Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18801, Ebenezer Dickinson, Mass.

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Dickinson, Ebenezer
S. 18801
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16.079 Massachusetts
Olivera Dickerson
Wife of him in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company comm'd by Captain Lyman of the Reg't commanded by Col Woodbridge in the Mass for 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 30 Dollars 00 Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th day of March 1833 and sent May 16 Bates Northampton Mass
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $ 60.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept '33  15.00 $ 75.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. H. Adanson Clerk Book 2 Vol. 2 Page 16

Declaration E. Dickerson
No 4358 E. Dickerson
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DECLARATION,
IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE BENEFIT OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS OF THE 7 th OF JUNE, 1832.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss. COUNTY OF HAMPSHIRE. }
ON this Twenty eighth day of August 1832 personally appeared in open court, before Hon. Samuel Hinckley Judge of Probate the court of Probate now sitting, Ebenezer Dickinson a resident of Plainfield in the County of Hampshire, and State of Massachusetts, aged Seventy nine years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
I Ebenezer Dickinson , of Plainfield in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do testify and say that, I was born, in Flatfield in the State and County aforesaid, November third 1752, being in the eightieth year of my age, was a resident in Flatfield twenty years, in Whately ten years, and forty nine years in Plainfield . My services in the war of the revolution were all performed while Whately was my residence and common home. I entered the service in July 1776 for five months in a company commanded by Capt Joseph Lyman and regiment by Col. Woodbridge and performed the said five months service at Siconderaga as a private from the militia of Massachusetts by building redoubts and standing on guard against the approach of Burgoyne and was dismissed from said service in December 1776, having enlisted into said service at the time aforementioned While marching to Siconderaga I passed through Bennington, Vt. and Whitehall, N.Y. My next services were as a substitute for my father Abner Dickinson for three months, and were performed in the State of New York and New Jersey , commencing in December 1776 and ending in March 1777 in the company commanded by Capt Seth Murray and regiment by Col. Pomeroy during the fore part of the campaign and after his death under the command of Lieut. Col. Williams While marching to New York I passed through Westfield in Mass. and Litchfield Ct. My father Abner Dickinson for whom I was a substitute as a private, was drafted from the militia of Massachusetts. My next and last service was performed as a private, and a volunteer for one month in a company commanded by Capt Salmon White and regiment by Col. Moy at Stillwater in the State of New York at the time of the surrender of Burgoyne commencing in September and ending in October. And immediately after the surrender of Burgoyne I was dismissed from the service. Of this last mentioned month's service I have no documentary evidence and I know of no person in this County or elsewhere whose testimony I can procure without considerable expense, excepting the circumstantial evidence of the Rev. Moses Hallack . I have no official record of my age. All my services were performed in Massachusetts Militia I am known in my present neighborhood to the Rev Moses Hallack , Col. Jason Richards , John Much Esqr. Mr. Justin Warner and many others any of whom can testify re- lative to my character. I never received any written discharge
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State, or (if any,) only on that of the agency in the State of
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Ebenezer Dickinson Before me Samuel Hinckley Judg. of Probate  Hampshire Co.
We, Moses Hallack residing in the town of Plainfield and Col. Jason Richards , residing in Plainfield hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Ebenezer Dickinson who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy nine years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbor- hood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Moses Hallack Samuel Hinckley Judg. of Probate  Jason Richards
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Moses Hallack who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman and resident in Plainfield and that Jason Richards who has also signed the same, is a resident in Plainfield and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Samuel Hinckley Judg. of Probate
I, Samuel F. Lyman an Register of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Ebenezer Dickinson for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this twentieth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
Samuel F. Lyman  Register

No. 4,358
Ebenezer Dickinson
Powah
9 Months
Notices Not Li- tigated to be credible
No 24 1832
Rev J. C. Bates
Northampton
Mass
C. P. Huntington Esq.
Northampton
Mass

BRIEF in the case of Ebenezer Dickinson of the County of Hampshire in the State of Mass (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 79 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1776 July — 5 — Private Gen. Col. Woodbridge, Capt. Lyman   "77 Subst d 3/mny Fath. Ahner Col. Pomeroy, Capt. Murray   Burgoyne's surrender 1 — — Volunt d Col. May, Capt. White  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Whately  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Depositions  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Levin Belt Examining Clerk.

