Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14303, Ephraim Bigelow, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Bigelow, Ephraim Mary
W. 14303
CONTENTS

15.972 Massachusetts
Ephraim Bigelow of Middlesex in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Miller of the Regt commanded by Col. Rootledge in the War of 1812
Miles
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 34 - Dollars 67 - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of Nov 1833 and sent to Fiske St Cambridge Mass Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $69.34 Pens. and allowance ending 4 Sept 17.33 $86.67
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by N. H. Atkinson Clerk, Book E Vol. 2 Page 8

Ephraim Biegelow.
6881.
John
1672
11/11/72
11/11/72

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex ss.
On this Thirtieth — day of August — in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open Court, before the Honourable Judge of the Court of Probate, in and for the County of Middlesex aforesaid, now sitting, Ebenezer Bejelou — a resident of Holliston — in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged Seventy four — 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, A. D. 1832:
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated: —
That in the year of our Lord Seventeen hundred and seventy five  being then an Inhabitant of said Holliston about the middle of July in said year enlisted into the militia company commanded by Capt. Joseph Miller and marched from said Holliston to Cambridge in said County, and served in said company until said company was discharged, which was a period so near as I can recollect of about five months said company was in the regiment commanded by Col. D. Little and discharged about the middle of December A.D. 1775
That about the first of August in the year of our Lord 1775  Seventeen hundred and seventy five , being then an Inhabitant of said Holliston he enlisted into the militia company commanded by Capt. Joseph Welch and in the Regiment commanded by Col. Samuel Hildreth and marched from said Holliston to Framingham and then to Patten in the State of New York then to Lake George Landing, then to Fort George & to Bemis Heights at Still Water, and joined Gen. Gates Army, and was at the capture of Gen. Burgoyne's Army and served for a term of four months, until the first of December A.D. 1777 when his term of enlistment expired.
And that the said Bejelou at said Holliston about the first of October as near as he can recollect in the year of our Lord Seventeen hundred and seventy five , being then an Inhabitant of said Holliston enlisted into the militia company commanded by Capt. Brown and marched from said Holliston to Albany in the State of New York, with the intention of proceeding further to join Gen. Sullivan's Army, and remained in said Albany about a month, when

he was discharged. The period of his service from his enlistment until his discharge was about two weeks. The said Bigelow declares that he has no documentary evidence that he can produce and that he has always resided in said Holliston.
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 any state,
Ephraim Bigelow
We, Charles Train a clergyman, residing in the Framingham a town adjoining and Holliston John Dearth residing in Holliston hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Ephraim Bigelow who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; — that we believe him to be seventy four years of age: that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Charles Train
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. John Dearth
J. P. P. May Prob
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above-named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certify, that it appears to them that Charles Train
is no settled clergyman —
who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in Framingham a town adjoining and that John Dearth in which town who has also signed the same, is a resident in Holliston and is a credible person; and that their statement is entitled to credit.
J. P. P. May Prob
I Isaac Fiske Register of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Middlesex, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Ephraim Bigelow for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the day and year first aforesaid.
Isaac Fiske

6881
Ephraim Bigelow
Mar 10 Mr May
5 06. Apr 29 1833
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Isaac Hisker
Reg Probate
east Cambridge
Middlesex Co Mass

6881  BRIEF in the case of  Ephraim Bigelow of Middlesex Co. 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? 74  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.     Middle of July '75 to about Dec. '75 about 1 5 private Gen. Miller - Col. Doolittle   About 1 Aug. '77 until 1 Dec. '77 4 private Cap. Alench - Col. Ballard   1 Oct. '79 about 1 12 private Cap. Cranston -  
( *6 weeks about )
5. In what battles was he engaged? at the capture of Burgoyne
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Holliston
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
Two living witnesses
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
There are 2 affidavits - The Clerk's certificate is on one, - but both were taken before the same magistrate I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
H. C. Easton
Examining Clerk.
23 Jany 1833

