Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8,501, for Ebenezer Page, Massachusetts

SERVICE
Mass.
Page, Ebenezer Rebecca.
NUMBER
W.8501
B.L.W. 31567-160-55
CONTENTS

168555 Act mar 3
Jan 140 557
Rebecca Page via Ebenezer Page Priv.
Cont.
Lois
Rev d war
Pensions
A H Feb 53- 5296
AD: 16000, per 20/30 Alphabet
Signature
J. A. Faulkner
Heens
Sp Feb
Vol P. page 16.

5914.
New Hampshire
Ebenezer Page
of the line in the State of N H who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Capt Page of the reg t commanded by _____ in the N H line for 8 M th 6 Days
Inscribed on the Roll of N H at the rate of 27 Dollars 32 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th day of Feby 1833 and sent to _____ G. Hubbard St of _____
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $40.98 Semi-annual allowance ending June 33. 13.66
$54.64
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by J H C 93 Clerk Book _____ Vol. 12 th Page 179.

5. 296
Dear Hampshire Con. Rebecca Page widow of Ebenezer Page who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private —
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 27 dollars 32 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 15 th day of June 1853 and sent to
Atty Faulkner Keene N.H.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 20 Vol. 4.
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9004
Ebenezer Page
Length of Service not mentioned with previous No 15 1832
M. E.
Private
8 Mos & 6 Days att.
Hon. H. Hubbard H.R.
$27.32-
Thos M. Edwards Keene, Cheshire Co. N.H.

9004
BRIEF in the case of Ebenezer Page of Roxbury  of Cheshire Co in the State of N. Hampshire (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity: —  3. How old is he? 77  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.     1775 after alarm at Lex 28 private Gen. Col. Clapp   in fall same year about 15 " — turned out on alarm   1776 Feby and March 2 " Capt Fisher   latter part same year to March 77 3 " Capt Sabin Mann   1778 — Thinks in April * 2 " Capt Fisher  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None mentioned  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Walpole Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional alone  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? — 
No Clergyman's Certificate
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Wm C. Easton
Examining Clerk.
* he served two months of this time & hired a man to take his place who was accepted by the Captain.

Declaration,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE, COUNTY OF CHESHIRE.
On this sixteenth day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court. Before the Hon Aaron Watson Judge of Probate for said County of Cheshire now sitting, Ebenezer Page a resident of Roybury in the county of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire aged Swanty seven last Februar 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.
 1 st In 1775 upon the Alarm from Lexington in April, marched the day after the battle, to Brooklyn near Boston - stationed at the Punch Bowl - So called, in Capt Ebenezer Clapp's Company, remained in service three weeks.  2 d In 1776, drafted for, & served two months, in Feb y & March - in Captain Fisher's Company - stationed at Dorchester Mts. part of the time on the hill and part of the time at the redoubts - part of the time at Lamb's dam barracks - was in this service when the British evacuated Boston. - Genl Washington in Command  3 rd In the latter part of 1776 - drafted for and served three months in Captain Sabin's Mann's Company, of Medford - Marched in December - went to Providence - to Danbury - Fishkill - Tarrytown - then to Fort Independence - in an attack upon the fort - the attack failed - & he ret d to Kings Tarrytown - there marched to Kingsberry - then into New Jersey to Morristown - arrived at Morristown soon after the Trenton Battle where the Hessians were taken - Genl Washington was at Morristown - that he was sentry at the door of the meeting house & saw Washington & his guard walk in - dismissed at Morristown in March 1777 ret d home.  4 th In 1778 was drafted for 4 months - in the Spring - thinks in April recollects that people were planting their land after he went - went under Captain Fisher of Wrentham - & took care of Fortborough - was stationed went to East Greenwich in the State of Rhode Island - was stationed in the Court house - duty was guarding against landing of the British - thinks there but his Company stationed at this place - but others on other points. - that he served two months under this draft & hired a man to take his place and served out his time, who was accepted by the Captain.  * 5 th  in the fall that in 1775 he turned out on twice alarms and went to Providence near quantum below Boston - it being said that the British were landing - was out in both about two weeks of which was not organized - found no enemy. knows of That he was born in Walpole in the County of in the State of his age in said Walpole - on the Town Records - said he was laid since the war where I now do in Roybury after volunteer in the 7 th & 5 th - In addition to the officers I have also Col Eben Clapp when I was at Dorchester - also Genl carriage - Genl Thatcher & Col Thomas Nye of Revere both here near 
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 the Agency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Ebenezer Page
before me Aaron Watson Judge of Probate
* sometimes later inserted in order of time

