Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33,567, for Ebenezer Richardson, Massachusetts

SERVICE Continental Mass.
Richardson Ebenezer
NUMBER
S. 33.567
CONTENTS

6421.
Massachusetts Roll
Ebenezer Richardson
of Lynn in the state of Massachusetts who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel George Dugdale of the Massachusetts line, for the term of One year & four months
scribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 30 th of March 1812
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd of Feb y 1819 and sent to John Davis Esq r Judge Boston
arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818. $40 2 / 3  14 / 30 c. 41:57 emi-anl. all'ce ending 4 th March 1819 — 48:
$ 89:57
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Revolutionary War Massachusetts Lynn Ebenezer Richardson 1818
46 Jan 8 1852

No 125
Ebenezer Richardson
junior
Not on Rolls
James Richardson
junior
junior
junior
junior
Adm.

District of Massachusetts Boston April 3 d 1818
The deponent testifies, that on the organization of the American Army in April 1775 He enlisted as a soldier for the eight Months service in a Company commanded by Col Addison Richardson the Reg by Col John Mansfield, and served until regularly discharged in Dec. of the same year - In Jan y 1776, He again enlisted with Col Richardson Col. in the 27 th Reg of Foot Commanded by Israel Putnam in the Continental establishm. In the Month of Nov r following He was taken Prisoner at Fort Washington on York Island, and detained in the City of New York as such, until the Month of May following in the year 1777 - When He was liberated by a Parole - The deponent further testifies that He is an Inhabitant of the Town of Lynn County of Essex Com. W th of Massachusetts & a citizen of the U d States, & that he is in reduced circumstances, & stands in need of assistance from his country for support. Ebenezer Richardson
Boston March 30 th 1818
Thereby attest to the facts stated in the foregoing deposition, from personal knowledge.
The deponent was a Townsman with myself, He served in the same Reg t with myself, in the year 1775 -
He served in the same Company, & same Reg t , with myself 1776, was a fellow Prisoner at Fort Washington in Nov. of the same year - We were fellow sufferers in captivity, which were great - and not separated until we were liberated on a Parole in May 1777 -
I know Him to be in bad Health for many years and very dependent - James Robinson

Massachusetts District } Boston 3. April 1818 }
The within Declaration sworn to before me
M Davis Dist Judge Mass Dist

MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
25 January 1819.
I AM satisfied that the above named, Ebenezer Richardson by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, is in need of assistance from his Country for support.
J. D. Doolittle { District Judge U. S. Massachusetts Dist.
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR.

MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
Boston June 9 A. D. 1818
IT appearing to my satisfaction, that Ebenezer Richardson subscriber to the annexed declaration, sworn to before me, did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as stated in said declaration, I now transmit the testimony in the case, with the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war;" the testimony and proceedings in the premises being the declaration aforesaid, with the accompanying documents marked together with this certificate.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the District Court of the United States for this District to be hereunto affixed.
J. Davis
} Judge of the District Court U. S. Massachusetts District.

6421
Ebenezer Richardson
Lynn
Essex Co
Side to Talbot street
Mar 19

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas of the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Salem, within and for the County of Essex, on the third Monday of June, A. D. 1820.
Present, Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Chief Justice.
Hon. WILLIAM WETMORE, and
Hon. STEPHEN MINOT, Associate Justices.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Ebenezer Richardson resident in Salem in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 6421 - now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
"WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM."
"I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, Ebenezer Richardson late a Private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the first day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen ."
***** "Given at the War Office of the United States, this Third day of February - one thousand eight hundred and nineteen . ***** J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War."
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit,
  One cow of the value of - - - - - $15.00   4 old kitchen chairs - - - - - 1.00   3 old tables - - - - - 1.00   One Mahogany table - - - - - 2.00   One looking-glass - - - - - 2.00   1 pair of iron andirons and tongs - - - - - 1.25   1 very old Mahogany desk, out of repair - - - - - 5.00   1 four foot pine chest - - - - - 0.75   1 old case of drawers - - - - - 2.00   1 iron pot, dish kettle, tea kettle, & spider - - - - - 2.00   2 small pitch forks - - - - - 0.25   2 old silver table spoons - - - - - 2.00   annual income of wife's real estate consisting of \frac{1}{4} part of a dwelling house very old & very much out of repair and two acres of pasture land adjoining - - - - - 8.00   has no particular trade or business, works out a little occasionally, earnings or income annually - - - - - 10.00   $ 52.25 

bro't over $52.25
The whole amount of his demands against people is . . . . . 12.00 $64.25
He owes more than $100.00.
Said Richardson is seventy three years of age, is weak and feeble, and cannot work but little.
Has a wife aged seventy three, very feeble, one of his sons lives with him and is partly supported by him.
Served as a private in the revolutionary Army one year and eight months, to wit, eight months in Capt. Addison Richardson's Company in Col. Mansfield's Regiment in the year 1775. One year in same company in Col. Hutchinson's Regiment, 1776.
Ebenezer Richardson.

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. W m Melmore a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, Ebenezer Richardson do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, 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 eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, 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. So help me GOD.
Ebenezer Richardson
Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. June, Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed Ebenezer Richardson took and subscribed the aforeswritten Oath before me
W m Melmore , Judge of said Court.
I, ICHABOD TUCKER, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule 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
dollars  nothing sixty four dollars twenty five cents.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Salem, in said County of Essex, on this 17 th day of July , A. D.
1820
Attr. Ichabod Tucker, Cler.
Aug: 3. 1820
I further certify that in this case the Court adjudged the amount of the schedule to be $64. 25. - but the amount of debts being more than $100.00, - The opinion of the court was as above expressed that the total amount in value is nothing. -
Attr. Ichabod Tucker, Cler.

33 567 Rev. INVALID.
July - 15 - 1902 Hon. E. W. Roberts H.R.
File No. 33,567
Ebenezer Richardson Pri Rev Wac
Act: 18 th March 187
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 341
[Arrangement of 1870.]

United States.
Massachusetts District.
I James Robinson, of Boston, in the County of Suffolk and District of Massachusetts, musician do hereby certify that in January 1776 - I was a private soldier in the company commanded by Captain Addison Richardson in the Massachusetts Regiment, commanded by Colonel Israel Putnam - that I well knew, there was a soldier in the same regiment, and knew him to have done duty as such from January 1776, until December of the same year, by the British Army at Fort Washington, and came into New York, where we were kept in confinement until the May following.
James Robinson
Suppl. B. 10 - July 4 1810
Personally appeared the above named James Robinson to be a credible witness. of the foregoing defense and made oath to the truth of the same by statements by him subscribed. Before me, Stephen Rootes for Oath

United States
Massachusetts District.
I Thomas Welsh of Boston Physician in the County of Suffolk and District of Massachusetts, of lawful age, testify and say that I was surgeon in the regiment commanded by Colonel Israel Hutchinson, during the recent civil war, and well know Ebenezer Richardson to have been a private soldier in the company commanded by Captain Addison Richardson in the same regiment and to have done duty as such from January 1861, until November of the same year, when the company was captured by the British Army at Fort Washington and carried into New York where they remained in confinement until May following. — Thomas Welsh.
Suffolk's Boston Jan'y 3 rd 1861
Personally appeared, the above named Thomas Welsh, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing statement by him subscribed before me and I certify the said deponent to be a credible witness Stephen Wolper Jus. Pa.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Richardson, Ebenezer GRADE Sergeant LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 4899 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Dec. 15, 1796
to Ebenezer Richardson
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.