Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8382, Ebenezer Brown, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Brown, Ebenezer Abigail
N. 8382
{ B.L.W. 113-200 Lieut. Issued Aug. 10, 1789 to Richard Platt assignee no papers.
CONTENTS
In 1822 said Brown a son of Ebenezer & Abigail who died Sept. 1, 1804

101156
See letter to Hon. J. Fry H. R. 26 Jan 1836
(roll act 1825)
Massachusetts
Elizer Brown
Capt. Hill,
of _____ in the state of who was a Serjt in the regiment commanded by Colonel _____ of the _____ Line, for the term of 3 Years War
scribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on the 31 of March 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 of May 1818 and sent to Mrs. Elizabeth Brown Boston Mass
arrears to 4th of March 1818  223 22 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 1st March 1818  120 Continued 3 23 22
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Arrears to 4th March 1818 223 22 Semi-ann. in Mass from 1st March 1818  89 Balance of Account paid 2nd Pension on 1st March 1819
Note to Hon. J. Fry H. R. 26 Jan 1836 Elizer Brown Capt. Hill Mass.

304
Massachusetts
Abigail Brown widow of Ebenezer Mash who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Lieutenant
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 320 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
3 rd February 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th day of May 1853 and sent to
Elijah Clark Brighton Mass a
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act Mar 3, 1848 , Page 37 Vol. A
1828
copy

Ebenezer Brown.
Col. No. Bailey's Regt. Massachusetts Line
1777 — 6 years
Index
admitted
Adm d
Increase under act of 18 th March 1818: He never rec d . a pension certificate

State of Massachusetts
I Ebenezer Brown a Citizen of the United States, now resident at Newton in the County of Middlesex in the State aforesaid, do on oath testify and declare, that in the War of the Revolution, on the month of February in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & seventy seven
I entered and was engaged in the land service of the United States on the continental establishment, and served accordingly from that time to the end of the said war in the year one thousand seven hundred & eighty three November 30th as a private, & an officer against the common enemy, without any interruption or absence: that I belonged to the Massachusetts line of the army; first to Capt. Judah Alden's company, in the second regiment commanded by Col. John Bailey, was promoted to the grade of Ensign in 1779 taking rank as such Sept. 28. 1777, serving in said Regiment till March 21. 1782; then I was promoted to the grade of Lieutenant in Capt. John Mills's company, Col. Joseph Vose's brig. being the first, and that I left the service on the 30th of November, honourably having served in the same regiment, during the remainder of the war and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life and poverty, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support, being now of the age of sixty years upwards; my commission, I unfortunately lost during the said war with my baggage; having been wounded in an engagement with the enemy, I was put on the list of pensioners of the United States, January 3 1811 at five dollars a month, which was increased to eight dollars a month in 1816. I have no other evidence in my power, now to offer, except what I herewith exhibit
And I hereby relinquish all claims to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, if any may be or hath been so allowed.
Ebenezer Brown
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this thirty first day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen Pursuant to a law of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," made and passed on the 18th of March, A. D. 1818, personally appeareth before me the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas within the State aforesaid And presiding pro hac vice
the abovenamed Ebenezer Brown and after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, he maketh oath to the declaration aforesaid, and subscribes the same in my presence; and, on examination duly made by the said Judge, it appeareth to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true. In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my name & the seal of said Court.
Wm. Wetmore

Middlesex p. March 31. 1818.
We the Subscribers, inhabitants of Newton, & the neighbourhood thereof, & citizens of the United States, do testify & say that we are well acquainted with Ebenezer Brown, subscriber to the within written declaration & know him to be a man of truth & veracity; we have no doubt of the truth of the facts therein stated by him, & from our knowledge of his reduced circumstances in life, that he stands in need of assistance from his country for support, he being very poor.
John Richardson Justice of Peace Levi Thaxter Justice of the Peace.
We the subscribers, testify & say that we knew Mr. Ebenezer Brown above named, & that he was a lieutenant in the Massachusetts line of the revolutionary army, on the continental establishment for more than nine months.
John D. D. Colb. in the late revolutionary army.
Daniel Jackson Lieut. in the late revolutionary army.
Sworn to respectively, by all the above named Deponents, Before me Wm Wetmore, the Judge within named.

