Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,668, Elihu Brown, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Brown, Elihu
S. 29668
CONTENTS
Early life at Douglas Worcester Co. Mass. residing Rev. Douglas, Middlebridge + Mendon Worcester Co. Mass. In 1832 res. G. Middlebridge.

21. 3/10  Massachusetts Ebenezer Brown
of Worcester in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Corp. commanded by Captain Martin of the Regt. commanded by Col. Tyler — on the Mass. line for 14 Mo: 24 d
Mt
74 Worcester
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass. W. at the rate of 49 Dollars 30 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of Sep. 1833 and to Martha D Adams Mybridge
Arrears to the 4th of Sep 33 $123.25 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mo 34 24 6 5  $147.90
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Sep June 7 1832. }
Recorded by J. C. [Signature] Clerk, Book C. Vol. 14, Page 9

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7 th 1832.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Worcester ss. On this twenty eighth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before NATHAN FAYE Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
now sitting Blake Brown a resident of Uxbridge in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged Seventy two years, who being first duly sworn, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
In December in the 1776 He was called out on an alarm & went to Providence in the State of Rhode Island & was stationed in the College, he was in the Company of Minute men commanded by Capt. Isaac Martin, in the Regiment in which Nathan Dyer was the Col. or L t Col. The men built fortifications on the plain west of the town & at Fox-point on the east side of Providence river & was there delivered six weeks. He enlisted in the summer of the year 1777 in the Company of Capt. Joseph Sibley, in the Regiment of Col. Dyer, for the term of six months, he first went to Providence in the State of Rhode Island & was in the College a short time, thence the Company marched to a place called Abdiakewtawon & was there a few days, thence to North-kingstown in said State, where the Regiment was stationed two months or more; before he & the Regiment went to North-kingstown, General Spencer had what was called Spencer's private expedition & said Regiment was engaged in it. At the end of the said six months, he & said Sibley's Company were marched back to Providence & were there dismissed. In the year 1778, he was called out to go to Newport on what was called Sullivan's Expedition, he belonged to the Company commanded by Capt. Caleb Whiting, in the Regiment of Col. Hawes, and was in said Service six weeks, he marched

with Said Company to Kingston, in the State of Rhode Island, from thence Said Company crossed the Ferry on to the Island of Rhode Island, & were on the said Island three weeks, at the end of which time, he with the American forces evacuated the Island, after which with Said Company were marched back to Providence & dismissed. In the year 1780, He again enlisted for the term of three months after he arrived at Claverack in the State of New York, the place where he was directed to go, the place of rendezvous, from Claverack he marched to West-point, in about a week after he arrived at West-point Blacksmiths were called for to go into the Blacksmith's Shop, he being a Blacksmith, he was put into the Blacksmith's Shop, where he continued until the term of his enlistment was expired & then dismissed, During this time Gen l Arnold fled to the British. In the Summer of the year 1781, he again enlisted for three months in the Company of Capt. Davis, & he marched to West-point, the next day after he arrived at West-point, he went on Command to Fort Montgomery for fourteen days, he then returned to West-point, the next day William Smith Cpt. of the Artificers under whom he worked the year before saw him & asked him if he would again go into the Blacksmith Shop, he told Said Smith that he would, Smith went immediately to General M c Dougal and got an order for him, Brown, to go into the Blacksmith Shop that day, & he continued in the Shop till the term of his enlistment expired which was November 6 th 1781, Those who worked in the Shop were to receive one shilling per day extra for their work, & the said William Smith Cpt. of Artificers gave him the certificate which is hereunto annexed for which he never has received any pay. He was born at Douglas in said County of Worcester on the 16 th day of August 1751, he does not know whether there is any record of his birth at Douglas or not. He lived in Douglas, Uxbridge & Mendon adjoining towns in said County of Worcester, when he went into the Service as above stated. He now lives in said Uxbridge & has ever lived in said Town since the Revolutionary war. He never was

