Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17,622, for Ebenezer Paul, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mass, R.I.
Paul Ebner
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15398 Massachusetts
Ebenezer Paul of Bristol in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Gardner of the A.C. commanded by Col. French in the Mass line for 11 months + R.D.
Mile
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of - 36 - Dollars 67 - Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of March 1833 and sent Hon. J. L. Hodges Washington D.C.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1835 $73.34 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Sept. 18.33 $91.67
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by N. H. Addison Clerk Book 2 Vol. 2 Page 64
1886 Mar 19 E J Paul with his long Prior
79 Bristol

This certifies that Ebenezer Powell of Berkeley was born in said Berkeley March 17 A.D. 1754 as appears of record
Attest Adoniram Crane Town Clerk

9745
Ebenezer Paul
382
Parish 11 Month
14 06
May 7 1833
A. Bapell Esq Taverton Mass

BRIEF in the case of Ebenezer Paull County of Bristol in the State of Massachusetts (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? In open court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 78 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.     Enlisted In 1775 May 8 As a private Gen. Brig Col. Gardner, Capt. Hawkins   1776 2 " " Col. French, Capt. Lubbs   Called out Winter 1776, 877 10 " " Col. Hathaway, Capt. Bush   10 " " ditto " ditto   Volunteer 1777 11 " " ditto " Capt. Paull   ditto 1778  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Berkley Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? living witnesses & traditional evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Isaac Watson
Examining Clerk.
21st Feby 1833

REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONERS.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COUNTY OF Plymouth Bristol ss.
ON this Thirtieth day of August - 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the Hon. Adijah Bagley Judge the Court of Probate in and for said County and now sitting at Dighton by adjournment - within and for said County of Plymouth Bristol, Benjamin Paull a resident of Berkley in said County of Plymouth Bristol, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged Seventy eight 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, 1832. 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. That is to say, that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That from the time of his earliest recollection he resided in said Berkley until the Autumn of 1774 when he and Simon Chase and others went to the State of North Carolina for the purpose of procuring shingles in the winter then following; that in the Spring of 1775 he left Carolina aforesaid to return home and was landed in Stonington in the State of Connecticut, so the captain of the vessel on board of which the said Paull came from said Carolina, did not dare to attempt to enter the harbor of New Bedford, through which she would have to pass to her place of destination, as British Vessels were then off and near to the harbor of New Bedford. - After being landed at said Stonington, he and Simon Chase and William Warren proceeded on their way home, to South Kingston in the State of Rhode Island and there stopped at the house of Col. Potter - That Capt. Christopher Gardner was at Potter's house enlisting men; and that he the said Paull, and William Warren enlisted under Capt. Gardner, to serve the period of eight months. That at the time he enlisted Nathaniel Hawkins was the Lieutenant, and Nehemiah Potter the Ensign of the company. - That he enlisted about the first day of March 1775, and in a very few days thereafter was marched with the company to East Greenwich in the same state where, the company to which he belonged was joined by another company; and the Colonel of his regiment, Col. James M c Varnum then took the command of the two companies, and Gen. Putnam William Green, who was also there, took the immediate command of these two and of the other companies that joined them on their way to Roxbury near Boston Mass. That,

