Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30,938, Ebenezer Clark, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Clark, Ebenezer
NUMBER _____
D. 30938
CONTENTS

18-257
Maine
Ebenezer Clark
of York Co in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Fernald of the Regt. commanded by Col Morton in the Miss. River line for 8 mos.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 day of Augt. 1839 and sent to A. McArthur Lexington
Arrears to the 4th of March 1839 $53.32 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept. 13.33
$166.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book E Vol. 1 Page 8.

Stoener Clark.
47 47.

State of Maine.
COUNTY OF YORK, ss.
ON this twentieth day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared before the Court of Probate held at Farmerville in & for of the County of York  Ebenezer Clark — a resident of Limington in the county of York — and State of Maine — aged eighty 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 enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1775 in April May or June with Captain Tobias Fernald and served in the Col. James Scammon's regiment of the Massachusetts line, under the following named officers :
I enlisted as a private in Captain Tobias Fernald's company in Massachusetts in Col. James Scammon's Regiment & arrived at Cambridge before the battle of Bunker Hill. Our Regiment was ordered on the Hill & was after we remained behind Cobble Hill & were counter ordered not to go on to the hill. We remained at Cambridge until the eight months for which I enlisted was expired. I was discharged some time in January 1776. I served eight months or the period of my enlistment — I was born at Kittery in Maine in the year 1752. I lived in Kittery till year 1790 & since that time have resided in Limington in the county of York & State of Maine . There is a record of my birth in the Records of Kittery — I have no written discharge. Arthur Matthews of Limington in the county of York & Stephen Clark of Nathamill Clerk of John Leary a degreemen of said Town will testify as to my character for truth & veracity.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or 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 Maine .
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Ebenezer Clark
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I, Wm. Cutter Allen , Agent Clerk of the Court of Probate aforesaid , do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Ebenezer Clark for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this twentieth day of August, A.D. 1832 .
Wm. Cutter Allen , Agent of Probate .

State of Maine York ss: On this third day of June A.D. 1833 personally appeared Ebenezer Clark of Limington in the State of Maine and being the identical Ebenezer Clark, who made oath to a decla- ration in the court of Probate for the county of York on the twentieth day of August A.D. 1832 to which declaration this is annexed for further declaration upon the above subject for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7 1832 & for the purpose of answering the interrogatories required by the War department as named in the brief accompanying his papers being "4 th subsequent" who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following additional declaration. That with respect to said fourth interrogatory he enlisted as a private in Captain Tobias Fernald's company of Infantry in the Massachusetts line. That with respect to the fifth interrogatory aforesaid I was acquainted with Captain Tobias Fernald Lieutenant Thomas Cutts Ensign Parker Foster - I will know by sight General George Washington, General Israel Putnam & General Lee & General John Sullivan. I saw Colonel Prescott - I was acquainted with Col Scammon of my Regiment & Lieutenant Col Moulton of York - after the battle of Bunker Hill I was stationed at Cambridge and at a fort called No. 1 out of the village of Cambridge. With respect to the sixth interrogatory I never received any written discharge but when my time was out I was dismissed. With respect to the seventh interrogatory I am known to John Severy & Moses Moody in my neighborhood who will have testified to my character for truth & veracity.
Ebenezer Clark
State of Maine York ss: June 3 rd 1833 Subscribed & sworn to before me Arthur M c Arthur Justice of the Peace

State of Maine.
Yahis. I Wm. Cutter Allen, Register of the Court of Probate for said county, hereby certify that Arthur M c Arthur is a Justice of the peace as within stated and that the signature pur- porting to be his is genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this eleventh day of June 1833.
Wm. Cutter Allen. Register of Probate

I Ephraim Clark of the age of seventy six years of Litchfield in the county of York & State of Maine do hereby testify & say that Ebenezer Clark enlisted in Captain Herold's Company in Colonel Seammens Regiment in Massachusetts for eight months. Said Regiment was at Cambridge before the battle of Bunker's Hill. I joined said company in the fall of 1775 to take place of a man that had the common fever & remained in said company six weeks. Ebenezer Clark enlisted in said company in the spring of 1775 as a private & as I understood served the period of his enlistment. Said Ebenezer Clark was in said Herold's company during the time I served in it in the fall of 1775. Said Ebenezer Clark was born in Kittery in the county of York & now resides in Litchfield in the county of York and State of Maine & has resided there more than forty years & sustains the character of a man of truth & veracity ————— Ephraim Clark
State of Maine York ss: August 20 1832 Then the above named Ephraim Clark personally appeared before me & made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed
Before me Arthur McArthur Justice of the Peace
York ss: Aug t . 20 1832 I certify that the above named Ephraim Clark is a man of truth & veracity Arthur McArthur Justice of the Peace
State of Maine.
YORK, SS.
I, WILLIAM CUTTER ALLEN, Register of Probate, for the County of York, hereby certify that Arthur McArthur is a Justice of the Peace for said County of York , as above stated, and that the foregoing signature, purporting to be his, is genuine.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official Seal, this twentieth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.
Wm. Cutter Allen, Register of Probate.

4/4/9 Rev Clark
11.12.17
8 months $26.66
Arthur McArthur Esq Livingston Me
P 113

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 Clark 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? VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? 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? No
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No
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?
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
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?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
Not satisfactory
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.

May 27, 1900.
Dear Sir,
Can you tell me if Ebenezer Clark of New Castle Maine ever received for a a pension for his services in the Revolution. I wish to join the D. R.
Yours sincerely
Mrs. Frank S. Murphy 109 Mt. Vernon St. Boston Mass.

30938 Rev INVALID.
File No. 30938
Ebenezer Clark
Rev War
Act: June 1 st 32 nd
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 74
[Arrangement of 1870.]
June 8-1900 H-15 Mrs. Frank S. Murphy 109 Mt. Vernon St. Boston

Mr Shapleigh
I am impressed that I may have prepared a history of Ebenezer Clark for this same winter or soon after
This prisoner did not live off of it till close to the line I may have died while on a visit to New Ipswich

30938 Ebenezer Clark
June 3. 1833 Aug 20. 32 Linnington Me. - 80
Sprig 75 - Long Kittery Me Cape Tobias Pernald Cal Jas Peasemon moss & m.
Born Kittery Me - 175-2
No Babb Banks Hill

W John Seavy of Linnington in the county of York & State of Maine a clergyman residing in the said town of Linnington & Moses Moody residing in said town of Linnington depose testify & say that we are acquainted with Ebenezer Clark of said Linnington who subscribed & made oath to the above declaration to which this is annexed that we believe him to be eighty one years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he lives resides, to have been a soldier in the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
John Seavy Moses Moody
State of Maine York ss On this third day of June A.D. 1833 Personally appeared before me the above named John Seavy & Moses Moody to me personally & who are both persons sustaining good character for truth & veracity & made solemn oaths to the truth of the above deposition by them subscribed Before me Arthur M c Arthur Justice of the Peace.
State of Maine.
York ss. I Wm. Cutter Allen, Register of the court of Probate for said county, hereby certify that Arthur M c Arthur is a Justice of the peace as above stated and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this eleventh day of June A.D. 1833.
Wm. Cutter Allen
Register of Probate