Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 21,314, Ephraim Heald, Mass

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Heald, Ephraim
Nr. 21.314.
Sarah
Sara or
CONTENTS

Letter to Pen Agent 2 May 1838
2
Vermont 1361.
Sarah Heald, widow of Ephraim Heald, late Mass who died on the 6 th of November, 1834; at Windsor co. in the State of Vermont, who was a private in the comp y commanded by Captain Minter of the Reg t commanded by Col. Lyon in the Mass. & Me. time for 12 mos 10 dys. private
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont (Windsor) at the rate of 41 Dollars 10 Cents, per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1834. 6 th of Nov r 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 31 st day of Au- gust, 1837, and sent to Sewell Fullam, Esq. Ludlow, Vermont.
Arrears to the 4 th of March '37 = $95:78 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept. 20:55
$116:33
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 d }
Recorded by S. A. Elliott Clerk, k A Vol. 2 Page 37.

Vermont, 18.65-1
Order to pay arrear. 24th March 1838. —
Ephraim Heald.
of Windsor co. in the State of Vermont, who was a private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Mynot. of the Reg t commanded by Col. Lyon. in the Mass. m a line for 12 mo. 10 days.
Died Nov. 6. 1834.
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont, at the rate of 41 Dollars 10 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 d day of Sep r 1833. and sent to Stephen Cummings, Ludlow. Vt.
Arrears to the 4th of Sep r 33, 102.75 Semi-ant. allowance ending Mar. 84 20.55
$123.30
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Ele Moun, Clerk, Book E. Vol. 3. Page 69

Jeremiah Reid's Deposition for Ephraim Heald
Ephraim Heald's Application for a Pension. —

State of Vermont } On this sixth day of August 1832 Windham County ss } personally appeared in open court before the Judge of the Probate Court for the District of Windham now sitting Ephraim Heald of Ludlow in the County of Windham and State of Vermont aged 78 years who first being duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following de- claration 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.
That he was, in the year 1775 a resident in the Town of Westford in the County of Middle- sex in the State of Massachusetts, that on the alarm of the British's coming to Lexington, he turned out to meet them and was in the Battles of Lexington and Concord on the 19 th of April 1775 and that the next day he marched to Cambridge, where he immediately enlisted, a volunteer, for Eight Months, and served the whole of said Eight Months in the vicinity of Boston and was discharged on the last of December 1775 —
That during the said Eight Months he served in the Company commanded by Capt. Joshua Parker and in Col. W m Prescott's Regiment.
And the said Ephraim Heald further says, that in the year 1776 on the 15 th of August he volunteered and enlisted at said Town of Westford under Capt. Joseph Minot and in Col. Lyon's Regiment for three Months, that he served the full time for which he enlisted and was discharged on the 15 th of Nov. 1776 — That during the said three Months, he was stationed at Dorchester Heights, and that he with his company was employed the whole of the time in repairing the Castle which had been blown up by the British —
And the said Ephraim Heald further says, that on the 10 th of September 1777 he was drafted in said Town of Westford to go on an expedition to take Burgoyne, that he marched immediately under Capt the Laurens of Col. John Reed's Regiment, through Vermont to Fort Edward in New York, was there at the surrender of Burgoyne, and was one of the guard to take the Hessian Prisoners to Winter Hill in Charlestown Mass.

That he was in the service on this last expedition forty days — That he has no documentary evidence of any of his services — and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service in his second enlistment, that is, his term of three months service at Danberth Heights —
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 —
He was born at Milford in the County of Middle- sex and State of Massachusetts, on the 26 th day of November 1753. He has a record of his age in his Bible, which he copied from the record of his age in his father's Bible, and was informed by his father, that his birth was recorded in said Town of Milford, but has never seen the record himself — He lived in said Milford, when called into the service, and continued to reside there, except when out in the service, till Feb- ruary 1815, when he moved to Ludlow in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, where he has resided ever since. He never received any written discharge — He states the names of the Rev. Peter J. Nichols and Stephen Cummings, as persons, to whom he is known in his present neighbourhood, and who can testi- fy, as to his character for veracity, and their belief of his services, as a Soldier of the Revolution.
Ephraim Heath
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Isaac Proctor Judge
We Peter J. Nichols a Clergyman of Ludlow in said County of Windsor and Stephen Cummings of said Ludlow hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Ephraim Heath who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy eight years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have

