Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14413, Ebenezer Burrill, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass.
Burrill, Ebenezer Mary
No. 14413
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532
Massachusetts Roll
Ebenezer Burill
Private
Mass. line - 3 years 80
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 20 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th of May 1818 and sent to the Hon Samuel Putnam, Salem, Mass
Arrearages to 1 st Sept r 1818 4 months 15/30 $36.00
{Revolutionary claims,} {Act 18th March, 1818,}
Salem Office Co.

11. 359.
Massachusetts Mary Burrill deed widow of Ebenezer Burrill who died on the of in the State of who was an Artillery the Artillery commanded by Captain Mass of the commanded by in the time for Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 240 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836. Ending 21 May 1839
Certificate of Pension issued the 2nd day of Aug. 1852 and sent to
to the 4th of J. A. Burdett Boston Semi-annual allowance ending Mass.
Revolutionary Claim, Act July 7, 1838.
Recorded by Book
Vol.
Clerk. Page 67

Ebenezer Durrill & Mary Wyatt both of Salem was married by Abner Cheever Esq., January twenty third, seventeen hundred eighty three.
The above is a true copy from the record of marriages of the Town of Lynn, in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts; with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair and legible figures: Thus:— Jan. 23. 1783.
Attest
Wm Basset (City Clerk of the City of Lynn)
I, William Basset, above named, depose and say that I hold the office of City Clerk in the County, City, and Commonwealth aforesaid; and that the above is a true extract from the records of marriages of said City, with the exception above named as certified by me.
Wm Basset
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Essex ss. Dec 26. 1851.
Subscribed and sworn to before me,
Thos B. Newhall Just of Peace

1255-337-12 Declaration. Commonwealth of Massachusetts Suffolk ss. } Sixteenth
On this fifteenth day of Decem- ber, one thousand eight hundred and fifty one, personally appeared before me, Edward G. Loring, judge of the Probate Court, within said County, in open Court the same being a Court of record, Sarah B. Hunting, a resident of Boston, in the County aforesaid, aged fifty three years, who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838.
That she is the daughter of Mary Burrill, deceased who was the widow of Ebenezer Burrill, who served as a private in Capt. Nichols Co. of Artillery Artificers in the revolutionary army for three years, commencing about 1777, that he was a pensioner on account of said services under the act of 1818, and that his pension was suspended in 1820. — She further declares that her mother the said Mary Burrill, whose maiden name was Mary Wyatt, was married to the aforesaid Ebenezer Burrill, on the twenty third day of January, seventeen hundred & eighty three, that the said Ebenezer Burrill died on the thirtieth

day of May, eighteen hundred and twenty six and that the said Mary his widow died on the twenty first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine, having remained the widow of said Ebenezer, until her death.
She makes this declaration for herself and on behalf of her sister Ruth L. Allen, the only surviving children of said Mary & Ebenezer, in order to obtain the arrears of pension, due their said mother on account of the services of their father the said Ebenezer Burritt.
Subscribed and sworn to before me the day and year above written. Sarah B. Huntington,
Subscribed & sworn to before me this six teenth December 1857.
Edw G Loring Judge of Probate.

Eben r Burrill
Salem, Essex Co.
Mass ts .
20 th Apr.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Witnesseth: I, Ichabod Tucker, Clerk of all the Judicial courts of said Commonwealth in and for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that the Hon: Samuel Putnam within named is a Judge of the Court aforesaid, that the signature within is his proper hand, and that the Seal affixed is the Seal of said Court.
Attest Ichabod Tucker, Clerk.

Commonwealth of
Massachusetts.
Be it remembered, That Ebenezer Burrill of Salem in the County of Essex, in the Commonwealth aforesaid, doth make upon oath the following DECLARATION, to wit,
That in April 1775 he enlisted for eight months as a private in Capt. John Merritt's Company in Col. John Glover's Regiment in the Mass ts line and served the whole of said term and at the end thereof, was honorably discharged near Boston: — that at the beginning of 1776 he again enlist- ed as an Artificer in Capt. Pollard's Company of Artificers and served the whole of 1776 in the Campaign near New York, at Fort Washington, Long Island, and other places, and was honorably discharged at the end thereof.
That early in March, 1777, he again enlisted for Three Years as an Artificer in Capt. Noah Nichols' Company of Artillery Artificers in the Mass ts . line — served part of the time under Maj. now Genl. Ebenezer Stevens, and at various places, at Ticonderoga, in the Retreat, at Albany, and at the Head Quarters at Morristown in New- Jersey — he faithfully served the whole of the said term of Three years, and at the expiration thereof he was honorably discharged at or near Morristown at the Park of Artillery: as appears by the annexed certificate which is genuine: he has no other certificates of Discharge.
That the Declarant is infirm; that from his reduced circumstances in life he is now in need of assistance from his country for support; and that he hereby relinquishes his claim to every pension heretofore allowed him by the laws, of the United States.
Ebenezer Burrill