Now on this twenty fifth day of June in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty three personally appeared in open Court before the Honorable Judge of the County of Middlesex, now sitting - Ephraim Begeleu, of Holliston in said County and amends his Declaration made on the thirteenth day of August now last past which is hereto annexed, as follows - viz -
That in the first period of service which was A.D. 1775 he served for a period of not less than five months and ten days and served as a Private during that time
And that in the second period of service which was in A.D. 1779 he served for a period of not less than four months as a Private
And that in the third period of service which was in A.D. 1779 he served as a Private for a period of not less than six weeks as a Private and for such service filings of Pensions Ephraim Begeleu
Subscribed Sworn to this day & year aforesaid
Middlesex ss. June 25 1833
J. P. Ray J. P. Ray
Middlesex ss. I, Isaac Tothe Register of the Court of Probate in & for the County of Middlesex do hereby certify that the above is the additional declaration made in said court by Ephraim Begeleu in the matter of his application for a Pension & that the papers herewith annexed contain the proceedings of said Court on said application
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office on this twenty fifth day of June A.D. 1833
Isaac Tothe Reg

Massachusetts - 3982
Mary Bigelow widow of Ephraim Bigelow, who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 th June '32 and who died on the 14 th March 1834 of Middlesex in the State of Massachusetts who was a P er . in the County commanded by Captain Miller of the Reg t . commanded by Colonel Doolittle in the Army line for 10 years 19 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 35 Dollars 44 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14 th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th day of Aug t '39, and sent to Isaac Fisher, E. Cambridge, Mass.
Arrears to the 14 th of Mar - $106.32 Semi-annual allowances ending 19.92
$124.04
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by R. Burdine Clerk, Book A Vol. 1 - Page 72

5645.
5645
Mary Bigelow widow of Ephraim
Mass.
Act 7. July 38
  m 81. a 34 -    Acc 15. p 73 -  75.  5.17-    24. 24  77.  3.25    17. 226  79.  1 7     10.19    Adm 10. m 19. 87 pic  
$35 44 100
No deduction
Isaac Fiske Cambridge Mass

State of Massachusetts } ss. Middlesex County }
On this fifteenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine personally appeared — — — before the Honorable Samuel D. D. Fay Esquire, Judge of the Court of Probate, in and for said County of Middlesex. Mary Bigelow, a resident of Holliston in the county of Middlesex, aforesaid, aged eighty six 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 Act of Congress passed July 7, 1838, entitled, "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows:" That she is the widow of Ephraim Bigelow who was a Private in the War of the Revolution and served according to the best of her knowledge and belief as is herein stated, viz. That in the Spring of 1775 The said Ephraim Bigelow enlisted into a Company commanded by Capt. John Seland of Holliston in Col. Doolittle's Regiment and did the duty of a private in said Company at or near Cambridge about seven months, and that she has heard the said Ephraim Bigelow say that the said Capt. Seland was a coward and did not go on to Bunker Hill at the Battle and that Lieutenant Burbank took the Company into the battle and that after the Battle Capt. Jacob Miller of said Holliston commanded said Company; And that in the summer of 1777 he enlisted into a Company commanded by Capt. Joseph Winch of Framingham in Col. Samuel Bullard's Regiment and performed the duty of a Private in said Company about four months in the State of New York being part of the time at or near Tienderoga. And that in the year 1778 the said Ephraim Bigelow did the duty of a private about three months in a Company commanded by Capt. Cranston or some such name and the service was rendered in the State of New York; and that the said Ephraim Bigelow resided in Holliston when he went into the service of the United States; and that she the said Mary Bigelow has no documentary evidence in support of the claim; and that the said Ephraim Bigelow was a pensioner and received his Pension Certificate under the Act of the 7th June, 1832, and that the said Ephraim Bigelow continued to receive his Pension up to September 4th, 1833, and then she the said Mary Bigelow received the amount that was due from the said 4th day of September 1833 to the 14th day of March 1834, that being the day of the death of the said Ephraim

Bigelow, and that she the said Mary Bigelow thinks that there were affidavits of persons of known respectability accompanying the declaration of the said Ephraim Bigelow to prove his service as above stated, reference being had to said declaration for a particular account of the services of the said Ephraim Bigelow; and that the said Ephraim Bigelow resided in Holliston aforesaid at the time he obtained his Pension Certificate. And she the said Mary Bigelow further declares that she was married to the said Ephraim Bigelow on the eighth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty one; that her husband the aforesaid Ephraim Bigelow died on the fourteenth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four and that she has not been married since the death of the said Ephraim Bigelow but now remains his widow; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz. at the time above stated.
Subscribed & sworn to her Mary Bigelow mark
by said Mary Bigelow, at her residence in Holliston (She being sick & infirm & unable to leave the house) on the day & year first above written before me
J. P. P. Fay Prob. for B. County
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Middlesex County ss.
I Isaac Pitkin Magistrate of the Court of Probate in & for the County of Middlesex aforesaid, hereby certify that J. P. P. Fay Esq. is the Judge of said Court & that his signature above written is genuine; — I also certify that Matthew Metcalf Esquire is a Justice of the Peace within & for the County of Middlesex aforesaid duly commissioned & qualified & that his several signatures written on the Papers hereunto under the seal of said Court are his genuine signatures. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this seventeenth day of June in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred & thirty nine
Isaac Pitkin Mag.