been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Peter J. Nichols
Clergyman - Stephen Cummings
Sworn to, and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Jabez Proctor Judge
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 named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them, that Peter J. Nichols, who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman, resident in the town of Ludlow aforesaid, and, that Stephen Cummings, who has also signed the same, is a resident in the said town of Ludlow, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Jabez Proctor Judge
I Reuben Washburn, Register of the Probate Court within and for the District of Windsor in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Ephraim Heald for a Pension.
In Testimony, whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, this sixth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Reuben Washburn.

I Reuben Washburn, Register of the Probate Court within and for the District of Windsor in the State of Vermont, Do hereby again Certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Ephraim Heald for a Pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said Court, this first day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight Hundred and thirty three.
Reuben Washburn.
Ms 5072

Sarah Heald wid of Pt. Eph m Heald
Adm for 12 mo 100 $ 41.10 per ann commg 6 Sept. 1834
7 June -
Sewell Fullam Esq Ludlow - 81 Oct.

In order to obtain the benefit of the third section of the act of Congress of the 4th July 1836.
State of Vermont { on this 1 st Day of September personally Windsor County ss. appeared before me Artemus Spafford a Justice of the peace Sarah Heald a resident of Ludlow in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont.
Aged 79 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 4th 1836. that she is the widow of Ephraim Heald who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War of militia. for the proof of his services I would refer you to the records of the Department of War.
She further declares that she was Married to the said Ephraim Heald on the 20 th Day of June 1776 that her husband the aforesaid Ephraim Heald died on the 6 th Day of November 1834 and that she has been a Widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed. Sworn to and subscribed on the Day and year above written before Artemus Spafford. Sarah X Heald and we the undersigned testify that we are mark acquainted with the above named Sarah Heald and am knowing she has been a widow ever since her husband died
there are words interlined in the above statement Artemus Spafford State of Vermont { Ludlow September 1 st 1836 Thomey Heald Windsor County ss { This may certify that the above Sarah Heald personally appeared before me and made Oath to the above statement made by her
Before me Artemus Spafford Justice of Peace

State of Vermont } Windsor County ss }
I Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor County Court Do hereby certify, that Artemas Spafford is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County duly Commissioned and qualified, and that the within is his Signature In Testimony whereof I hereto affix the Seal of said County Court this fifth day September 1830 —
Benj. Swan Clerk

Before CHRIST cir. 57 1 Or. the day shall be one. b R. v. 22. 5. c Isaiah 10. 19. Rev. 1. 21. d Ezek. 47. 1. Joel 3. 18. Rev. 22. 1. 1 Or. eastern. 1 Or. comp. J. d. 1 Or. shall abide. 1 Or. shall abide.
7 But || it shall be b one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day nor night: but it shall come to pass, c that at evening-time it shall be light. 8 And it shall be in that day, d that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the || former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be. 9 And the LORD shall be King over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one. 10 All the land shall be || turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and || inhabited in her place, from Benjamin's gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner-gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king's wine-presses. 11 And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem || shall be safely inhabited. 12 ¶ And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth. 13 And it shall come to pass in that day, a that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour. 14 And || Judah also shall fight || at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the heathen round about shall be
gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance. 15 And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the ass, and of all the beasts that shall be in these tents, as this plague. 16 ¶ And it shall come to pass, a that every one that is left, of all the nations which came against Jerusalem, shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles. 17 And it shall be, a that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain. 18 And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, † that have no rain; there shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles. 19 This shall be the || punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations, that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles. 20 ¶ In that day shall there be upon the || bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD: and the pots in the LORD's house shall be like the bowls before the altar. 21 Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the LORD of hosts; and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts.
Before CHRIST 57. † Heb. upon whom there is no rain.
1 Or. fin. 1 Or. bridles.
¶ MALACHI.
CHAP. I.
1 Malachi complaineth of Israel's ingratitude, 6 of disrespect shown to God's worship. 14 The curse of corrupt offerings.
Before CHRIST cir. 437. † Heb. by the hand of Malachi. a Rom. 9. 13.
T HE burden of the word of the LORD to Israel † by Malachi. 2 I have loved you, saith the LORD; yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob, 3 And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness. 4 Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places: thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD hath indignation for ever. 5 And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The LORD will be magnified || † from the border of Israel. 6 ¶ A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name: and ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name? 7 ¶ Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar: and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD is contemptible. 8 And if ye offer the blind † for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil?
1 Or. up n. † Heb. from up n. 1 Or. bring unto, &c. † H. h. defecr. Rev.
offer it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the LORD of hosts. 9 And now, I pray you, beseech † God that he will be gracious unto us: this hath been † by your means: will he regard your persons? saith the LORD of hosts. 10 Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD of hosts, b neither will I accept an offering at your hand. 11 For from the rising of the sun, even unto the going down of the same, my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts. 12 But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible. 13 Ye said also, Behold what a weariness is it! || and ye have snuffed at it, saith the LORD of hosts: and ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the LORD. 14 ¶ But cursed be the deceiver, || which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the LORD a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.
Before CHRIST cir. 437. † Heb. the face of God. † Heb. from your hands. b Jerem. 17. 10. Amos 5. 21.
1 Or. whereas ye might have blown it away. 1 Or. in up? Rev. 11.

