Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12329, Ephraim Brown, Mass.

SERVICE
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Brown, Ephraim
S. 12329
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CONTENTS
Mass 1782-1832 - Middlesex Co. Mass. res. Stoneville. until Spring 1832 when he moved to South Hadley, Hampshire Co. Mass.

21819 Massachusetts
Abraham Brown
of Hampshire Co in the State of Mass who was a P.M. in the Company commanded by Captain Herlick of the 1st Regt commanded by Col. Gatch in the Mass line for 3 months Service
2 " 1st day Musician 2 " Sergeant
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 35 - Dollars - 22 - Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2nd day of Nov 1832 and sent S. J. Blackinton Amherst Mass
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1832 $ 88.05 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept 1832 17.61 $ 105.66
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by H. H. Hudson Clerk Book E Vol. 2 Page 42

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
We Ezra Ripley D D a Clergyman residing in the Town of Concord in the County of Middlesex do hereby certify that Abiel Heywood of the same County Esq. having that we are well acquainted with Ephraim Brown who has subscribed and sworn to the accompanying declaration and that we believe him to be about fifteen years of age, that he is respected, and beloved in the neighborhood where he has resided, to have been a Soldier in the Revolu- tion, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed before me a Jus- tice of the Peace for all the Counties in said Commonwealth, the 13 th day of Ezra Ripley September AD 1832. Abiel Heywood
Sam l Dana

Commencement of Military Service -
Middlesex Co. October 4, 1893.
Personally appeared before me a
the undersigned, a justice of the Peace within & for said County of Middlesex, Ephraim Brown, late of South Hadley, now resident in Concord, who, being duly sworn, deposes & says 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 - For the term of two months I did actual service as a minute man - in doing guard duty - actually standing on guard duty, two days and two nights each week, for the term of four months in 1775 at Concord -
2 mo.
For the term of one month I served as a private in Lieut James Russell's company of Infantry in 1776 -
1 mo
For the term of two months & ten days I served as a piper, in Capt John Patrick's company of Infantry in 1777 -
2 mo 10 days
For the term of two months I served as a Sergeant in Capt Kealy's Company of Infantry at Worcester in 1779 -
2 mo
2 mo
For the term of two months I served as a

Private in Captain Heath's company of Infantry in Providence & Newport in 1779 - Ephraim Brown.
Sworn to & Subscribed before me this day & year aforesaid
Nathan Brooks Jus. of the Peace
State of Massachusetts Middlesex County
October 18 th 1832. I Elias Runney Clerk of the Courts for said County, do certify that Nathan Brooks Esq. before whom the foregoing declaration was taken have been sworn & subscribed, was at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace within and for the County of Middlesex aforesaid and that I am acquainted with his handwriting and truly believe him to be the person described in the foregoing instrument to be qualified.
Witness my hand & the Seal of the Court this day & year aforesaid.
E. Runney

Ephraim Brown Military
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Ephraim Brown