after remaining but a short very period aboard Capt. Greenwich, he and the other troops were marched from thence, through Providence R.I. direct to Roxbury near Boston - That after arriving at Roxbury he was there stationed with the company, regiment, and Brigade until about the last of the month of June of that year, when they were marched to Winter Prospect Hill so called in the vicinity of Boston and near Charlestown, where they were  often being stationed a few days; and from thence he and his company and regiment and brigade were marched to Prospect Hill so called, in or near the town of Cambridge and in the vicinity of Boston, where he and they were stationed until about the first of January A.D. 1776 when his term of enlistment having expired, and he having served eight months, he was there discharged by Capt. Nathaniel Hawkins who then had the command of the com- pany. - That he served during this period as a private soldier. - That his discharge was a verbal and not a written one, so that he has no recollection of any Continental troops being stationed near Boston or in its vicinity during this period. - That whilst he was stationed at Roxbury he and the other troops at that place were engaged in guarding Boston neck, (Boston then being in the possession of the British) and erecting fortifications and in trenches. - That whilst he was stationed at Winter Hill, he was also engaged in erecting the fort there building and in guarding - That whilst he was at Prospect Hill he was engaged upon in the like service in which he was employed at Rox- bury and Winter Hill, until some time in October when from that time until his period of enlistment expired he was engaged with other troops in erecting barracks. - He well recollects of seeing Gen. Washington at Prospect Hill frequently - He also recollects of frequently seeing Generals Putnam and Lee in this period of his service. - He well recollects the battle of Bunker's hill and the conflagration of Charlestown which took place in June of that year, as he was in full sight of the same and was in constant expectation of being called into an engagement as the troops at Roxbury when he was then stationed were drawn up during the day for battle - The enemy during that day threw shot and shells at the troops in Roxbury. - He further says that whilst he was stationed at Prospect Hill, Capt. Gardner was cashiered and broken & drummed out of the camp with a wooden sword hanging to his back - That he was thus marched through the American troops to Dedham a few miles from Boston to the time of the Nonesuch march - The reason of the his being thus treated, was because he got frightened one night when he was the captain of the guard, when the enemy

forced upon the guard; and he the said Garchner surmised and deserted his post and left the guard to take care of themselves and the enemy - Said Paull was one of the guards - After Captain Garchner was broken, his lieutenant Hawkins was promoted and took the command of the company and continued to command the same until the company was discharged - That he does not know of any person then living who served with him the said Paull during this period in the company with him - Evidence however of this service will be found in the annexed affidavits of Simon Chase Benjamin Paull and Samuel Paull - Simon Chase was with him the said Garchner when he enlisted - Benjamin Paull served eight months at Roxbury during this campaign but in another company and regiment and brigade from him the said Garchner, although as a private soldier he frequently saw the said Benjamin in this period of his service - Samuel Paull who is the brother of the said Garchner came to visit him at Prospect Hill - That he served in this campaign with the Rhode Island Troops and for the State of Rhode Island -
And the said Garchner Paull upon his oath aforesaid further declares, that immediately after he was discharged from his aforesaid eight months service, he returned to said Berkeley; and in a very few days after he returned, he again enlisted at said Berkeley (where he then resided) as a private soldier in a company of Infantry, for a further period of two months, commanded by Capt. Samuel Webb in Col. Jacob Dunks Regiment; that about the first of February A.D. 1776 he was marched with the company from said Berkeley to Roxbury aforesaid - That soon after, he and the company and Regiment were marched from thence to Winter Hill aforesaid, where he together with the company and Regiment were stationed until some time in March A.D. 1776, when he together with the company and Regiment were marched to Dor-

- Chester (in the vicinity of Boston) where he was stationed until about the first of April then next following, when and where he was discharged by Capt. Pabbs. This discharge was a verbal and not a written one. That he cannot fix the time of his enlistment or discharge with any greater precision than is above stated - He knows however that he served the two months afore mentioned and was with the company discharged by Capt. Pabbs as is before stated. That he rendered this service as a soldier of the State of Massachusetts. Whilst he was Winter Hill in this campaign he was engaged upon guard and sometimes upon fatigue duty altho' it was cold weather - At Dorchester, sometimes he was upon guard, but generally upon fatigue in erecting fortifications upon Dor- -chester neck. That whilst building fortifications and entrench- -ments upon Dorchester neck, the British ships being very near, some of them not more than half a mile off, kept constantly throw- -ing large shot and shells. During this period of his service he well recollects of the evacuation of Boston by the British, which took place as he thinks about the 17th of March in 1776 - The troops at Winter Hill were under the immediate command of Gen. Sullivan - Generals Washington, Lee and Putnam he frequently saw & recollects of their being at or near Boston through the principal part, if not the whole of this period of two months - Whether there were any continental troops at or near Boston in this period he does not recollect. - Evidence of this service rendered by him will be found in the annexed affidavits of Benjamin Paull, Samuel Paull and John Goff, all of whom served as private soldiers with him in the same company -