A F F I D A V I T.
I _____ of _____ in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, _____ do on oath depose and testify, That _____

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
On this twentieth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally appeared before me Samuel Putnam, a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said Commonwealth
the aforementioned Ebenezer Burrill and in my presence severally subscribed and made solemn oath to the aforeswritten Declaration and AFFIDAVIT , by them respectively made as aforesaid:—And it appearing to my satisfaction, that the aforementioned Ebenezer Burrill served more than NINE MONTHS, to wit, from the first day of April A. D. 1777 to the sixth day of March A. D. 1780 at one period of the Revolutionary War, on the Continental Establishment, against the common enemy, I do hereby certify the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the Department of War.
Given under my hand, and the seal of the Court aforesaid, at Salem , this twentieth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
S. Putnam Just S. J. Court of Mass ts }

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 14418
Mary Burrill Widow of Ebenezer Burrill Artificer Rev War
Act: July 14 38
Index:—Vol. a , Page 103
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Mr. Burick Chicago fortyone years
BURRILL, EBENEZER (CONT. MASS.) W 14413

The term of three Years for which Ebenezer Burriel of Captain Noah Nichols's company of Artillery Artificers, engaged to serve, having expired, He is hereby honourably Dischar- -ed the Service of the United States.
Given under my hand at the Park of Artillery near Morris-town this Sixth Day of March 1780
By order Genl. Knox
J. Finley A.D. Camp

14.571
Mary Burnell , dies wid of Ebenezer.
Mass.
Acq-7 July 1838-
Dr. ap 16/32.
James Campbell Boston Mass.

Jan: 8 th 1852
Claim of Mary Burrell deed
James Campbell
Boston
Mass:
Trifle
Present
Heath. Co.

May 1-52
Adol. epi: in case of Mary Burriel deceased of Ebenezer
Kirtland
James Campbell Boston Mass.
Heath Mass.
Home of Friends,
Washington
P.O.
PAID

Mary Burill dec. d v/o Ebenezer, Mass.
Act 7 July 1838.
adm. d
2 yrs int artificer $240 per An: to 21 May 1839 when she died.
Payable to
Sarah B. Hunting &.
Ruth L. Allen, and surviving children
cut to
for Campbell, Boston, Mass.

Washington July 19 th 1852
Dear Douglass. I am
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Know all men by these Presents that I Sarah B Hunting of Boston in the County of Suffolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts hereby constitute authorize and appoint James Campbell of said Boston, to be my true and lawful attorney, to prosecute the claim which I with my sister Ruth L. Allen have upon the government of the United States for the Arrears of pension due my Mother Mary Burrill deceased, on account of the services of my father Ebenezer Burrill, deceased, as an Artificer in the revolutionary war; And the said James Campbell is hereby auth- orized to take all necessary legal & proper steps in the prosecution of said claim on my behalf in the same manner as I might do for myself.-
Signed & Sealed in presence of James Rice
Sarah B Hunting
Suffolk Is December 23 rd 1851 Then the above named Sarah B Hunting acknowledged the above instrument by her subscribed to be her act and deed. Before me James Rice Just Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston:
December 22 d 1851.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Ebenezer Burrill is borne on Army Books, as a private in Capt. Noah Nichols Co. of Artillery Artificers, credited by Service from March 1. 1777. to Dec r . 31. 1779. 33 months 25 days; Alden Burrill enlisted in the same Co. on the same day, both from town of Lynn.

