Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14,395, Ezra Briggs, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Briggs, Ezra Lydia
N 14,395
CONTENTS

Massachusetts - 2090
Lydia Briggs
widow of Ezra Briggs Maj who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 2 nd November 1815 of Plymouth in the State of Mass s who was a P vt in the Company commanded by Captain Loper of the Reg t commanded by Colonel Dorr in the Mass s line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th day of March '39, and said widow J. D. Dorr Pension
Arrears to the 4 th of March - $ 240.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 40.00 $ 280.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838.
Recorded by R. Burdick Clerk, Vol. 1 - Page 71

Briggs
Mass.
act 7 July 38
adm
2 years pri
SSA
No deduction
Hon. J. Q. Adams
Present
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M 13.173 - 3 days ap 95 Cha 17.235 - June 76 to 76 reinf. Cont. Army Wf. Rolls - 79 - 1 aug to 1 may 80 - 9 mo Pro 80 - 6 chambers 5 Flowers 5

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hanover, Plymouth, County, August 30 th 1838
Ezra Briggs jun r of Hanover and Lydia Southward of Duxbury were married by Rev d John Mellen March, first seventeen hundred and eighty nine
I certify that the above extract 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 March 1 st 1789.
Albert White Clerk of the town of Hanover.
I Albert White above-named depose and say that I hold the office of Clerk in the town of Hanover County & State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town, with the exception above named, as certified by me
Albert White Clerk of the town of Hanover
Sworn before me Eben t Simmons Justice of the Peace

I Clement Bates of Hanover in the County of Plymouth & State of Massachusetts, aged Eighty three years on oath do testify & say that I was a Soldier in the War of the Revolution. I served Six months at Marshfield & Scituate in said County commencing soon after the battle of Bunker Hill in Capt. Joseph Sopers Company in 1775. Ezra Briggs was in the same Company with me, and served the same term of Six months. We were fellow townsmen both belonging to Hanover County aforesaid. He was quite a young man less than twenty years of age I should think at the time he served with me. I knew him afterwards in life & he died according to my recollection some where about twenty years ago leaving a Widow. I knew his father Ezra Briggs but he never served in the army to my knowledge.
Attest Albert White
Clement his Bates mark
Plymouth ss August th 31 st 1838 Then personally appeared the above-named Clement Bates and made Oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed.
I certify that the above-named Clement Bates is a credible person.
Before me
Albert White
{ Justice of the Peace

I Experianer Curtis of Hanover in the County of Plymouth & State of Massachusetts aged eighty three years on Oath do testify & say that I well knew Ezra Briggs of Hanover aforesaid, I have always lived in his immediate neighbourhood. I knew when he was married but cannot recollect the date. He married Lydia Southward, He was then known at home as Ezra Briggs jun r . He had a father then living who died about the year Eighteen hundred & four. He was a man who seldom went from home. He never served in the Revolutionary War. I was then about twenty years of age & perfectly well recollect that his son Ezra Briggs was absent in the Army several campaigns
Attest Albert White
Experianer her  for Curtis mark
Plymouth ss September 1 st 1830 Then personally appeared the above-named Experianer Curtis and made Oath as the truth of the above affidavit by her subscribed & certify that the above-named Experianer Curtis is a credible person
Before me Albert White
Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hanover, Plymouth County August th 30 th 1830
" Ezra Briggs Died November the second in the year eighteen hundred & fifteen aged fifty eight "
I certify that the above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date, which is expres- -sed on the record in fair legible figures, as follows: November 2 nd 1815
Albert White Clerk of the town of Hanover
I Albert White above-named depose and say that I hold the office of Clerk in the town of Hanover County & State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town with the exception above- -named as certified by me
Albert White Clerk of the town of Hanover
Sworn before me
Ebenezer L. Garrison Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth County. I Susanna Gardner of Hanover County and State aforesaid Aged sixty six Years on Oath do testify & say that I was well acquainted with Ezra Briggs late of Hanover in said County deceased, who has left a Widow whose name is Lydia Briggs who is now living & has not been married since the decease of her husband the aforesaid Ezra Briggs. She is the same person whose maiden name was Lydia Southward
Susanna Gardner
Plymouth ss September 11 th 1830 Then personally appeared the above-named Susanna Gardner and made Oath to the truth of the above affidavit by Subscribed. I certify that she is a credible person.
Before me Albert White { Justice of the Peace