58.
Ebenezer Brown
10,156
May 19
[Large cursive signature: E. Brown]
10,156

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
MIDDLESEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Concord, within and for the County of Middlesex, on the second Monday of June A. D. 1820
Before the Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Esquire, Chief Justice , and
WILLIAM WETMORE, and } Associate Justices STEPHEN MINOT, Esquires, } of said Court.
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 Brown resident in Newton in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 10,156. 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 Brown late a Lieutenant in the army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of twenty dollars per month, to commence on the thirty first day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen ”
“ Given at the War Office of the United States, this first day of May 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 bureau . . . . . 6 00   Three old tables . . . . . 4 00   Eleven old chairs . . . . . 4 00   Two old chests of drawers . . . . . 4 00   One looking glass . . . . . 3 00   Iron ware . . . . . 2 50   Twelve knives & forks . . . . . 1 50   One pair of handcuffs . . . . . 1 25   Shovel & tongs . . . . . 1 50   Crockery ware . . . . . 4 00   Tea tray & spoons 6 in number . . . . . 4 00   Two spinning wheels . . . . . 2 00   One hoe 30 1 rake 25 . . . . . 0 55   Two candlesticks & one lamp . . . . . 0 50   38 80 

He has no demands against any person, keeps house has a wife and two children one a son who is a cripple and a daughter, is sixty three years of age is and has been unable to labor by reason of a severe wound in the shoulder received in the service at the taking of Burgoyne. He served during the Revolu- tionary war in the Continental service and by rea- son of the wound aforesaid and his utter inability to labor he had a pension settled upon him by the United States of eight dollars a month which he re- linquished to obtain the pension he now receives.
Few men served longer in the Revolutionary Army suffered more in that service or remain in more des- titute circumstances.
Said Brown served in Cap Alden & Cap Mill's com- panies in the first and second Massachusetts Reg'ts, was Ensign in one and Lieutenant in the other.
Ebenezer Brown Lieut
Sworn to & declared before Wm Wetmore Judge sc 11

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Wm Wetmore a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
" I, Ebenezer Brown 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 Brown  Lieut
Middlesex ss. C. C. C. P. June Term, A. D. 1820
Then the abovenamed Ebenezer Brown took and subscribed the aforewritten Oath before me,
Wm Wetmore  Judge of said Court. //
I, ABRAHAM BIGLOW, 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 Twenty eight dollars eighty cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Cambridge, in said County of Middlesex, on this 20th day of July 1820 .
Attr.
Abraham Biglow 30

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Middlesex, ss.
On this Twentieth day of September in the year eighteen hundred and forty four. Personally appeared before me. Elijah Clark, a justice of the Peace in and for the County of Middlesex and State aforesaid. Abigail Brown, a resident of Newton in said County, seventy one years of age, who being first 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 June Seventh, A.D. 1832.
That her husband Deonezer Brown, who held a commission of first Lieutenant in Captain Elijah Bodes, Company in Col. Bodes Regt. under the command of Genl. John Patterson, rendered the Extra Service of Brigade Quarter Master for five or six Months in the Summer & Autumn of 1783, in the Continental Army, and that this service was rendered at the time of a Mutiny of one part of the American Army, and that he then received his pay for the extra service of Col. Timothy Pickering. The above service being rendered at the same time he held a commission & rendered the service of first Lieutenant as above stated. She refers for proof of this Extra Service to the returns of Col. Timothy Pickering in 1783 now in the War Department in the City of Washington, and she now appeals for an increase to the Pension her said husband received, under the Act of Congress passed May 15th 1828, and hereby relinquishes every claim except the increase herein claimed as her just due, her husband having for the last year been too feeble to attend to making a claim for the Extra Service which he has repeatedly mentioned he rendered in the Continental Army. Abigail Brown
Sworn to and subscribed at the residence of the said Abigail Brown by her,
Before Me. Elijah Clark, Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Middlesex ss. Newton Sept. 20 th A.D. 1844.
I hereby certify that Abigail Brown who has subscribed and made oath to the foregoing Declaration, is personally known to me to be the the widow of Lieut. Ebenezer Brown, of Newton late deceased, and is a person of respectability.
Elijah Clark, Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston September 21 st 1844.
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the Annexed attestation Elijah Clark was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex.
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; and that to his 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.
John G. Sleeper, Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Extracts from the Records of the Town of Newton County of Middlesex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts. From the Records of Publishments the following viz. "Ebenezer Brown residing in Newton, and Miss Abigail Fuller of Newton, were entered & published Decem r 15. 1816"
From the Records of Deaths the following viz.
"Ebenezer Brown aged 84 years, died Sept 1. 1844 interred in Newton, cause Old Age."
I Marshall S. Rice Depose & say that I hold the office of Town Clerk of Newton, in the County of Middlesex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and that the above are true extracts from the Records of the said Town of Newton
Attest - Marshall S. Rice - Town Clerk
Middlesex ss. Feb. 3. 1853 Sworn to, by the said Marshall S. Rice before me; and I hereby certify that I have no interest in any way connected with the above certificate.
Stephen W. Trowbridge Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, February 12 th 1853.
I hereby Certify, That at the dates of the annexed attestations, Stephen W. Brownbridge and Marshall S. Rice were Justices of the Peace for the County of Middlesex
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; 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.
E. U. Wright Secretary of the Commonwealth.