Application for a certificate of Revolutionary service made by a daughter of the party who rendered the service,
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish from the rolls in his office evidence of the service of my father Ebenezer Burrill in the war of the revolution.
He was a native of the town of Lynn in the County of Essex, and enlisted from said town as a private in the year 1777 in a company of Artillery Artificers commanded by Cap t . Nichols of Cohasset, and served in said company about three years — His brother Alden Burrill served with in the same Company with him.
Signed in my presence Edward A. Hunting.
Lucas B. Hunting

Boston May 2. 1852
Sir,
Your letter of the 16 th ult. suspending the claim of the children of Mary Burrill for arrears of pension, which was sent to your office January 10. 1852, has been received. — I now enclose the affidavit of Mrs. Eunice Tufts, of Lynn, a highly respectable lady who well knew the soldier from the time of his service till his death.
I respectfully inform you that the certificate of marriage of the soldier was filed with the declaration of the present claimant, in the exact form prescribed by your letter and printed regulations, and that the said marriage took place January 23, 1783.
The applicant in her declaration set forth that her father was a pensioner under the act of 1818, and the evidence filed by him is relied upon as proof in his widow's case: — her identity and that of her children being established by affidavits of two of the most respectable inhabitants of Salem, and the official certificate of the Judge of Probate for Essex County.
The certificate of the Secretary of State, was filed only for the purpose of showing definitely the date and term of his enlistment, his service being already established according according to law under the act of 1818.
over.

I therefore pray that a certificate may be issued to the children for the arrears of pension due their mother.
Very Respectfully, James Campbell.
James E. Heath Esqr. Comr. of Pensions.

Boston December 30 1831
Sir
The claim of the children of Mary Russell deceased, for arrears of pension due her on account of the service of her husband, as an artillery artificer in the revolutionary war, is herewith submitted
The certificate for the sum due may be sent to me
Very Respectfully Your Ob t Servant James Campbell
James O'Keath Esq d Com r of Pensions.

Brief in the case of Mary Burill decd. wid Ebenezer, County and State of Mass. act 2 July 1838.
Claim, ("original," or " for increase. ")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Record evidence of service & marriage
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
Jas Campbell, Boston, Mass.
Kibby
Examining Clerk.

I Eunice Tufts of Gynn aged 82 years being first duly sworn depose and say that I have lived in Gynn all my life; - that I well knew Ebenezer Burrill and his brother Alden Burrill of this town who were brothers of my mother. I remember Ebenezer Burrill being a soldier in the revolution - that he once came home from the Army to see his friends - and I remember when he returned home after his discharge. - I also very well remember the time of the marriage of the said Ebenezer Burrill and Mary Wyatt, which took place about the time that peace was proclaimed; - the marriage party left my father's house where I was present, and they were married by Mr. Cheever a justice of the peace; - the minister refusing to marry them because they were published in Salem, where the bride resided. - I further depose that I knew the said Ebenezer Burrill from the time of his marriage until his death - which took place about twenty five years ago; - and I have been informed and believe that he drew a pension for his revolutionary services for a short time. - That I also knew his widow Mary Burrill, until the time of her death and that she was the same person formerly Mary Wyatt who was married to him as above stated; - I am also well acquainted with Ruth L. Allen and Sarah B. Hunting and that they are the children of the said Ebenezer Burrill and Mary Burrill; -
Eunice Tufts
Attest -
Andrews Burrill

Essex Jo Lynn April 26, 1852 --
Subscribed and duly sworn to by the within named Eunice Tufts and I certify that the said deponent is well known to me and is a person of sound and intelligent mind and in full possession of her faculties and that she is a person of undoubted veracity -- before me Andrews Breed Justice of the Peace
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Essex, ss.
Court of Common Pleas.
To all people to whom these presents shall come, I
Abahel Huntington,
Clerk of the Court aforesaid do certify, that the foregoing is a true copy of record.  Andrews Breed esquire, who administered the above oath, was, at the date of his certificate thereof, a justice of the peace within and for said County, duly authorized and qualified to administer oaths, and that his signature to the paper hereto annexed is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof , I hereunto set my hand, and affix the seal of said Court, at Salem, in the County of Essex aforesaid, on this thirtieth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty two.
Huntington
CLERK.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, Decemr 29 th 1851
W hereby Certify. That at the date of the annexed attestation Thomas B. Newhall was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Essex, and Edward G. Loring was Judge of Probate for the County of Suffolk.
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.
Nathaniel Walker Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Mary Burill dec! Mrs Ebenezer, Mass: Act 7 July 1838.
James Campbell Boston, Mass:

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Essex. ss.
Probate Office.
To Edwin Lawrence, Register of Probate for said County,
Hereby certify that the facts herein after mentioned are of record in said office, viz: that Ebenezer Burrill, late of Salem, in said County, deceased, was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of ninety-six dollars per annum; that the payment of said pension was suspended in eighteen hundred and twenty; that the said Ebenezer Burrill died May 30, 1825; that he left a widow, Mary Burrill, who remained his widow till her death, which took place May 21, 1839, and that the said Mary Burrill left two children only, who are now living, viz: Sarah B. Hunting, and Ruth L. Allen.
Witness my hand and seal of office this twenty-seventh day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one.
Edwin Lawrence.

134255 00741 I Catharine Symonds of Salem in the county of Essex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts on oath depose and declare, that I am sixty three years of age that I well knew Ebenzer Burrill and Mary his wife that they formerly lived in said Salem, that the said Ebenzer was a soldier in the war of the Revolution and drew a pension for a short time on account of his services in sd war. that he was a brother of Alden Burrill also a Revolutionary pensioner & who likewise lived in sd Salem, that said Ebenzer Burrill died in sd Salem about A.D. 1826, that sd Mary Burrill died about A.D. 1839 having remained his widow till her death, I further say that I was acquainted with & knew well the children of said Ebenzer & Mary Burrill & that I know Sarah B. Hunting of Boston and Ruth L. Allen her sister, who now make application for arrears of pension, that they are the children of said Ebenzer and Mary Burrill, that the other children of said Ebenzer & Mary have deceased some years since and the said Sarah B. Hunting and Ruth L. Allen are the only surviving children of said Ebenzer and Mary Burrill. Catharine Symonds
Essex ss. January 26th A.D. 1854 Then personally appeared the above named Catharine Symonds & made oath that the above statement by her subscribed is true, & I further certify that the said Catharine Symonds is personally known to me & that her testimony is worthy of credit— Sworn to Before me GEO F. Choate Justice of the Peace

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Court of Common Pleas.
Essex, ss.
To all people to whom these presents shall come, I
Asahel Huntington, George F.
Clerk of the Court aforesaid do certify, that the foregoing is a true copy of record. Choate esquire, who administered the within oath, is a justice of the peace within and for said county, duly authorized and qualified to administer oaths, and that his signature to the annexed paper is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof , I hereunto set my hand, and affix the seal of said Court, at Salem, in the County of Essex aforesaid, on this twenty sixth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty one.
A Huntington
CLERK.

I Thomas Farless of Salem in the county of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts being duly sworn on oath depose & say, that I am Sixty-four years of age, that I have resided in Salem for sixty-four years that I well knew Ebenezer Burrill and Mary his wife who formerly lived in said Salem, that the said Ebenezer was generally believed & reputed to have been a revolutionary Soldier and drew a pension for a short time on account of such Service - that he was a brother of Alden Burrill also a revolutionary pensioner & who likewise lived in Salem, that said Ebenezer Burrill died in said Salem about the year 1826. That said Mary Burrill widow of said Ebenezer died about the year 1829, having remained his widow until her death - And I further depose & say that I well know Sarah B. Hunting of Boston and Ruth L. Allen her sister, who now make application for arrears of pension children of said Ebenezer and Mary Burrill and to the best of my knowledge and belief, they are the only surviving children of the said Ebenezer and Mary Burrill
Witness Geo F Choate
Thomas Farless
Dec 26 th 1857 Then personally appeared the above named Thomas Farless and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true
Before me Geo F Choate { Justice of the Peace

Wm ss Dec 26 th 1851 I Geo F Choate of Salem a justice of the peace within said County certify that the within named Thomas Garless is personally known to me & that his testimony is worthy of credit - G.F.C. Choate
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Court of Common Pleas.
Essex, ss.
To all people to whom these presents shall come, I Asahel Huntington, Clerk of the Court aforesaid do certify, that the foregoing is a true copy of record. George F. Choate esquire, who administered the within oath, is a justice of the peace within and for said County, duly authorized and qualified to administer oaths, and that his signatures to the annexed paper are genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I hereunto set my hand, and affix the seal of said Court, at Salem, in the County of Essex aforesaid, on this twenty sixth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty one.
Asahel Huntington CLERK.