volunteered in the service of his country in the Massachusetts militia and went to Rutland in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in guarding a part of Burgoyne's prisoners that were stationed at said Rutland and was at said Rutland nine weeks in said service.
Witness - Larkin Newton
Lovina Newton
Worcester, ss. September 6. 1832. Then personally appeared Lovina Newton and made solemn oath, that the above affidavit by her subscribed was just and true before me, and I personally know the said Lovina Newton and that she is a credible witness.
Benjamin Charnley Justice of the Peace.
(6.) I Stephen Bellows of Southborough in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts being seventy five years old , do testify and declare that I was drafted as a private in the service of the United States in the Massachusetts Militia, together with Ebenezer Newton of said Southborough in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid about the middle of November 1775 for three
3. m. months in Capt. Silas Gates's Company and Col. Jonathan Ward's Regiment and marched to Dorchester near Boston and there served at Dorchester and the vicinity till near the time the British troops evacuated Boston in March 1776 - being in the service three full months then said Ebenezer and myself were verbally discharged at said Dorchester.
Stephen Bellows
Witness.
Worcester, ss. September 6. 1832. Then personally appeared Stephen Bellows and made solemn oath, that the above affidavit by him subscribed was just and true before me - and that I personally know the said Stephen Bellows and that he is a credible witness.
Wm Perry Justice of Peace

(E.) I Jonathan Harrington of Shrewsbury in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being seventy three years of age, do testify and say that I enlisted as a private in the service of the United States in the Massachusetts Militia together with Ebenezer Newton of Southborough in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid for six months on the 24 th or 25 th day of June 1796 and marched from Shrewsbury to Hartford in Connecticut and from thence to New Haven and then took shipping for New York and there arrived on the 2 nd or 3 rd day of July and stayed there till the British took Long Island, then we marched out of New York on the 16 th day of September to Harlem Heights and from Harlem Heights went over King's Bridge to Mile Square and from thence to the south side of the high Hill's of White Plains and then the next night encamped on the the White Plains and then stayed there until the Battle at said White Plains and from thence to Croton's Manor and there served our term of time of six months and then said Ebenezer and myself were verbally discharged the Officers were under was Capt. Seth Newton of Southborough 1 st Lt was an Inglesby 2 nd Lt was Jonathan Harrington Senior in the Ensign was Alpheus Pratt Col. Jonathan Smith Lt Col. James Longley — Gen Fellows the Brig. Gen. General Harrington
Worcester ss. August 28 th 1832. Then personally appeared Jonathan Harrington and made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed was just and true before me and that I personally know the said Jonathan Harrington and he is a credible witness.
Sworn before me Nathan Howe justice of the peace
Southborough September 4 th 1832.
This now certify that Ebenezer Newton of Southborough County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts was born in Southborough aforesaid on the 2 nd of February 1758
Attest copies of Record
West Foss, in Mulard, Town Clerk.

9515 Clencey Newton Mass
Prague 12 Mar 29 days Alb
Geo Jolson Worcester Mass

BRIEF in the case of  Ebenezer Newton  County of Worcester  in the State of  Massachusetts  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 74 years  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.     Vol In 1775 — 2 7 private Genl Ward   " 1775 — 3 — — Capt Billings & Col Ward   " 1776 — 3 — — " Gates — " Ward   " 1777 — 4 15 — " Newton — " Songley   " 1778 — 2 7 — " Piggles,  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? White Plains  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Worcester Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditional & living witness?  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
H. D. Clagett Examining Clerk.

