Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23118, Ebenezer Gould, Mass.

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n Gould, Ebenezer Gould, Anna
W 23118
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7621. Vermont
Anna Gould, deceased, widow of Ebenezer Gould, who was a private in the Massachusetts line
16.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 34 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843. Ending 20th July, 1844, when she died.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th day of March, 1846 and sent to
J. Bryant, Meriden, N.H.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
217 June, 1844.
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 63.
Recd: 19 March 1846
July 20 - 1844 AB

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Anna Gould
age
act 7 July 38
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10 mo. 60 pr
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also acts 43 & 44 to 20 July 1844 the day of her death -
To Ebenezer Gould for for himself - John Gould - Anna Kattika - chel Hutchinson Pat. Putnam - & Betsy White - they only received the deed - J. Bryant minder

State of Vermont, } On this twenty fourth day of December, in the Windsor County, ss. } year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine, personally appeared, before the Hon. the Probate Court for the District of Windsor, in said county of Windsor, Anna Gould, a resident of Windsor in the district of Windsor and state of Vermont, aged eighty one years on the thirtieth day of March now last past, who being 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, pas- sed July 7 th 1838, entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." ————— That she is the widow of Ebenezer Gould, late of Hartland in said county of Windsor, deceased, who was a Private in the War of the Revolution; that she was born at Old Bedford in the state of Massachusetts, where she con- tinued to reside until after her marriage to the said Ebenezer Gould; that she be- came acquainted with the said Ebenezer, some months before the commencement of the War of the Revolution; that he, the said Ebenezer, resided at Chelmsford, Mass s . and stood as a "minuteman" for several months immediately before the commencement of the War; that as she always understood from the said Ebenezer, both before and since their marriage, he entered the service of the United States, on the day of the Lexington Battle, on the 19 th day of April, 1775, and assisted in driving the British Troops back to Boston; that shortly after the Lexington Battle, and before he returned home, he enlisted as a Private, for Eight months, and as she believes, in Capt. Parker's Company, of said Chelmsford, but that she cannot now tell to what Regiment he belonged; That he, the said Ebenezer, was in the Bunker Hill Battle, where Capt. Parker aforesaid was wounded and lost a leg, and afterwards died of the wound, and she cannot tell who commanded the company afterwards; that in August, 1775, he, the said Ebenezer came home to said Chelmsford on a furlow, and visited me on his return to the vicinity of Boston; that she saw him again at the expiration of his term of service, in December, 1775, or January, 1776, at which time he had a Discharge which she then saw, and which she several times saw after their marriage, but what became of it she cannot tell.
That in March, 1776, he the said Ebenezer again enlisted as a Private for three months, but she cannot remember the name of his Capt. or the names of any of his officers; that he immediately marched again to the vicinity of Boston, and was there when the British Troops evacuated Boston, and continued in the service of the United States, in the vicinity of Boston and Cambridge, until the expiration of said last mentioned term of three months.
That in September, 1776, he, the said Ebenezer Gould, again enlisted as a Private, in the service of the United States, for the term of four months, in Capt. Ford's Company of Dracut, Mass s . and as she now thinks, went to New York, was in the Battle of the White Plains in October, in the year sev- enteen hundred and seventy six, and returned home in January, 1777. (1777)
She further declares that she was married to the said Ebenezer Gould, at Old Bedford in the state of Massachusetts, on the twentieth day of May, in the year, seventeen hundred and seventy nine, by the Rev. Mr. Penniman, then the settled