I Mary Fuller of Newton County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, forty nine years of age, do testify and say that I was personally acquainted with Abigail Fuller of said Newton; that she was married to Ebenezer Brown of said Newton, who was formerly an officer in the Revolutionary War; that I was witness of the Marriage of said Ebenezer Brown to said Abigail Fuller; that the said Ebenezer Brown has been dead a number of years, and that said Abigail Brown his widow is still living.
Mary Fuller
Middlesex ss. Feb 3 d 1853
Then personally appeared Mary Fuller and made oath to the truth of the above Affidavit by her subscribed; and I hereby certify that she is a credible witness, and entitled to belief; and I also certify that I have no interest in any way, connected with the above Affidavit;
Before me
Marshall S. Rice - Justice of the Peace

I John B. H. Fuller of Newton, County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, fifty eight years of age, do testify and say that I was personally acquainted with Ebenezer Brown of said Newton, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States; that he was Lieutenant in the Continental Army; that he died in my house Sept r 1844; and that he left Abigail Brown his Widow, who is still residing in Newton, and remains unmarried.
John B. H. Fuller
Middlesex ss. Newton Feb 3 d 1853
Then personally appeared John B. H. Fuller and made oath to the truth of the above Affidavit, by him subscribed; and I hereby certify that he is a credible witness, and entitled to full belief; and I also certify that I have no interest in any way connected with the above Affidavit.
Before me
Marshall S. Rice - Justice of the Peace

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Ebenezer Brown 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.
W. 8382
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Feby 4, 1777 Sergeant Isaac Alden John Bailey 2 o Mass.   Sept. 28 1777 Ensign " " " "   March 31, 1782 to Mar. 30, 1803 Lieutenant John Miller Joseph Root 1 o Mass.      
Battles engaged in, wounded in shoulder at taking of Burgoyne Residence of soldier at enlistment, ✓ Date of application for pension, March 31, 1818. His claim was allowed. Residence at date of application, Newton, Middlesex Co., Mass. Age at date of application, in 1820 - sixty-three years
Remarks: soldier married Newton Mass. Jan'y 17 1817 Abigail Fuller.  He died Sept. 1, 1844 in the house of John B. H. Fuller,  at Newton Mass., & she was allowed pension on her application rejected.  Sept. 20, 1844 while a resident of Newton & seventy one years of age.  In 1820 soldier referred to his son & daughter but did not state their names or ages.
Respectfully,
  In 1818  1820  1844    age 60+  63  84     1757  1760  
Commissioner.