10562 Sally Arwin Madow of Ebenezer Mass
Act 7 July 1838 m 85 d Sep. 41. !
Rejected
Adm'd act March 4 3 1/2 Ymo. 13.89 pri. $24.77.
Mo act 1843 0804
Att Wm Garmenter N.R.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston Febr y 13 th 1844.
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation, Ira M. Barton was Judge of Probate and  Elijah Clark was for the County of Worcester, (and Elijah Clark was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex,
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; and that to their 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.
John G. Sawyer, Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
County of Worcester, ss.
On this thirteenth  February day of January eighteen hundred and forty four. Personally appeared before the Hon. Ira M. Barton, Judge of Probate in and for the County of Worcester and State aforesaid, Sally Newton a resident of Southborough in said County of Worcester, seventy eight years of age, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the Acts of Congress passed July Seventh A.D. 1838, entitled an Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows, and a joint resolution passed on the sixteenth day of August 1842, granting five years pensions to certain widows.
That she is the Widow of Ebenezer Newton of Southborough who rendered service in the Revolutionary War, and was inscribed on the Revolutionary Pension Roll of the United States of date April first A.D. 1833, at the rate of forty three dollars and twenty five cents per annum, which she received up to the last semiannual payment previous to his decease.
She further Declares that she was Married to the said Ebenezer Newton in the month of June seventeen hundred and eighty five. That the ceremony was performed by the Revd David Collogg, Pastor of the First Church and Society in Framingham her native place of residence. That her husband the aforesaid Ebenezer Newton, died in Southborough aforesaid, on the Thirteenth day of September in the year eighteen hundred and forty one. That she was not Married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place,

previous to the first day of January seven hundred and ninety four wife at the time above stated, and that she still remains his widow.
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year first above named, the word "January" being erased erased, and the word "February" interlined interlined, before the signature. The creases just above made by me.
Before me
Sally for H. Newton mark
Wm. M. Batson - Judge of said Court.
I further certify that the above declaration was taken at the house then in Southborough in said County, the Defendant from great age and bodily infirmities, as well as from the severity of the weather being unable to attend Court.
Wm. M. Batson / Pres.

Extract from the records of Marriages in the Town of Framingham, County of Middlesex & State of Massachusetts,
Entered the Marriage Book June, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & eighty- five. Elizur Newton, Sally Rice
A true copy from the Church records.
Attest David Kellogg
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy from the records of said Town of Framingham with the exception of the date which is ex- pressed in fair legible figures as follows:
"June 1785"
Attest Elias Temple { Clerk of the Town of Framingham
I, Elias Temple, above named, depose & say; that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the Town, County & State aforesaid, & that the above is a true extract from the original records of the said Town of Framingham with the ex- ception above named as certified by me.
Elias Temple { Clerk of the Town of Framingham Middlesex ss.
Framingham December 7 th A.D. 1883. Sworn to by the said Elias Temple, Town Clerk. Before Me. Elijah Clark, Justice of the Peace.

I. Willard Newton of Marlborough in the county of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and late of Southborough in the county of Worcester & State aforesaid, seventy years of age, do hereby testify and say, that I was well acquainted with Ebenezer Newton of Southborough aforesaid, that he was a Revolutionary Pensioner at the time of his decease which took place near two years since, that he left a widow who is now living at the Almshouse in Southborough, and I have good reason to believe she is a person worthy of confidence, and that she was a native of Framingham. Mr. Ebenezer Newton and his wife were living at the Almshouse at the time I was overseer in Southborough aforesaid.
Willard Newton
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss. Marlborough Dec. 5 th A.D. 1843 Then personally appeared Willard Newton Esq., and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true, and I certify that he is a person worthy of full confidence.
Before Me. Elijah Clark, Justice of the Peace

10562 Sally Strubon Map
Set to Elijah Clark Sept 6/42
Act 7 July 1838

No 9093
Massachusetts
Sally Newton
widow of Ebenezer Newton
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 30 Sept. '41- of Worcester (in the State of Mass who was a private in the — commanded by Captain — of the commanded by Col Ward — in the Massachusetts line for 7. 13 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 24 — Dollars 77 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25th day of March 1845 and sent to Hn. W. Permenter, E. Cambridge, Mass.
Total amount, $ 123 .85
[Act July 7, 1838.]
joint resolution Recorded by W. H. Stewart Clerk, Book 2 Vol. 1 — Page 65

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 15122
Sally Newton Widow of Ebenezer Newton Prv Rev. W.P.
Act: Mar 3 rd 1843
Index:—Vol. M , Page 80
[Arrangement of 1870.]

