Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14264, Hezekiah Battel, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Battel, Hezekiah or Battle
W. 14264
Mary
CONTENTS

1820. Massachusetts.
Mary Battle widow of Hezekiah Battle Mar who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Spit & Fifer
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 61. Dollars 33.
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6. day of Sept. 1848. and sent to
Y. S. Bulfinch Boston Mass
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 7, Vol. 2.
Reported

Henry Battle's Pension Application - 1838
3057
a roll with 10 entries 1775 to 1783 a roll with 10 entries 1775 to 1783
admitted fife 8 mo 21 ds $31.90 front 8 mo 25 ds 29.43 $61.33
Report to the subscriber at Dedham Mass ts
Yrs J. G. Ellis
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written Henry Battle Heane J. Babson

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. County of Norfolk.
I Jonathan H. Cobb Register of the Court of Probate for said County of Norfolk hereby certify that Sherman Leland is Judge of said Court of Probate & that William Ellis is a justice of the Peace within & for the County of Norfolk & that their respective signatures to the papers annexed are genuine & true. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court of Probate this sixth day of November A.D. 1838 Jonathan H. Cobb

State of Massachusetts, County of Norfolk, ss.
On this fourth day of September A. D. 1838, personally appeared in open Court before the Hon. Sherman Leland, Judge of the Court of Probate in and for said County of Norfolk, Mary Battle a resident of Dover in said County, aged seventy six 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 Act of Congress, passed July 7th, A. D. 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and Pensions to certain Widows."
VIZ.—I Mary Battle of Dover in the County of Norfolk, and State of Massachusetts, being seventy six years of age, declare and say, that I am the Widow of Hezekiah Battle late of Dover aforesaid deceased, who rendered military services to the United States in the Revolutionary war, and which according to my own recol- lection and the best evidence within my knowledge, were performed as follows, viz:—
one week's service as drummer in Capt. Ebeneser Battle's company, beginning on the nineteenth of April A.D. 1775— this service at Cambridge and other places near Boston the first of the war.
Also eight months service as Piper at Cambridge and the neighbouring towns of Boston where the Enemy lay, in Capt. Daniel Whiting's company, that this service began in the early part of May A.D. 1775 and ended about about the first of January A.D. 1776—
Also one month's service either as Drummer or Soldier at Dorchester Hill in Capt. Ebeneser Battle's company, in the month of March 1776—
Also one month and one week's service, as Piper or soldier at Rhode Island in said Ebeneser Battle's company or the company of Capt. John Bacon Col. Berg. Hawes Regiment, rendered in the months October and November A.D. 1777
Also nine months service as Soldier or private either in the company of Capt. John Ellis or the company of Capt. Bensen, Col. Rufus Putnam. Regiment—That this term of nine months service, was rendered at West Point in the state of New York and at some other places in that vicinity and some in the state of New Jersey, and between the month of June A.D. 1778 and the month of March A.D. 1779—
Making the amount of service claimed for, nineteen and a half months—
That to my knowledge, the said Hezekiah Battle my late husband, never received any Pension or gratuity from the United States or from any State, and I believe he rendered the services aforesaid as a volunteer—That I have not been able to find among the living any person, who served with said Hezekiah Battle in some of the aforesaid terms of service, to testify in behalf of my claim, and all the proof in my power to obtain is herewith transmitted—and that the said Hezekiah Battle always belonged to, and had his home, on the territory of Dover where he lived & died.
And I further declare and say, That my maiden name was Mary Mansell that I was lawfully married to the said Hezekiah Battle on the seventeenth day of October A. D. 1782, that my late husband the said Hezekiah Battle died at Dover aforesaid on the twenty second day of March A. D. 1819 and that I have remained a widow ever since that period. That I was not married to him the said Hezekiah Battle prior to his leaving the service aforesaid, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz at the time above stated.
Mary Battle
Sworn to, and subscribed on the day and year above Written Before S. Leland Probate

"Married Mr Jeremiah Battle and Miss Mary Mansell both of Dedham"
I, Ralph Sanger, of Dover, in the County of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, being of lawful age, hereby depose & say, that I am at this time the Stationary Clergyman of said Dover and have in my custody & keeping the Church Records of said Town, that the foregoing extract, showing the marriage of Jeremiah Battle and Mary Mansell, is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows-
"October 17 1782"
Dover was a part of Dedham till 1784
Ralph Sanger Clergyman of Dover
State of Massachusetts County of Norfolk ss
August 28 th - 1838. Then personally appeared the above named Ralph Sanger known to the subscriber as a respectable Clergyman and a credible Witness. subscribed to and made Oath that the matters of Records and date set forth in the foregoing statement by him subscribed, are just and true.
Before me H. Ellis Justice of Peace

