Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 21,723, Eliphalet Burbank, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Burbank, Eliphalet Susannah
W 21,723
CONTENTS

Moaine. 8111
Susannah Burbank widow of Eliphalet —
who was a Private
in the Mass. Line —
Husl? died 4 th July 1816
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars —
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th . day of March 1847. and sent to Hon. John A. Seamon, Saco, Moaine.
[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. Z. Page 8.
2 Certs 1838, 187, 8 th .
Rep d

State of Maine } ss. County of Oxford }
On this Eighth day of January, A.D. 1847, personally appeared before me, Job Prince, Esquire, Judge of the Court of Probate in and for the said County of Oxford, Hannah Burbank, a resident of Gilead, in said County, aged seventy eighty-three 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 Acts of Congress passed July 7th, 1838, March 3 d 1843, and June 17th, 1844: That she is the widow of Eliphalet Burbank, who resided in the town of Bradford, in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts, in the Revolutionary War, and hailed from that town during all his Revolutionary Services, and who was a Private in the Company of Capt. John Peabody, of Colonel Ebenezer Francis' Regiment in the said War: That her said husband enlisted in said Corps and in said town of Bradford, as a Private and Volunteer, sometime in the month of August, 1776, for the term of three months: That her said husband soon after his enlistment marched with said Company to Cambridge on Dorchester Heights, near Boston, and continued serving there and around said Boston until the term of his enlistment expired, when he was honorably discharged and returned home to said Bradford.
She further declares, that after the discharge of her said husband from said Capt. Peabody's Company, he again entered the military service, and enlisted at said Bradford sometime in the Spring or Summer of the year 1780, as a Private and Volunteer - and according to the best of her recollection for the term of six months - into the Company of Capt. Jonathan Ayers, of Colonel -

Nathanial Wade's Regiment, and marched shortly after with said Company and Regiment to West Point, in the State of New York, and served there and in the vicinity of said West Point - doing his duty in said Corps - until sometime in the fall or winter next following, when the term of his enlistment expired and he was honorably discharged and again returned home to said Bradford.
She further declares that the above is all the Public Service performed by her said husband that she now has any recollection of, and that the difficulty of ascertaining the particulars of said service and obtaining evidence thereof, and other unavoidable causes - have hitherto prevented the presentation of her claim to the benefit of said named laws.
She further declares that she was married to said Eliphalet Burbank on the (not recorded) day of January, in the year seventeen hundred and eighty-one; that her husband, the aforesaid Eliphalet Burbank, died at said Gilead on the fourth day of July, A.D. 1816, at the age of fifty-six years: that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place prior to the first day of January, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, viz: at the time above stated - as will more fully appear by the proof hereto annexed.
Susanah Burbank
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year aforesaid - - the said Applicant being unable by reason of infirmity to appear in Court.
Before me - Job Prince , Judge of said Court.

I, Joseph Lary, of Gilead, in the County of Oxford and State of Maine, do on my oath testify and declare that I am in the eighty one year of my age: that I was well acquainted with Capt. Eliphalet Burbank, late of this town, who died here in the year of our Lord 1816, and who removed from the town of Bradford, in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts, in, I think, the year 1803 - and continued to reside here - a near neighbor of mine until his decease.
Said Capt. Burbank was one of the most upright men I ever knew, and I well recollect of often hearing him tell of his services and sufferings in the Army of the Revolutionary War, and of his having lost his wages for not far from a year of services - through the badness of the paper money with which he was paid. In particular I recollect of hearing him tell of his seeing Major Andros about the time he was taken as a spy, and how calm he was notwithstanding he knew he should be hung. Also of his having gone without food at one time for nearly three days, and that one Jonathan Savery (who afterwards lived to be pensioned) belonged to the same Regiment in which he (Capt. Burbank) served and gave out and fell down on one of their Marches, and that he, Burbank, then administered a little spirit to him, which so far revived him that he was enabled to complete the March. I also heard Capt. Burbank tell many other things about his Revolutionary Services, which I am now unable to recollect distinctly to my recollection.
And I do on my oath as aforesaid further testify and declare - that said Capt. Eliphalet Burbank left a widow at the time of his decease, named Susannah Burbank, who is now living in this town - still a widow - and has not intermarried since the decease of her husband, Eliphalet Burbank aforesaid.
Joseph Lary
Witnessed by,
James Burbank

