Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14,405, Ebenezer Bucknam, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Bucknam, Ebenezer Rachel
NUMBER
N. 14,405
CONTENTS

5.684
Massachusetts Rachel Bucknam widow of Ebenezer Mass Bucknam who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Priscilla
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 28 Dollars 40 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th day of June 1848 and sent to
Dickens & Coombs Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 56 Vol. 2

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Middlesex ss.
On this eighteenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty one, personally appeared in Probate Court being a Court of Record before the Hon. S. P. P. Hays Judge, thereof, Rachel Bucknam, a resident of Stoneham in said County, aged eighty six years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions of the Acts of Congress, passed July 7. 1838, March 3. 1843, June 17th. 1844 and February 2. 1848.
And this declarant States that she is the widow of Ebenezer Bucknam, who was a resident of Stoneham in the time of the Revolution. She has heard her husband say that he volunteered at the Lexington Alarms in April 1775, and was in the engagement at Concord and Lexington, with the British troops that were sent out of Boston to carry off the public stores of the Colony at that time deposited at Concord. In this engagement he was slightly wounded by a musket ball which grazed his ear. She has also heard her husband say that he was a soldier at Winter Hill to guard the captive troops of Burgoyne. She refers to the Certificate of the Secretary of the Commonwealth for the evidence of his service and

She believes that her husband served as therein set forth, to wit, between 8 and 9 months as private and corporal.
She further states that she was married to the said Ebenezer Bucknam at Stoneham, on the sixteenth day of March A. D. 1786, and that her said husband died at Falmouth on the ninth day of May 1813, and that she has remained a widow ever since as will appear by the testimony annexed. She therefore claims a pension under the acts aforesaid.
Witness,
Rachel rev  Bucknam mark
Signed and sworn the day and year above written. Before me,
J. O. Fay -
Judge of Probate.
I, William C. Whitcomb, a clergyman residing in the town of Stoneham, hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Rachel Bucknam, who has made the foregoing declaration for a pension, that I believe she is 80 years of age, that she is the widow of Ebenezer Bucknam who is reported to have been a soldier in the Revolution, & I concur in that opinion.
Wm. C. Whitcomb.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Middlesex ss.
Probate Office February 18 th 1857.
I Isaac Burke Register of Probate hereby certify that Hon. S. P. P. Gay, before whom the foregoing declaration was made in the matter of Pension of Rachel Bucknam, is Judge of Probate in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified agreeably to the Constitution and laws of the Commonwealth, that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine, and that full faith and credit should be given to his official attestations.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the Seal Official of said Court the day and year first above written.
Isaac Burke By

I Silas Deane of Stoneham in the County of Middlesex, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on oath depose and say that I am clerk of said town, and have in my custody and possession all the Books of Record belonging to said town.
In one of those books purporting to be a Record of Marriages solemnized in said town, I find the following, to wit,
Ebenezer Bucknam and Rachel Lovejoy both of Stoneham, were married March sixteenth, one thousand seven hundred and eighty six.
The above is a true extract from the Record with the exception of the date, which is in plain and legible figures, thus March (16th, 1886)
Silas Deane
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex, ss.
Signed and sworn to, before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace within and for said County this twenty fourth day of January A.D. 1857.
Ira Gerry Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, February 22 d 1831.
W e hereby C ertify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Sam l P. Fay was Judge and Isaac Fiske was Register of the Court of Probate and Ira Gerry was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex.
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and qualified; and that to their acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Lucas Walker, Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Rev  WIDOW, &c.  Rev
File No. 14405
Rachel Bucknam
(Widow)
Ebenezer Bucknam
Coop. Rev. War
Act: Feb. 2, 1824
Index:—Vol. A , Page 103
[Arrangement of 1870.]

9.010 Massachusetts Rachel Bucknam widow of Ebenezer who was a Priv & Corporal in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 28 Dollars 40 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th day of June 1837 and sent to
Deakins & Coombs Present
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book 90 Vol. 2, Page 211

11. 121 Massachusetts
Rachel Bucknam widow of Ebenezer Bucknam who died on the 9 th day of May 1813 at Middlesex in the State of Mass who was a private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Spaulding of the R d commanded by Col. Brooks in the Mass line for 5 months Corporal.
13 " 10 days private
Inscribed on the Roll of Boston at the rate of 28 Dollars 40 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th day of June 1837 and sent to Dickins & Coombs
Arrears to the 4 th of Present Semi-annual allowance ending
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act July 7, 1838. } J. B. Wightman Clerk. Recorded by Book 1. Vol. 1. Page 67

March 6 th 1857 No. 341 App d of Rachel Buchanan
widow of Ebenezer Buchanan Esq.
act 7 July 1838 L. e.
Original Copy for Clerk
Filed by
Dickins & Coombs Attys