Jonathan Battelle of Bauer in the County of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, being seventy seven years of age, hereby testify and say, that I was personally acquainted with Hereshiah Battle when the revolutionary war began, he was an elder Brother of mine, and I know the fact that he left home when the war broke out April 19 th 1775, and marched off with a company soldiers commanded by our Father Capt n Ebenezer Battle and was out in that service I believe, from six to ten days and returned home. I did not serve in the company with him - he went this time as a Drummer - And I further say, I remember that said Hereshiah Battle engaged as a fifer and went into the first eight months service under Capt n Daniel Whiting and believe he served out that term of service. I paid him a visit at Prospect Hill in Cambridge near Boston while in that service, in the year A.D. - 1775. And I further say that said Hereshiah Battle served either as Soldier or Drummer for one or two months, at Dorchester Hill in the months of February or March or both, in the year A.D. 1776 I did not serve with him at this time, but I believe that said Capt n Ebenezer Battle was the Captain under whom this service was rendered -
And I further say that said Hereshiah Battle engaged and left home and marched for Rhode Island in the fall of the year 1777, and was absent for several weeks, whether he went as fifer or Soldier I do not recollect, nor can I say with certainty under what Captain he performed this tour of service -
And I further say that said I well recollect that said Hereshiah Battle engaged as a Soldier for a term of nine months and left home with several others, and joined the Continental Army at or near New York, as I was then informed - I was not in this service myself, but recollect he informed me when he returned home that his Colonel was Rufus Putnam or that his Colonel's name was Putnam - that according to my best recollection this service was performed in the year 1778 or 1779 -
And I further say, I remember that our said Father Capt n Ebenezer Battle went on to Castle Island in Boston Bay for one or two months in the time of the Revolutionary war, but what year it was, or whether my said Brother Hereshiah served under him in that service I can not say. That since the Revolutionary war myself and family, petitioned for, and was authorized by the Court, to take the name of Battelle from that time forward, which makes the difference in our names since that Period.
Jonathan Battelle
State of Massachusetts County of Norfolk ss.
November 3-1838. Then personally appeared the above named Jonathan Battelle a man of the first respectability of his town, and a credible Witness, and subscribed to and made oath, that the matter set forth in the foregoing Statement is, according to his best recollection and belief, true - -in every part thereof. Before me J. G. Ellis Justice of Peace

I Josiah Draper of Dover in the County of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, being eighty years of age, hereby testify and say, that I was personally acquainted with Hezekiah Battle late of said Dover dec d  in the year 1775 and I further say that I am knowing to the fact, that said Hezekiah Battle engaged for, and served as a Fifer for the term of eight months, at Cambridge near Boston, in Captain Daniel Whiting's Company and Col Jon n Brewer Regiment, that this service began in the early part of May 1775, and ended about the first of January A.D. 1776, and the reasons why I know the above facts are, because I served as Drummer in said Capt n Daniel Whiting's Company - with said Hezekiah Battle during the eight months service aforesaid, and I further say, that I distinctly recollect, that said Hezekiah Battle engaged as a Soldier for a term of nine months and left his home & said he was going to the state of New Jersey and was absent a long time, my belief is he served for the time he engaged for, I recollect seeing him a few miles from his residence before he arrived to his home, but I did not serve with him in that tour of service - . And I further testify and say that I lived a near neighbor to said Hezekiah Battle for many years before his death, he died at Dover aforesaid some time in the month of March in the year 1819, and I know the fact, that Mary Battle the widow of said Hezekiah Battle has not intermarried since her said husband's death, But remains the widow of said Hezekiah Battle at the present time - .
Josiah Draper
State of Massachusetts County of Norfolk ss.
September 26 th 1838. Then personally appeared the above named Josiah Draper, an intelligent man, and a credible Witness who at the same time, subscribed to, and made Oath, that the matter set forth in the foregoing statement by him so subscribed, is true - .
Before me - W m Ellis Justice of Peace

2828 Mary Battle Claim Act of March 3 d 1843
adm d P 61. 33
Please to report the result to the subscriber at _____ Dedham Mass Ms.
Yrs. Affec y (W. Ellis)

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, July 19 1843
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the attestation hereto attached, William Eli; was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Norfolk,
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; 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.
Isaac A. Dole
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