Minister over the Congregational Church and Society in that place; his christian name, she thinks was Joseph; that her former name was Anna Lane; that her Husband, the aforesaid Ebenezer Gould, died at Hartland, in the county of Windsor and state of Vermont, on the first day of April, in the year, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen; that she has remained the widow of the said Ebenezer Gould, ever since that period, and now is sole and unmarried; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, in the year seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz. at the time above stated. Witness, Thomas F. Hammond, John G. Putnam Anna her + Gould, mark.
Sworn and subscribed by the said Anna Gould on this 24 th day of December, 1839, before me.
THOMAS F. HAMMOND, Judge of said Probate Court.
I, Patty Putnam of Windsor in the county of Windsor and state of Vermont, aged fifty two years, being duly sworn, do depose and say, that I am a Daughter of the aforesaid Ebenezer Gould and Anna Gould; that from my earliest recollection, to the decease of my Father, the said Ebenezer Gould, I constantly made it my home at my Father's house; that during the whole of that period, the said Ebenezer and Anna constantly lived together in the relation of husband and wife; that since the death of my said Father, my Mother, the said Anna, has ever remained the widow of the said Ebenezer, and now is sole and unmarried; that my said Father died at Hartland in said county of Windsor, on the first day of April, in the year eighteen hundred and thirteen, & that I was present and saw him die.
Windsor April 8 th 1840.
Witness, Thomas F. Hammond.
Patty her X Putnam mark
John G. Putnam
Sworn to and subscribed by the said Patty Putnam, on this eighth day of April, eighteen hundred and forty, before me.
Thomas F. Hammond, Judge of Probate for the District of Windsor in sd. County.

State of Vermont, } Thomas F. Hammond, Judge of the Court of Probate District of Windsor ss. } within and for said District of Windsor, do hereby Certify, that Anna Gould who has sworn to and sub- scribed the foregoing Declaration; and Patty Putnam, and Ebenezer Gould who have severally sworn to and subscribed the foregoing affidavits, are severally persons of truth and veracity, and that the statements by them made are en- titled to full credit and belief. Given under my hand at Windsor, this 24 th day of December, A.D. 1840, Thomas F. Hammond, Judge.
State of Vermont, } Salmon F. Dutton, Register of the District of Windsor ss. } Probate Court for the District of Windsor aforesaid, hereby certify, that Thomas F. Hammond, before whom the foregoing Declaration of Anna Gould, and the foregoing affidavits of Patty Putnam and Ebenezer Gould were severally sworn to and subscribed, and who has certified to the credibility of the said Declarant and affiants, is Judge of the Probate Court for the District of Windsor aforesaid, which Probate Court is a Court of Record - and that the signature annexed to the respective certificates of the oaths of the said Declarant and affiants, as well as to the Certificate of their credibility, purporting to be the sig- =nature of him the said Thomas F. Hammond, is his true hand and genuine signature
Witness my hand and the Seal of said Court of Probate, at Cavendish, in said District, this thirteenth day of Jan- =uary, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and forty one.
Salmon F. Dutton Register.
Any communication on the subject of the foregoing application of Anna Gould, for a Pension, made to me, will immediately forwarded to the Applicant.
Thomas F. Hammond,
Browns Ville. Windsor Co. Vermont.

Mrs Anna Gould — Certified evidence of marriage
John Bryant Agent Meriden N 76

Town Clerks Office
Bedford Mass September 11 th 1845
I Joseph Brown jr of Bedford in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts certify that on the Book of records of marriages in my possession there is the following entry.
"Ebenezer Gooch of Chelmsford & Anna Lane of Bedford were married May 20 th Twentieth Seventeen hundred seventy nine by the Rev d Mr Penniman."
I certify that the above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows "May 20 th 1779"
I Joseph Brown jr above named depose and say that I held the office of Town Clerk in the County, Town and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town, with the exception above named as certified by me
Joseph Brown jr, Town Clerk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts } Middlesex ss } of September 1845 Before me Reuben Bacon Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston September 23 1843
I hereby Certify, That on the 16 th of December 1841, Reuben Bacon was appointed for the term of seven years a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex,
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; 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.
John G. Peabody,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Wm Bryant Agent
Menden. N.Y.
33 33 33 66 34.00