I Elias Bullard of Holliston in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Esquire, do certify that there is on the Town Books of said Town containing the entries for marriages the following record - viz - "Ephraim Begelow and Mary Knowlton were joined in marriage March y e eight one thousand seven hundred and eighty one per John Stone Just o' Peace,, that this is a true Copy of the Record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the Record in illegible figures as follows. " March y e 8 th 1781.,,"
I Elias Bullard above named depose and say that I hold the Office of Town Clerk in the Town of Holliston aforesaid in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town with the exception above named as certified by me -
Elias Bullard. Town Clerk -
Sworn before me this third day of May A. D. 1830.,,
Matthew N. Niles, Justice of the Peace for said county of Middlesex.,,

I Augustus S. Cutler, of the Town of Holliston in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk of the said Town of Holliston and that I have in my care and keeping the Records of said Town, and that in the Original Records of the Treasurers of said Town and Births, Marriages and Deaths, I find the following,
Ephraim Biglow the son of Joseph and Lydia Biglow was Born Dec r 28 th 1757
Ephraim Biglow and Mary Knowlton were joined in Marriage March 7 th 1781 By John Stone, Just. O. Peace
Mr Ephraim Biglow, Died, March 14 th 1834, aged 76,
Mary Biglow, Died Aug t 21 st 1839, aged 87 years. Attest, E. Bullard, T. Clerk
1777 no
17 Eph m Biglow, for service in the war
L S D C 2 0 0 0
1778
No 69 Ephraim Biglow for service in the war 8 = 15 = 0 = 0
1781 to
21 Ephraim Biglow for time spent upon alarm 1780
A. True Extract.
L S D 330 0 0
Attest Augustus S. Cutler, Town Clerk.

Middlesex ss.
Sworn to by the said Augustus N. Carrier Down Clerk of Wallington on this eleven th day of Feb y 1850 Before me. Elijah Clark, Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Norfolk ss.
On this twelfth day of February eighteen- hundred and fifty. Personally appeared before Me. Me. Fisher a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Norfolk & State aforesaid. Lydia Morris, a resident of Medway in said County, aged fifty seven years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declara- -tion in order to obtain an increase to the amount of Pension allowed to her late Mother Mary Bigelow. Under the law of Congress passed July 7. 1838 . That her Mother, the said Mary Bigelow, was the widow of Ephraim Bigelow late of Holliston deceased. That the said Ephraim Bigelow, rendered near fourteen months service in the War of the Revolution from said town of Holliston, and that she was allowed a pension of only thirty five dollars and forty four cents per annum, as will appear by her pension certificate herewith enclosed. Wherefore she claims an increase to the amount of pension per annum. She further declares that her said Mother, Mary Bigelow was married to the said Ephraim Bigelow on the eighth day of March in the year seventeen- hundred and eighty one. That the said Ephraim Bigelow died in said Holliston on the fourteenth day of March 1834. That the said Mary Bigelow, also died in Holliston on

The twenty first day of August in the year 1839. That the deponent is the only surviving child of the aforesaid Mary Brizelane, wherefore she claims an increase to her mother's portion as aforesaid. Lydia Munn
Sworn to and subscribed to by the said Lydia Munn at her place of residence in Medway aforesaid, on the day and year first above written
Before me,
M c M c Fisher Justice of the Peace

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 14,303
Mary Bigelow Widow of Ephraim Bigelow Br. Mass. Line
Act: July 7 th 1838
Index:—Vol. A , Page 63
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Sister Hon. Horace Mann 26 th Feb. 1850 " to Elijah Clarke, Apr 17/57

East Cambridge, County of Middlesex & Mass.
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Sir
Inclosed is the application of Mary Magdalen for a Pension, when examined & decided please communicate the result to me
Yours respectfully
Isaac Fisher

