Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 19056, for Ezekiel Rice, Massachusetts

SERVICE
Mass.
Rice, Ezekiel
NUMBER
S. 19056.
Carded
CONTENTS

N o 10.222
Ezekiel Rice
Provis 1 Month Bombard of Art 6 Months
7 Month
Att
$50.33.
Alpheus Bigelow Esq A Bigelow Esq
Weston Vt.

BRIEF in the case of  Ezekiel Rice of the County of Middlesex in the State of Mass.  (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? 89 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.     In 1775 th Apr. 19 — 1 — As a Volunt. Gen.   76 Oct — 6 — Bombardier Col. Graft, Capt. Batch  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? E. Sudbury  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Disposition & Document  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Regular 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Levin Bell Examining Clerk.

89 Middletown
10.157. Massachusetts Ezekiel Rice
of Middlesex the State of Mass who was a Bombardier the company commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt commanded by Col. Crafts in the field time for 1 mo Private. 6 " Bombardier
State Army
Inscribed on the Rolls of Mass at the rate of 50 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st day of March 1833 and sent to Bigelow Weston Esq.
Arrears to 14th of March 1833 $10066 Semizant. allowance ending 4 Sept 33 25,16 $12582
{ Revolutionary Claim, 2 Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. H. S. Blair Clerk Book No. Vol. 2 nd Page 71

10.222

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Abdillera S. On this twelfth day of September A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court before me Samuel R. P. Fay, Judge of the Court of Probate for the county of Middlesex aforesaid, Ezekiel Rice a resident in the town of East Sudbury in said county, aged 89 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, viz,
That he enlisted into the Massachusetts Militia, in the war of the Revolution and served under the following officers, viz.
He first volunteered and marched to Concord to oppose the British Troops the 19 th of April 1775 and pursued them on their retreat from that place to Boston, that he was afterwards stationed at said Concord, in the county aforesaid, as a guard , according to the best of his recollection, for the term of one month; and that he believes that no public records of the foregoing service, are now in existence.
He further states that he enlisted for eight months, as a Bombardier, into the company commanded by Capt. Joseph Walch, in Col. Thomas Crafts Regiment of Artillery, about the first of October 1776, encamped at Roxbury near the city of Boston, and was discharged, as will appear by the certificate of the Secretary of State, which accompanies this declaration, the 8 th of May 1777; but from the imperfection of the Rolls & documents in the Secretary's office he understands, it does not appear when the said service commenced; Revere was Lieut. Colonel of Crafts Regiment; Newman was first Lieutenant under Capt. Walch. He further states that he received no written discharge; that he was born in the town of Worcester in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, as he was informed by his parents, December 21 st 1742 Old Style, and this will appear by the family records now in his possession. That when quite young he removed to East

Sudbury, where he lived when he enlisted, and where he has resided ever since the Revolution. He further declares that he believes that all the officers under whom he served are now dead, and that 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.
Ezekiel Price
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
J. P. Fay W. B.
We John B. Wight a Clergyman and William Bridge Esquire both residents in East Sudbury, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Ezekiel Price who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration; that we believe him to be 89 years of age, that he is reported and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
John B. Wight
William Bridge
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
J. P. Fay W. B.

And the said Samuel P. P. Fay judge as aforesaid declares his opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the before-named Ezekiel Rice was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he has stated. And the said judge further certifies that it appears to him that Alpheus Bigelow Jr. who signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman in the town of Cambridge & Williamstown the preceding certificate, and that the same is a true copy of the original and that the said Alpheus Bigelow Jr. is a credible person, that their statement is entitled to credit.
S. P. P. Fay Prob.
I Isaac Tiske Register of the Court of Probate for the county of Middlesex in the Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts, hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court of Probate in the matter of the application of Ezekiel Rice for a pension. I further certify that Alpheus Bigelow Jr. is a justice of the Peace for the county of Middlesex and that the signa- ture annexed to the foregoing certificate is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this twelfth day of September in the year of Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Isaac Tiske Reg. of the Court of Probate

Ezekiel Price's Declaration for a Pension

I Jonathan Cutting of Templeton in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged 85 years, on oath depose and say, that about the first of October 1776 I enlisted as a corporal in the Revolutionary War, into the Company of Capt. Balch in the Regiment of Artillery commanded by Col. Thomas Craft, Lieut. Col. Brewster, and served until about the last of May 1777 when I was discharged, having served eight months at Dorchester in said Massachusetts. I further say that Ezekiel Rice of East Sudbury in the county of Middlesex & Commonwealth aforesaid, with whom I am well acquainted, enlisted as a bombadier in the same company and served the whole term with me and that we were discharged at the same time, but received no written discharge.
Jonathan Cutting
Whitcomb ss. Newton September 1 st A. D. 1832 Then personally appeared Jonathan Cutting and made oath that the above deposition by him subscribed was true
Before me Alphonsus Bigelow J st . Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, September 8 th 1832.
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 that Ezekiel Price served as a Bombardier in the company commanded by Capt. Joseph Balch, in Col. Thomas Crafts Regiment of Artillery, for the term of six months and seven days, ending May 8 th 1777.
Edward D. Bangs, Secy

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Ebenezer Rice a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. 19 1775 1 mo. marched to Concord Mass.   Oct. 1 1776 May 8 1777 Bombardier Joseph Balch Thomas Crafts Worcester        
Battles engaged in, _____ Residence of soldier at enlistment, East Sudbury, Middlesex Co. Mass. Date of application for pension, Sept. 12, 1832 Residence at date of application, East Sudbury, Middlesex Co. Mass. Age at date of application, born Dec. 21 1742 (old style) in Worcester Mass. Remarks: No data in file as to family
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

I 19056
1913-Apr. 26 Hist to Mr. Kellett R. Fiske. V.L.M.
INVALID.
File No. 17, 54
Epiphany Miss
Benjamin Brewster
Act: June 7 th 32
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 452
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Mrs Nellie Rice Fiske Coehuate Mass.
Apr. 22, 1915 Personal inquiry

ORDER TO INSCRIBE.
Cert. No. ....
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C.,....., 190....
The UNITED STATES PENSION AGENT,
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