Westpoint March 21. 182.
To the Honble Henry Gardner Esq. Treasurer to Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Sir / Please to pay James Woodworth the money that shall appear to be due to me on a note, dated January first 1780, and payable March 1 st 1781. for the depreciation of my wages while in the service of the United States in the 2 nd Massachusetts Regiment, in the year 1777. 1778. & 1779. —
Yours H. G.
Attest { Sam l Myricks Sec y Henry Nelson Esq. Ebenezer Brown Ensign 2 nd Mass t
49 I hereby certify that Ensign Ebenezer Brown is now in actual service in the 2 nd Mass t Reg t J. Helen Capt l Com d .

Department of State Washington May 21 st 1815
Sir
In compliance with the request contained in your letter of the 10 th inst., I have caused the Washington Papers to be examined for evidence of the service of Ebenezer Brown in the Continental Army, and find that he is returned on the 16 th April 1783, as Lieutenant only. There does not appear to be any evidence of this service of said Brown as Quarter Master. The papers transmitted in the case are herewith returned.
Very Respectfully, I am Sir &c
James Buchanan
James L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Pension Office Washington

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex County ss.
I Isaac Burke Overseer of the Court of Probate in & for the County of Middlesex do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court, that Ebenezer Brown was a Pensioner of the United States, that he resided in Newton in said County of Middlesex, & died at said Newton on the first day of September instant (1866) & that he left a widow whose name is Abigail Brown, who is now living & the widow of said Ebenezer.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this twenty first day of September in the year Eighteen hundred & sixty four.
Isaac Burke Overseer

Addressed to me but I know of no reason why it should not be direct to Boston.
Dec 23. 1845
Yours sincerely
Please answer Elisha Clark Brighton -

Brighton December 20 th 1845.
Dear Sir,
In answer to the last part of your letter, herewith December 15 th inst. from the Commissioner of Pensions, I have to state that Mrs Abigail Brown, made a claim under the act of 1832 as appears from my records, on the 20 th of Sept. 1844. The Register of Probate made a Court Certificate on the 21 st inst. and the claim was forwarded to you on the 23 rd of September 1844. The Extra service of Lieut. Ebenezer Brown, as Brigade Quarters Master, while in the Detachment to suppress the Mutiny in 1783, does not appear on the Massachusetts Rolls, but will if there is any record, appear on some documents in the City of Washington. This case was answered by the Commissioner June 19 th 1845.
Very Respectfully O. H. St. & C Elijah Clarke
Hon William Parmenter East-Lambbridge Mass.

Brighton - Sept. 23 rd 1844.
Dear Sir,
I enclose to you herewith the claims of Mrs Abigail Brown of Newton, for an increase to the Pension allowed her husband Lieut. Ebenezer Brown late deceased, for Extra Service as a Brigade Quarter Master in 1783. Will you Sir, please to retain her claims in your hands, and request of the Bd auditor a certificate proof of the Extra Service of her husband, & then when proof is received, forward the claims to the Commissioners of Pensions, or forward to the Bd auditor, & have him forward to the Commissioners of Pensions the claim & evidence required of the Extra Services.
Respectfully Elizabeth Clark
Hon. William Parnes M. L. At East-Lambridge, Mass,

Brighton June 2 d 1845.
Dear Sir,
In answer to your letter of date May 26 inst I have to state that, I was informed by Lieut Ebenezer Brown, a short time before his decease, that in the time of the Mutiny of some part of the army in 1783, he rendered the Extra-Service of Brigade Quarter Master in General John Patersons Brigade, at the same time he rendered the service of first Lieutenant in Col d Elijah Boscos Company, that he received his pay for this extra service of Col d Timothy Pickering, and gave him a receipt for the same, as the Documents of this State do not show his extra services, as Brigade Quarter Master, I request a further search of the Washington & Treasures Papers for proof of his extra service, and it should be noticed, that he was Brigade  Quarter  Master , and that he received his pay of Col d  Timothy Pickering , of Somerset mt. Mr Ray of Washington, has suggest he was in the staff service.
Very Resp t Yours E. L. S. & C. Elijah Clark
Hon J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington, City, D. C.