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Ebenezer Newton further proof or explanation.
which require
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? Yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? 2 Citizens
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? many witnesses
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Yes
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? Yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? Yes
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? _____
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
¶ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Brighton February 16. 1844
Dear Sir,
I enclose you herewith the claims of Mrs Sally Newton, widow of Ebenezer Newton of Southborough. for a pension under the act of 1838. I trust you will be Eliza Clark
Wm J L Edwards commissioner of pensions Washington City, D.C.

Elijah Clarke cave Sally Newton
Mr. Parnement

Brighton Nov. 21 st 1844.
Dear Sir,
I enclose to you herewith the certificate of the Secretary of this State showing all the service found of Ebenezer Newton, in the case of Sally Newton of Dan. R. bro. The Commissioner's letter of date Sept. 6 th 1844, states that Ebenezer Newton who claimed a war pensioned under the Act of 1832, for 3 months in 1775, under Capt. Gates, Col. Wood, 2 months 7 days in 1776 under Capt. Bellows Col. Wood, 4 months in 1776 under Capt. Keaton Col. Dingley, 19 days in 1777, in the same company or regiment, and 2 months 7 days under Capt. Huzzey in 1778, is not as you perceive found, and it is possible the rolls are in Washington,
Very Respectfully Yours O. D. D. S. Elijah Clark
Hon. William Parmenter M. C. at East Lambbridge Mass,

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston;
Nov 19 1811.
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
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that the name of Ebenezer Newton is found upon a Military roll of Capt. Isaac Tabor's Col. Belknap's Regt. dated Jan 13. 1776 60 miles S.W. from Natick, and upon a pay roll of Capt. Isaac Newton Col. Whitecomb's Regt. from Aug 20. 1777, the only roll of that year in this Office.
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6
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There are no rolls of Capt. Belknap in 1778 or Capt. Ruggles in 1778 in this Office.
There are no rolls of Capt. Newton's Regt. enrolled in 1778 in this Office.

And I further Certify, That, Conversant with the title of 1816, cap. before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contains all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Phipps; Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Sent by Elijah Clark As per Puncunus
Southboro. Ms. Feb. 20
15 J. May P.M., Instrument
Elijah Clark Esq. Brighton Ms.
Re Jan 25 o 1845.
March 6/45.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Worcester County ss.
On this nineteenth day of February A.D. eighteen hundred and sixty five, personally appeared before me Sullivan Fay a justice of the Peace in and for the County of Worcester, and Commonwealth aforesaid, Sally Newton a resident of Southborough in said County, seventy nine years of age, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the amount of pension which she claims from the fourth of March 1831 to the fourth of March 1841, from which period she has been already paid under the act of March 3 rd 1843. And the declarant further alleges that she is still the widow of Ebenezer Newton who was a private in the Revolutionary War; that her pension was allowed at the rate of twenty four dollars and seventy seven cents per annum, and was paid to her at the agency at Boston in the State of Massachusetts, and further she saith not.
Witness Elijah Beman
Sally her  X Newton mark
Sworn and subscribed the day and year first above written
Before me
Sullivan Fay Justice of the Peace
Worcester ss. Southborough February 19 1845. I hereby certify that Sally Newton who has subscribed and made oath to the above declaration is personally known to me to be the to be the widow of Ebenezer Newton a deceased Revolutionary Pensioner, & that she has received a one years pension. Sullivan Fay Res. of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston February 24 th 1845
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Sullivan Fay was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Worcester.
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; 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.
John C. Sleeper Secretary of the Commonwealth.