Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 17,617, Ebenezer Chace, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Chace, Ebenezer Hannah
N. 17,617
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15,528 Vermont R
Ebenezer Chase
of Bennington in the state of Vermont who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Reed of the Massachusetts line, for the term of one year.
Inscribed on the roll of Vermont at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 2 d of April, 1819.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th of Oct r 1819 and sent to Stephen Robinson Esq r Bennington, Vermont.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1819. 5 mos 3 / 30 40.80 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th March 1820. 48.00
$88.80
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
11 Ha A Bell July 6 1818 No. 20. Mar 20. 28

2123  Burlington Vermont  Cannah Chase widow of Ebenezer Chase dec d who died on the 20 January 1832 at Bennington in the State of Vt. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Heff of the Regt. commanded by Col Head in the Mass t line for 12 months
Letter Page 10 Haverhill June 29. 1838.
Inscribed on the Roll of Burlington at the rate of 49 Dollars — Cents, per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of June 1838 and Seal No. 10.  Hall H d of Rep s .
Arrears to the 14th of March 1838 $280.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sep r , 20.00  300.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3
ded by M c L. Addison Clerk Vol. 2 a Page 35

Devere Chase 4683 L
Petition
Stephen Robinson Judge Bennington, Vt.
Rec d Aug. 28. 1819.
The line , in which the ap- plicant served in the State; and the Judge's certificate as to the cre- dibility of the witnesses, wanted.

I Ebenezer Chase of Bennington in the County of Bennington & State of Vermont, do testify and say that I enlisted as a private into the continental Army in Thirteenth Regiment of foot commanded by Col. Joseph Read, and Capt. Oliver Sapers Company in the month of January A.D. 1776. joined the Regiment at Roxbury, Massachusetts & continued there until the British Troops left Boston, then marched to New-York, and was stationed on York Island part of the time was ordered into the Jerseys crossed the north River and made a stand at a place called Bergen, thence to English-Neighbourhood, after that recrossed the north River and went to Throggs Point, thence to the White Plains, where we had a battle with the British Troops, from that place we marched to Peeks Hill, and continued till our times were out. After a hard fatiguing campaign was dismissed January A.D. 1777. By various losses and repeated sickness in my family, and being old and infirm under reduced circumstances, stand in need of aid from Government  Ebenezer Chase
State of Vermont } April 2 nd 1819 - Personally appeared Bennington County } before me the above named Ebenezer Chase & made solemn oath that the facts above stated & by him subscribed are true  Stephen Robinson judge C. Court

I Rufus Barney of the Town and County of Bennington and State of Vermont do testify that I have long been acquainted with Ebenezer Chase that I knew him in the month of January A.D. 1776 and that he was enlisted as a private in the continental Regiment commanded commanded by Col. Joseph Read and attached to Capt. Oliver Soper's Company, and that he served in said Company through the year I served in said Company part of the time as an Ensign and before the expiration of the year was raised to a Lieutenant and was commissioned in both capacities by the President of the United States Rufus Barney
State of Vermont } August 18 th 1819 - Personally appeared Bennington County } before me the above named Rufus Barney & made solemn oath that the facts by him above stated are true - Stephen Robinson judge C. Court
I Jabez Knapp of the Town of Woodford, County of Bennington and State of Vermont, being 67 years of age. Testify and say that I have long been acquainted with Ebenezer Chase, that I knew him in the month of January A.D. 1776 & that he was enlisted as a private in the continental Regiment commanded by Col. Joseph Read, and attached to Capt. Oliver Soper's Company, and that he served for the period of one full year & I have always understood & I know he served for a period of more than the ten months Jabez Knapp
State of Vermont } August 17 th 1819 - Personally appeared before Bennington County } me Jabez Knapp & made oath that the facts by him stated & subscribed above are the truth Stephen Robinson judge C. Court

I Stephen Robinson one of the judges of the County Court for the county of Bennington do hereby do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the within named Ebenezer Chase to me well known did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy. It also appears to me that he is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his country for support -
And I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken I had before me to the Secretary for the department of war pursuant to the directions of the act of Congress -
Stephen Robinson
I Ebenezer Chase further state upon oath that I belonged to the within mentioned thirteenth Regiment of the continen- tal establishment and suppose, that the said thirteenth Regiment ought to be considered of the Massachusetts Line as it was raised in the State of Massachusetts
Ebenezer Chase
State of Vermont. Bennington October 15 th 1819. Personally appeared Ebenezer Chase & made oath that the facts stated by him above are true -
Stephen Robinson judge C. Court
date above. I hereby certify that Rufus Barney & Salmon Knapp within named are persons whose testimony is entitled to credit
Stephen Robinson judge C. Court