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, February 16 1850.
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Milton H. Fisher was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Norfolk and Elijah Clark 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.
W. D. Cabot
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. County Norfolk, ss.
On this twelfth day of February eighteen hundred and fifty. personally appeared before me, M. M. Fisher a justice of the Peace in and for said County of Norfolk & State aforesaid, Lydia Mann, a resident of Medway in said County, aged fifty seven years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain an increase to the amount of pension allowed to her father, Ephraim Bigelow late of Natick in the County of Middlesex & State aforesaid. Under the Law of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That the said Ephraim Bigelow was a native of said town of Natick, and was in the alarm service on the 19 th of April 1775 in Capt. Stone's company, five days, and that he then engaged and rendered eight months service in the year of 1775 in Capt. Miller's company in Colonel Dole's Regt. That in the autumn of 1777, he engaged and near four months service, in the Northern Army in the company of Capt. Joseph Winch in Col. Bullard's Regt. That in the autumn of 1779, he engaged and rendered near six weeks service, at Gloverick in the State of New York in the company of Capt. Cranston, in the Regiment of Col. Denny's. That in the summer of 1780, he rendered fourteen days service in the State of Rhode Island, in the company of Capt. Eames, in Col. Perry's Regiment.

She further declares, that the said Ephraim Bigelow, died in said town of Nettleton on the fourteenth day of March in the year eighteen hundred and thirty four, at which time he was a Revolutionary Pensioner, that he left Mary Bigelow who afterwards obtained a pension, and that she has since died, that the deponent is now the only surviving child of the said Ephraim Bigelow wherefore she relinquishes every claim to the pension which her said father received, except the increase herein claimed to the amount per annum,
Sworn to and Subscribed by the said Lydia Mann at her residence in Medway aforesaid on the day and year first above written
Lydia Mann
Before Me,
W. W. Fisher
Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, February 16 th 1880
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Milton N. Fisher was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Norfolk,
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and qualified; 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.
W. B. D. Cushing
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

I James Bigelow of Holliston in the county of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, of lawful age, do testify and say that Ephraim Bigelow of Holliston aforesaid, a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, died on the fourteenth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four at my house in said Holliston and in my presence. And further I say not. James Bigelow
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Middlesex ss. June 10th 1834. Then the above named James Bigelow who is personally known by me to be a man of truth and a credible witness personally appeared and made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true, before me.
Matthew Metcalf, Justice of the Peace for said county of Middlesex.
I Moses Kimball of Holliston in the county of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, of lawful age do testify and say that Mary Bigelow the Widow of Ephraim Bigelow late of said Holliston a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, deceased, has not been married since the death of the said Ephraim Bigelow but now remains his widow and lives in the house with me in said Holliston. Moses Kimball
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Middlesex ss. June 15th 1834. Then the above named Moses Kimball who is known by me to be a man of truth and a credible witness personally appeared and made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true, before me.
Matthew Metcalf, Justice of the Peace for said county of Middlesex.

I Oliver Leland of Holliston in the county of Middlesex and commonwealth of Massachusetts, yeoman. do hereby certify and declare. That Ephraim Bigelow of said Holliston Salem, about the first of August in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven. the said Bigelow then being an inhabitant of said Holliston, enlisted into the Militia Company, commanded by Capt Joseph Welch, and in the Regiment commanded by Col. Samuel Bullard, and marched from said Holliston to Bennington and thence to Totten in the State of Vermont, thence to Lake George Landing, thence to Fort George & to Bemus Heights, at Still Water, and joined Gen. Gate's Army, and that the said Bigelow was at the capture of Gen. Burgoyne's Army, and served for a term of about four months until his enlistment expired.
And I also further certify and declare that the said Bigelow, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine, as near as I can recollect the said Bigelow then being an inhabitant of said Holliston enlisted in the Militia Company commanded by Capt Cronston, and marched from Holliston to Albany in the State of New York, for the purpose of joining Gen. Sullivan's Army, and remained in Albany about a month, when he was dismissed; the period of his enlistment until his dismissal being about six weeks, and that I was with said Bigelow in said Company during this period.
Oliver Leland Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex S.S. August 15. 1832. Then personally appeared the above named Oliver Leland and made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true. Before me — Elias Bigelow Justice of the Peace