Wattand Vermont May 9-1845
Sir.
My late Mother Anna Goold of Windsor in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, had at the Pension office at the time of her death which took place on the 20 th day of July 1844 a pending claim to a pension under the Act of the 4 th July 1838. which I as her Son and administrator am desirous of having further prosecuted under the Agency of John Bryant of Meriden N.H. and H. H. Sylvester Esq. of the City of Washington, and allowed and made payable to Ebenezer Goold Administrator of the estate of the said Anna Goold deceased. And also the pension to which I suppose she was entitled under the act of the 3 rd of March 1843-
Ebenezer Goold Administrator
Hon. J. S. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions

January 24, 1939
BA--J/AWF Ebenezer Gould W. 23118
Mrs. J. A. Kenny 31 Clay Street Le Roy, New York
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of the following soldiers-
James Cheney, born in Newton, Massachusetts, 1740, died 1810, married Joanna Williams;
Ebenezer Gould, Sr., born 1725 or 1726 in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, died 1816;
Ebenezer Gould, Jr., born 1755 in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, died in 1813 in Hartland, Vermont;
Alexander McKinney, died Vernon, Connecticut, 1819, aged eighty-one years;
Benjamin Talcott, born 1725, Bolton, Connecticut, died 1811.
Jonathan Williams, born 1711, in Massachusetts, married Deborah Spring.
The Revolutionary War records of this office have been searched and no claims for pension found based upon service of James Cheney, Alexander McKinney, or Benjamin Talcott, nor for an Ebenezer Gould, born 1725 or 1726, died 1816, or a Jonathan Williams, born 1711. These surnames were searched under similar spellings.
The data which follow concerning Ebenezer Gould were obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, W. 23118, based upon his military service in

the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth of Ebenezer Gould were not stated, nor are the names of his parents shown.
While residing in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, Ebenezer Gould was a minute man before the commencement of the Revolution, he marched to the battle of Lexington, and before returning home, enlisted and served eight months as private in Captains Parker's and Benjamin Walker's companies, Colonel Ebenezer Bridges' Massachusetts regiment, and was in the battle of Bunker Hill. He served in the spring of 1776, three months, names of officers not given. He served in the fall of 1776, four months in Captain Ford's company, under Colonel Robinson, and was in the battle of White Plains.
Ebenezer Gould married May 20, 1779 in "Old Bedford", Massachusetts, Anna Lane, who was born in Old Bedford, March 30, 1758, names of her parents not given.
Ebenezer Gould died April 1, 1813 in Hartland, Windsor County, Vermont.
The widow, Anna Gould, applied for pension December 24, 1839, at which time she was living in Windsor, Windsor County, Vermont. The pension was allowed. She died in Windsor, Vermont, July 20, 1844, leaving the following children--
Ebenezer Gould of Hartland, Vermont, aged about sixty-two years; Patty Putnam of Windsor, Vermont, aged about fifty-six years; John Gould; Anna Hatch; Rachel Hutchinson; and Betsey Whitney.
The papers on file in this claim contain no further discernible data relative to family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

7654
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Suspended
Let to J. F. Hammond
March 24th 1881
to Hon. N. G. Smith & Son 1881
act. 7 July '38

9907.
Vermont.
Anna Gould, deceased, Widow of Ebenezer Gould, who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 1st: April, 1813, of Windsor in the State of Vermont, who was a private in the commanded by Captain of the commanded by in the Massachus - line for 10 m. 6 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Montpelier, at the rate of $14 - Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17. day of March, 1846, and sent to J. Bryant, Meriden, N. H.
Total amount, $ 17 0 .00
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by T. H. Stewart Clerk Book D Vol. 1 Page 129