I Charity Hemenway of Melrose in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Depose and say, that I am seventy five years of age and nearly seventy six, and have been acquainted with Mrs Rachel Bucknam, now of Stoneham, a very aged lady, for more than sixty five years past. She is the widow of Ebenezer Bucknam who has been dead about thirty eight years, that he died as I have been informed at Falmouth in the State of Maine.
That since the death of the said Ebenezer Bucknam, Rachel Bucknam has remained a widow, and that she has never since been married
I was also acquainted with the said Ebenezer, and in his life time, know that he and the said Rachel lived together as husband and wife, and had a family of nine children.
The said Rachel now resides with her daughter Rebecca Cowdry in Stoneham.
The said Ebenezer Bucknam was reputed to have been a soldier of the Revolution and to have been a resident of Stoneham in the time of the Revolution, and such I believe to be true
Charity Hemenway
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss. January the 24 th day A.D. 1857- Then personally appeared the abovenamed Charity Hemenway a woman of truth, and whom I know to be a credible witness, and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by her signed;
Before Me, Ira Gerry, Justice of the Peace

I John H. Wright of Stoneham, in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on Oath Depose and say that I am Seventy two years of age, and have been acquainted with Mrs Rachel Bucknam, now of Stoneham (a very aged lady) for more than sixty four years past.
She is the Widow of Ebenezer Bucknam, who has been dead about thirty eight years. That he died as I have been informed, at Falmouth in the State of Maine. That during his lifetime, he and the said Rachel lived together as husband and wife. That since the death of the said Ebenezer Bucknam, Rachel Bucknam has remained a widow, and that she has never since been married.
The said Rachel now resides with her daughter Rebecca Cowdrey in Stoneham John H. Wright
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss. January the 25 th day A.D. 1851.
Then personally appeared the above named John H. Wright, a man of truth, and whom I know to be a credible witness, and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him signed
Before me, Ira Gerry; Justice of the Peace -

I Jesse Dike of Stoneham in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on Oath Depose and say, that I am Sixty Six years of age, and have been acquainted with Mrs Rachel Bucknam, now of Stoneham (a very aged lady), for more than fifty three years past. She is the Widow of Ebenezer Bucknam, who has been dead about thirty eight years. That he died as I have been informed at Falmouth in the State of Maine That during his lifetime he and the said Rachel lived together as husband and wife. That since the death of the said Ebenezer Bucknam, Rachel Bucknam has remained a widow and that she has never since been married. The said Rachel now resides with her daughter Rebecca Cowdrey in Stoneham.
The said Ebenezer Bucknam was reputed to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and to have been a Resident of Stoneham in the time of the Revolution and such I believe to be true.
Jesse Dike
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss. January the 25 th day A.D. 1851- Then personally appeared the above-named Jesse Dike a man of truth, and whom I know to be a credible witness, and made Oath to the truth of the above Affidavit by him signed.
Before me, Ira Gerry; Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston :
December 30, 1850.
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 the name of Ebenezer Buckingham is borne on a roll of Capt. Samuel Sprague's Co. of Stoneham, marched Apr. 19, 1775, as a private, 10 days.
On pay roll of Capt. Cadwallader Ford's Co. Rev. Brooks' Regt. of guards at Cambridge N o 2, guarding troops of the Convention, as a corporal, from Nov. 4, 1777, to Apr 3, 1778, 5 mos.
On a pay roll of Capt. Nathan Sargent's Co. of guards near Boston, Com d by Genl. Gates, as a private, from Feby 8, 1779, 3 months.

And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth the date above written.
M. H. Albee
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Application for the Revolutionary Service of Ebenezer Bucknam late of Falmouth Maine deceased
The application of Rachel Bucknam a resident of Stoneham State of Massachusetts who States that her hus- band was a resident of said Stoneham in the time of the Revolutionary War and she believes that her said husband was in the service at Concord fight in April 1775, and afterwards at Cambridge. She further States that her husband was in the service after the capture of Burgoyne's troops and was stationed at Winter Hill near Boston, as a guard. She is unable to state the length of his service and requests a certificate of all the service that can be identifi- ed with the person above described.
Witness
Rachel her X Bucknam mark
Edward Bucknam, Middlesex Co.
Stoneham December 10th, 1850. Signed before me
Edward Bucknam, Justice of the Peace

Rachel Bucknall
Wid of Ebenezer,
Mafs:
Accts 7 July '38 H.C.
Adm? 5 mo. Coapl. 15.30 3 mo. 10 dys pri. 10.10 $28.40
per Annum. from 4 March 1836. except 2 years.
Payable to her.
Cert to Dickens & Hoombs Present.