Isaac Smith of Holliston in the county of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts yeoman. do hereby certify and declare that Ephraim Bigelow of said Holliston Salomon about the middle of July in the year of our Lord one thousand Seventy hundred and Seventy five the said Bigelow being then an inhabitant of said Holliston enlisted into the Militia Company commanded by Capt Jacob Miller and marched from said Holliston to Cambridge in said County - and served in said Company until said Company was discharged, which was a period so near as can recollect, of about five months. said Company was in the Regiment commanded by Col. Doolittle,
And I also further certify and declare that the said Bigelow, about the first of August in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Seventy seven, the said Bigelow then an inhabitant of said Holliston, enlisted into the Militia Company commanded by Capt Joseph Welch, and in the Regiment commanded by Col. Samuel Bassard, and marched from said Holliston to Basington and thence to Pallet in the State of Vermont thence to Lake George Landing, thence to Fort George to Brims Night at Sun water, and joined Gen. Gates Army, and that he was at the defeat of Gen. Burgoyne's Army, and served for a term of four months until his enlistment expired.
Isaac Smith
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex S.S. August 15th A.D. 1832 then personally appeared the above named Isaac Smith and made solemn Oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true
Before me Elias Bullard Justice of the Peace

Affidavit of Isaac Smith
Middlesex S.S. August 30 A.D. 1832 I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the afore- said Isaac Smith, who subscribed the foregoing deposition. That he is a person entitled to full belief in his statements, and is reputed in his own neighborhood to be a person of strict integrity and truth
Ellen Bullard Justice of the Peace

I Oliver Leland of Holliston in the county of Middlesex and commonwealth of Massachusetts, yeoman. Do hereby certify and declare, that Ephraim Bigelow of said Holliston Saloon, about the first of August in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven, the said Bigelow then being an inhabitant of said Holliston, enlisted into the Militia Company, commanded by Capt Joseph Welch, and in the Regiment commanded by Col. Samuel Bullard, and marched from said Holliston to Bennington and thence to Totten in the State of Vermont, thence to Lake George Landing, thence to Fort George, &c to Bruns Wights, at Still Water, and joined Gen. Gate's Army, and that the said Bigelow was at the capture of Gen. Burgoyne's Army, and served for a term of about four months until his enlistment expired.
And I also further certify and declare that the said Bigelow, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine, as near as I can recollect the said Bigelow then being an inhabitant of said Holliston enlisted in the Militia Company commanded by Capt Cronston, and marched from Holliston to Albany in the State of New York, for the purpose of joining Gen. Sullivan's Army, and remained in Albany about a month, when he was dismissed; the period of his enlistment until his dismissal being about six weeks, and that I was with said Bigelow in said Company during this period.
Oliver Leland Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex S.S. August 15. 1832. Then personally appeared the above named Oliver Leland and made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true. Before me — Elias Bigelow Justice of the Peace

Middlesex S.S. August 30. A.D. 1832 I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with aforesaid Oliver Leland, who subscribed the foregoing Deposition, that he is a person intitled to full belief in his statements, and is reputed in his own neighbourhood to be a person of strict integrity and truth - Elias Bullard justice of the peace

Affidavit of Oliver Silans
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Madeira Is. I, Isaac Fisher, Magistrate of the Court of Probate hereby certify that the Bulleid whose own genuine signature is set to the certificates on the within depositions of Isaac Smith & Oliver Silans is a person of the Reams within said County.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this thirteenth day of August AD 1832
Isaac Fisher

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston :
February 6. 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 Ephraim Bigelow is
borne on a pay roll of Capt. John Hemenway of Holliston, marched
5- Apr. 19. 1775. 3 days service as a private. _____
5-17 On a roll of 8 mos service in 1775. in Capt. Jacob Merrill's Col. Dist. Regt. as a private of Holliston. On Coat roll dated Oct. 31. 1775. _____
3 . 25 On a pay roll of Capt. Joseph Hemenway Col. Dist. Samuel Bullard's Regt. as a private from Aug. 16. 1777. 3 mos. 28 days, including 11 days to return home. _____
On a pay roll of Capt. Amasa Cramston Col. Dist. Samuel Denny's Regt. as a private of Holliston from Oct 27. 1779 1 mo. 7 d. including 10 days to return. & also on a pay roll of Capt. Ezra Gurney Col. Dist. Ebenezer Denny's Regt. marched to R.I. from Holliston July 28. 1780. 111 days, including 3 to return home. _____