No 335
Abigail Brown, widow of Ebenezer, Mass
Act 3 Feb 1853
Adm d 2 yrs Lieut. $320 per annum, commencing Febr'y 3, 1853,
(see husband's papers under Act 15 May 1828 No 47)
Elijah Clarke Brighton, Mass,

Brighton. Mass. Feb. 14, 1838
Dear Sir,
I enclose to you herewith the claims of Abigail Brown of Newton, widow of Lieutenant Ebenezer Brown, claiming a pension under the late act of Feb. 3 d inst. Her former claims for an increase to the pension paid to her husband, are on file. Very Respectfully Col. S. H. H. Elijah Clark
Hon. J. E. Heath Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City, D. C.

Brief in the case of Margaret Brown, widow of Ebenezer , Middlesex County and State of Mass. act 3 February 1853
Claim, ("original," or " for increase. ")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Widow was a pensioner at $320 per annum, under the act of 15 May 1828, Record Proof of marriage
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent Elijah Clarke Brighton Mass.
S. Cole Examining Clerk.

No. 35.908
Ebenezer D. Brown dec. Map
Vol. to Hon. W. Parmenter Dec. 18th 1844
" Same, May 26th 1845
" Elijah Clark June 19. 45
" Same March 10. 46
Act June 7th 1832

Boston April 27 th 1848
This Certifies that Lieut: Ebenezer Brown, continued in the Service of his Country, till the close of the Revolutionary War, and was honorably discharged
Rob t Williams then a Lieut. To whom it may concern } in the 4 th Mass tts Reg t
Sworn to
att d W m Wetmore Judge

No of orig Pamt- 48 47
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
14 June 1828.
Ebenezer Brown, of Newton in the vicinity the County of Boston in the State of Massachusetts has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he was as an officer on the Continental line, and served as such to the end of the war,
at which period he was a Lieutenant in the Col Vose's regiment of the Massachusetts line; and that he received commutation certificates for the five years full pay granted by the resolve of 22 March, 1783; and, further, that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, the sum of four hundred and eighty dollars, paid to him by the agent in the State of Massachusetts,
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far these several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary, A. Jenkins
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
17 June 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that final settlement certificates have been issued for the commutation of five years full pay to Ebenezer Brown Lieut. in the Massachusetts line, amounting to Sixteen Hundred - dollars.
It further appears that Ebenezer Brown is now on the pension list of the Massachusetts agency, and has been since the 3 d March 1826 at the rate of Twenty Dollars per month. -
John Hagner Aud r

The only Certificate he ever had, is the paper enclosed rec d from the Loan Office. Also that the Loan office being abolished, it is not in his power to get any copies from thence as he supposes.
Applicant was put on the list of pensioners, 1811 - at $5 per month increased to $8. in 1816 - Former Certificates must be transmitted to the Office before one can be issued Under Seal. 18 March 1818
Massachusetts District Newton Febr. 27 th 1818
To the Hon. W m Whitmore Esq.
The undersigned Represents that he received two Commissions when in the service of the United Colonies when in the service of the United on the Continental establishment. Which were burnt by unavoidable accident in May 1786 -
Ebenezer Brown
First in the Mass ts Line of the Army revolutionary War

To the Hon. W m Wheatmore Esq r .
Newton April 23. 1818.
We the subscribers hereby certify. That Lieut. Eben r Brown has resided many years within a mile of Mansions, & we are abundantly satisfied his pecuniary circumstance now are, & have been for many years, such as to give him a full title to the pension lately granted by Congress to the needy officers & soldiers of our Revolutionary army.
John Kenrick } Justices of peace Charles Hastings - }

Charlestown Mass t
U.S. Marine Hospital May 2 d 1818.
This will certify that Eben r Brown enlisted as a Sargent in Capt d Judah Alden's Company 2 d Mass t Reg t . commanded by Col. John Bailey Feb y 1. 1777 for during the War on the 19 th Sept r . following was Wounded with a Musket ball, which he now carries about with him. his Commission as and Ensign in said Reg t . was dated eight days after he was wounded & remained in said Reg t . till he was promoted to a Lieutenant in the 7 th Mass t Reg t . March 31. 1782. — He has been assisted for a Number of Years by the Legislature of this State in consequence of his wound and being unable to assist himself — He was Honorably discharged, and

sustained a fair character from the beginning to the end of the war -
Adams Bailey Late
a capt in the 2 d Mass s Inf y .
Hon. W m Whitmore

