Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22,908, Ephraim Davenport, Mass.

SERVICE
masse
Davenport, Ephraim Sarah
NUMBER _____
W. 22.908
CONTENTS

let. Thomas H Mead 30 aug, 36.
N o 18139 Maine
Ephraim Davenport of Watford in the State of Maine who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Evans of the ————— commanded by ————— in the Maine Troops time for 6 months & 8 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 20 Dollars 89 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24. day of July 1833 and sent to C. Whitman Watford, Me.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 41.78 Semi-ant. allowance ending 1 st Sep. 1833 10.44 $ 52.22
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book E, Vol. 1 Page 11

Ephraim Leavens Application for Pension N o 9054

STATE OF MAINE.
COUNTY OF Oxford ss.
ON this 28 th day of August A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Probate now sitting, Ephraim of Bridgton of Oxford now a resident of Watford — in the county of Oxford — and State of Maine, aged 70 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 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. In the month of Aug.
he thinks the 11 th day - 1781 at Bridgton in the County of Cumberland now State of Maine, he volunteered as a private in a company, which he supposes was in the United States Service as he received Continental pay, commanded by Capt. John Evans and of which John Stickney was Lieutenant, for an indefinite period, to go to a place then called Sudbury Canada, now Bethel in the County of Oxford and State of Maine to guard the frontier settlements from the hostile invasion and depredations of the Canada Indians. There he was stationed until the 27 th day of December of that year when he was dismissed and went home - His term of service constituted a period of about four months & 16 days -
On or about the 11 th of April 1782 at said Bridgton he entered as a private in the State Troops of Independents and marched through the then unincorporated places now Watford and Albany to said Sudbury Canada now Bethel where he was stationed near the Androscoggin River for the above purpose of guarding the frontier settlements from the Indians in a company commanded by Lieut. Stephen Farrington and of which Eli Fitchett was Ensign, until the 15 th Dec. 1783 - when he was dismissed and went home - His period constituted a term of service period of about 20 months & 4 days. He was born at Newton in Massachusetts on the 22 nd day of May 1762 - Know of no record his age
Since the his discharge of from service in the Revolutionary war he has resided in the two contiguous towns of Bridgton and Watford in said County of Cumberland & Oxford in said State of Maine - He was a volunteer in the service and has no regular discharge —

STATE OF MAINE.
COUNTY OF Oxford ss.
ON this 28- day of August A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Probate now sitting, Ephraim of Bridgton  now a resident of Watford — in the county of Oxford — and State of Maine, aged 70 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 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. In the month of Aug. he thinks the 11 th day - 1781 at Bridgton in the County of Cumberland now State of Maine, he volunteered as a private in a Company, which he supposes was in the United States Service as he received Continental pay, commanded by Capt. John Evans and of which John Stickney was Lieutenant, for an indefinite period, to go to a place then called Sudbury Canada, now Bethel in the County of Oxford and State of Maine to guard the frontier settlements from the hostile invasion and depredations of the Canada Indians. There he was stationed until the 27 th day of December of that year when he was dismissed and went home - His term of service constituted a period of about four months & 16 days - On or about the 11 th of April 1782 at said Bridgton he enlisted as a private in the State Troops of Massachusetts and marched through the then uninhabited place now Watford and Albany to said Sudbury Canada now Bethel where he was stationed near the Schoharie River for the above purpose of guarding the frontier settlements from the Indians in a company commanded by Lieut. Stephen Harrington and of which Twitchell was Ensign, until the 15 th Dec. 1783 - he was dismissed and went home - His term of service constituted a period of about 20 months & 4 days - was born at Newton in Massachusetts on the 2 nd day of May 1762 - know of no record of his age
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
(Witnys Chas. Whitman)
Before
Stephen Emery, Judge
Ephraim
his mark Davenport

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 above applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. Said applicant having adduced the deposition of Daniel Eastman, on oath duly administered, in corroboration of his own declaration.
Stephen Emery, Judge
I Joseph G. Cole Register Clerk 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 for a pension.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this sixth day of August A. D. 1832.
CLERK.
Joseph G. Cole Register

9054
Ephraim Sarenpath
12 th April 1833
By 5-14. 16
P. 333
Wm D
6 mos soys
20.89
C. W. Stearns  Stearns
Waterbury Oxford Co., Me.

