Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 13357, Ebenezer Hayden, Mass.

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Hayden, Ebenezer W. 13357 And
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Massachusetts
Anna Hayden 2368 widow of Ebenezer Hayden Jr. dec Marh who died on the 6th June 1812 of Hampden in the State of M.S. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Belcher of the _____ commanded by _____ in the M.S. line for 10 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass? at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12th day of Octo. 1838 and sent Saml. S. Wm Miley Northampton M.S.
Arrears to the 14th of Sept 1838 $249.97 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar 39, 16.66
$266.63
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the }
Recorded by Wm Addison Clerk, Book 7 Vol. 2 Page 52

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Norfolk Town of Braintree ss. Married One Thousand seven hundred and seventy-five Apr. first Ebenezer Hayden Junr & Anna Hayden both of this Town.
The above is a true copy from the records of Marriages in the Town of Braintree with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in plain legible figures as follows. (1775 April 1)
Abiah Hudson Sledstad Clerk of Braintree
I Hudson Sledstad above married depose and say that I hold the office of Clerk of the Town of Braintree aforesaid in the Commonwealth State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town of Braintree with the exception above marked as notified by me.
Sub. n.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Norfolk County SS. Fourteenth day of September AD 1838 Then personally ap- peared the within named Jackson H. Belcher and made oath in due form of law to the within written declaration by him subscrib- ed. Before me Aaron Prescott Justice of the Peace

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Anna Hayden Massachusetts
Capt Belcher.
vol 1. 89 - July 78 - f
vol 17. 82 - June 76 - for days
not on - served at Rio de Janeiro.
admitted
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Paul D. Newkley Northampton. Mass

State of Massachusetts } 17 Hampshire County }
On this 5 th day of June 1898 personally appeared before the Hon. Nathaniel Conkey Judge of the Court of Probate of Wills in & for said County now in session Anna  Hayden a resident of Williamstown in said county aged eighty 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 the Act of Congress passed July 4 1836 and the act supplemen- tary of said act passed March 3 1837; That she was married to Ebenezer Hayden Jr. who was in the army of the Revolution in the year 1775 in the company commanded by Capt. Elias Wild in the Regiment commanded by Col. - John G. Hayden , that he went into the ser- vice on the first day of May 1775 as a private and served eight months with his company at Boston & at Cambridge; and afterward in the month of September 1776 he enlisted in the company commanded by Capt. Nathan Bletcher in the Regiment commanded by a Col. unknown and continued in the service till the last of November of same year being two months, as a private in the company stationed at various places in Long Island & State of New York; at the time he entered the service he lived at Braintree now the County of Norfolk till the year 1806 when he moved to William- -stown with his family where he resided till his death which occurred on the 6 th of June 1812 from apoplexy; that he was a volunteer in both periods of service; that she

has no documentary evidence of the services of her husband as aforesaid. She further declares that she was married to the s d Ebenezer Hayden Jr. on the 22 of June 1775 (she thinks) at Braintree aforesaid; That her husband the aforesaid Ebenezer Hayden Jr. died as before mentioned leaving nine children and herself the said Anna his widow, that she has continued his widow ever since as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed -
Sworn to as subscribed on the day & year first above written before me
Asa Stagg Athanas Bowdoin Judge of Probate
Samuel F. Lyman Register of said Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Anna Hayden widow of Ebenezer Hayden Jr for a pension -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 5 th June A.D. 1808
Sam l F. Lyman - Reg t of Probate

Deposition of Ann Hayden

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Secretary's Office, September 17. 1861.
I hereby certify that there are no rolls of any of the companies in Col. Greathead's Regiment remaining in this Office witness my hand and the Seal of the State
John D. Sleeper Sec'y of the Com'tee

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 13357
Mrs. Hayden Widow of Elenezer Hayden Pre Rev War
Act: July 4th 36
Index:—Vol. a , Page 309
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Northampton Mass. 15 June 1838
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Comm. n of Pensions
I herewith transmit to you the evidence of the services of Elijah Thayer and Ebenezer Hayden in the war of the Revolution --
The evidence is as complete as can be obtained in favor of their widows respectively Anne Hayden and Phoebe Thayer.
Will you do me the favor to transmit to me their pension certificates, if pension shall be granted them --
Very Respectfully
Your O be d Servt --
Saml. L. Hinckley