Massachusetts.
Newton May 3 d 1819-
To the Hon. John C. Calhoun Esquire.
The under signed Humbly Sheweth. That he commenced his claim for pension on the 31 st of March 1810. Before the Hon. R m Whitmore. When he made a full statement of the time of Service and the different grades in which he acted. And further Sheweth that Judge Whitmore had on him the 7 th of Apr l last for the pension certificate granted June 3 d 1811. Which he deliver d to Judge Whitmore. tho' If not a certificate inform it is all your petitioner has ever receiv d which was handed him by the Loan Officer at Boston Sept r 4 th 1811- And further represents that your petitioner is aged poor and lame of his old wound, and prays his certificate may be sent him. With Concoment Speed -
Humbly Submitted by
Yours ob t Serv t
Penezer Brown Lieutenant
Revolutionary War -

1918 meh. 28. Hist. to Dorothy Wright letter in W. 14402 Daniel Brown. p
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 8382
Abigail Brown
Wid
Ebenezer Brown
Lieut Rev War
Act: Febr 3 d  1853
Index:—Vol. A , Page 84
[Arrangement of 1870.]

34082 Rev INVALID.
File No. 84,082
Ebenezer Brown Lieut Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 55
[Arrangement of 1870.]
write widow 8382.
1290
0. Ebenezer Brown
Service: with widow 8382
Discharged: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18

Sent by Elijah Clark Agent for Prisoners
Mr. Parnement My dear Brown, To March 6, 1845.

I, Abigail Brown of Newton in the county of Middlesex, and commonwealth of Massachusetts, Seventy years of age. Do Testify and Say, That I am widow of Ebenezer Brown of this town late deceased. That my husband the said Ebenezer Brown was a Lieutenant in continental army of the Revolutionary War, and in the summer & autumn of 1783, he rendered an extra service of Brigade Quarter Master, for the term of five or six months, at which time he rendered the service of first Lieutenant in Col. Elijah Beman's company in Genl John Patterson's Brigade being at the time of the mutiny, and that he received his pay for the extra service of Col. Timothy Pickering, and I request an examination of the document called the Washington Papers, in the City of Washington, for proof of my said husband's extra service, And I hereby authorize and appoint Elijah Clark of Brighton to act as my attorney, and for me, and in my name, to prosecute the claim I made for the increase of Pension that was due to my aforesaid husband at the time of his decease, In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this Twenty seventh day of January A.D. 1845.
Signed Sealed & delivered in presence of me,
Abigail Brown
William Jackson
16 Apr 1783 at Pres of Genl B G
with no evidence of his previous Quarter Master

Brighton, Mass. February, 5 th 1845
Dear Sir,
I enclose to you herewith the power of Attorney of Mrs Abigail Brown of Newton, late widow of Lieutenant Ebenezer Brown deceased, and for her and in her behalf would respectfully ask an examination of the Washington Papers, for proof of an extra service which he rendered in 1783 as a Brigade Quarter Master in Genl John Patterson Brigade. Mr Brown formerly stated he received pay at the time for said extra services of Col Timothy Pickering. Her claims are on file in the Pension Office.
Very respect your obedt servt
Elijah Clarke attorney for Abigail Brown.
Hon. William Parmenter M. C.

Ebenezer Brown, a Sergeant in the late revolutionary War, came before me one of the Justices of the Peace for the County of _____ State of Massachusetts, and made Oath that he is the same Ebenezer Brown, named in a Letter from the Secretary of War, dated 16 th July 1811, to the Commissioner of Loans in Mass ts directing him to place the said Eben r Brown on the Pension List of the United States, at the rate of five dollars per Month, commencing on the 3 rd day of January 1811. —
Pension is payable at the Loan Office Boston half yearly on the 5 th day of September & 5 th day of March during the Pensioners life.