CHAP. II.
Before CHRIST cir. 307.
1 The priests reproved for profaning the covenant which was given them; 10 the people for their strange wives, 13 and treachery to their former wives, 17 and for impiety.
A nd now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.
a Levit. 26. 14. &c. Deut. 27. 15. &c.
2 If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings; yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.
b Or. reprove. c Heb. scatter. d Or. it shall take you away to it.
3 Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it.
4 And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.
5 My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name.
6 The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity.
7 For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth; for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.
8 But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of hosts:
9 Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.
Or. lifted up the face against. Heb. accepted persons. b Ephet. 4. 26.
10 Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously, every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?
11 Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem: for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.
Or. worth to love. Or. him that
12 The LORD will cut off the man that doeth this, the master and the scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offereth an offering unto the LORD of hosts.
13 And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth it with good-will at your hand.
14 Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
Or. excellency. Heb. a head of God. Or. faithfulness. Or.
15 And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the Spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
16 For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith, that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.
Or. he hateth put it away. Heb. is put away.
17 Ye have wearied the LORD with your words: yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye
say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?
Before CHRIST cir. 307.
CHAP. III.
1 The forerunner, and coming of the Messiah to cleanse his church, and judge the wicked. 7 The people warned to repent: 8 their sacrilege: 13 their impious blasphemy, &c.
B ehold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the LORD whom ye seek shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.
a Mark. 11. 10. Mark 1. 2. Luke 1. 76. &c. 7. 27.
2 But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap:
3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.
4 Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years.
c Or. ancient.
5 And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.
d Or. defend.
6 For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
7 Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them.
Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?
b Zech. 1. 3.
8 Will a man rob God? yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
9 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.
10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
c Gen. 7. 11. d Heb. empty you.
11 And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts.
e Heb. corrupt.
12 And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightful land, saith the LORD of hosts.
13 Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD: yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee?
d Job 21. 4. Chap. 2. 17.
14 Ye have said, It is vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?
f Heb. his offering. g Heb. in black.
15 And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.
h Heb. are built. e Psalm 95. 9.
16 Then

Before CHRIST cir. 397.
16 ¶ Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another; and the LORD hearkened and heard, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.
Or, As a father
17 And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
18 Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked; between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
CHAP. IV.
1 God's judgment on the wicked, 2 and his blessing on the good. 4 He exhorteth to the study of the law; 5 and telleth of Elijah's coming and office.
FOR, behold, the day cometh that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh
shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
Malachi ch. 4.
2 ¶ But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
3 And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts.
4 ¶ Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.
b Exodus 20. 3.
5 ¶ Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD.
c Matthew 11. 14. Mark 9. 13. Luke 1. 17.
6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
The End of the OLD TESTAMENT.