State of Maine } ss. County of Oxford } ss.
On this eight day of January A. D. 1847 the above named Joseph Larey personally appeared before me the subscriber, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County of Oxford and signed the foregoing affidavit and made oath in due form of law to the truth of the same. And I certify that said affiant is a person of good character for truth and veracity and is personally well known to me as such. In testimony whereof, I the said Justice have hereunto set my hand the day and year herein written.
Jedediah Burbank, Justice of the Peace. State of Maine
Of proof ss & the subscriber Clerk of the judicial courts in & for the County of Oxford hereby certify that Jedediah Burbank whose proper signature is affixed to the foregoing deposition of Joseph Larey is a Justice of Peace within said County duly appointed and qualified as such and that full faith & credit are due to his acts as such. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name, and set the seal of said supreme judicial court this twenty ninth day of January A D 1847 Charles Andrews, Clerk as aforesaid

State of Maine.
Oxford ss:
I, the subscriber, Reg- ister of the Court of Probate within and for the County of Oxford aforesaid, it being a Court of Record, hereby certi- fy, that Job Prince, whose genuine sig- natures is affixed to the foregoing dec- laration, is Judge of said Court, and that full faith and credit are due to his acts as such, both in and out of Court.
In testimony whereof I hereunto sets my hand, and affix the seal of said Court. This ninth day of January in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty seven.
Geo. W. Shaw, Register.

13215
Susan Turnbank widow of Eliphaleet Mr
act 7 July 1838
Married 1787
Husband died 1816
The deed of the sale of of some of the  lands  that 13 hectares was made on the  day 18 Oct 1776 and his name was not mentioned in the  deed until some of that  year it therefore supposed that he was  alive on that  night  but  some  time  after 18 Oct - 6 mo later he died

Extract from the Record of Marriages of the town of Bradford, in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts -
Seventeen hundred eightyone January Eliphalet Burbank and Susanna Barker both of Bradford were Married
I certify that the above is a true extract from the Record of Marriages of said town of Bradford, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the Record in fair and legible letters and figures as follows, viz: - 1781 Jan - Eliphalet Burbank and Susanna Barker both of Bradford were Married
Moses Foster Jr, Town Clerk
I, Moses Foster Jr, above named, depose and say that I hold the Office of Clerk of the above named town of Bradford and that the above is a true extract from the Record of Marriages of said town, with the exception above named, as certified by me
Moses Foster Jr { Town Clerk of the said town of Bradford.
State of Massachusetts, } ss. November 16, 1846. County of Essex
Then personally appeared the above named Moses Foster Jr, who is personally well known to me the subscriber as Town Clerk of said town of Bradford, and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed. Before me, - Geo. Savary - Justice of the Peace

March 6, 1925.
Mrs. Milton Brittain, 3213-13th St., N. W., Washington, D. C.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in Revolutionary War pension claim, W.21723 , it appears that Eliphalet Burbank was born at Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts, and resided there during the Revolution.
He enlisted in August 1776 and served three months as private in Captain John Peabody's Company, Colonel Ebenezer Francis' Massachusetts Regiment.
He served from July 7 to October 10, 1780, as private in Captain Jonathan Ayers' Company, Colonel Nathaniel Wade's Massachusetts Regiment.
Soldier married at Bradford, Massachusetts, in January 1781, Susanna or Susanah Barker who was born at said Bradford. He died at Gilead, Oxford County, Maine, July 4, 1816, aged fifty-six years, and the widow, Susanna, was allowed pension on her application executed January 8, 1847, while a resident of said Gilead, aged eighty-

three years.
In 1847 reference was made to a son, Jedediah, of Oxford County, Maine.
Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.

8 line Mass
Rev WIDOW, &c.
Dec 14 '9 A.B. Coffin Boston
His to Jersey City, N.J.
File No. 21723
Sarah Burbank Widow of Eliphalet Burbank Rev. Rev. War
Apr. 18, 1905 - Mrs. A.N. Lary - 1925, mch. 6 - Heir to Mrs. Milton Brittain 1927 Feb. 14 Heir to Rufus J. Coffin
Act March 3d 43 June 14th 44
Index: Vol. A , Page 106
[Arrangement of 1870.]