7654
Lot to John Bryant
Nov. 21 '45

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
1939 Jan 24 list to Mrs. J. C. Kenny curator
File No. 23118
Anna Gould Widow of Ebenezer Gould Brimfield Mass
Act Mar 3rd 1843 June 19th 1844
Index: Vol. A , Page 282
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Te-Gar-Na-Mun-Na Chapter
Le Roy, N. Y.
January 10th, 1939
Veteran's Administration Bureau, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:-
Do your files hold any record of the following men?
(2) ✓ EBENEZER GOULD, SR. - (1725/6 - 1816) - Chelmsford, Massachusetts; m. Olive Parker
(3) ✓ EBENEZER GOULD, JR. - b. 1755, Chelmsford, Mass. d. 1813, Hartland, Vt.; m. Anna Lane
(5) BENJAMIN TALCOTT - (1725 - 1811) - Bolton, Conn.; m. Elizabeth Lyman
(10) JAMES CHENEY - b. Newton, Mass. 1740; d. 1810 m. (3rd wf.) Joanna Williams
(6) JONATHAN WILLIAMS - b. 1711, Mass.; m. Deborah Spring
(4) ALEXANDER MCKINNEY - d. Vernon, Conn., 1819 "ae 81"
Tradition gives to all of these men Revolutionary service and pensions. If your records can prove or disprove this, we shall be most grateful.
Sincerely yours,
Mae B. Kenny (Mrs. J.A.Kenny) Registrar, Te-car-na-wun-na 31 Clay Street Le Roy, N.Y.

1911/2
Thomas F. Hammonds Esq West Windsor Vermont.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, County of Middlesex , Town of Bedford, ss
Ebenezer Gould of Chelmsford, & Anna Lane of Bedford were Married May ye twentieth one thousand seven hun- dred and seventy nine by the Rev d Mr s Penniman,
The above is a true copy from the record of Marriages in the Town of Bedford aforesaid, Book first Page one hundred and fourteenth with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows (May ye 20 th 1779)
Attest Reuben Bacon, Clerk of the Town of Bedford.
I Reuben Bacon above named depose and say, that I hold the office of Clerk of the Town of Bedford aforesaid, in the County, and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town of Bedford, with the exception above named as certified by me. Bedford. January 27 th 1840, Reuben Bacon
Middlesex ss January 27 th 1840.
Sworn to and subscribed by the said Reuben Bacon Before Me Joel Fitch Just. of the Peace.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss. I Elias Thayer, Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, for the County of Middlesex, do certify that Joel Fitch Esquire, is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County of Middlesex, duly com- missioned & qualified, and that his name subscribed to the above certificate, I believe to be his genuine signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court the twenty eighth day of December 1840. E. Thayer Clerk

Wm Lloyd Jones Menden N.H.

State of Vermont, } District of Windsor. }
I, Salmon F. Dutton, Register of the Probate Court in and for the District of Windsor aforesaid, hereby certify, that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court,
That Anna Gould, widow of Ebenezer Gould, died at Windsor in said District in the year, one thousand eight hundred and forty four, on the twentieth day of July; & that at the time of her death, she had a pending claim to a Pension under the Act of July 7, 1838.
And I further certify, that Ebenezer Gould has been, by said Court, appointed Administrator of the goods, chattels, rights, credits and estate which were of the said Anna Gould, and is now acting in that capacity.
In testimony of all which, I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court, and subscribed my name at Cavendish in said District, this twenty eighth day of August, in the year, one thousand eight hundred and forty five.
Salmon F. Dutton, Register.

Anna Gould W. L. Clainaut
Act 7th July 1838
Additional Proof
John Myrnt Agent Minden N.Y.

State of Vermont, } J. Thomas F. Hammond, Judge of the District of Windsor ss } Probate Court in and for said district, do hereby certify, that satisfactory evi- dence has been exhibited to said Court, that Anna Gould died at Windsor in said district, in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty four, on the twentieth day of July; that at the time of her death she had a pending claim to a Pension under the Act of July 7. 1838, on account of the alleged ser- vice of her late Husband, Ebenezer Gould, deceased; and that she left six Children, whose names are Ebenezer Gould, John Gould, Anna Hatch, Rachel Hutchinson, Patty Put- nam, and Betsey Whitney, all of lawful age.
And I further certify, that Ebenezer Gould has been duly appointed Administrator of the estate of the said Anna Gould, and is now acting in that capacity.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court at Windsor in said district, This twen- ty second day of December, in the year, one thousand eight hundred and forty five.
J. Thomas F. Hammond, Judge.