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 c H.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

T. Lydia Mann, of Medway in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and formerly of Holliston, in the County of Middlesex, in said Commonwealth, of lawful age. Depose and say, that Mary Bigelow, my late Mother, was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States at the time of her decease, which pension she received in consideration of the services rendered in the War of the Revolution by her husband, Ephraim Bigelow, a native of Holliston aforesaid, and that I have always considered that she did not receive a pension for all the service which her husband rendered his country. I therefore request the Secretary of the Commonwealth to examine the Rolls and Documents in his Office for proof of all the service rendered by the said Ephraim Bigelow, of Holliston or from the neighboring towns of Sherburn or Natickton, and according to the best of my recollection, the said Ephraim Bigelow, was in Capt. John Dolors Minute Company at the Lexington and Concord Alarm, April 19, 1775, and that he then engaged and rendered eight months service at Cambridge, in the year of 1775, in Capt. Jacob Miller's Co. in Col. Dole's Regt. That in the year of 1776 he may have been in the service in the State of New York, and in the autumn of 1777, he engaged in Capt. J. Winchell's Company, in Col. Daniel Bullard's Regt. at Saratoga for four months, & in 1778 he was in the service at Rhode Island, or was in a nine months service and in the autumn of 1779, was again in the service, at Claverack, in the State of NY, & may have rendered other service which I am not able to.

described at this time, but refer to the Rolls of Court. Bony. left Chamberlain left. Married left. James. & left Dury left. Modoc returned.
Sylvia Maria
Middlesex ss Holliston January. 25 th 1850.
Then personally appeared Lydia Mann and
Subscribed to the foregoing before me.
Elijah Clarke Justice of the Peace.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex County ss.
I Isaac Fiske, Register of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Middlesex hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court that Ephraim Bigelow, who resided in Holliston in said County of Middlesex, was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, died in said Holliston on the fourteenth day of March 1834; that he left a widow at his death whose name was Mary Bigelow; that the said Mary Bigelow was afterwards a Pensioner of the United States as the widow of said Ephraim Bigelow under the Act of Congress of July 7, 1838 at the rate of thirty five dollars & forty four cents per annum ; that the said Mary Bigelow died at said Holliston on the twenty first day of August 1839; - and that Lydia Mann now residing in Medway in the County of Norfolk in said Commonwealth, is the only surviving child of the said Ephraim & Mary Bigelow, who is now of full age. (The words "per annum" first interlined)
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of said Court this Thirteenth day of February in the year Eighteen hundred and fifty. Isaac Fiske Ag

Payment to be made at Boston, by H. H. Hovey, Esq., Agent for paying pension- ers, in the Agency of Massachusetts Payable on the 4th March and 4th September in each year.
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book A Vol. 15 Page 72 by
R. Burdick.
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Five years' Pension.
I certify that in conformity with the act of July 7, 1838, Mary Bigelow, of Massachusetts, widow of Ephraim Bigelow, deceased, who was a Private in the Revolution, and died on the fourteenth day of March 1834 is entitled to receive five years' pension at the rate of thirty five dollars and forty four cents per annum, commencing on the fourth day of March, 1836; and in case of the death or marriage of said widow before the expiration of said five years, the pension will cease on the day of such marriage or death.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this Seventh day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine.
J. Caspar. Acting Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. §
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

June 14 '66
Jonas R. [unclear] NY 11th 32
Rev. Jonathan D. [unclear] South Church Conneaut Pa. Scratching the S.C.

Harrisburg June 13 th 1844
Sir
Will you furnish me as soon as convenient with the papers referred to in the enclosed letter
Your obedient Servt
Geo. Nathan

6881
Ephraim Bigelow
The errors are corrected & this application again forwarded to the Department for further proceedings, by Isaac Fiske - of East Cambridge Mass.
Isaac Fiske Reg. Probate East Cambridge Middlesex Co. 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 Ephraim Bigelow which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yy II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yy 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? (no reason assigned) IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yy 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? No VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yy VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yy VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yy IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yy 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? yy

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? Y/21 XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? Y/9 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 has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? Y/21 Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? Y/9 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? Y/9 XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Y/9 XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? Y/21
 EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days. I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.”

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
‡QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the 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 authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.