BRIEF in the case of Ephraim Davenport of Interferer in the State of Maine (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Over Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 70 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. As a Gen.     enr In 1781 5 Private Capt Evans   11 April 1782 1 8 " W. Harrington  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Bridgton Maine  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By a living witness  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
a living witness
Richard Gentry Examining Clerk.

State of Maine County of Cumberland } S.S.
On this ninth day of November A. D. eighteen Hundred and forty four, personally appeared before the Hon. Daniel Goodenow Judge of the District Court of the Western District for the State of Maine, Sarah Davenport a resident of the Town of Bridgton in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine, Aged Eighty Three 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 an Act of Congress passed July 7 th A. D. eighteen Hundred and thirty eight, and also of other acts of Congress passed in the Years eighteen Hundred and forty Three and eighteen Hundred and forty four, granting and extending pay and pensions to certain Widows. (Declaration)
I Sarah Davenport of Bridgton in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine on Oath declare that I am the Widow of Ephraim Davenport who was a private in the Revolutionary war and a pensioner, that he died in said Bridgton on the twenty third day of September A. D. eighteen Hundred and thirty eight.

his Services can be ascertained by reference to papers on file in the Pension Office; that I was born in Watertown in the State of Massachusetts on the twenty fourth day of August A. D. Seventeen Hundred and Sixty one; that I have lived in Bridgton for the space of fifty two Years, except a small part of that time when I lived in Waterford; and that I now claim a pension by virtue of an Act of Congress passed eighteen and thirty eight, and also by virtue of certain other acts passed A. D. Eighteen Hundred and forty three and Eighteen Hundred and forty four.
Witness, S. D. Mayhew, Thomas H. Mead
Her Sarah X Davenport mark
Cumberland ss. November 9. 1844
And I hereby certify that on the day and year above named the said Sarah Davenport personally appeared before me and made oath to the truth of the above declaration, which after having been read to her in my presence she signed, at the house of her residence in at the Bridgton. and I further certify that by reason of her age and bodily infirmities she is unable to attend Court.
Daniel Goodwin and Just. Dist. Court Western District

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston August 17 th 1843.
I hereby Certify, That on the sixteenth of the present month Simon Grever was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex.
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.
Jno. A. Bolles
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex County. Town of Newton, Aug. 16. 1843.
I the Subscriber hereby certify that on the Records of the Town of Newton relating to Marriages I find the following — "Ephraim Davenport of Bridgeton & Sarah Pierce of Needham were joined in Marriage December sixteenth seventeen hundred & ninety by the Rev. Mr. Jonathan Homer."
That the above is a true Copy from said Record with the exception of the date which is expressed in fair legible figures as follows
December 6 th 1790. —
Elyah F. Woodward Town Clerk — of Newton.
I Elyah F Woodward above named depose and say that I hold the Office of Town Clerk in the Town, County and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true Extract from the Record of said Town with the Exception above named —
Elyah F. Woodward
Sworn to before the Subscriber this 16 th day of August. A.D. 1843.
Simeon Grover Justice of the Peace.

4421.
Maria
Sarah Davenport.
widow of Ephraim
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars 89
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of March 1849 and sent to
M. Gould North Bridgton Me
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 9 Vol. 1

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 22908
Sarah Davenport Widow of Ephraim Davenport Dis. Rev War
Act Feb 2 nd 48
Index: Vol A , Page 172
[Arrangement of 1870.]

10.379
Sarah Davenport
Me
Suspended
See F. W. Mead, Sept 2. 1844.
Act 7 th July '38

6525
Maine,
Sarah Davenport, widow of Ephraim Davenport, who was a Private, in the Maine Line,
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars 89 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of Dec. 1844 and sent to
Thos H Mead. Portland Maine
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book and June 17. 1844 Vol. 2 Page 2
W H Mead Dec 31. 1844. Vint Russ: of Jan'y 23. 45. m:201.
2 Cents; 1838 } 1843 } W H } H }

8955
Maine
Sarah Davenport widow of Ephraim Davenport who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 23 Sept r 1838 of Waterford in the State of Maine who was a Pri in the Com commanded by Captain Evans of the Reg — commanded by in the Maine line for 6 mo. 8 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 20 Dollars 89 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836. 23 Sept r 1838.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of Decem r . 1844 and sent to J. H. Mead, Portland Maine
Total amount, $
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by J. S. Swann Clerk, Book Vol. Page 3
No 201
April 30th 1845.
Certificate under Joint Reso: of Jan'y 23 '45 at $20.89 for Ann. Com n on the till March 1836 + ending on 23rd Sept r 1838. and sent to Freeman Bradford Portland Me.