William Heath Born November 26 - the 1755 died 1817 Sarah Heath Born October 12 - 1817 William Heath Born February 28 - 1777 Thomas Heath Born December 12 - 1779 Deborah Heath Born December 17 1784 William Heath Born April 24 1782 Died January 24 1784 William Heath Born March 20 1785 Sarah Heath Born March 2 1788 Died April 21 William Heath Born August 17 1791 Thomas Smith Heath Born July 30 1808 William Heath Born June 13 1811 William Heath Born June 12 1812 Deborah Ann Heath Born July 14 1814 Martha Maria Heath Born September 4 1816 Emma Augusta Heath Born December 30 - 1830 Sophia Carolina Heath Born June 6 1822

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No.
21314
Sarah Heald Widow of Ephriam Heald Priv. Rev. War.
Act
July 7 th 1836
Index: Vol.
A
Page
327
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Ephm Kealdy Jr.
Ad m. When last paid
15 d . the 11 th Sep 1834
214
A.H.

Aug 10.
Miss Sarah Heald,
Free
J. L. Edwards Comm. of Pensions
Ludlow at Washington City 4 August 1832 D.C.

Ludlow Windsor County Vt August. 3 rd 1837
Sir Enclosed I send you a certificate of the publishment of Ephraim Heald and Sarah Hardy as entered on the Town Records of Westford Mass. which shows they were published as early as Apr. 6. 1776. and also that no records of marriages were made about that period.
I also enclose the old family record of Heald which shows, that they had children born as early as Feb. 28. 1777-
I think this will be satisfactory evidence that they were married as stated in Mrs Healds declaration, especially when there is proof of cohabitation for about sixty years - Mrs Heald has neither brother nor sister living as I understand, nor can I learn that any person that was present

at the marriage is now living). The fact of a cohabitation for fifty or sixty years would be sufficient, I apprehend, in all courts of law to prove a marriage, in order to charge the parties, or for almost any other purpose. I therefore hope it will be satisfac- tory to the War Department, when connected with the other testimony in the case - should this be the case please direct a certificate to me, or to Mrs. Hould
Respectfully Yours Obs. Servt.
Sewell Tullam Is.
Hon J L Edwards Washington

pt
June 10.
at
Admit
13 mos 10 d
J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
J. G.

Ludlow, Vermont June 1. 1899
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioners of Pensions
Sir, Enclosed are the papers of Ephraim Heald, returned with the alterations made, signified in your letter —
Your obt servant
Stephen Cummings

State of Vermont } I Benjamin of Ludlow and State and Windsor County ss County aforesaid do testify and say I was at funeral of Ephraim Heald of Ludlow who died November 6th 1834 and I Artemas Spafford of Ludlow do testify and say I was at the burial of Mr Ephraim Heald who died Nov 6th 1834 —
Owen Spaulding Artemas Spafford
State of Vermont } This may certify that the above named Windsor County ss Owen Spaulding personally appeared and made solemn Oath to the above statement Subscribed to before me
Artemas Spafford Justice of the peace
Ludlow Sept 1 st 1836
I Artemas Spafford further certify that that the above named Owen Spaulding is a creditable witness
Artemas Spafford Justice of the peace
State of Vermont } I Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor County Court Windsor County ss do hereby certify that Artemas Spafford is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County duly commis- sioned & qualified, and that the above is his signature In Testimony whereof I hereunto affix the Seal of said County Court this Fifth day of September 1836
Benj Swan Clerk

State of Vermont } I Thomas Bixby of Ludlow in said State and Windsor County ss } County aforesaid do testify and say I was born in Westford Mass. and Ephraim Heald lived in Westford and heard Ephraim Heald and Sarah his wife published and after saw them and a number of times with them when they went to be married in Westford and have known them ever since that they have lived together till the Day of his Death and I attended his funeral, and further state I think the Old Lady by reason of age and infirmity I think she is not able to attend any Court of record in the District Thomas Bixby
State of Vermont } I Ephraim Dutton of Ludlow in said State and Windsor County ss } County aforesaid do testify and say I lived in Westford before the Revolutionary war and afterwards, and was well acquainted with Ephraim Heald and Sarah his wife and heard them published in Westford Mass. and have live in the Town where they have lived ever since; and have been well acquainted till the Day of his Death and attended his funeral. — I further state that I think the Old Lady by reason of age and infirmity is not able to attend any Court of record in the District Ephraim Dutton
State of Vermont } Ludlow September 2 d 1836 Windsor County ss } This may certify the above named Thomas Bixby & Ephraim Dutton personally appeared and made Oath to the above depositions which they have subscribed too, I further certify that the above deponents are credible witnesses
Albion P. Foster Justice of the Peace.

