Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 5941, Ebenezer Bennett, Mass

SERVICE
Mass.
Bennett, Ebenezer King, Elizabeth (Former widow)
NUMBER
R 5941
CONTENTS

The declaration of Elizabeth King. - V 2639 Mass.
day of November 1778. that she was married to her last husband the said John King on the fifteen the day of October 1783.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth County ss. on this twenty eighth day of March 1837 Personally appeared before me William Wood Engane, Judge of the Court of Probate for the said County of Plymouth Elizabeth Elizabeth King who first being duly sworn doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the acts provisions of the acts of Congress passed July the fourth 1836. and March the third 1837. viz. that she is aged eighty eight years; That she is now the widow of John King late of Middleborough in said County of Plymouth deceased; that at the time she married the said John King she was the widow of Ebenezer Bennett then late of said Middleborough deceased, who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution and according to the best of her recollection and belief. He enlisted into a company of which Joshua Eddy was an Officer in the Spring of the year 1775 and marched with said company to Roxbury near Boston; was there on the seventeenth of June of that year when the Bunker-hill battle took place. - was also at Dartmouth now New Bedford when that place was burned by the enemy: When at Roxbury my said Husband the said Ebenezer Bennett received a wound by the kick of a horse which disabled him for service some time & was at home three weeks & then returned and was absent nearly all the time three years & a half but the different officers under whom & the places where he served I cannot now recall it.
That she was married to the said Ebenezer Bennett on the nineteenth day of October 1769 and he died the tenth day of November 1778. That she was married to her last Husband, the said John King on the fifteenth day of October 1783.

and he the said John King died the divinity day of September 1830.-
and that she has remained a widow since that period as well more fully ap- pear by the proofs hereto annexed.
Elizabeth her X King mark
I sworn to and subscribed the day and year first above men- tioned And I certify that the above named Elizabeth King is a credible person but by reason of age & sickness is confined to her Bed and unable to travel to any Court to make her declaration Willies Wood Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Plymouth.
Plymouth Y. I Jacob H. Lord Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Hon. Willies Wood is Judge of Probate for said County & that the above is his true & genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the said Court this ninth day of September 1837.
Jacob H. Lord

Affidavit of Peter Briggs.

I Esther Briggs of Middleborough, Massachusetts, being sixty seven years old testify & say that Ebenezer Bennett late of said Middleborough deceased was my Mother's Brother and I was acquainted with him in my Early Youth: he married Elizabeth Ellis who is now living in this Town and is now the Widow of John King, deceased. The said Bennett died when I was a youth about the year 1778. She afterwards married the said King who has been dead several years and she has since the death of King remained a Widow. Esther Briggott
Wymouth ss, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. July 17 th 1837. Personally appeared Esther Briggs a person well known to me and is a person of truth & veracity & made oath to the truth of the affidavit above by her subscribed. Before me Nicholas Wood Justice of the Peace.

Affidavit of Alan Shaw Town Clerk

Commonwealth of Massachusetts — }
Town of Middleborough Mass. July 14 th 1837. —
I Allen Shaw do on Oath declare that I am Town Clerk of the Town of Middleborough, County of Plymouth, State of Massachusetts, and that I have the custody of the Records of said Town, that it appears by said Records that Mr Ebenezer Bennett and Miss Elizabeth Ellis both of Middlebor- ough were Married October 19 th 1759 By Rev: Silvanus Conant. It also appears by said Records that Mr John King of Plympton and Mrs. Elizabeth Bennett of Middleborough were Married October the 15 th 1783, By Rev Joseph Barker. — Allen Shaw Town Clerk
Plymouth Y. July 14. 1837 Then the above named Allen Shaw whom I certify to be Town Clerk of said town of Middleborough & a credible person, personally appeared & made Oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed. Before me Willus Wood Justice of the Peace

Affidavit of Isaac Bryant
on roll vol 23 page 193 C.P. Bath Works Co. from April 1, 1876 for days - The within is a true copy of same roll for 4 days on roll vol 24 page 57 C.P. 18 days for in 1878 in two volumes

I Isaac Bryant in the ninety second year of my age testify & say that I was a Soldier in the American army at Roxbury in the year eighteen hundred & seventy six, I think, and was and was there when the British forces left Boston. I was in a company commanded by Nathaniel Wood, Lieutenant Joseph Peppar & Jesse Vaughan Ensign, all of Middle- borough, Massachusetts, I served about two months & left before my time was out on account of sickness. I well remember that Ebenezer Berritt of said Middleborough was a Soldier in said company. Marched to Roxbury when I did; and I left him there when I came home Isaac his { Bryant mark
Hymouth Feb 13 th 1837 Personally before me Isaac Bryant a man well known to me and a credible Witness and made solemn oath to the truth of affidavit by him subscribed Wilkes Wood Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth ss. I Jacob H. Lord Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Willes Wood Esq. is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County & that the signatures to the annexed affidavits purporting to be signed by him are his true & genuine sign- atures.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the Court of Probate for said County this nineth day of September 1837.
Jacob H. Lord

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
5941.
P. O. _____
Elizabeth King
Service: _____
widow of Ebenezer Bennett
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Elizabeth King Massachusetts
Suspended
Per letter 2 d Dec 1837 J. M. Lord
of Plymouth Co. up 1837 age 88 yrs
RT 941

Plymouth Mass. Sept 9. 1837
Dear Sir
I send herewith the pension application of Mrs. Elizabeth King. The Certificate may be sent to me
Yours &c J. H. Lord
Hon. J. L. Edwards Comm. of Pensions Washington D.C.