Dec 6. (1824)
(1824)
J. d. Edwards Esq
Comt. of Russell
H. Everett, H.R.

Washington 3. Dec r '41
Sir
I enclose a letter from Th. F. Hammond Esq in relation to the case of Amos Gould respectfully
H. Everett
J. L. Edwards Secy Comm te of Pensions

Mrs Anna Gould-Poof of her husband's service
John Bryant Agent
Mendin. N.Y.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston;
Aug. 14. 1845
§. 12
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 Ebenezer Gould of Chelmsford is borne as a private upon a muster roll and return of Capt. Benj. Walker's Comp y . Col. Eben. Bridges' reg t . in the 8 months' service of 1775; — enlisted April 19; — the return is not dated, and there is no regular coat roll attached, but a few separate orders for coats dated at Cambridge as late as Dec r 25 th . His name is further signed to a receipt dated Chelmsford April 19, 1776, with a number of other soldiers in Capt. John Ford's Comp y . Col. Robinson's reg t . acknowledging payment to them of wages for service from February 5 th to April 1 st — being 1 month, 24 days — and is all the evidence of service in the case.
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And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Copley. Secretary of the Commonwealth.
of Vermont

Whereas my late mother Anna Gould of Windsor in the County Windsor and State of Vermont had at the Pension office at the time of her death a pending claim to a pension under the act of 7 th July 1838—
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Robbs in his office of the services of my late father Ebenezer Gould who may then have called Ebenezer Gould Jr. in the war of the revolution to be used in support of said claim
The services of said Ebenezer Gould or Ebenezer Gould Jr. I believe to have been as follows. or nearly so— At the time of the commencement of the war he was a resident of Chesterfield Massachusetts. and there engaged in the right month. Served in 1775. and was in the Lexington & Bunker Hill Battles. and served again as a private two other campaigns. one in the vicinity of Boston. and the other at New York. and New Jersey and was in the Battle of White Plains. But I cannot state the names of his officers— The latter service was in 1776. and he may have rendered other services— The subscriber being a son of the said Anna Gould and Administrator of her estate— Witness my hand this ninth day of May A.D. 1845
Ebenezer Gould
Administrator
Signed by the said Ebenezer Gould in my presence
Ebenezer Stocker
Justice of the Peace for the County of Windsor and State of Vermont

Payment to be made at by Agent for paying pension- ers, in the Agency of
Payable on the 4th March and 4th September in each year.
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book Vol. Page by
Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Five years' Pension.
I certify that in conformity with the act of July 7, 1838, Anna Gould, deceased, who was the widow of Ebenezer Gould, who was a priv. and entitled to a pension at the rate of $34 per ann. for for 5 years from the 4th March, 1836; which will be paid upon widow of the production of the proper vouchers to Ebenezer Gould, Adm. for himself, and the use and benefit of John Gould, who was a Anna Hatch, Rachel Hutchinson, Patty Putnam and Patsey Whitney only surviving children of said Gould, decd. - and died on the _____ day of _____ is entitled to receive a pension at the rate of _____ dollars and _____ cents per annum, commencing on the _____ day of _____; and in case of the death or marriage of said widow before the 4th of March, 1841, the pension will cease on the day of such marriage or death.
Payment to be made at Montpelier, Vermont.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 17 th day of March, one thousand eight hundred and 46
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned.
Commissioner of Pensions.