Drafted or went as a substitute, but always enlisted and was called out as before stated - He never received a written Discharge except in the Year 1781, when a Discharge was given to him & two or three other Soldiers on the same paper, for the purpose of drawing rations on their way home which they did at Fitchville & Hartford in Connecticut, where that paper is he knows not for he never had it in his possession, he only saw it. Sworn subscribed the day Elisha Brown and Year aforesaid Before Nathl. Haine Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
We Frederick Taft & Joseph Adams both of Upton in the Town of Upton and certify that we are well acquainted with Elisha Brown who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration we believe him the sixty five years of age and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier in the Revolutionary War concerning which opinion. Sworn & subscribed the day Joseph Adams and Year aforesaid Frederick Taft Before Nathl. Haine Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
And the said Court do hereby declare their Opinion, that 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 Joseph Adams and Frederick Taft Esquires who signed the preceding certificate are residents in the Town of Upton are residents in the Town of Upton and are credible Persons and that their statements are entitled to credit. Nathl. Haine Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester

Theophilus Wheeler Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester in Massachusetts do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Eliza Brown for a pension and that Benjamin Adams before whom the annexed affidavit was made is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County in full credit.
In testimony whereof I do hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of the said Court of Probate this 28th day of August A.D. 1852 Theophilus Wheeler Register of the Court of Probate for said County of Worcester.
9439
Worcester ss.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Theophilus Wheeler Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester, do hereby certify that since the date of my above certificate, the affidavit of Eliza Brown made before Benjamin Adams Esq. on the 28th day of May 1853 has been produced in said Court, and that the papers now connected together by a ribbon under the seal of the said Court, contain the proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Eliza Brown for a Pension - and that Benjamin Adams before whom the said affidavit last dated, was made, is a Justice of the Peace in said County, duly commissioned & sworn, and that the signature purporting to be his signature is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 29th day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
Theophilus Wheeler Reg d of said Court.
Benj Adams Northbridge Mass.

Elisha Brown of Uxbridge in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, testifieth & saith, that the following is an amendment to his Declaration made on the 20 th of August last past, in order to secure the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832, which has been returned to him with brief objections, to wit, that in the year 1780 he enlisted into Capt. Benjamin Read's Company & Robert Dart was Lieut. & that said Company belonged to Colonel Wade's Regiment, this was a tour of three Months at West Point where he was the greater part of the time in the Blacksmith's Shop, These are all the Officers under whom he served, other than those mentioned in his said Declaration, to whom he can become partially swear, by reason of old age and consequent loss of Memory.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension roll of the Agency of any State
That on the 20 th of August last past he made out his said De- claration aforesaid, the late Rev. Samuel Judson, who had long been the Congregational minister in his immediate vicinity near sick & unable at that time to attend the Hon. Court of Probate, and he soon after died. and there being no other Congregational minister in the vicinity, who could testify in the case. He therefore procured the testimony of Joseph Adams & Benjamin D. Dyer as entitled to the Hon. Judge of Probate Elisha Brown
Worcester ss May 25 th 1833 personally appeared Elisha Brown and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed Before me Benjamin Adams Justice of the Peace

94 39 Eliza Brown
Put 14 Mr 26 days
7. 16 06
(May 10 1835)
P. 390
 66 66  2 6 4   49 3 0   8 6 0  124 6 5   123 2 5 
Rev Adan, Nylbridge mass

94 39  BRIEF in the case of Ebenezer Brown of Worcester in the State of Mass (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 72  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.     Dec. 76 Belmont 1 12 As a Minuteman Gen. Capt. Martin Col. Tyler   Summer 77 6 private Capt. Sibley Col. Keyes   78 1 12 " Capt. Whitney Col. Haines   79 3 do & blacksmith   Summer 80 - Nov. 6. '80 3 do - do Capt. Davis - Capt. Smith   14 24  
5. In what battles was he engaged?
None mentioned
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
Douglas, Mylbridge, & Mendon
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
An old certificate of pay - & living witnesses
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
Papers not properly authenticated
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
H. C. Easton
Examining Clerk.
16 Feb 1833

West Point Nov 6 th 1781 This may certify that Ely Brown health wrought in the Smith Shop Under my Direction Siverly five Days and Received nothing
75 Days
William Smith Esq. of Holyoke
BROWN, ELINO (MASS.) S 29668

29668 Rev INVALID.
File No. 29,668
Elihu Thomson
Sci Rev Mar
Act: June 7 th 1897
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 53
[Arrangement of 1870.]