WARS RECORDS
EW
March 7, 1927
Ebenezer Dickinson S. 18801
Mrs. C. J. Pierce 38 Sagamore Ave West Medford, Mass
Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 18801, it appears that Ebenezer Dickinson was born November 3, 1752 at Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
While residing at Whately, he enlisted and served as follows in the Massachusetts Troops.
From July 1776, five months as corporal in Captain Joseph Lyman's Company, Colonel Woodbridge's Regiment.
From December 1776, three months in Captain Seth Murray's Company, Colonel Pomeroy's Regiment. This service was as substitute for his father, Abner Dickinson.
From September 1777, one month in Captain Salmon White's Company, Colonel May's Regiment, and was at

Rev. and 1812 pension.
the surrender of Burgoyne.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 30, 1832, while a resident of Plainfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
There is no data on file relative to wife or children.
Respectfully
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

MRS. C. J. PIERCE 28 SAGAMORE AVENUE WEST MEDFORD, MASS.
To the Supt. of Pension Dept Washington in N. C.
Dear Sir. Kindly state the Revolutionary record you may have of Ebenezer Nickerson of Plainfield Mass.
I am told that he received a pension of $30 00 Any data your records may show of his service, his age or the company to which he belonged, that you could inform

Me about world be appreciated
Thanking you remain
Mrs C. J. Pierce
Jan 17th 1927.

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18804
INVALID.
927-mch.7-High to mrs. C. J. Pierce and J.
File No. 18804
Ebenezer Dickinson
His Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 97
[Arrangement of 1870.]

No 4358
Ebenezer Dikeman
L. P. Huntington Esqr

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Ebenezer Dickinson which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes. XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. †If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? no And is the official character and signature of the magistrate certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? yes XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes.
 EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____: and for such service I claim a pension.”

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
†QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

I Moses Hallack of Plainfield in the county of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts do testify and say that, having been a soldier in the revolutionary war, I am knowing to the services of Ebenezer Dickinson of Plainfield in the state and county aforesaid, done in the same war. Viz. He marched with me from Northampton in the state and county aforesaid, in the company commanded by Capt. Murray and Regiment by Col. Pomeroy, but in consequence of Col. Pomeroy's death, the Regt. was placed under the command of Lieut. Col. Williams Commandant, and he served three months, a part of the time at Peekskill in the State of New York, and the rest of the time at Morristown, State of New Jersey at the head quarters of General Washington. Said service commenced in December 1776 and ended in March 1777 and then he was dismissed.
I furthermore testify that having been a soldier for one month at Stillwater in the State of New York, and by hearing the said Ebenezer Dickinson relate certain circumstances and tell of certain striking occurrences which took place at that time, such as the blowing up of the ammunition Box by a shot from the enemy, and many others, I have not the least possible doubt that the said Ebenezer Dickinson was at Stillwater during the said one months service, and that he was dismissed from said service immediately after the surrender of Burgoyne.
Moses Hallack
State of Massachusetts County of Hampshire } ss
Plainfield in said county August 11th 1832 then personally appeared Moses Hallack and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed before me.
One of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Hampshire
Jeremiah Richards
Hampshire St. December 15th 1832
I hereby further certify that that Moses Hallack the above deponent is a man of undoubted truth and veracity.
Jeremiah Richards } Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire ss I Solomon Stoddard Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth for the County of Hampshire do certify that Jeremiah Richards Esq whose signature is affixed to the within Certificate was at the date thereof one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County duly commissioned and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity - and that the signature to said Certificate is known by me to be the hand and writing of the said Jeremiah Richards.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth this fifteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred thirty two.
S. Stoddard Clerk

Mr Hallock for Dickinson

I Phineas Scott of Hawley in the county of Franklin and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do testify and say that, I am well acquainted with Ebenezer Dickinson of Plainfield in the county of Hampshire and Commonwealth aforesaid, and have been for more than sixty years, and am knowing that in July 1776 he enlisted as a private into the Army of the Revolution for five months, and that, immediately after enlisting he was appointed a corporal and did the duty of a corporal during the said term of five months, in Capt. Joseph Lyman's company and Col. Woodbridge's Regiment and General Brickett's Brigade, having been with him in the same company; and then he was dismissed without a written discharge.
Phineas Scott
State of Massachusetts } ss County of Hampshire }
Plainfield in the county aforesaid, August 11th 1832 personally appeared Phineas Scott and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed before me.
Nehemiah Richards
One of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County of Hampshire
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire ss
I Solomon Stoddard Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth for the County of Hampshire do certify that Nehemiah Richards Esq. whose signature is affixed to the above certificate was at the date thereof one of the Justices of the peace within and for said County duly Commissioned and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth - and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity - and that the signature to said certificate is proven by me to be the hand writing of the said Nehemiah Richards.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Court at Common Pleas for said Commonwealth this fifteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two.
S. Stoddard Clerk

Hampshire St. December 15 th 1832.
I hereby further certify that Phinehas Scott the within deponent is a credible person of truth and veracity
Asahariah Richards } Justice of the Peace
Scott for Dechmond Esq.