Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33,997, Ebenezer Batten, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass.
Batten, Ebenezer
S. 33,997
CONTENTS

16. 034 Massachusetts Ebenezer Batten
of Gloucester in the state of Massachusetts who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Little of the Massachusetts line, for the term of One Year
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 13 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 26. of Novr 1818 and sent to William Henson Esq Gloucester Massachusetts
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1819. 136 50 Semi-ann. all'ce ending Mar 1820. 48 00 17/110 2/30 $184 53
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
William Henson Esq John Lee Esq Oct 18 1820

✓ Eb Batten
Enlisted May 1775 20 months
Ebenezer Batten Private 76 to 77 Little Napa Reg.
Admitted
Admissible
There were no enlistments prior to Dec. 1775 for a longer period than 6 months
Nov 1819. His years service now certified

State of Massachusetts
I Ebenezer Batten a Citizen of the United States, now resident at Gloucester in the County of Essex in the State aforesaid, do on oath testify and declare, that in the War of the Revolution, on about the month of May in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred & sixty five
I entered and was engaged in the land service of the United States on the continental establishment, and served accordingly from that time to about the month of January in the year Seventeen hundred & sixty seven
as a private against the common enemy, without any interruption or absence: that I belonged to Captain Warner Company in Colonel Little Regiment in the Massachusetts line
and that I left the service on 1 st month of January being honorably discharged
and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life and poverty, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support, being now of the age of sixty five years. I have no other evidence in my power to offer than is herewith exhibited, that I enlisted in the first place in May A.D. 1745 for a term of eight months, & served accordingly, at the expiration of which term, I again enlisted, to wit in the month of January A.D. 1746, into the same company & regiment for a term of one year, & served accordingly & was honorably discharged, as aforesaid.
And I hereby relinquish all claim to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, if any may be or hath been so allowed.
Attest W. Wetmore
Eb:
Batten mark
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this third day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen Pursuant to a law of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," made and passed on the 18th of March, A. D. 1818, personally appeareth before me
the Subscriber one of the Associate Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit within the State aforesaid & presiding pro vice
the abovenamed Ebenezer Batten and after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, he maketh oath to the declaration aforesaid, and subscribes the same in my presence; and, on examination duly made by me the said Judge, it appeareth to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true. In testimony
Whereof I hereunto affix my name & the seal of said Court. I also certify that the within named Deponents are credible witnesses I have been duly sworn & are disinterested.
June 15 1818
Wm Wetmore
I further

I further certify, the evidence in this case, as to the service for one year, which is herunto annexed, and that it appears to my satisfaction that the declaration aforesaid of the said Batten in this behalf, is supported by the evidence & is true, & that he is still so poor and in such reduced circumstances in life, as that he stands, in need of the assistance of his country for his support. Witness my hand & the seal of the Court aforesaid as within affixed, this first — day of November, A.D. 1819. —
Tom Wetmore

We the Subscribers testify that the within named De- clarant is supported at the expence of the town of Glou- cester as one of the poor of S d Town -
John H. Morse Overseer Ebenezer Dake of the Poor
Sworn to 3 rd Apr 1818
before me W m Wetmore Judge

16,034
Ebenezer Batten Nov 1819 cont Sep 25 1820
Em

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas of the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Salem, within and for the County of Essex, on the third Monday of June, A. D. 1820.
Present, Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Chief Justice.
Hon. WILLIAM WETMORE, and
Hon. STEPHEN MINOT, Associate Justices.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Ebenezer Batten resident in Gloucester in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 16,034 — now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
"I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, Ebenezer Batten of Gloucester, state of Massachusetts late a private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the third day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
***** "Given at the War Office of the United States, this twenty sixth day of November one thousand eight hundred and nineteen ***** b. Vandeventer, acting SECRETARY , Secretary of War."
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit,
He has no estate, real or personal, nor income, nor debts due to him — He is forgetful, does not know his age, but believes it to be 70 years — has been blind 20 years & not able to do any thing; is a pauper & has been wholly supported in the Almshouse above 5 years past.
He served as a private during the Revolutionary war in Capt. Nathaniel Warner's company in Col: Moses Little's Regiment in the Massachusetts line all the year 1776
Ebenezer his X Batten mark
Sworn to & declared before Wm Wetmore Judge above named

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. William Wetmore a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, Ebenezer Batten do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. So help me GOD.
Ebenezer Batten mark
Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. June, Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed Ebenezer Batten took and subscribed the aforewritten Oath before me,
Wm Wetmore
Judge of said Court.
I, ICHABOD TUCKER, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is nothing dollars
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Salem, in said County of Essex, on this 17th day of July — A. D.
1820
Attn
Ichabod Tucker Clk

33.997 Rev INVALID
File No. 88,997
Ebenezer Batten
Rev Rev Wad
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 97
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I Henry Wotton of Gloucester in the county of Essex and commonwealth of Massachusetts, do on oath testify— That in the year 1775 in November I joined captain Nathaniel Warner's company, colonel Little's 12th Massachusetts Regiment in the Massachusetts Line and served therein for one year, viz to December 1776; and to my knowledge Ebenezer Batten, now a pauper in the Alms House in this town, served as a private soldier in said Warner's company the whole term of one year; and that the aforesaid Ebenezer Batten is, to my knowledge, the same identical person who served as above testified
Henry Wotton
Essex Js. June 10. 1818. Personally appeared Henry Wotton I made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed. Col. Lonson Nash, Jus. Paris
Essex Js, I certify that Henry Wotton is known to me as a credible  just and disinterested witness. M ch Lonson Nash, Jus. Paris.

I John Hardy, a citizen of Gloucester in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts do on oath testify; that I was a private in the 8 months service in the Revolutionary war and my time expired in February. 1776; that Ebenezer Batten, who has made the within written declaration, is a townsman, with whom I am intimately acquainted; that to my knowledge he enlisted in the month of January 1776, as a private, to serve one year, in Capt. Nathaniel Warner's company in Col. Moses Little's Regiment on the Continental establishment in the Massachusetts line; that I am well convinced and fully believe that he served the full term of one year therein from his enlistment as a good and faithful soldier and was honorably discharged at the expiration of said service. I further testify that Eben. Batten above named is the identical person who enlisted and served as above testified. John Hardy
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Essex Gloucester ss Be it known, that on this tenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, Before me John Rogers, - Notary Public, by legal Authority admitted and sworn, and dwelling in Gloucester in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, personally came and appeared the above-named John Hardy - a person of truth, and disinterested, as I believe and made solemn oath to the truth of the above declaration, by him subscribed -
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Notarial Seal, the 2nd year last above written.
John Rogers - V. Public

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Batten, John GRADE Private LINE Hazen's Regiment
WARRANT NUMBER 12803 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED January 17 1794 to — not shown —
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Patterson, John GRADE Private LINE Pennsylvania
WARRANT NUMBER 8981 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED May 16, 1791 to — not shown —
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.