Act. May 15 1828
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For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of an act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers & soldiers of the army of the revolution", approved May 15th. 1828, I, Ebenezer Brown of Newton in the vicinity of Boston, State of Massachusetts, do hereby declare, that I was an Officer in the Continental line of the army of the revolution & served as such to the end of the war, at which period I was a Lieutenant in the first regiment commanded by Col. Rose a of the Massachusetts Line. I also declare, that I afterwards received certificates, commonly called commutation certificates, for a sum equal to the amount of five years' full pay; which was offered by a resolve of Congress, of 28. March 1783, instead of the half pay for life, to which I was entitled, under the resolve of October 20 th 1780 - and I do further state that I have received of the United States, as a pensioner, since the 3 d . of March 1820, the sum of $480 paid to me by the agent for paying pensions in the State of Massachusetts. Witness my hand this seventh day of June A.D. 1828
Ebenezer Brown
Before me Alden Bradford a Justice of the peace for the County of Suffolk State of Massachusetts, personally appeared this day Francis Green & Mr. Joseph Fike who severally made oath that

Ebenezer Brown, by whom this foregoing declaration was subscribed is generally reputed & believed to have been an officer in the army of the Revolution - in the manner therein stated - Witness my hand this seventh day of June A.D. 1828 Nelson Bradford
I Chas. A. Parker, Clerk of the Court for the County of Suffolk in the State of Massachusetts, certi- fy, that Nelson Bradford Esq: before whom the above affi- davits were sworn, was, at the time, a justice of the Peace for said County, duly empowered to admin- ister oaths. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this seventh day of June A.D. 1828.
Mr. Chas. A. Parker, Clerk.

Mr Brown is a Pensioner, & his papers are in the war office, Washington -

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Middlesex ss.
On this tenth day of February eighteen hundred and fifty three, personally appeared before the Hon. Samuel P.P. Hays, Judge of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Middlesex, and State, aforesaid. Abigail Brown, a resident of Newton in said County, aged seventy nine years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the laws of the United States passed, July, first, 1838, July 29, 1838 and the late act of Congress passed February 3 rd  January , 1850, granting pensions to the widows of Revolutionary Officers and Soldiers.
That she is the widow of Ebenezer Brown, late of Newton, in said County of Middlesex, who was in the whole of the Revolutionary War, was wounded while in an engagement in the autumn of 1777, then a sergeant, and after recovery of his wound in part, was in the Continental line in the first Massachusetts Regiment and continued to the close of the War, when he was discharged as first lieutenant of the first company in Col. Wood's Regt. and that he was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, under the act of Congress passed May, 15 th 1828, and received a pension of Three hundred and twenty dollars, per annum, which was paid to him at the agency for paying pensions in Boston, State of Massachusetts.

She further declared, that she was married to the said Ebenezer Brown, on or near the nineteenth day of January, in the year eighteen hundred and seventeen, by the Revd Jonathan Horner Pastor of Church in said town of Newton. That her husband the aforesaid Ebenezer Brown, died at said Newton on the first day of September, in the year eighteen hundred and forty four. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January eighteen hundred and fifty three, which was at the time above stated. She further declared that she is now widow of the aforesaid (deceased) Ebenezer Brown and that she has never before made a declaration before a court of record for a pension, and in addition to the proof herewith she refers to the papers connected with the last payment of arrear of pension, after the decease of the said Ebenezer Brown.
Abigail Brown
Subscribed & sworn to by said Abigail Brown in open court, on the day & year first above written the word & figure February 3 d having been interlined before signing. And I hereby certify that I have no interest in the result of said application & declaration & am not concerned in its prosecution —
J. O. P. Gray Judge of Probate for said County

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
MIDDLESEX, ss.
I Alonzo W. Lynde — Register of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Middlesex aforesaid, hereby certify, that at a Court of Probate holden at  in and for said county, on the day of  in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty
Samuel P. P. Fay of Cambridge in said county, is Judge of Probate for said county, was duly appointed duly commissioned and quali- fied to act in that capacity, and that and gave Bond to the acceptance of the Judge of said Court for the due performance of said trust according to law:
his signature hereto annexed, is his true and genuine signature.
I ALSO CERTIFY, that it appears by the records and files in said office, that said appointment remains in full force, in no wise revoked, reversed, or annulled.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court, this twelfth — day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty three .
A. W. Lynde