We, Benjamin Thatcher and Thomas Dyer late of Shelburne, Cheshire County N.H. and living within one mile of the aforesaid Shelburne Page
do hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with said Page who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy seven years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Benja Thatcher Thomas Dyer
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
before me Aaron Watson Judge of Probate 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 named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them Benjamin Thatcher and Benjamin Dyer who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in the Town of Shelburne and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, the Clerk Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Cheshire do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Ebenezer Page for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this eighteenth day of August A.D. 1832
Ebenezer Page A. Parker } Register of said Court of Probate
no proof of this said service but does not know that there is not a record of it - was drafted in Feb 8 1755 - was expected there is a record at said Walpole when called into all the services aforesaid - was drafted in the 2 d 3 d & 4 th services above and is named above - I recollect Genl Putnam when at Fort Hardy - Ft. Glencoe when I was at Morristown - never saw any written record or can testify as to my character and services -

12-9-32
Declaration of Eben Page Retired Clerk of N.H.
State of New Hampshire Grafton County ss - on this fourth day of December 1832. personally appeared before the Subscribed a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Ebenezer Page known to me as the same person who has subscribed and sworn to the within declaration who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he cannot state any more accurately as to offices under whom he served than he hath in said declaration - that most of his terms of service were short, and that he is old & failing in memory - that he has stated all the captions under whom he served as he believes accurately, but that he can not remember the Regimental officers - that he has stated a number of general officers under the 5th interrogatory & is not able to name others. That there is no clergyman in the town in which he resides. -
Subscribed & sworn to the day & year aforesaid
Ebenezer Page
Before me Thomas M. Edwards Justice of the Peace
Dec. 4. 1832 - I Subscribed Clerk of the Superior Court in Grafton County certify that Thomas M. Edwards is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county and that the foregoing is his signature. In testi- mony whereof I hereunto affix the Seal of said Superior Court of Grafton County.
J. Hale, Clerk

State of New-Hampshire
County of Cheshire ss } I Leonard Risco Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, of said State, for said County, do hereby certify that Francis W. Faulkner, Esq., before whom the annexed affidavits of Silas Page and Zedekiah S. Barstow were made, was at the several dates thereof a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly authorized by the laws of this State to take depositions and administer oaths and that his signatures thereto are genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this fifteenth day of June A. D. 1855.
Leonard Risco. Clerk.

I Zedekiah S. Burston of Keene in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire do hereby say that I am a Clergyman, and in that capacity have resided in Keene aforesaid for thirty seven years and more last past; that I was acquainted with Ebenezer Page of Rockbury in his life time, and am and have long been acquainted with Rebecca Page, his widow - now a resident of said Keene, and formerly named Rebecca Thayer; that the said Ebenezer and Rebecca were joined in marriage by me at said Keene on the twenty third day of May A.D. 1820; that the said Ebenezer attended my congregation though belonging to Rockbury, and that he died something like twenty years since, although I have not a record of the day and year of his death as I have of those that have died in Keene for the last thirty seven years; that I believe that I officiated at his funeral though I have no record of this fact:
I further state that having been acquainted with the said Rebecca and her relatives, and living within a short distance from her and them ever since the decease of her said husband I have never heard nor do I believe that she has ever since married
Z. S. Burston
The State of New Hampshire
County of Cheshire ss. On this ninth day of June A.D. 1855 personally appeared Zedekiah S. Burston and swore that the above affidavit by him

Application of Rebecca N. ... for a Pension Under Act Feb. 1842.

The State of New Hampshire
County of Cheshire ss.
On this first day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before the Court of Probate of the State of New Hampshire for the County of Cheshire - the same being a Court of record - Rebecca Page a widow and said County - Rebecca Page a resident of Keene in the County of Cheshire aforesaid aged Eighty four years, who first being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed on the third day of February 1853 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war, that she is the widow of Ebenezer Page who was a private in the Revolutionary war between the United States and Great Britain - declared on the fourth day of July A.D. 1776; that her said husband at the time of entering said service was a resident of Walpole Massachusetts, and according to the best of her information and belief was in actual service during said war for a period of a little more than eight months in all and was honorably discharged from said service but she is unable to state the exact time of the commencement of said service or of his discharge or under what officer said service was performed;
She further states that she was married to the said Ebenezer Page in Keene New Hampshire