94 39 Elihu Brown
Buy Adams Nylidge 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 Eliza Brown which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? _____ IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? Yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? No VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? No VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service ? No
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it ? No
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had ?
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service ?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses ? Yes
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct ? Yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service ? Yes
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct ? Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily ? And, if not, which of them is not so answered ? Yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
†QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
¶ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

I Elisha Murdock of Uxbridge in the County of Worcester & Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age testify and say, that I was called out and went to Rhode Island on what was called Sullivan's Expedition, I well remember that Elisha Brown now of Uxbridge in said County, was called out at the same time, & we served together in the Company of Capt. Caleb Whiting, in the Regiment of Colonel Haines, six weeks, it was in the year 1778 - we first passed Marched to New- ston & crossed the river on to the Island of Rhode Island, & were on the Island three weeks before the said Regiment retreated before the British forces, after which the said Regiment were marched to Providence & there dismissed - and further the Deponent saith not Elisha Murdock
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester ss. Uxbridge August 15 th 1832. There personally appeared Elisha Murdock, who signed the above Deposition & made Solemn Oath to the truth of the same - And I further certify that I am well acquainted with the said Deponent & that he is a man of truth & a credible witness
Benjamin Adams Justice of the peace

I John Person of Uxbridge in the County of Worcester & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do testify & say, That I was born in Uxbridge aforesaid on the twentieth Day of September A.D. 1749. That I have been acquainted with Elisha Brown of said Uxbridge sixty years, That the said Brown & myself insisted to serve three months after we arrived at Claverack in the State of New York, where we were directed to go, in the company of Col. Benjamin Read, in the Regiment of Col. Wade, & Lt. Col. Meeback, from said Claverack we marched to West-point, soon after we arrived at West-point said Brown was put into the Black- smith Shop where he continued till his term of three months expired, when he returned home to Massachusetts with me, during which time, General B. Arnold fled from Habergon's farms, the opposite side of the the river, to the British
And further the deponent saith not John Person
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester ss Uxbridge July 16 th 1832 Then personally appeared John Person, who signed the above Deposition, and made solemn oath to the truth of the same. And I further certify I am acquainted with the said John Person, and know him to be a person of truth & a credible witness
Benjamin Adams Justice of the peace.
Subscribed

I Jeremiah Batchelder of Douglas in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age, do testify and say, that I have been acquainted with Elkan Brown now of Uxbridge in the said County ever since the beginning of the war of the Revolution. I well remember the said Brown & myself enlisted into the Company commanded by Capt. Joseph Sibley, in the Regiment commanded by Col. Heyer for the term of Six months. We marched first to Providence in the State of Rhode Island & were stationed there in the College a short time we then went to Oldickonquestown, called, & to North Kingston in said State, at the end of said Six Months said Company marched back to said Providence & dismissed. The year this took place I cannot remember so as to be able to testify to it; but I know Genl. Spencer's private expedition was in this time. And further the De- ponent saith not. Jeremiah Batchelder
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester ss. August 20 th 1832. Then personally appeared Jeremiah Batchelder, who signed the above deposition, & made solemn oath to the truth of the same. I further certify I have an acquaintance with the said deponent & believe him to be a man of truth & a credible witness. Benjamin Adams Justice of the peace

I Amos Shayer of Sutton in the County of Worcester & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged Twenty five years do testify & say, I have been acquainted with Elisha Brown now of Uxbridge in said County ever since he was a boy, that in the year 1801, the said Elisha Brown myself enlisted for the term of three months in the Company commanded by Capt. Davis & I think the Regiment was commanded by Col. Brown, the said Brown myself & others marched to West Point, in the State of New York, Soon after we arrived at West-point the said Elisha Brown went into the Blacksmith's Shop to work & continued there until the term of our enlistment expired when the Company were dismissed - And further the Deponent saith not Amos Shayer
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Worcester ss. Uxbridge August 25 th 1832. Then Amos personally appeared Amos Shayer, who signed the above deposition and made solemn oath to the truth of the same. And I further certify that I am acquainted with the Deponent & believe him to be a man of truth & a credible witness. Benjamin Adams Justice of the peace