I Atterus Spafford further testify that the within claim- ant in my opinion is not able to attend any court of record in said district
Atterus Spafford justice of the peace
State of Vermont - { I Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor County Court, do hereby Windsor County Ct. { certify that Atterus Spafford is a justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned qualified, and that the within is his signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said County Court, this fifth day of September Eighteen Hundred thirty six Benjamin Swan Clerk

State of Vermont Windsor County ss
I Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor County Court, Do hereby Certify that Artemas Spafford is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly Commissioned & qualified, and that the within is his Signature.
In Testimony whereof I hereto affix the Seal of said County Court, this fifth day of September Eighteen Hundred & thirty six
Benj s Swan Clerk
I Artemas Spafford further testify that within claim and in my opinion is not able to attend any court of record in said district Artemas Spafford Justice of Peace

I Stephen Reed of Weatherfield in the County of Windsor & State of Vermont, do depose & say, that I was a resident in the Town of Westford in the State of Massachusetts, in the year 1775 that I was called out, & was in the Battles of Lexington & Concord, and that I, immediately after, that is on the last of April 1775 enlisted at Cambridge, Mass. and that I continued in the Army of the Revolution which was in the vicinity of Boston, till the last of December 1775, when I was discharged.
And I further testify and say that Ephraim Head now of Ludlow in the County of Windsor aforesaid, was, in the year 1775 a neighbor of mine in said Town of Westford that he was with me at the Battle of Lexington and Concord and that he enlisted with me in the Revolutionary War at Cambridge, and was in the same Company with me, and continued with me in the Army till the last of December 1775 and that he was then discharged with me and that I know that said Ephraim Head did actual service in the Army in the year 1775 for the term of Eight Months — We were in the Company commanded by Capt Parker & in Col. Prescott's Regiment Stephen Reed
State of Vermont Windsor County ss 3 Ludlow July 17. 1832, Personally appeared Stephen Reed above named and made oath in due form of Law that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed contains the whole truth and nothing but the truth
I certify that the said Stephen Reed is a credible witness
Stephen Cummings Justice Peace.

State of Vermont. } Woodstock County Windsor County, ss. } Clerk's office.
May 31 st 1833 - I Benjamin Swan, Clerk of the County Court for said County of Windsor, Do hereby certify, that Stephen Cummings is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, and that the within is his signature.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said Court, and sub- scribed my name the day and year above written.
Benj Swan

Deposition of Ephraim Sutton for Ephraim Heath

I Ephraim Dutton of Ludlow in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont do depose and say, that I am a pensioner of the United States under the act of July 15. 1820 and 1823, that I was a resident in the Town of Westford in the state of Massachusetts in the year 1775 that I was called out, and was at the Battles of Lexington and Concord and that I, immediately after, that is, on the last of April 1775, enlisted at Cambridge Mass. and that I continued in the Army which was in the vicinity of Boston till the last of December 1775 when I was discharged.
And I further testify and say that the Ephraim Head of Ludlow in the County of Windsor & State of Vermont, was, in the year 1775 a neighbour of mine in said Town of Westford, that he was with me at the Battles of Lexington & Concord  War and that he enlisted with me in the Revolutionary at Cambridge and was in the same Company with me and continued with me in the Army till the last of December 1775 at that he was then discharged with me, and that I know said Head did actual service in the Army in the year 1775 for the term of Eight Months. We were in the Company commanded by Capt Parker, & in Col. Prescott's regiment —
Ephraim Dutton
State of Vermont } Windsor County } } Ludlow June 29. 1832 Personally appeared the above named Deponent Ephraim Dutton and made oath in due form of Law that the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed contains the whole truth & nothing but the truth —
I certify that the said Ephraim Dutton is a credible witness — Stephen Cummings Justice Peace