on the twenty third day of May A D 1823 by the Reverend Leekiah S. Barstow, that her name before her said marriage was Rebecca Page. That her said husband died in Roxbury New Hampshire on the first day of January A D 1835 and that she has ever since remained, and still is, his widow.
She further states that her said husband was at the time of his decease a Pensioner of the United States, and that for more full and particular information respecting his term of military service she refers to the evidence now on file in the Pension Office upon which her said husband's pension was granted, his name being upon the Pension Roll of the New Hampshire Agency.
Witness
F. A. Faulkner Geo W. Sturtevant }
her Rebecca X Page mark
State of New Hampshire
Cheshires May 1. 1855
At a Court of Probate held at Keene in said County this day. The said Rebecca Page Subscribed & made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration. in open court
Before me
Luther Barker Judge of Probate for said County

I Silas Page of Tecum in the County of Cheshire on oath say as follows; That I am a grandson of Ebenezer Jonathan Page mentioned in the foregoing declaration; That during the last years of his life the said Ebenezer and Rebecca his wife lived with me and were supported by me; That the said Ebenezer died at Rockbury on the first day of February A.D. 1835  time of  the day of  May  A.D. 1835 ; That the said Rebecca has lived with me ever since that time, and has ever since remained and still is unmarried. I further state that I was not present at the time of their marriage but that they lived together as husband and wife, and were generally reported to be such for a period of nearly fifteen years.
Silas Page
The State of New Hampshire
Cheshire ss. May 5. 1855 } Subscribed & sworn to
Befre me F. A. Fernald
Justice of the Peace.

State of New Hampshire Cheshire ss
I Geo. W. Sturtevant Register of the Court of Probate for said County of Cheshire do hereby certify that Sarah Baker before whom the annexed declaration of Rebecca Page was made, was at the date thereof, and now is Judge of said Court and that his signature affixed thereto is genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said Court at Keene, in said County, this fourteenth day of June in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and fifty five.
Geo. W. Sturtevant

May 24th 1820. Then were joined together in marriage Richard Sage of Hampshire and Deborah, daughter of William by the Rite and Ceremonies of the Hebrew.
Richard Sage was born in the year 1795 and died July 24th 1822.
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of record taken from the records of the synagogue at the time of the marriage.
Richard Sage Deborah his wife

Application of Rebecca Page for Bannister Land Under Act March 3, 1857.
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The State of New Hampshire County of Cheshire ss. On this first day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Rebecca Page aged Eighty four years a resident of Keene in said County, who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Ebenezer Page late of Rockbury New Hampshire deceased, who was a private in the Revolutionary war between the United States and Great Britain declared July 4 th 1776, that her said husband entered upon service in said war at Wolfeborough, and continued in actual service in said war for the term of a little more than eight months according to the best of her in- formation and belief, but she is unable to give more particular information respecting to the time and manner of his service and discharge or of the officers under whom said service was performed.
She further states that she was married to the said Ebenezer Page in Keene New Hampshire on the twenty third day of May A.D. 1820 by the Reverend Ezekiel D. Easton a Minister of the Gospel, that her name before her said Marriage was Rebecca Page, that her said husband died at Rockbury aforesaid on the first day of January A.D. 1835, and that she has ever since remained and still is his widow.

She further states that her said husband was at the time of his decease a Pensioner of the United States on the Pension Roll of the New Hampshire Agency, and that for further and more particular and full information in regard to the term of his military service aforesaid she here refers to the evidence now on file in the Pension office on which his said Pension was granted.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the Act approved March 3, 1855, hereby declaring that neither she nor her said husband have ever received or applied for any Bounty Land under this or any former Act of Congress.
Witnesses:
Rebecca X Page
Geo W Sturtevant
Silas Page
We George W. Sturtevant and Silas Page residents of Keene in the State of New Hampshire upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by the said Rebecca Page in our presence; and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Geo W. Sturtevant
Silas Page

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written, and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person who represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim.
Francis A. Faulkner Justice of the Peace.