I Daniel Eastman of Lovell in the County of Oxford, and State of Maine, declare & say, that Ephraim Davenport of Bridgeton in the County of Cumberland and State aforesaid, volunteered in the service of the United States, under the following officers, and served as herein stated; viz. Under Capt John Evans and Lieut John Stickney, from the eleventh of August in the year of our Lord Seventeen hundred and eighty one, to the twenty seventh of December of the same year; Also in the State troops from the eleventh of April in the year of our Lord Seventeen hundred and eighty two, to the fifteenth of December Seventeen hundred and eighty three, under Lieut Stephen Ferrington and Enr. Eli Twitchell; during which time the deponent served in the same company with him, and marched through Waterville to the country through which the Androscogin River runs, building forts and guarding the country from the threatened depredations of the Indians. — Daniel Eastman
Oxford ss. Lovell August 27 th 1882 — Then personally appeared the above named Daniel Eastman and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed —
Before me J. W. Hobson Judge of the Peace
We Levi Dresser and Moses Hutchinson of Lovell aforesaid Depose and say that we are perfectly acquainted with the circumstances mentioned in the above deposition of Ephraim Davenport in the service of the United States, as we were with him during the period from the eleventh of April in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred and eighty two to the fifteenth of December Seventeen hundred and eighty three, except the first volunteer term, the particulars of which we have forgotten. —
Moses Hutchinson
Oxford ss. Lovell August 27 th 1882 — Then personally appeared the above named Moses Hutchinson & Levi Dresser and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by them subscribed
Before me J. W. Hobson Judge of the Peace

Atford ss, I swear April 25 th 1863. I Sir Solomon one of the Justices of the Peace within and for the County of Atford do hereby certify, that I am personally acquainted with Daniel Eastman, M ss H. Hulkins, and Levi Dyer the persons who have subscribed the foregoing or within affidavits and have sworn to the truth of the same before me; that they are persons of credibility and that their oaths would be allowed by a court of Justice. J. L. Johnson
Attestation of Daniel East- man, M ss H. Hulkins & Levi Dyer. -

STATE OF MAINE.
OXFORD COUNTY, ss.
I, RUFUS KING GOODENOW, Clerk of the Judicial Courts in and for said County of Oxford, hereby certify, that Levi Dolsom
whose genuine signatures are annexed to the foregoing Depositions of Daniel Eastman, Mary Hutchins & Levi Duper , is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county of Oxford.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, this 28 th day of August in the year A. D. 1832
R. K. Goodenow
{ Clerk of Oxford County Courts.

10379 Sarah (Davenport) Mother of Ephraim
Mr
Act 7 July 1838
Marrried 1790
husband died Sept 23
1838

State of Maine.
CUMBERLAND, ss.
I Charles Cobb Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said County, certify that,
Moses Gould Esq is a Magistrate
as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is duly qualified to act as such; that his Commission bears date February 9. 1843 and will expire February 9. 1850
and that the annexed signature purporting to be his is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said State, this Twenty ninth day of December Anno Domini 1843.
Charles Cobb CLERK.

I Sarah Davenport of Bridgton in the County of Cumberland & State of Maine on oath declare that I am the widow of Ephraim Davenport, who was a private in the Revolutionary War, & a pensioner; that he died in said Bridgton on the twenty third day of September A.D. eighteen hundred & thirty eight; his service can be ascertained by reference to papers on file in the Pension office; that I was born in Watertown in the State of Massachusetts on the twenty fourth day of August A.D. seventeen hundred & sixty one; that I have lived in Bridgton for the space of fifty two years, except the small part of that time when I lived in Watford; And that I now claim a pension by virtue of an act of Congress passed A.D. eighteen hundred & thirty eight, & of an act passed A.D. eighteen hundred and forty three, and an act passed A.D. 1842.
Sarah Davenport Witness Thomas H. Mead S. D. Maygeries.
Cumberland ss November 21. A.D. 1843. I hereby certify that Sarah Davenport abovenamed personally appeared before me & made oath to the truth of the above declaration, which after having been read to her in my presence, she signed. I further certify that I have long known said Sarah Davenport both before & since the death of her husband, who was the same Ephraim Davenport, named in a certain pension certificate recorded in the Pension office, in Book E. Vol 1. Page 11. - And that I have no doubt but she is entitled to a pension.
Moses Gould - Justice of the Peace