And the said Ebenezer Paul upon his oath aforesaid, further deposes, That that some time in the Winter of A.D. 1776 & 77 he was called out upon an alarm as a private soldier in a company of Infantry commanded by Capt. Joseph Bush in Col. John Hathaway's Regiment; that he marched from said Berkeley (where he then resided) to Rehoboth; the company being on the way to Providence R.I. When he and the company got to said Rehoboth, they were ordered to march for Bristol, R.I. instead of Providence. That they moved from Rehoboth for Bristol, but when they arrived at Warren they were halted and in consequence of information that they  the officers there received from Bristol, they were ordered to proceeded no farther towards Bristol. That he and the company remained at Warren at least eight days, and the said Paul thinks longer, when they were ordered to march to Howland's Ferry so called in Diviston R.I. That on his march to that place and after crossing Dannton Great River at said ferry so called in Mass.; by the permission of Col. Hathaway, he left the company and returned home. The reason his returning home, was because on this march he was taken sick and was unable to march with the company and endure the fatigues of camp duty as  was practiced by the colored particular  particular  there were  there were no regular or continental troops with him at this time. He was absent from home on this duty and with the company at least ten days and the said Paul thinks longer. He cannot be certain, whether this service was rendered in December of A.D. 1776 or in January or February of A.D. 1777 but knows that it was rendered in that Winter & thinks it was rendered in December aforesaid. — Ebenezer Paul who was then a private was the lieutenant, and Simon Bush the Ensign of this company. He does not recall of there being only one other  any other company with them at this time and thinks there was no other one with them  one with  them . The permission that he received from the Colonel was verbal and not written. The Colonel went with him the principal part of the way when he returned home.

and the said Ebenezer Paul upon his other affidavit, for this declares that some time in the autumn of A.D. 1777 as he thinks and believes; it being at the time when Gen. Spencer was endeavoring to land upon the Island of Rhode Island, he was called out as a private soldier with the company of militia to which he was attached and belonged, to go to the Island of Rhode Island, that he marched from said Berkeley where he then resided, in company under the command of Capt. Joseph Burr & Ebenezer Paul was the lieutenant and came on Burr the ensign of this company & that he was marched with the company to Kingston Rhode Island, where after remaining and being stationed at least eight days, and the said Paul believes longer (and Gen. Spencer having given up the expedi- tion upon the Island) he and the company were then dismissed verbally, and he and the company then returned home. He had no written discharge. The said Paul declares that from the time he left his home upon this service until the he returned, he was absent at least ten days, and he thinks longer. — Col. John Hathaway had the command of the Regiment to which he the said Ebenezer Paul and this company belonged. — There were many other companies and regiments, stationed in the vicinity of Hadley &erry in Kingston at this period of his service. — That he does not recollect the names of any other General Officers they at Kingston or in its vicinity but Gen. Joseph Spencer. — He recollects that Sylvester Richmond was the lieut. Col., Joshua Hathaway was the Major, and Isaac Hathaway was the Adjutant of the Regiment to which he the said Ebenezer was then attached and belonged. — He recollects that Capt.

