Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 45667, Ephraim Challis, N.H.

SERVICE
N.H.
Challis Ephraim
NUMBER
S. 45667
CONTENTS
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45667
INVALID.
Rev
File No. 45667
Ephraim Challis
Psu Rev War
Act: 18 March 1818
Index:—Vol. 3, Page 85
[Arrangement of 1870.]

5274.
New Hampshire
Ephraim Challis
Capt Oliver Private
New Hampshire Line In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War,
Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 20 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 of January 1818 and sent to John P. Parker Esq. Exeter New Hampshire
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818 $ 35.99 Semi-annual acct ending 4 March 1819 48.
4 years $ 83.99
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Wamke Rockingham
Certification sent to Peter Chase Esq. Exeter N.H. July 21. 1820

Marble Dec. 16 th 1818.
We the subscribers hereby testify that Ephraim Challis residing in the Town of Marble in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of support from his country. That he has not in possession any property
Elisha Quimby } Selectmen Barnard Currier Jr. } for Levi Sanborn } Marble
State of New Hampshire Rockingham ss.
Marble Dec. 16 th 1818. Then the above named Elisha Quimby Barnard Currier Jr. and Levi Sanborn personally appeared and made solemn oath to the truth of the above instrument they being men of credibility & truth.
Before me, Josiah Pecksbury Jr. } Justice of the Peace
I Peter Chadwick Esquire Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Rockingham in the State of New Hampshire hereby certify that Josiah Pecksbury Jr. is a justice of the Peace within and for said County and that his signature to the above oath or affirmation appears to be in his own hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this twenty first day of December Anno Domini 1818.
P. Chadwick

Ephraim Challis
5. 274
(March 1819)
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...to the Court of the King's Bench for the County of Middlesex... (the names of the parties and the nature of the action are not clearly legible)

STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
ROCKINGHAM.....SS.
ON this Eleventh day of July , 1820, personally appeared in open court, at Chester , before John Harvey and Hall Burleigh , Esqrs. Justices of the Court of Common Pleas for the said County of Rockingham, being a Court of Record for the said County of Rockingham, having the power of fine and imprisonment. Ephraim Chellis aged sixty eight years, resident in Newton , in said county, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:—
Enlisted into the service April AD 1775 for eight months in the Company commanded by Capt John Cournier in the Regiment commanded by Col. Faye and served eight months in the Massachusetts line. In the fall of 1775 enlisted into the Company commanded by Capt James Norris for one year in Regiment commanded by Col. Enoch Poor and faithfully served a year in the New Hampshire line. In the spring of 1777 enlisted into the Company commanded by Capt Oliver Colborne John Gorton's Regiment for three years and faithfully served three years in the Massachusetts line. About the time my third year expired I enlisted under Capt. Pritchard who then commanded the same company in the same Regiment commanded by Col. Gorton for the whole term during the war and was honorably discharged. Anno Domini 1783 was at taking Nyangon at the Battle of Fort Stanwix and Saratoga Point &c.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provision of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. My occupation is Farming
but am not of sufficient ability to pursue it at all times by reason of ill health and two broken legs which are some times troublesome. I have
in family residing with me a wife aged seventy four years quite infirm and much out of health and not able to do much towards her support. One daughter and her daughter aged nine years. My daughter is often out of health but they two can nearly support themselves.
Their capacity to contribute to their support I have received a Pension Certificate dated January 11 1819 and number number 5274 and have drawn three times. Ephraim Chellis
Sworn to and declared at Chester on the 11 th day of July 1820 before
John Harvey & Judges of Hall Burleigh said Court
I, Peter Chadwick Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Rockingham do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truely copied from the record of the said court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is 27 dollars and 17 cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this 14 th day of July , 1820. P. Chadwick Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Rockingham.

SCHEDULE
CONTAINING the whole estate and income of Ephraim Challis (his necessary clothing and bedding excepted,) by him subscribed, exhibited to the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Rockingham, on the  Eleventh day of July , 1826, and annexed to his oath, viz.
  1 Cow valued at $15 00   1 Pig 2 months old. 2 50   1 Sleigh 1 Axe 1 hoe 1 pitch fork 2 67   6 Chains 1 25   2 old Tables 1 00   Crockery ware 0 75   1 Peter platter 26 Peter plates 1 50   Brown earthen ware 0 75   1 Wash Tub 2 pails & one wooden bowl 1 25   Knives forks & spoons 50   27 17 
Ephraim Challis

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I Ephraim Chablis of Hawke in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire do Testify and Declare that in the year 1775 I enlisted into the United States Service and continued in the army until the close of the year. About the first of January 1776 I enlisted for One year into a Company Commanded by Capt. Norris in a New Hampshire Regiment Commanded by Col. Enoch Poor. Having served out the time for which I engaged, I sometime in the month of February 1777 enlisted for three years into a Company Commanded by a Captain Oliver in a Regiment Commanded by Col. Graton of the Massachusetts Line of the Revolutionary Army. Having served the time for which I enlisted against the Common enemy was discharged, which discharge I have by accident lost. To the best of my recollection the company when I was discharged was commanded by a Captain Cumston. And I do further say that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life stand in need of Assistance from my Country for support. April twentieth A. D. 1818                      Ephraim Chablis
Rockingham ss Probate Court at Exeter in said County April 20 th 1818 Ephraim Chablis being duly examined and cautioned made solemn oath before me that the above Declaration by him signed contained the truth and the whole truth. And it now appearing that the said Ephraim Chablis did serve in the United States Army on the Continental establishment in the Revolutionary war more than nine months I have hereunto set my Name and caused the Seal of Office to be affixed. John J. Parker Reg. Probate                      Daniel G. Goss Judge of Probate