DECLARATION,
IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE BENEFIT OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS OF THE 7TH OF JUNE, 1832.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss. COUNTY OF HAMPSHIRE. }
COUNTY OF HAMPSHIRE. ss ON this 24th  21st day of August  July 1832 personally appeared in open court, before General Hezekiah  William  Root  Brown the court of Probate for  the County, now sitting, a resident of South Berkle  South Berkle in the County of Hampshire, and State of Massachusetts, aged 71  71 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 provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. 1. Several months before the Battle of Lexington which was in 1775 at Concord in the County of Middlesex in this State, I stood at a Minute Man's guarding when & where necessary, and doing what was required of a soldier, as many and as well as could be done. I was in the battle of Lexington, so called, and after that event, I remained as a Minute Man, guarding as needed - until, for as much as four months more - during this last 4 months, I was called to Battle Hill - was there at the time of the battle, but not in the engagement - There about one week, then returned to Concord - Capt. Nathan Barrett - Col. James Barrett, father of Capt. Barrett. 2. In the State that in March or April 1776, as nearly as I can recollect, I volunteered, & went to Newbury & Roxbury Heights, where I stayed about 2 months. & was dismissed - It joined the Hill command in company with Col. Brown - 3. In the State that in July or August 1777, I volunteered volunteered to go to oppose Burgoyne - passed over the battle ground a few days after the battle of Bunker Hill - then went to Fort Edward - stayed a little time, during which I went out scouting for 3 days - then down the river to a place opposite where Burgoyne's Army lay - here we stayed like Burgoyne's movements - saw the army come on the parade & lay there there about. I had a fife - Capt. John Buttrick. We moved down the river 7 miles, where the troops under Burgoyne were brought across the river, & a guard of nine companies, among whom I was here appointed to take charge of the defence defence, & we guarded them on the way to Cambridge passed through Springfield - guarded them to Cambridge, & they were placed in Barracks No. 2, where we were dismissed - having been given nearly 4 months This Guard was commanded by Col. Wells of Littleton - 4. In the State that in July or August 1779, I enlisted for 4 months into the Militia - under Capt. Heald - went to Providence - State of Rhode Island - stayed there a while - then detached, with others, under Capt. Heald, to go to New Bedford to guard the shore - there to Newport, where I was again placed under my old Capt. Heald - Col. Jacob - commanded - here we were dismissed - I went from Concord about  in  in 1780, with the  the  last  last  time  time  to  to  Concord  Concord - was then at Concord in  the  the  time  time  when  when I always had till the last spring, when I returned to South Berkle in County of Hampshire, where I now live. I never had any written discharge - I do not know that any of the officers above named are living - He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State, or (if any,) only on that of the agency in the State of _____
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
By me Lemuel H. Kingsley Judge of Probate for Plymouth County We, Benjamin Barrett residing in the town of Northampton and residing in South Hadley hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Ephraim Bourn 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 neighbor- hood where he resided, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
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 abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Benjamin Barrett who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Physician resident in Northampton and that Oliver Noble who has also signed the same, is a resident in South Hadley and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. The seats of Dr. Barrett and Mr. Noble are in Massachusetts , where the
I, Saml F. Lyman Registrar of the Court of Probate 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.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this eighteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty- two . Saml. L. Lyman Register

I certify that the within named applicant Ephraim Brown is reported to be a man of veracity and that Samuel Dana Esq. within named is a justice of the Peace throughout the State of Massachusetts -
Geo. Greenell M.C.
Washington Jan 31. 1838 -

Ephraim Brown's Prelim. Declaration.

Eliz a Brown John Haddoni Esq r .
Edward Dickinson Esq uie Amherst [Signature]

John Hoome of Concord in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachu- setts, aged eighty one years, do testify and say That from the year 1775 a guard was constant- ly kept on duty in the town of Concord. - That this duty was performed by a com- pany called the minute Company raised in said Concord. That Ephraim Brown of said Concord, but recently of South Hadley in the County of Hampshire, was a member of said minute company. - The time that he was employed in doing guard duty, I cannot state -
Further testify I say that in the year 1777, said Brown volunteered under Capt John Pyttick, went to North Bridge and as far as Lake George, was at the capture of Burgoyne, and guided the troops captain to Cambridge and served with said Brown from the first of September 1777, until the troops captured, arrived in Cambridge, being as I believe the tenth Regiment, when said left the service; At the said Brown

continued in the Review after Sept. 8 cannot tell -
John Hosmer
Commonwealth of Massachusetts -
August 5. 1833 -
Middlesex ss. Then personally appeared the above named John Hosmer, a person to whom full faith & credit should be given, and made oaths that the foregoing deposition by him subscri- bed is true -
Before me Nathan Brooks Jus. of the Peace
Franklin County } Massachusetts } Aug 12. 1833
I certify that Nathan Brooks, who appears to have made his official signature, as a Magis- trate, is, as appears by the Massachusetts Register a justice of the peace throughout this Commonwealth. And I have no doubt he is such justice of the peace duly qualified
Geo. Pennell Jr Me. C.