Registration. Massachusetts WIDOW, &c.
File No. 8571
Rebecca Page Wid Ebenezer Page First Rev. War
Act: Febry 3 d  1855
Index:—Vol. 86 , Page 110
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of New Hampshire
County of Cheshire ss } I Leonard Bisco. Clerk of the court of Common Pleas, of said State, for said County, do hereby certify that Francis A. Faulkner before whom the annexed Declaration of Rebecca Page, the annexed affidavit of George W. Sturtevant and Silas Page and the annexed affidavit of Jedediah S. Barstow were made, was at the several dates thereof and now is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly authorised by the laws of said State to take depositions and administer oaths, and that his several signatures thereto are genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court this ninth day of June A.D. 1855.
Leonard Bisco. Clerk.

I, Frederick S. Barstow of Keene in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire on oath say that I am a Clergyman, and in that capacity have resided in said Keene thirty seven years and more last past, that I was acquainted with Ebenezer Page of Roxbury in his life time, and am and have long been acquainted with Rebecca Page, his widow now a resident of said Keene, and formerly named Rebecca Thayer, that the said Ebenezer and Rebecca were joined in marriage by me at said Keene on the twenty third day of May A. D. 1820, that the said Ebenezer attended my congregation, though belonging to Roxbury and that he died something like twenty years since although I have not a record of the day and year of his death as I have of those that have died in Keene for the last thirty seven years, that I believe that I officiated at his funeral though I have no record of this fact.
I further state that having been acquainted with the said Rebecca and her relatives, and living within a short distance from her and them ever since the decease of her said husband, I have never heard nor do I believe that she has ever since married.
L. S. Barstow.
The State of New Hampshire)
County of Cheshire ss. On this ninth day of June A. D. 1855 personally appeared Frederick S. Barstow and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true.
Before me Francis A. Foulkner Justice of the Peace.

9004 Ebenezer Page
H. M. Edwards Keene? Cheshire Co N.H.

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 Page which require further proof or explanation.
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 ? No 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?
No
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?
Yes
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
[Signature]
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?
[Signature]
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?
No as to 5th
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 the 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.
†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 affidavits must be properly authenticated, as above directed.
†QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated 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 end 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.

Rebecca Page Widow of Ebenezer
N.H.
Widow 3 rd Febry 1853
8 mos 1681 per diem $27. 32
per annum from
3 rd Febry 1853
Cert to
J. H. Faulkner Esq
Keene N.H.

3 L Barstow Rd Siles Pape
Ebenza Pape D o May 1833,
m 1820

Vienna Va. June 15. 1875 (Hon. L. D. Waldo.) Commr of Pensions.
Dear Sir,
Enclosed you will find the application of Rebecca Page for a Pension under the Act of Feb 3. 1873. Her husband Obereder Page was a Pensioner under the Act of June 7. 1832 in the receipt of $27.32 per annum; his name will probably be found on the Roll of the Pittsylvania N. H. Army . When the certificate is issued it may be sent to me.
Very respectfully Yours F. A. Forester

Ms. A. 9. 2. 20 Robert Page
5914
Boston
FREE
Hon. Loren P. Waldo, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.

Lucifer
Dear Sir,
Ebenezer Dyer died 1 spring 1835 full in
June 21/35
full
Pen Off. June 20 1855
AK
Sir
Please inform me when Ebenezer Dyer of NH act 1832, §27, 32, his last paid
Very Resp'tly
D. Cale
Co, Co
Rev. Nathaniel Dyer
3 d Austin
in platt

No 5818
Rebecca Page Widow of Ebenezer NH
3 Feb 1853

1681-11
Hon L. P. Waldo, Court of Pensions Washington D. C.

5 31 567
5 Hertins

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Keene N. H. June 11. 1855
Hon L. P. Noble Clerk of Per. Cins.
Dear Sir,
Enclosed you will find applications for Bounty Land under Act March 3. 1855, by the follow- ing named persons viz.
Eusebius Canies.
Eliza Mansell.
Phoebe Lang.
Rebecca Page.
When warrants are issued on these applications, they may be sent to me.
Very respectfully Yours,
- A. Faulkner.

Brief in the case of Rebecca Page widow of Ebenezer
County and State of NH act 3 d of Feb y 1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase." )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Her husband was a pensioner under the act of June 7 1832 at $27. 32 (Service proved in his papers)
Rec d of marriage and the evidence of the minister who married them
L Bairstow & Silas Page, witnesses for identity & her husband's death
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
F A Fancher Esq Keene N H
Thomson Triplitt Examining Clerk.