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Hon J. Q Adams present.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Plymouth Y.
On this twenty eighth day of August in the Year One thousand eight hundred & thirty eight before the Court of Probate for said County personally appeared Lydia Briggs a resident of Hanover in said County, aged seventy two 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 7. 1838 entitled "An Act granting half pay Pension to certain Widows", That she is the Widow of Ezra Briggs deceased who was a Soldier of the Revolution & served six months in Capt Joseph Soper's Company at Scituate & Marshfield in the Year 1775 commencing immediately after the battle of Bunker Hill.
Said Ezra Briggs was also one of the men raised in said town of Hanover for the Continental Army for the term of nine months by virtue of a Resolve of the General Court of Massachusetts of June 9. 1779.
Said Briggs also served six months in Capt Seth Stowers Company at Narragansett in Rhode Island in 1777.
Said Ezra Briggs was also one of the men raised in said town of Hanover for the six months service for the Continental Army by virtue of a Resolve of the General Court of Massachusetts passed June 23. 1780.
She cannot state the names of any Officers nor the particular places where he served but he performed the periods last named the terms for which he enlisted as she is informed & believes. Said Ezra Briggs also served five months at Cortlands Manor in New York as a private in Capt Treadwell Chamberlain's Company in Col. Cary's Regiment in the latter part of the summer or fall of the Year 1776.

She further declares that she was married to the said Ezra Briggs on the first day of December in the Year One thousand seven hundred & eighty nine that her husband the aforesaid Ezra Briggs died on the second day of November in the Year One thousand eight hundred & fifteen that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January in the Year Seventeen hundred & ninety four at the time above stated.
Sydney H. Briggs mark
Sworn & subscribed the day & year first above written Before me Willis Wood J. Prob.
Plymouth Y. I Jacob H. Lord Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Hon. Willis 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 Court of Probate for said County this eighteenth day of October 1838
Jacob H. Lord

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 14 395
Sydia Briggs Widow of Ezra Briggs Priv. Rev. War
Act: July 7 th 1838
Index:—Vol. a , Page 88
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Probate Office
Plymouth Mass.
Oct 18, 1838
Sir
I enclose the application of Jeruina Lucas for a Pension under the Act of July 4, 1836 & the joint Resolve of July 7, 1838.
Also the applications of the following persons under the Act of July 7, 1838.
Sarah Shuttleff Lydia Briggs Deborah Fish
Communications in relation to either of them may be addressed to
Yours obh serv
Jacob H. Lord
J. L. Edwards Esq Com of Pensions Washington D. C.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth County
I Albert White Clerk of the town of Hanover County and State aforesaid Certify that on examining the record of the town of Hanover Book No. 2 Page 168 I find the following Vote Passed in s d town at a legal Meeting Dated July 5 - 1779 Voted to give Nathaniel House Ezra Briggs Francis Joseph the sum of three pounds in the old way and the continental wages for an expedition of nine months from the time they arrive at Springfield
The town Voted Capt Joseph Sargent John Hatch and Samuel Stetson be a committee to pay the 3 men above
Albert White Clerk of the town of Hanover.
Plymouth ss. Then personally appeared Albert White above named and made Oath that the above is a true Copy from the records of the town of Hanover Sept. 1. 1830
Before me Eben. Simmons Just. of Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss. I Jacob H. Lord Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Ebenezer Simmons, Albert White & Solomon Lincoln Es- quires are Justices of the Peace in & for said County & that the signatures to the annexed affidavits purporting to be signed by them are their true & genuine signatures.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the Court of Probate for said County this eighteenth day of Octo- ber 1838.
Jacob H. Lord

I Joseph Wilder of Hingham in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged eighty three years do depose and say that I served in the army of the Revolution as Sergeant in Capt Seth Storer's Company in Col Robinson's Regiment in Rhode Island in the year 1777. We were stationed at Providence North Kingstown and other places in Rhode Island. Ezra Briggs of Hanover who died several years since served as a private in said Company with me during said term of six months. He was about my age perhaps a little younger. I have frequently seen him within thirty years past passing through Hingham from Hanover.
Joseph Wilder
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth County ss August 28 th 1838 Then personally appeared before me the subscriber a justice of the peace within and for said County of Plymouth the above named Joseph Wilder and made solemn oath that the above deposition affidavit by him subscribed is true and I certify that said Wilder is well known to me and is a person of good reputation for truth — Solomon Lincoln Justice of the Peace —