Stephen Brown
Leland Hoar L Jilly Butlinchi Oso
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Edward Dickinson Esquire Amherst ms

Leonard Hoar of Lincoln in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy six years, do testify and say, That Ephraim Brown, late of Concord in said County of Middlesex, (but of South Hadley in the County of Hampshire, at the time of making his application for a pension as he alleges) was a soldier in the Army of the Revolution, that in the year 1779, he served in the Company commanded by Capt Samuel Heald, with me, that the term of service was either three or four months I cannot say which - That said Brown served in Providence R. I. and among the Islands during the full term of enlistment - I was with said Brown at the commencement and at the close of the said term of service, though we were separated from each other during a part of the service, I have no doubt he served the whole term of enlistment.
Leonard Hoar
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Middlesex ss. July 29. 1833 -
Then the above named Leonard Hoar, will hereafter come to be a person to whom full credit is to be given and made as to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed before me. Nathan Rootes for the Clerk

Willy Buttrick of Concord in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged 79 years, do testify and say, that in the 1777. Ephraim Mowen totally from Concord, enlisted into a company com- manded by John Buttrick, and served in the for the term of two months, as a fifer, at the time of the surrender of Burgoyne, served in the same company with Mowen. — That in the year 1776, said Mowen served in a company commanded by Lieut James Russell, for the term of one fortnight, with me, at Roxbury.
Willy Buttrick
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex ss. July 29 th A.D. 1833. Then the above named Willy Buttrick, well known to me to be a credible person, personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed.
Before me Nathan Brooks Esq. Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that Nathan Brooks Esq. whose official certificate is next above is noted in the Massachusetts Register as a Justice of the Peace throughout the Commonwealth I have no doubt he is such, and that the above is his signature Greenfield Mass. Aug 12 1833 Geo. Greenell Jr. M. C. —

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Clerk
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Left 24/7 Gordon Br Albany, N.Y.
File No. 12329
Ephraim Brown Sgt. Rev. War.
Act: June 1 st 1832
Index:—Vol. a , Page 48
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Secy 9- State's Certificate
Ephraim Brown
  Private  5 mns    Musicians  2 - 10 days    Sept  2     9-10  
Capt Head & Col Jacob Regt
  16 67    7 53    1 22    10 00    35 22    2    70 44    17 61    88 05  
Direct to
Samuel F. Dickinson Brookfield Co. of Hampshire Massachusetts.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, August 3, 1833.
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 Brown, as Sifer , is borne on a Roll of Capt. John Buttrick's Company, in Col. Reed's Regiment, detached from Col. Brooks' Regiment, to reinforce the army under Genl. Gates, at the Northward, September 20, 1777, - where he is allowed, for service and travel, one month and eleven days. m. d. 1..11
Ephraim Brown's name is borne also on a Pay-Roll of Capt. Samuel Heald's Company, in Col. John Jacobs' Regt. of Light Infantry, on duty at Rhode-Island, - having entered September 20, and being discharged November 20, 1779, - where he is allowed two months and four days' service. 2..4 End. Said Brown claims for further service 3..15 under Capt. Nathan Barrett, Lieut. James Russell, and Capt. Healey, - the rolls for which are not found in this Office. Edward D. Bangs Secy

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Ephraim Brown
The claimant has not stated with precision the length of his service. The mere circumstantial of his holding himself in readiness as a mounted man, to perform military service, will not entitle him to a pension. He should state how long he was in actual service .
Hon. Geo. Grennell Jr. Greenfield Mass

108 135
57 29
Application should be made to E. D. Bangs Secy of the State of Mass for evidence of the claimants min
Plains Office
July 12 1832

Explanatory Notes 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, deposeeth 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.

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES
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

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 shown 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.