Payment to be made at
by
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March.
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book            Vol.            Page
Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
June, 1844
I certify that in conformity with the act of March 3, 1843, 817th } Anna Gould, dect: who was the widow of Ebenezer Gould, who was } priv: was entitled to a pension of the rate of $34 per ann: comm: on 4th March 1843 and end: on the 20th: July 44, the day of her death; which will be p: upon the production of the proper vouchers to Eben. Gould, Adm: for himself and the use and benefit of John Gould, Anna Hatch, Rachel Hutchinson, Patty Putnam and Betsey Whitney, only surviving children of Anna Gould, dect: — and died on the _____ day of is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of dollars and _____ cents per annum, commencing on the 4th March, 1843, and terminating on the 4th March, 1844; unless the Pensioner should marry or die before the last mentioned date; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage or death
Payout: to be made at Montpelier, Vermont
Given at the War Office of the United States, this — 17th — day of March one thousand eight hundred and 46.
Examined and countersigned.
Secretary of War.
Commissioner of Pensions.

Bedford. Ebenezer Gould. d 1813.
Anna Gould m. 1779.
Apl. 19. 75 8. Parker
March 71. 3. Emerson.
* Sept 71 4. Ford. x
x Vol. 19. p. 72. Milage of Capt. L. Ford. p. 77. Chelmsford

75 Pension Office Dec 8 1841
Sir
I return herewith the letter of Mr Hammond on the subject of the claim of Mrs Anna Gould widow of Ebenezer Gould deceased. in reply have the honor to state, that no due can be found from an examination of the Mass. rolls to the alleged service of said Gould. His name is not on the roll of men from Chelmsford in 1775. No roll of the Bedford troops for that year can be found. With regard to the service in 1776, I have to observe that men came forward in the early part of that year by a Resolute of the General Court of Mass. for three months; and by another Resolute of June 25th, 5000 men were ordered to be raised for 6 mos., a part of which was marched to the North, and the remainder to New York. The last service was in duration from 4 to 5 mos. Captain Thos. Ford of Chelmsford

with a company of ninety four men including Officers, marched on the 25 of July 1776. These men were raised by Scholfield at the adjacent town, but no roll or list of their names is to be found in the Mass Military rolls in the Office. But I believe that the town Records, fully generally, in that State will furnish such a list. both of those who were raised in the Spring and autumn of the year 1776. Many such lists have from time to time been sent to the Office with perfunctory papers. In the present case, such a list is indispensable, as much as the proof is offered to show that Elmer Foster was one of those soldiers who took the oath the oath of the claimant. The papers remain on our files. I have the honor
8 Dec. 1841 - J.C.
H. A. Elliott H. B.

John Bryant
Nov 21. '45

Sir
Gen: off Nov. 21 45-
In the case of Anna Gould dec d the court should have certified the names of the children which must be inserted in the certificate when it is issued to the adm r .
John Bryant Esq Meriden N.H.

I, Ebenezer Gould of Hartland in the county of Windsor and state of Vermont, aged fifty eight years, being duly sworn, do depose and say, that I am a son of Ebenezer Gould, late of Hartland aforesaid, deceased, and Anna Gould now of Windsor aforesaid; that my Father, the sd. Ebenezer, died at said Hartland on the first day of April, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, and that my Mother, the said Anna, has remained a Widow ever since that period, and now is sole and unmarried; that I have frequently heard my said Father speak of his services in the War of the Revolution, but cannot now remember the names of any of his officers, but I distinctly recollect to have heard him say that he was in the Battle of the White Plains, in the year 1776; and I cannot with certainty say, that I distinctly recollect of his naming any other Battle in which he participated; but I had always supposed from what I have heard him say, that he was out in the service of the United States, in all, eighteen months, or thereabouts. Windsor April 16 th 1840.
Ebenezer Gould.
Sworn to and subscribed by the said Ebenezer Gould, on this 16 th day of April, A.D. 1840, before me, Thomas F. Hammond, Judge of Probate for the District of Windsor, Vermont.