V N 13215 Susannah Burbank Mrs Lib. to James Gregory Hee. 13th - 1847.
act 7 July 1838

Maine. 10.214.
Rep d .
Susannah Burbank Widow of Elishalet Burbank who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 4 th July, 1816 of Oxford, in the State of Maine who was a Res d . in the Company commanded by Captain Peabody of the Reg t . commanded by Col t Francis in the Mass. line for 6 mos.
Inscribed on the Roll of Portland at the rate of 20 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th day of March 1836 and sent to Hon. J. F. Scammon, Saco, Maine.
Total amount, $ 100.
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by N. H. Wood, Clerk, Book D. Vol. 1. Page 1.

No. 13215 - 9217 1342
Susannah Burbank widow of Eliphalet
Mr
act 7 July 1838
Adm rs 6 mo fin $20 00 / 100 per annum
Adm rs acts 3 March 1843 and 17 June 1844 $20 00 / 100 per annum
Hon John H. Seaman
Saco
Mr.

H o of Hon. Washington D.C. -
March 3, 10 P.M. 1847
Sir, I have just received the inclosed letter from Hon James Gregory of Marblehead Massa- chussetts - Will you have the goodness to take it into consider- ation & reply to him -
If I mistake not I presented a petition or certificate of Mrs Bryan- ton of Bristol, Maine, for a pen- sion, some time in the course of last session, but was not informed of your decision thereon.
Please inform me as soon as convenient. Respectfully Yrs
John H. Samson
Hon James H. Edwards Com of Pensions

Asford Co. died 4 th July 1816.
Capt d Paulody Col Francis

Marblehead, January 22 d 1847.
Honored Sir:
I have the Honor to forward to the Pension Office, herewith, the Declaration and accompanying papers of Susannah Burbank, of Gilead, in the County of Oxford and State of Maine - made with the view of claiming the benefit of the law of July 7 th . 1838, and the acts in addition thereto - by and through the Revolutionary Services of her late husband, Eliphalet Burbank, deceased.
Both Mrs. Burbank and her said husband were born and brought up in the town of Bradford, in this County, and removed to said Gilead before it was incorporated, more than forty years ago - as will be seen by the evidence in the case. The widow's son, Sedediah Burbank Esq. - a respectable Magistrate of the said County of Oxford - wrote to the undersigned nearly four years ago respecting the claim of his mother, and at the same time named the leading particulars of it; but various causes - named in the widow's Declaration - have hitherto prevented the presentation of it.

I am, with very great respect, Your Honors' humble servt. James Gregory
James L. Edwards Esq Commission of Pensions, Washington, D. C.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston January 22 1847
I hereby Certify , That at the date of the annexed attestation George Sarary was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Essex,
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; 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.
J. G. Sleeper
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston;
April 23. 1846.
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 Elisha Burbank is Bradsford is borne upon a Pay Roll due to Capt John Peabody's Company, in Col Ebenezer Francis's Regt, for travel into Camp & home as a private. — 2 days travel — Said Roll is dated "Dorchester Heights — 1776" — It appears from a List of Officers of Companies, in said Col Francis's Regt, that said Capt Peabody marched with his Company to join Col Ebenezer Francis's Regt, August 7. 1776 — and also that said Capt Peabody's Company, numbered 66 men , including Officers, which answers to the number of names of Officers and men borne upon travel Roll mentioned above — And it further appears from a Return of Officers in said Col Francis's Regt, that said Capt Peabody