State of Vermont | Windsor County ss
Woodstock County Clerk's Office
July the 5 th 1832 - I Benjamin Swan, Clerk of the County Court for said County of Windsor, Do hereby certify that Stephen Cummings is one of the Justices of the Peace within & for said County, and that the within is his signature. —
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said Court, and subscribe my name the day and year above. —
Benj. Swan.
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Disposition of Stephen Reed for Eph - Reed -

It will be perceived that this deposition has not the certificate of the County Clerk, which is owing to the great distance that the Clerk resides from the claimant; and it is deemed unimportant, as the deposition of Ephraim Sutton is to the same fact, as this, of Stephen Reed; and both of which, were taken by the same Justice of the Peace Stephen Cummings.

I Joshua Reed of Stoddard in the County of Cheshire & State of New Hampshire do depose and say that I volunteered and enlisted in an expedition in the Autumn of 1777 to take Burgoyne I joined the Army at Fort Edward and continued with the Army till Burgoyne surrendered, and was then sent as one of the Guard to take the prisoners to Charlestown Mass. I was in the Army in this expedition Forty days.
I further testify, that Ephraim Heath of Ludlowe in the County of Windsor & State of Vermont, who was in 1777 a resident at Westford Mass. enlisted & joined the Army with me, and was in the same company with me, and that I know he was in actual service in the Army in the year 1777 for the space of Forty days. We served in Col. Jonathan Reed's Regiment and Capt. Lawrence's company —
Stoddard July 27-1832
Joshua Reed
Cheshire ss. on the 27 th Day of July AD 1832 the said Joshua Reed personally appearing made oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true before me Isaiah Reed Justice of the peace
I certify that the above named Joshua Reed is a credible witness
Stoddard July 27-1832
Isaiah Reed Justice of the peace

Chatham. July 29. 1832
I Salma Hale clerk of the Judicial Courts in said county certify that Isaiah Reed is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county. & I believe that his name there subscribed on the foregoing page is in his own hand writing in testimony whereof I hereunto affix the seal of our Superior Court of Judicature
S. Hale

Apr 22
Heath Mass
Station B Apr 17
65673 Swamp Field
8 37
J. S. Edwards
Home of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
Am

Ludlow Windsor Co. Vermont 16 th April 1837
Sir-
Mrs Sarah Field of this town, made application to the War Department, for a pension under the act of July 4, 1836, as the Widow of Ephraim Field late a pensioner, deceased, her application was made last summer or fall as she says, and was forwarded by Mr Cummings, and she has heard nothing from it since-
If you will write me on the receipt of this and inform me of the state of the application, whether the declaration and other papers are correctly drawn and whether the proof is sufficient or not, and if sufficient send a certificate to me you will oblige
Yours Resp ly
Sewall Hallam
by Hon J. L. Edwards
Cour t of Pensions -

Westford May 29 th 1837 Mr Sewall Fullam yr.
Sir Yours of the 5 th instant came duly to hand. In answer I inform you that it is a law of this State that marriages shall be recorded in the town books by the Clerks of the several towns. I have examined our books but I cannot find a record of the marriage of Mr Heald. In short I cannot find any marriages recorded which were solemnized during the year 1776 or about that time. It was at the commencement of the Revolution and I presume from some cause marriages which were solemnized at that time were never recorded in the town books. I thought possibly the marriage might have been solemnized at Groton, accordingly I requested the Town Clerk to search his records, he says there are no marriages recorded which were solemnized in Groton in the years 1775 '76 & '77 except three at the commencement of '75.
I find the intention of marriage between Ephraim Heald and Sarah Hardy recorded. It was

entered April 6 th 1876. Should I chance to find a record of the marriage I will immediately, inform you. And will cheerfully give you any other information in my which you request.
Respectfully Your Obt. Servant
Henry A. Prescott } Town Clerk } of Westford } Mass.