Sarah Davenport
under joint resolution of 2 nd Jany: 1845 & act of 7 July 1838 —
Adm d : $20.89 per ann. from 4 March, 1836, to 23 rd September, 1838.
Freeman Bradford Portland Maine

State of Maine.
CUMBERLAND, ss.
I Charles Cobb Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said County, certify that,
Moses Gould is a magistrate
as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is _____ duly qualified to act as such; that his Commission bears date February 9th A. D. 1843 and will expire February 9th A. D. 1850 _____
and that the following _____ signatures purporting to be his are genuine. _____
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said State, this ninth day of April Anno Domini 1845
Charles Cobb CLERK.

State of Maine
On this 22 day of March 1845 personally appeared Sarah Davenport a resident of Bridgton in the County aforesaid aged 82 years who upon her oath makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838.
That she is the widow of Ephraim Davenport who was a soldier of the revolution and received a pension under the act of 1832 and died on the 23 rd day of September 1838. That she has made application for the benefit of said act of July 1838 and that she was placed on the pension roll under said act and that her pension commenced on the 23 rd day of Sept AD 1838. She therefore claims the widow of her pension under said act of 1838 commencing on the 4 th of March 1836 and ending on the 23 rd day of Sept 1838 the day of her husband's death.
And for proof to substantiate her claim she refers to her declaration and proof now on file in the War Department at Washington.
Sarah Davenport
Witness,
Moses Gould
Silvania Davenport, Signer and sworn to before me the day and year first above written.
Moses Gould Justice of the peace
I further certify that the above named declarant is personally known to me to be the widow of Ephraim Davenport
Moses Gould J.P.

State of Maine.
CUMBERLAND, ss.
I Charles Cobb Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said County, certify that, Daniel Goodenow Esq. is Judge of the District Court for the Western District of the State of Maine. _____
as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that _____ He is _____ duly qualified to act as such; that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations, that his attestation is due form of law, _____
and that the — foregoing — signature purporting to be his is _____ genuine. _____
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said State, this nineteenth day of November Anno Domini 184 4
Charles Cobb CLERK.

I, Dixey Stone, of Bridgton in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine - Town Clerk of said town of Bridgton Certify that the following is a copy taken from the Book of Records of the births and deaths, now in my possession to wit: " Ephraim Davenport died in Bridgton " September 23. 1838"
Attest. — Dixey Stone — Town Clerk.
A true copy of the record — Attest. — Dixey Stone Town Clerk of Bridgton — Deborah Warren Theo. Ingalls
Cumberland ss. October 21. 1843. Personally appeared before the subscriber, a justice of the Peace within and for the County of Cumberland Dixey Stone, of Bridgton and made solemn oath that the above certificate by him subscribed is true.
Before me — Theodore Ingalls \frac{1}{3} justice of the Peace

Longing
1843
DAVENPORT, EPHRAIM (MASS.) W 22908

Commonwealth of Mass ts
In the House of Representatives July 2. 1782
On the Memorial of the Committee of Fryeburg Bridgetown and Sudbury Canada praying for a Company of men to be stationed at Sudbury Canada for the Protection of the Frontiers of the Counties of York and Cumberland.
Therefore Resolved That there be raised in the Counties of York and Cumberland and stationed on the Frontiers of said Counties a Company of men to consist of one Lieutenant and thirty men to continue in Service till the first day of December next unless sooner discharged and his Excellency the Governor is requested to appoint and commission the Officers accordingly and to give the necessary Orders for carrying this Resolve into Execution. And it is further Resolved that they be allowed the same wages and Rations as Officers and Soldiers receive in the Continental Army and that the Commissary General supply the aforesaid men with Provisions or money as he shall agree for their Rations as aforesaid
Sent up for concurrence Nath l . Gorham Speaker
In Senate July 5. 1782
Read & concurred
Sam l . Adams Pres t
Approved
John Hancock
A true copy
Attest John Avery Secy

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, ss.
I Charles Cobb Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said County, certify that,
Theodore Lyall Esq. is a Magistrate
as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is duly qualified to act as such; that
his Commission bears date Feby 5. 1841, and will expire February 5th A. D. 1848.
and that the annexed signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said State, this Twenty seventh day of October Anno Domini 1843.
Charles Cobb Clerk.