James Nichols was there with a company of militia. That he has no recollection of there being any Continental troops at Kingston at this time - That he cannot fix the time of this service with any greater certainty than is above stated - He thinks that he entered this service as a volunteer - He did not receive any pay for the same - Evidence of this service will also be found in the affidavit of Samuel Paull his comrade annexed, he being a soldier in the same company with him the said Ebenezer.
And the said Paull further declares upon his oath as aforesaid, that same time he thinks in the latter part of the summer A.D. 1778, in being at the time of Sullivan's Expedition so called upon the Island of Rhode Island, he again was called, not as a private soldier he being then a volunteer; that he went with the company from said Berkeley, where he then resided, with the company of militia to which he belonged, under the command of Capt. Ebenezer Paull, to in lot John Hathaway's Regiment, Newland Ferry, so called, in said Kingston R.I. - where he remained one day and then was transported to the Island of Rhode Island - That he was two days on his journey from said Berkeley to Newland Ferry - After getting upon the Island he was attached to the Brigade of Gen. Glover - and directed to obey and follow the directions of a commissary by the name of Smith - That he was upon the Island within three or four days, during which time there was a general engagement between the British and American armies near to and at Butts and Bucker's hills so called - That he was transported from the Island across Bristol Ferry, so called, and from thence he proceeded to Bristol as he was ordered, where he remained three days, and was then permitted to return home; and from thence he proceeded home where he arrived in two days thereafter - During this period of his service he was engaged in carrying carting and hauling baggage, stores, provisions, &c. and wounded soldiers and soldiers that were killed - He drove a team that belonged

to his captain Ebenezer Paull, who was a cousin of him who signs this declaration - By the order of Capt. Paull he carried from Berkley the knapsacks and the other baggage of the company to New Bedford from and after crossing to the Island he was engaged under the direction of the said Smith in carrying baggage, ammunition, provisions, wounded and dead soldiers untill he crossed Bristol Ferry with the train. He was in full view of the armies during this battle - He recollects of there being at least two Brigades of Continental soldiers upon the Island under the command of Generals Glover and Varnum. - He recollects that Gen. Sullivan commanded all the troops upon the Island - That he did not receive any written discharge when he terminated this service, his discharge was a verbal one - That he was absent from home upon this service Eleven days - That he does not now know of any person now living who served in Capt. Paull's company at that time - Evidence however tending to prove this service will also be found in the affidavit of Sam- uel Paull which is herunto annexed -
And the said Ebenezer Paull further declares that (besides the afore- mentioned and described periods of service which amount in the whole at least to eleven months) he was called out into service in the Revolution upon another alarm at the time when Fort Belford was burnt by the enemy but for which service he shall not herein make any claim.
And the said Ebenezer Paull upon his oath aforesaid further declares in order more fully to answer the interrogatories proposed by the Secretary of War; that he was born in said Berk on the 17th of March A.D. 1754; that he has an attested copy of the same taken from the records of Births in said town which is herunto annexed - That his home at the several periods when he was called into the service was in

9 th said Berkeley & That since the Revolution he has always resided in said Berkeley, where he now resides & How he was called into the service and also the names of his and of other officers, together with such Regiments as he recollects and the general circumstances of his service and the man- ner in which he was discharged are before stated in this declaration He was not a substitute & The names of the persons who can testify to his accuracy and services as a Soldier, are the same who have subscribed the annexed affidavits; and in addition to these he has no doubt, but that the Rev. Deacon  Philip Hathaway of Newton and Bangs Hathaway late assistants of said Berkeley can testify to his character for veracity and their belief, that he rendered the aforementioned and described services as a Soldier in the Revolution. -
Ebenezer Dull
I sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid - H. Dargies, Judge of Probate

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
L. W. B. I. 17622. Qu
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
September 25, 1897.
Sir:-
Replying to your request for information concerning Ebenezer Paul , a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that he made an application for pension on August 30, 1832, at which time he was 78 years of age and residing at Berkley, Mass., and his pension was allowed for eleven months' actual service as a private in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Gardner and Col. French. He enlisted at Berkley, Mass.
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.
Mr. Walter I. Nichols,
Fall River, Mass.

9745 Ebenezer Paul
Private 11 Months
Capt Gardner's Comp Col. Varmint Reg. R.I. Linn.
Hon. J. L. Hodges
A. Bapett Esq. Taunton
Mass.