3147
Hannah Chase widow of Ebenezer
Vt
Let. Hon. Helene Hale
Feb'y 26: 1828.
do - do - March 20: '35
Married 1775
Died 1832
12 mo for $40.
for term
no deduction
Rev A Hall AR
Court and Appeal

State of Vermont. Bennington Probate District, ss. }
By the Hon. Artemas Matteson, Esq. Judge of the Court of Probate for the District aforesaid. To Roger Booth & Jacob Lyons, of Bennington, in said district Greeting.
Whereas Hannah Chase now residing in Bennington, in the District of Bennington, aged eighty five years, has been adjudged to be non compos mentis, and the appointing guardians in such cases, and the hearing, examining, and allowing the accounts of such guardianship, by virtue of a law of this State, in such case provided, appertaining unto me: — Trusting therefore, in your care and fidelity, I do, by these presents, allow you the said Roger Booth & Jacob Lyons to be the guardians unto the said Hannah, well and faithfully to perform and discharge that trust and office unto the said Hannah, in and by all things according to law, and to render a plain and true account of your guardianship, upon oath, and all and singular such estate as shall come to your hands and possession by virtue thereof, and of the profits and im- provements of the same, so far as the law will charge you therewith, when you shall be there- unto lawfully required; and shall pay and de- liver what and so much of the said estate as shall be found remaining upon your account, the same being first examined and allowed by the Judge of the Court of Probate for said district, for the time being, as the said Judge, by his decree or sentence, pursuant to law, shall direct and appoint.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Probate Court.
Dated at Bemmington, in the district of Bemmington, on the 23 rd day of January 1838
Artemas Matteson Judge of Probate
W m Haswell, Register.
A true copy,
Attest
W m Haswell, Register

State of Vermont Bennington Probate District, ss. } On this 23 rd day of January A. D. 1838, personally appeared before the Probate Court for the District of Bennington, aforesaid, Roger Booth and Jacob Lyons, residents of Bennington, in said District, who being first duly sworn according to law, do on their oaths make the following declaration in order to obtain for their mother-in-law Hannah Chase, the benefit of the provisions of the act of July 4, 1836, the said Hannah Chase having been by inquisition found non compos mentis and the said Roger Booth and Jacob Lyons having been duly appointed her Guardians. — That the said Hannah Chase is a resident of Bennington, aged 85 years, and is the widow of Ebenezer Chase who was a Sergeant in the Army of the Revolution, and a Pensioner under the act of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818. and the declarants refer to the declaration and evidence of the said Ebenezer, on file in the Pension Office for a particular account of his services. — They further declare that the said Hannah Chase formerly Hannah Barney was married to the said Ebenezer Chase in the year 1775, at Taunton Ms. — that the said Ebenezer Chase died at Bennington, Vermont, on the 20 th day of January A. D. 1832, and that the said Hannah Chase has remained a widow ever since, and still remains the widow of the said Ebenezer Chase. — For proof of the marriage of the said Ebenezer to the said Hannah, the declarants refer to a certifi- cate of the fact accompanying the papers

of Hannah Knapp now on file in the Pension Office of the United States, and to the testimony herewith forwarded.
Sworn to and subscribed, in the second year above written, before
Wm Haswell, Register
Roger Booth
Jacob Lyons
I, William Haswell, Register of the Court of Probate for the District of Bennington, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Roger Booth & Jacob Lyons, as Guardians of Hannah Chase for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 23 d day of January, A. D. 1838. Wm Haswell
State of Vermont, } Bennington District. } I, William Haswell, Register of the Probate Court for said District, certify that Roger Booth and Jacob Lyons have been duly appointed, and still remain the Guardians to Hannah Chase, widow of Ebenezer Chase, late of Bennington deceased. Attest,
Wm Haswell
I certify that the words " certify that Roger Booth & Jacob Lyons have " were interlined by me, in the above certificate.
Attest, Wm Haswell, Probate Register