Anna Hayden Wapumsett
Suspended
Per letter 8 th Augt 1838 J. L. Burkle

I Phebe Thayer of Williamsburgh in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts do testify & say that I was well acquainted with Ebenezer Hayden Jr of Braintree then in the County of Suffolk more in the County of Norfolk in Mass s from childhood, he then living in the same parish and attending the same church with me; that he was in the Army of the Revolu- tion in the same company with my husband and served the same time with my husband viz; ten months, as follows; eight months as a private in the company of Capt. Elias Hild in the Regiment of Col. John Green stationed at Somerville & Cambridge; that he left Braintree & returned with my husband after said service of eight months; that afterward in the year 1776 said Hayden left Braintree with my husband Elish Thayer Jr. in the month of September for New York and enlisted with my said husband for two months & served in the same company & Regiment with him for the same period of two months & was "in the same mess" with him & returned to Braintree with him on the last of Nov.

of same year (1776). The company in which he served said period of two months was commanded by Nath l Belcher Capt. I have often heard said Ebenezer Hayden Jr a my husband Elijah Thayer Jr. talk over their exploits, marches & fatigues in both the 1 st period of service. Said Eben r . Hayden Jr. married my sister Anna Thayer in the year 1775 I think on the 22 nd day of June of said year & lived near me from his child- hood in Braintree & remained till he moved in 1806 with us in company with myself & my husband & his wife & family to Williamstown in this County where he resided within a mile of my residence till his death in June 1812 6 th day of said month.
My age is eighty two years on the third day of May last past - In presence of us Phebe her Thayer mark John Lyman Leonard Dwight

Commonwealth of Massachusetts } p - County of Hampshire
On the eighth day of June 1838 I then personally appeared Phoebe Thayer within named and subscribed the foregoing affidavit in my presence & in presence of the two witnesses herein named & made solemn oath in due form of law to the truth of the statement in said affidavit, which I believe to be true and worthy of full faith & credit.
I am - L. Hinckley Justice of the Peace
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Hampshire ss.
I, SAMUEL F. LYMAN, Register of the Court of Probate within and for said County of Hampshire, do hereby certify that Sam d L. Hinckley Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that the signature thereto annexed purporting to be his, I know to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this fifth day of June A. D. 1838.
Sam d F. Lyman Register of Probate.

State of Massachusetts } ss - County of Hampshire
On this 8 th day of June 1878 personally appeared before the Hon. William Corkey Judge of the Probate of Wills in and for sd. County now in session Anna Thayer
ss
Phoebe Thayer before me Anna Thayer

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, September 17 th 1838.
I hereby Certify, That Narion Prescott Esq te is a _____ Justice of the Peace for the County of Norfolk , _____ 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: and he has been a Justice as aforesaid for the six months last past.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John A. Biglow Secretary of the Commonwealth.

I Nathaniel Holbrook of Randolph in the county of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts do testify and say that Ebenezer Hayden Junr was born in Braintree in the County of Suffolk and now in the County of Norfolk, with whom I was personally acquainted, he being a school mate of mine; that he, in the year 1775 enlisted into the army of the revolution in the latter part of April or beginning of May of that year, as a private in a company commanded by Capt Silas Wild, in the Regiment commanded by Col - Grayton for the term of eight months, and during that time or a part thereof he with his company were stationed in Dorchester; that according to the best my recollection he served the out the period of his enlistment; That I was in the service at the same time but not in same company; I am in my eighty first year of my age; and that the said Ebenezer Hayden some time after the close of the revolutionary war removed with his family from Braintree to Williamsburgh in the Western part of this State.
Attest. Joseph Arnold Nath Holbrook
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Norfolk County ss 30th April A.D. 1838 Then personally

My appeared the abovenamed Nathaniel Holbrook and subscribed and made oath, in due form of law, to the abovenwritten Dep- osition before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace within and for the said County of Norfolk, and I hereby certify that full faith and credit may be put upon the statement of the said Deponent as a man of truth and veracity
Aaron Prescott Justice of the Peace
March 15
1818

I Micah White of Randolph in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Esquire Do testify and say That I am know- ing to Ebenezer Hayden Jun r of Braintree in the said County, being in the army of the Revolution in the year 1775 in the Company commanded by Capt Silas Wild in the Regiment commanded by Col. John Grayton, that he went into the service the last of April or first of May of that year and continued in said service to the best of my recollection for eight months as a private in said Company and during that time was stationed first at Dorchester and afterwards at Cambridge near Boston, That I served in the same Company for eight months; My age is eighty four -
Micah White
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Norfolk SS. 4 th April A D 1838 Then per- sonally appeared the abovenamed Micah - White and subscribed and made oath in due form of Law to the foregoing Deposition before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace within and for the County of - Norfolk, and I hereby certify that full faith

faith and credit may be given to the state- ment of the said Disponent for truth and - veracity
Before me Aaron Prescott Justice of the Peace