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 Paull 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? 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? yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
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?
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? yes
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? no
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? yes
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.

We, Philip Hathaway — a clergyman, residing in the town of Freetown — and Barsillai Hathaway residing in the town of Berkley — hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Ebenezer Paul — who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy eight 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.
Philip Hathaway Barsillai Hathaway
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
H. Baylies, 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 abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Philip Hathaway who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Freetown and that Barsillai Hathaway who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Berkley and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
H. Baylies, Judge of Probate.
Bristol ss.
I, Anselm Basset, Register of the Court of Probate in S. County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Ebenezer Paul for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the Court said office, this thirteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two .
Anselm Basset

I, Simeon Chase of Berkley in the County of Bristol and Commonwealth of Massachusetts now living in the twenty-seventh year of my age do testify and say, that in the winter of A.D. 1774, 475 Ebenezer Paul, myself and others were then in North Carolina, that on our return from there in the spring of A.D. 1775 we were landed at Northington in the State of Connecticut; that from thence, the said Paul, together with William Brown and myself, proceeded by land to South Kingston in the State of Rhode Island, to the house of Col. Potter, (we then being on our way home) where the said Paul and Brown both enlisted, about the first of May A.D. 1775 under Capt. Christopher Gardner in a company of Infantry, for the period of eight months - That after the said Paul and Brown thus enlisted I left them at South Kingston aforesaid, and proceeded to my home in said Berkley which was then my place of residence and also the place of residence of the said Paul - That after my return to said Berkley I did and after leaving him at South Kingston as aforesaid, I did not again see him until about nine months had elapsed, when he returned to said Berkley, he having as I then understood, served eight months under the said Carpenter at Roxbury near Boston Mass. in the Army which was there stationed - I had at that time, no reason to doubt but what he told me, as I know that he enlisted, and was with him when he signed the enlisting orders - Nor have I, ever since that time (although I have almost always since resided in the same town with him) heard his statement as it respects this service, or any other statement of his, questioned or doubted -
Simeon Chase
Aug 21 st A.D. 1832 Bristol ss. Then personally appeared Simeon Chase who subscribed the above declaration and made oath to the truth of the same -
Before me, Elnathan P. Watheway, Justice of the Peace - Bristol ss. May 16 th 1832. I certify that Simeon Chase who signed the above affidavit is a credible person, his character for veracity being good, and that the above statement by him made is entitled to full faith and credit - Elnathan P. Watheway, Just. of the Peace -

97th - Ebenezer Paul
E.P.H.

I Benjamin Paul of Berkley in the County of Bristol and Commonwealth of Massachusetts now being in the the eightieth year of my age, do testify and say that in the year of our Lord 1775 I served eight months in a company of Infantry commanded by Capt. Samuel Dabbs, that the company to which I belonged was stationed at Roxbury near Boston & that Ebenezer Paul now residing in said Berkley served in that year in a company which was commanded a part of the time by Capt. Christopher Gardner, but afterwards in said period by Nathaniel Harkins. The company to which the said Ebenezer belonged was stationed a part of the said eight months I think in Roxbury and not far from the place where the company to which I belonged, was stationed. The remaining part of said eight months he with the company were stationed at Prospect Hill in or near the Town of Cambridge. — Having been, before that time, well acquainted with the said Ebenezer and he being from the same town with me, I used frequently see him in this campaign and he used frequently to see me although we did not belong to the same company or Regiment. — I know however that he served the eight months as aforesaid in that year —
Benjamin Paul
Bristol ss. Aug. 21 st 1832 Then personally appeared Benjamin Paul who subscribed the above declaration and made oath to the truth of the same — Before me, Nathaniel P. Hatheway, Justice of the Peace
Bristol ss. May 16 th 1833 I certify that Benjamin Paul, who subscribed the above affidavit is a credible person, his character for truth being good, & that the above statements by him made is entitled to full faith and credit — Nathaniel P. Hatheway, Just. of the Peace