State of Massachusetts County of Norfolk ss
On This twentyfirst day of April A.D. 1843. Personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the Peace in and for said County Mary Battle — a resident of Dover — in said County of Norfolk aged eighty one — years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed March 3 A.D. 1843, granting Pensions to certain widows of officers & soldiers, who served in the Revolutionary War.
viz That she is the widow of Hezekiah Battle late of Dover Mass ts dec who as Piper or Soldier, rendered military services to the United States in the Revolutionary war, and who died March 22. 1822. That she is the identical Mary Battle who made application for a Pension under the Act of Congress of July 7 th 1838, and in the month of November A.D. 1838, transmitted to the U.S. Pension Department with her said Application the requisite Proofs of said Hezekiah Battle's Revolutionary Services, and the proof of her lawful marriage to him the said Hezekiah Battle her late husband dec, That she subsequently received a Certificate, granting her a Pension of $61.33 per annum for a term of five years. from March 4 th 1836 — to March 4 th A.D. 1841. That she received the amount of said Pension and at receipt of the last payment thereof, she surrendered her Certificate to the Agent of the United States for paying Pensions in Boston in the State of Massachusetts, That she has not intermarried since the death of her said husband, but continues the widow of said Hezekiah Battle dec, and that she is now eightyone years of age.
Mary Battle
Sworn to, and subscribed, before the subscriber, on the day and year first above written, and I further certify, that the above named applicant, Mary Battle, is personally known to me to be the identical person who was pensioned under the Act of July 7 th A.D. 1838, as she has above stated
William Ellis Justice of the Peace

M. Battle
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2957
admitted
G. S. Bulfinch Boston Mass

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2d February, 1848, entitled, "An act making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution."
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss. Norfolk COUNTY, }
On this Eleventh day of August 1848, personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county aforesaid,
Mary Battle a resident of Dover in the county of Norfolk aforesaid aged Eighty Eight years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Zekechiah Battle who was a resident of Dover and who was a private and fifer in the War of the Revolution and is the identical person who drew a pension under the Act of 17th June, 1844, on account of the Revolutionary service of her late husband aforesaid, at the rate of sixty one dollars and thirty three cents per annum.
She further declares that she is still a widow.
Mary  her  X Battle mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day } Before me, and year above written, }
In presence of Abigail Wood Daniel Mann  Daniel Mann Justice of the Peace.
I Certify , That the declarant is personally known to me, a widow and a pensioner, as she declares.
Daniel Mann Justice of the Peace.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss. Norfolk COUNTY, }
I, Ezra Sampson Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court, of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Daniel Mann is a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified ; and that his signature, above written, is genuine.
Given under my hand, and the Seal of said Court, this fourteenth day of August 18 48 .
Ezra Sampson
CLERK.
Kelso

Ms. A. 9. 2. 10
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston August 22 1848
I hereby Certify , That at the date of the annexed attestation (Daniel Mann) was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Norfolk,
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.
Wm Lloyd Secretary of the Commonwealth.

James L. Edwards Esq U.S. Com r of Pensions Washington City

Dedham Mass tt Nov 6 th 1838
Sir
Herewith is transmitted the Pension application of Mary Battle of Dover Mass tt - and if any further inquiry or explanation is required, Please to inform the Subscriber at Dedham Mass tt - to whom the result of this case is to be reported -.
Respectfully yours
Ob t Servant W m Ellis

Jas. L. Edwards Esq

Jas. L. Edwards Esq. Comm r of Pensions. Sir,
Merchants Bank 22 Aug t 1848
Enclosed are the Declarations made by the following named widows; in order to obtain the Benefit of the Act of Congress of 2 Feb y 1848. They wish that their Pension Certificates may be sent to my care.
List.
Battle Mary Brigham Eunice Brown Sarah Burnham Mary Dickenson Jerusha Dyer Ruth
Gibson Relief Harding Mary Lesure Hannah Long Elizabeth Simonds Abigail Stow Ruth.
I remain Very Respectfully Your obed t serv t
G. S. Bulfinch

Ray
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 14264
Mary Battle Widow of Hezekiah Battle Priv. Rev. War
Act: Feb. 2 d 1878
Index:—Vol. A , Page 34
[Arrangement of 1870.]

2957 Massachusetts
Mary Battle widow of Hezekiah Battle who was a private and fifer in the Massachusetts Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 61 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of Nov r 1843 and sent to
Wm m Ellis Dedham Mass ts
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 37

2857
Massachusetts
Mary Battle widow of Hezekiah Battle
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 22 d March 1819 of Norfolk Co. in the State of Mass. who was a Fifer in the Compy y commanded by Captain Benson of the Regt. commanded by Col. Putnam in the War. time for 8 most 25 days Private 8 " & 21 " Fifer
Inscribed on the Roll of a Mass a at the rate of 61 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th day of May 1839 and sent to Edw. Needham Mass a
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 39, $183.99 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept. 39 30.66 $214.65
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by H. H. Addison Clerk, Book A Vol. 1 st Page 72