Hon. A. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

Portland Nov. 20. 1844
Hon A. L. Edwards
Dr Sir
Herewith I send a new declaration of Mrs Davenport made before Judge Gordinow; - I also enclose the one returned to me. -
These Papers would have been forwarded earlier, but it was impossible to get one of the Judges to attend to it before on account of distance of their residence from Bridgton - and also it was  very inconvenient to forward it to the Clerks Office earlier.
Being in the City to-day I have procured the Clerks Certificate as enclosed.
Please forward his certificate or any paper relating thereto to me at North Bridgton Maine as soon as possible, for the benefit of Mrs Davenport.
The papers are now presumed to be correct, and I sincerely hope they may be found so for otherwise it must cause Mrs Davenport much expense and delay which she is unable to afford.
In Much haste with due respect
Yours &c
Thomas H. Merrill

Natuna Is August 25 th 1853
Mc Aug 30.
Free
Hon. S. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City.

Waterford Maine August 22, 1834
Dear Sir
At the solicitation of Mr Ephraim Davenport I address you for the purpose of making an enquiry respecting his pension. According to his declaration he was out about two years, that is , the time spent in actual service, (Garrison &c) amounted to nearly  about that time. He draws now but about $20 per annum while Moses Hutchins who was with Mr Davenport all of the time that he (Hutchins) was out, but was not out so long as Mr D. draws (I am told) nearly or quite full pay ($80 per Ann) - There were four others who were in the same service who were out a much shorter time but who still draw more than twice the sum that he does - Mr Davenport wishes to know whether he should be allowed an increase of pension if those or other individuals of veracity should testify to the fact that he was out the full time set forth in his declaration, he wishes to know this before proceeding to take their  depositions as his limited means will not allow of that expense unless there should be a prospect of receiving an addition to his present pay - The opinion here is (I believe) that he should receive more, and he thinks there was some inaccuracy in his papers that prevents - Mr D. has been an unfortunate but worthy man, is now far advanced in life, nearly blind and consequently past labor and in indigent circumstances. He is now hoping (and I trust not in vain) to receive an increase of pension that he may be able to procure the necessaries of life

for the comfort of his aged partner & self through the approaching inclement season, and remainder of time (now nearly spent) allotted them here — Mr D, long since requested the Gentleman who forwarded his declaration to write you on the subject, but he has been much engaged in business and has been absent and did not attend to it, of which Mr D, was not apprised till a few days since, they living at considerable distance from each other, which will account for this request at so late an hour — Should he receive an addition, he expects to draw back to the time when his present pay took date — I am aware Sir that public Officers are often troubled with unnecessary complaints of individuals whereby much valuable time is wasted in hearing and answering them, but Sir did I not believe that Mr D, should in equity be entitled to an increase of pension (amounting in all to nearly full pay) I would not on any consideration trouble you with this communication, which I hope you will excuse — Will you Sir have the goodness (if consistent) to answer this immediately as he needs the means (if any there should be) before the severity of winter commences
Dear S r L. Edwards
I am Sir very Respectfully Your O bt S er v t Thomas H. Mead

10-379
Sarah Davenport
Me
Act 7 th July '38
see 2 nd vol 2
M 90 a 38
Hon. A. J. Edwards Commission of Pensions Washington City

North Bridgton (Maine) Jan'y 1, 1844 Hon. A. S. Edwards
Dear Sir
Herewith are enclosed the papers deemed necessary to secure a pension to the applicant, Mrs Davenport. The proof is considered conclusive; and without doubt she is entitled to the pension claimed.
Will You Sir have the goodness to cause these papers to be examined as soon as possible , as she is in needy circumstances.
She was not until recently aware of the existence of a law constituting her a pensioner, otherwise she would have made an earlier application.
Should You want farther information, please address me at North Bridgton Maine -
Very Respectfully Your obt. Svt.
Thomas W. Mead
P.S. She is hoping to receive her certificate in time to "draw" on the 4 th of March next,

Certificate of Sec y of Massachusetts

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, April 27/1833.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Ephraim Davenport appears on a muster Roll of Capt. John Evans Company on Androscoggin River, enlisted Sept. 16. discharged Dec. 3. 1781 - and allowed for service as a Private  two months and Eighteen days . His name also appears on a Pay Roll of Lieut. Stephen Farrington's Company for defence of boundaries of York and Cumberland - Stationed at Sudbury, Canada - enlisted August 2 - and discharged November 22 1782 - and was allowed for service three months and twenty days as a Private .
2.18
3.20
6.8
Edward D. Bangs Secy