Samuel Pratt of Berkeley in the county of Bristol & Commonwealth of the Massachusetts, being seventy five years of age, do testify and say, that Ebenezer Pratt now and then is resident of said Berkeley, in the Autumn of A.D. 1774, left said Berkeley, for the State of North Carolina to make shingles during the Winter then next following. That in the Spring of A.D. 1775 it was reported and stated to the family and the relations of the said Ebenezer (the said Ebenezer being my brother), that in that Spring on his way home, he had enlisted at Bristol Kingston in the State of Rhode Island in a company of Infantry commanded by Capt. Christopher Gardner and that he the said Ebenezer with the company had proceeded and marched from thence to Roxbury in the vicinity of Boston Mass. where, it was said, he was then stationed. The family of the said Ebenezer together with myself and his other relations being anxious to know the truth of this story & being anxious to see him; some time in the month of August A.D. 1775 I went from Berkeley to Roxbury and from thence to Prospect Hill or called, in the vicinity of Boston, where I found him serving as a private soldier under (I think) Capt. Gardner, as had before been stated to me - I remained with him at Prospect Hill a few days and then returned to said Berkeley leaving the said Ebenezer at Prospect Hill - About the first of December I again went to Roxbury as a soldier in Capt. Briggs company, where I was stationed, but do not recall where, seeing him after I went down with Capt. Briggs, until after he the said Ebenezer was discharged when I again saw him - The reason why I did not see him was because he was stationed at Prospect Hill and I at Roxbury, some distance from each other, & had no

convenient opportunity to go to Prospect Hill - In this time however I frequently heard from him at Prospect Hill. - He was discharged about the first of January A.D. 1775 - and I the said Samuel Paul further testify and say that Ebenezer Paul aforesaid served with me, in company commanded by Capt. Joseph Bush in Col. John Hathaway's Regiment, in the Winter of A.D. 1776 & 77 and I think in the first part of that winter, about ten days - That we marched from Berkley to Noho both and from thence to Warren R.I. where we were stationed a few days, and from thence we were marched to Howland's Ferry, crossing Narragansett Bay at Nades Ferry in Chaps. - That on our march to said Howland's Ferry the said Ebenezer was taken sick and he was permitted by Col. Hathaway to return home. -
and I the said Samuel Paul do further and testify and say that some time in the Autumn of A.D. 1777 the said Ebenezer again served in the same company commanded by Capt. Bush, with me about ten or twelve days - That he marched with the company from said Berkley to River ton R.I. where after being stationed about ten days and the expedition being given up (it being in Spencer's Expedition so called) the company was there virtually discharged by Capt. Bush and the said Ebenezer, myself and the remainder of the company then returned to Berkley. -
and I the said Samuel Paul do further testify and say that I was a soldier under Capt. Robert Earl and was upon the Island of Rhode Island A.D. 1778 at the time of Sullivan's expedition upon that Island. That I know my brother the said Ebenezer was there a few days before the battle and was engaged with a team that belonged to Capt. Ebenezer Paul, who also commanded the company to which my brother the said

Elemer then belonged and was attached - That he was just before the battle, engaged (for I saw him thus engaged) in carting and hauling baggage of the army, provisions, ammunition &c - I also know on the day of the battle he was at Haulands Ferry, (being at that time in the boat service) carting and hauling the baggage of the army to the ferry for transportation across the ferry - How many days however he was upon this service, I cannot state - Samuel Paul
Bristol Ja. Aug. 22 d 1832 Then personally appeared Samuel Paul who subscribed the foregoing declaration and made solemn oath to the truth of the same -
Before me, Chatham P. Hatheway, Justice of the Peace
Bristol Ja. May 16 th 1833 I certify that Samuel Paul who subscribed the above and foregoing affidavit is a credible person his character for veracity being good & that his foregoing statement is entitled to full faith and credit -
Chatham P. Hatheway, Just. of the Peace

