Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 19427, for Ebenezer H Phillips, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Phillips, Ebenezer H.
S. 19427
carded
CONTENTS

1715
Massachusetts
Ebenezer H Phillips
of Charlestown in the State of Mass who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain of the Reg t commanded by Col Donaldson in the Mass line for 11 Mo
See letter to Genl Folsom May 29. 1833
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th day of Nov 1832 and put S Folsom
Present now present Arrears to 4th of Feb 1832 $ 52.99 Pension, allowance ending 4 Mar 33. 18.33 $73.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832 }
Recorded by H. H. H. Blair Clerk Book D. Vol. 27- Page 75

I Jonathan Weld of Charlton in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of Lawfull age testify and say that Eben H d Phillips of Charlton in said County in the year of 1775 enlisted under En t Asa Coburn and in Cap t Walker Company and in Col l Timothy Danielson's Regiment and was Discharged on the first of January 1776. from Roxbury — and I further testify that he enlisted in Cap t Richardson's Company under Col l Dike Regiment and was Discharged at the end of four Months with myself from Dorchester —
Charlton Sept r 3 d 1832
his Jonathan Weld Mark
Attest Salem Town
Worcester ss Sept 3 d 1832 Then Jonathan Weld personally appeared and made solemn oath that the above certificate or deposition by him subscribed was true and I certify that I think him entitled to full credit
Before me Salem Town for the Pen

I Jacob Gory of Husbands in the County of Hampshire Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age testify & say that Lieut. Ebenezer Phillips of Charlemont in said County was born in said Husbands within a mile of the place where I was born. We lived within that distance till we were twenty years of age or upwards. In the year 1775 I am knowing to his being one of the soldiers in Capt. Walker's company of militia station- ed at Roxbury in Massachusetts. I saw him in actual service at said Roxbury. I am not able to state the exact time he left home or when he returned. I am very confident from the best of recollection that he was absent from Husbands all summer & autumn. I am satisfied that he was engaged in service some eight months during this term of service - Though I am not able to state the exact time positively Jacob Gory
Worthingt. Aug. 10. 1832 Then personally appeared the above named Jacob Gory & made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed & sworn to before me, & I certify that the above named Jacob is a physician & sustains an unimpeachable character for truth George Davis Justice of the Peace

commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Worcester ss. On this 14 th day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before Nathl Paine Esq. Judge of the Court of Probate of Wills & for said County of Worcester Ebenezer H. Phillips a resident of Charlton in said County of Worcester aged seventy six 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 7 th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. I was alarmed on the night of the 21 st of April 1775 and marched to Roxbury and was in Capt. Parker's company & then enlisted under Enr. Cushing for the term of eight months on the 11 th day of May and served said time of eight months under Col. Danson & Lieut. Col. Shepard and was discharged on the 11 th day of January 1776. Then in August 1776 I enlisted under Capt. Richardson & marched to Dorchester, was under Col. Dike and Lieut. Col. Lyman and served there four months. I was drafted again in Decr 1777- for three months, marched to North Kingston in R.I. under Capt. Hammond and was in Col. Tyler's Regiment months 3. Genl. Thomas and Genl. Ward, Col. Larned were with the troops at Roxbury - I was born in the year 1756 at Studbridge - Worcester County, when there is a record of my birth and was living there when called in to service each time came to Charlton in 1779 where I have resided ever since. Ebenezer H. Phillips
Sworn to subscribed before Nathl Paine Judge of Probate of Wills for the County of Worcester
We Daniel Williams and Salem Town residing in the town of Charlton in the County of Worcester hereby certify that we that are well acquaint- ed with Ebz. H. Phillips who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 76 years of age that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to. Before Nathl Paine Esq. The above named Persons are highly respectable & known to me Nathl Paine
Daniel Williams Salem Town

Worcester vs. Commonwealth of Massachusetts Probate Court at Worcester on the 14 th day of August A.D. 1832. And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named appli- cant was a Revolutionary Soldier & served as he states.
NATH l SWINE Judge of the Court of Probate for Worcester Co.
Theophilus Wheeler Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester do hereby certify that the foregoing are the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Ebenezer H. Phillips for a Pension -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court aforesaid this 14 th day of August A.D.
1832.
Theophilus Wheeler Reg t of Probate for the County of Worcester in Massachusetts.
$ 36.66
Ebenezer H. Phillips.

Ebenezer Phillips
Payments to be made at Boston Mass by the Presb of Mt Church Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Mass
Recorded by J. H. S. Blair Clerk, in Book D. Vol. 22 page 75

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Ebenezer Phillips of the State of Massachusetts who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive Forty One dollars and Sixty Six cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this Ninth day of November one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.
Lee Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. } J. L. Edwards

RECEIVED OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE
Postmark
[Faint, mirrored handwritten text, likely bleed-through from the reverse side of the page. The text is mostly illegible but appears to be a formal letter.]

HENRY A. PHILLIPS, Architect, 120 TREMONT STREET.
Boston, Aug. 10, 1903,
Q.W.
U. S. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.,
Dear Sir,
Will you please send me the service record in the Revolutionary War of:— Ebenezer Humphrey Phillips, born 1756; died 1837 at Charlton, Mass.
Enlisted from Sturbridge, Mass.
The History of Sturbridge says he served four distinct periods. He drew a pension.
You will greatly oblige his great grandson, Yours respectfully, Henry A. Phillips.

Phillips in mass
19427 INVALID!
Aug. 21-1903- Henry A. Brook
File No. 19,427
Ebenezer H. Phillips
Pro. Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 82 nd
Index: —Vol. 2 , Page 721
[Arrangement of 1870.]