Dec 27 44
6525
FREE
William Lloyd David L. L. Edwards Com. of Pensions Washington

Portland Dec 23. 1844
Hon C. L. Edwards
Sir
I have just recd from Your Office Mrs Davenport's certificates for Pensions. One certificate granting her a pension from the 23 rd day of Sept 1838 to the 4 th day of March 1841 — The other certificate granting a pension from the 4 th day of March 1843 to the 4 th day of March 1848 — There appears to be an interval of two Years viz from the 4 th of March 1841 to the 4 th of March 1843 in which she does not draw .
Will You Sir have the goodness to explain this to me, in haste with due Respect
Your Obe Svt
Thomas R. Mead

10379
Sarah Davenport Maw of Ephraim Me
Act 7 July 1838
Adm o 6 mo 8 days private $20 89 per ann. from 23 d September 1838, to 4 March 1841.
N o act 1843 - 0801
" " 1844 334
Adm o Act 3 March 1843, and 17 June 1844
$20 89
Thomas H. Wood
Portland
Mr.

Portland April 9 th 1845
Sir
I herewith transmit to you the declaration of Sarah Davenport widow of Ephraim Davenport, who claims the amount of $20 89 cents by virtue of the Resolution passed Feb y 23 d 1845, it being the amount of pension due to her from the 14 th of March 1836 to the 23 d of Sept r 1838, and of which she was deprived by the Resolution April 30 th 1844,
I am Respectfully
Your O bt : Serv t :
H. Bradford
J. L. Edwards Esq Comm r of Pensions Washington D. C.

of 16
6520
brunswig-ss

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, SS.
Clerk's Office, Judicial Courts,
PORTLAND,
October 10 A. D. 1848
I
Charles E. Dorman,
CLERK OF ALL THE JUDICIAL COURTS,
In and for said COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, certify that
Moses Gould is an
Acting Justice of the Peace,
within and for the County of Cumberland , as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is DULY QUALIFIED TO ACT as such; that the
COMMISSION of the said
Gould is dated February 9th
A. D. 184 3 , and will expire
February 9th A. D. 1850,
and that the
this is following
Genuine.
SIGNATURE, purporting to be
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, for said State, the day and year first above written.
Chas. E. Dorman, CLERK.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of February 2, 1848, entitled "An act making further provision for surviving widows & soldiers of the Revolution."
State of Maine
Cumberland County } ss.
On this thirteenth day of October A.D. 1848, personally appeared before me Moses Gould, one of the justices of the Peace for said county of Cumberland, Sarah Davenport aged eighty six years, a resident of Bridgton in said county of Cumberland, 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 2 d of February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war; that she is the widow of Ephraim Davenport who was a private in the army of the Revolution; that the documents proving the service of her late husband were sent to the proper office in the city of Washington to procure her first pension certificate, & she has no other means of knowing the commanding officers of her late husband, or the corps in which he served; that she drew a pension of twenty dollars & eighty nine cents per annum under the act of June 17, 1844. & that she still remains the widow of said Ephraim Davenport.
Sarah Davenport
Subscribed & sworn to the day & year above mentioned, & I further certify that I am personally acquainted with said Sarah Davenport, & am satisfied of the truth of the above declaration.
Mo. Gould. Justice of the Peace

Ephraim Davenport
Charles Withman for Ebenezer Waterford Oxford Co. Me

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Ephraim Davenport which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? 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? 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? No - see Issue 5- VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? He should mention his Colonel no - VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? 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?

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 ?
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's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? No - See Quere 10
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
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 ?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct ?
No - See Quere 10
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily ? And, if not, which of them is not so answered ?
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 each 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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
†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 authenticates 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 ends 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Probably an application to the Secretary of the State of Massachusetts. E.D. Bangs Esq. might procure for him evidence of the whole, or part of his service
The applicant in this case is unable to account for the discrepancy in his evidence — I am confident that the facts stated in his declaration and supported by the evidence of Reuben Eastman, Moses Flutcher, and Levi Dyer, are true — The rolls in the office of Massachussetts do not so appear — It remains for the Dept. to reconcile it — It appears that their troops were attached to us in August, consequently no colonels — Communication addressed to Charles Whitman —

N. Bridgton Me Oct 20
Three
Mr Cole
2 Me
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Patents Washington City D.C.
Atty Genl

Please direct to me at North Bridgton M. Gould