I, Mary Lyon, aged 79 years, on the 22 d day of February, A. D. 1837, testify and say that I was living at my father's, in February & March, A. D. 1775, at Taunton, Ms. and that my sister Hannah Barney, was in one of those months married to Ebenezer Chase, at my father's house, in said Taunton, and I further testify that the said Ebenezer & Hannah lived together as husband and wife until the day of the said Ebenezer's death, and that she has never intermarried, but still remains the widow of the said Ebenezer Chase.
her Mary x Lyon mark
In presence of J. L. Lapham Wm Haswell
Sworn to and subscribed in Probate Court this 23 d day of January, A. D. 1838,
Before me, Wm Haswell Register.
I certify that the above named deponent is a credible person, — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 23 d day of January, A. D. 1838.
Wm Haswell Register

Know all men by these presents that I Polly Lyons, daughter of Ebenezer Chase, and Salomah Chase, who recd. pensions of the United States, the former under the act of June 7, 1852 & the latter under the act of 4 th July 1856, as I believe, do hereby constitute & appoint H. E. Robinson Esq. of Washington City my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to represent the papers filed in the Pension Office relating to the pensions of my said Father & Mother & to obtain some increase of pension if possible —
Witness my hand & seal this 3 rd day of August 1855.
Polly Lyons
State of Vermont Bennington County
Before me on this 3 rd day of August 1855, personally appeared Polly Lyons who executed the above Power of Attorney and acknowledged the same to be her act & deed.
Thomas S. Robinson Notary Public

I, Saml H Blackmer, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of Bennington County in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that Thomas Robinson before whom the within Power of attorney was ac- knowledged, was at the date thereof known to me a Notary Public duly authorized by law to take acknowledgments & administer oaths, and that his signature to the same is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and attached the Seal of the County Court for said County & State this 7 th day of August 1855. Saml H. Blackmer Clerk

Taunton Mass. May 2 d , 1838. This may certify that the following is a true copy of record as found in the Town Clerk's office in the said Town of Taunton with the exception that the date is recorded in figures thus "1775, January 5 th ." viz:-
"Seventeen hundred seventy-five, January fifth, then Ebenezer Chase of Raynham and Hannah Barney of Taunton, entered their intention of marriage. Attest: James Williams, jun c Clerk"
A true Copy Attest Edmund Anthony, Town Clerk of Taunton
Taunton, May 2 d , 1838. This may also certify that I have made a diligent search for the record of the marriage of the above named Ebenezer Chase and Hannah Barney, but have not been able to find any record thereof.
Attest Edmund Anthony, Town Clerk of Taunton
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Writ of - May 3 d 1838 Edmund Anthony Clerk of the Town of Taunton in said County made oath to the truth of the above certificate by him signed - Before me Abner D. Dyer Justice

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bristol ss. I Anselm Bassett Register of the Court of Probate in for said County do hereby certify that Anselm Bassett before whom the within Certificate is sworn, is a partice of the Peace in for said County and that the signature to the within is genuine —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this third day of May Eighteen hundred thirty eight — A Bassett
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Ellen Chase of Barmypton Co. York. a pension under the act of 18 March 1818: At what time was he paid?
W. W. L. 4 Feb. 38
W. W. L. To March 1820.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
No. 17617
Heannah Chase Widow of Ebenezer Chase Pr. New Mar
Act: July 4 th 86
Box: Vol. 4 , Page 131
[Arrangement of 1870.]

3147
Hannah Chase.
See Rev. H. H. C.
March 20. 28

State of Vermont
Bennington District } On this 3 d day of March, 1838, personally appeared before the Probate Court for the District aforesaid, Roger Booth & Jacob Lyons residents of Bennington, in said District, and Guardians to their mother in law Hannah Chase, widow of Ebenezer Chase, late of said Bennington, and late a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, who being first duly sworn according to law, do on their oaths declare that they have made use of all the means in their power to procure record evidence of the marriage of the said Ebenezer Chase and Hannah Barney, but have not been able to find any Church Town or Family Record of the same.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written, before me.
Roger Booth Jacob Lyons
Wm Haswell, Register.
In testimony that the foregoing affidavit was made, subscribed and sworn to, in Probate Court, as therein set forth, I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 3 d day of March, A. D. 1838.
Wm Haswell.

Ho Rpts Feb 17. 1838
Sir
I return the papers of the widow of Col Chase, connected, & ask for their reexamination
respectfully yours W. Hall
Levi S. Cummings

Burlington, June 25, 1838. Hon. James L. Edwards.
Sir,
If you will have the goodness to order the Agent at Burlington R to pay the pension of widow Hannah Chase, you will much oblige
Your mo. ob. servt
Wm Haswell.

No Rep. March 16. 1838
Sir,
I enclose you additional testimony in the Prison case of Han- nah Chase - & am very respectfully
Yr Obs Servt W. Hall
Col J L Edwards,