6 mo 7 Aug 1776 15 Oct 1776 2 mo 11 day
was with his Company at Dorchester Heights, October 18 1776. upon a Pay Roll of Capt Jonathan Hyslop Company, in Col Nathaniel Wade Regt from the County of Essex same
3 mo 15 3-2
for 3 Months, as a private from July 7 to October 10 1780, including allowance of 12 days to return home, 3 Months + 15 days
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 appli- cation, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
The pro- ceedings in all the evidence of service of any one of the names shown by the Military Records in this Office.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Jeh 9 Rogers Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES, MADE widow of the BY THE PARTY WHO RENDERED THE SERVICE.
State of Maine County of Oxford , Town of Gilead .
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to, furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office, of my services in the war of the Revolution. late husband, Elephalet Burbaud He was born in the town of Bradford, in the County of Oxford and State of Massachusetts , and belonged to that town during all his Revolutionary services, and he enlisted from the town of Bradford , in the County of Oxford and State of Massachusetts , in the year 1776, as a Private in the Company commanded by Captain John Peabody in Col. Francis Regiment and I served as follows,* viz:— at Cambridge and around Boston for the period of three months , from the first part of the month of September, 1776, to sometime in the month of December following, when the term of his enlistment expired and he returned home to Bradford.
After the last named period of her service he again enlisted for the term of six months , sometime in the month of May or June, 1780, into the Company of Capt. Jonathan Ayers , of Col. Nathaniel Wade's Regiment , and marched soon after to West Point, in the State of New York , and he served at and in the
*Here describe as fully as may be, the length of service, the rank &c. of the claimant, or the capacity in which he served, and all other particulars known.

— vicinity of that Post until the term of his enlistment expired, when he was discharged and again returned home to said Bradford.
The above is all the Revolutionary Service performed by my said late husband, Eliphalet Burbank, that I can at present recollect, but he might have performed more, and I may — by reason of my old age and infirmities — have forgotten it.
I am now 82 years old, and my memory does not enable me to state said late husband's my services more fully than above stated.
And I do hereby constitute James Gregory , of Marblehead, Massachusetts my Attorney in the premises.
WITNESS my hand, this sixth day of February A. D. 1846
Signed by said Susannah Burbank in my presence, James Burbank
Nedediah Burbank { JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. for the County of Oxford, State of Maine.
Susannah Burbank

L. W. B. W. 21723.
This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
December 14, 1898.
Sir:-
In response to your recent communication you are advised that Susannah, widow of Eliphalet Burbank, made an application for pension on January 8th, 1847, at which time she was 83 years of age and residing in Oxford County, Maine, and her pension was allowed for the actual service of her husband as a private in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary war, for a period of six months. He enlisted at Bradford, Mass., and served under Capt. Peabody and Col. Francis.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. A. Burbank Coffin,
27 School Street,
Boston, Mass.

Marblehead. Mass.
Dec. 16 / 25.
Commissioner of Pensions. Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir -
Please send me a copy of the record relating to Eliphalet Burbank.
I am trying to trace my line of ancestry so as to join the D.C.R's. I understand his wife received a pension for many years.
My address is.
29 Lincoln Ave.
Marblehead.
Mass.
Mrs. Rupert J. Coffin -

Telephone inquiry Feb. 18. 1920 - Mrs Milton J. Brittain 3213. 13 th St N.W. Wash. D.C.
wants to know if there is a Rev. War record of Eliphalet Burbank. who enlisted from Mass

Mid File 21,923
Jersey City, April 8 th 1905; Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C. Sir:-
For the purpose of establishing the fact that I am eligible to membership in the Daughters of the Revolution I find it necessary to prove that Elishalet Burbank was a soldier in the Revolutionary war.
My information is that he enlisted from Bradford, Mass. in Nov 1776 and served under Capt. Peabody and Col. Francis and that Susannah Burbank, his wife, applied for a pension on Jan 8 th 1847 being at that time a resident of Oxford Co. Maine.
Will you be so kind as to send me a copy of the application and granting of the pension.
Yours very Respectfully Mrs. A. H. Lang. 57 Borraem Ave. Jersey City Heights, N. J.

OLD WARD NOV 12 1898 BOSTON
27 School St. Boston Mass.
Nov. 16 1898
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly inform me if a pension was granted to Susannah Burbank, widow of Eliphalet Burbank who was a soldier in the Revolution from Bradford, Mass. and to what Company & Regiment he belonged. In the published index at our State House, of Revolutionary Soldiers, there are two of the same name & about the same age. My great grandfather, Eliphalet Burbank married Susannah Barker. But I cannot decide to which Co. & Regt. he belonged. A reply will much oblige, Yours respectfully.
H. Burbank Coffin