We Benjamin Paull, Samuel Paull, and John Goff all of now and then Berkley in the County of Bristol and Commonwealth of the Massachusetts, do depose and say that we served with Ebenezer Paull a resident of the same Berkley for the period of two months, from about the first of February A.D. 1776 to about the first of April of the same year, in a company of Infantry under the command of Capt. Samuel Gibbs in Col. Jacob French's Regiment - That we were stationed a part of the time at Roxbury, a part of the time at Winter Hill and a part of the time at Dorchester during this period. - That after the expiration of said two months and about the first of April of that year, we together with the said Ebenezer and the rest of the company were discharged at said Dorchester by Capt. Gibbs, - Our discharge, and we presence, and the remainder of the company was verbal and not written. -
Benjamin Paull Samuel Paull John Goff
Bristol ss. Aug. 21 st 1832 Then personally appeared Benjamin Paull, Samuel Paull, and John Goff and severally made oath to the truth of the above declaration by them subscribed -
Before me, Nathaniel P. Hatheway, Justice of the Peace.
Bristol ss. May 16 th 1833 I certify that Benjamin Paull, Samuel Paull, and John Goff, the subscribers to the above affidavit are credible persons and their statement is entitled to faith and credit. - Nathaniel P. Hatheway, Just. of the Peace -

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
De 8 4.
I James Groat, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Bristol, do hereby certify that Jonathan P. Calhoun Esq. whose signature is subscribed to the within and annexed certificate, is a Justice of the peace, in and for said County of Bristol, and duly qualified to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, this third day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two. J. Groat
9/7/32 Ebenezer Paul Clerk

Wilder, ass.
17622 INVALID.
Sep. 25/87 Walter L. Fall River, M.
No. 17.622
Ebenezer Paul
Br. Geo. W.
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[Arrangement of 1870.]

Call Frier, Mass 9/14/97
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir,
Please inform me if Ebenezer Paull , of Berkeley (or Farmton), of this state, who served as a Lieut. in 1776 & 1777, - and as a Capt. in 1778, in the operations against the British in Rhode Island, was a prisoner of

the Government, - and if so, will you kindly furnish me with a certificate of service.
Yours Truly,
Walter D. Nichols
Fall River, Mass.

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MILWAUKEE CEMENT CO. WORKS.
Milwaukee Cement Company
154 West Water Street
Milwaukee March 4 1886
DIRECTORS. ALEXANDER MITCHELL, HENRY BERTHELET. GEO. H. PAUL, JOHN JOHNSTON. D. J. WHITTEMORE, THOS. A. GREENE. WM. PLANKINTON.
In reply to yours of _____
To the Honorable Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Sir: Will you be kind enough, if consistent, to cause to be sent to me whatever information con- cerning persons by the name of Paul, Paull, or Paul, so that may be obtained from the records of your office. I am the purpose of enabling me to embody and preserve the same in a history of the American Paul family, de- scendants of William Paul, of Taunton, Mass, in 1637.
Information concerning John Paul, who under command of General Barton, assisted in the capture of the British General Prescott, near Providence, R.I. in July 1777, is especially desirable. Any information will be ap- preciated, and any reasonable compensation required, will be cheerfully made. Very Respectfully Edward Paul.

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File with S 17,622 Ebenezer Paul

Milwaukee Cement Company
154 West Water Street
Milwaukee, April 9 1886
DIRECTORS. ALEXANDER MITCHELL, HENRY BERTHELET. GEO. H. PAUL, JOHN JOHNSTON. D. J. WHITTEMORE, THOS. A. GREENE. WM. PLANKINTON.
In reply to yours of
Honorable
John Black, Census of Pensions,
Sir: Permit me to thank you for the valuable data, from records of your office, concerning persons named Paul or Paull. Nearly all of same relate to descendants of William Paul, of Taunton, Mass. in 1637.
Very Respectfully, Edward Paul.
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