Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 21293, Ephraim Harrington, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Harrington, Ephraim Abigail
W. 21293
CONTENTS

5,008
Vermont. B
Abigail Harrington widow of Ephraim Harrington who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 57 Dollars 87 1/2 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14th day of Augt. 1849. and sent to
J. Scott Vergennes Vt.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 55 Vol. 3.

State of Vermont Addison by J
On the _____ day of March
A 1842. Personally appeared before the Hon. Judge in open Court Michael Harrington now a resident of Ferrisburgh in the City of Addison and State of Vermont aged Seventy four years on the 20 th day of September A 1842, being 1 st duly sworn according to law - doth on her oath make the following Declaration - In order to obtain the benefit of the provisions provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 that she is the widow of Ephraim Harrington formerly in the family of Deane, but now a part of Danville and State aforesaid, who was a soldier in the regular Line or army in the Revolutionary War - Massachusetts Line In regard to the services - The officers and the manner of the services - she cannot particularize - she knew I was acquainted with her said husband from earliest Youth - having been brought up in the vicinity of each other - living within about four miles - I knew when a little girl, that my said husband - had brother Dea Hemenway of North Ferrisburgh were soldiers in the Revolutionary War - as females, would know such things - I was then quite young - I understood. In 1778 or 1779 - the time is faint in memory - that my said husband and I should think his said brothers - had enlisted during the war - This was the common report

Then - and my said husband's then absence was in accordance with what I then understood at the conclusion of the War - I am confident I saw my said husband, on his return at Mr Michael Walcomb, Dr. Sudbury Massachusetts my native Town - I then understood that he was discharged - and was about to re- turn to his former residence, and did so return accordingly to the Town of Framingham. a. I am confident said Sudbury - we had from this time an occasional acquaintance and finally were married at Sudbury - on the 11 th day of April 1785 - by Rev. Jacob Bigelow - the then settled Minister of said Town of Sudbury - we lived together in said Sudbury then removed to Hubbardston in said State, there twelve or fifteen years - and then removed to said Town of Eden - about 1801 or 2 - where we lived together as man and wife until the year of 1814, when my said husband died, during my said husband's life - he frequently conversed with me - his family & neighbors - about his revolutionary services, which were, in some things in accordance with my previous knowledge - I mean as to his being in the War of the Revolution - as above related by me - One circumstance I fully remember that he often related, with much satisfaction - that is - of being of of Washington's guard or life guard - he spoke of guarding his house

or Marklee often — I know not that he meant that he was one of Washington's Cannon or Selected Life guard or not — I should think it was not the latter however. — I could have related in my former many incidents, which my dear husband communicated, which happened to him in the Revolutionary War — But I am now old and feeble in health — having experienced a very great share of affliction — and hardships — It is now nearly thirty years since my husband ceased upon my hands a numerous young family in a new country and without means of support, for what little prospects we had were blighted — by his death — The accompanying affidavits of the kind a neighbor I acquainted in of myself & husband — Thomas Same Light upon the business probability of my dear husband's services — and all things that of a clear demonstration of his services — and that he was a contemporary with him in the war — and he saw him there in his War. dress — and habiliments — and thinks he belonged to a General Vixen Brigade Massachusetts Line — I could know nothing of these things — except from others — I might have heard them named by my dear husband — thirty years ago — but I have not treasured in mind — or could be expected — I pray fully that he was from Early Life reputed — and believed to have been years in the War — and that he was actually there as such — by a Loving honorable man —
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Arthur —

My general recollection is confined to my said husband's being as a regular Soldier in the Revolutionary War — when I was Young — his absence for two or three years there — his return and discharge — his conversation & declarations about it to his family and neighbors — at periods during his Life — The rolls I know nothing about — except the roll of truth — which I have given and produced here —
That I was married to S d Ephraim Hawton, as I have before stated at Sullivan, aforesaid on the 11 th day of April 1785 by the Rev. Jacob England Then the settled minister of S d Sullivan That my said Husband died at said Elder on the 18 th day of July 1814 That I have never been married again but remained his widow ever since That time to the present

Mr. Kennebec Marriage -
Wm P Dillingham Jr 1852 Feb 17 45

April Eleventh Seventeen hundred and Eighty Five Ephraim Herrington and Abigail Hunt both of Sudbury were married by Jacob Biglow
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is expressed in fair legible figures thus April 11 th 1785-
Attest Thomas Stearns Town Clerk of Sudbury
I Thomas Stearns of Sudbury in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts do testify and say that I am Town Clerk of the Town of Sudbury aforesaid, that I have the care and custody of the Records of said Town, and that the above is a true copy of the record of the marriage of the said Ephraim Herrington and Abigail Hunt, with the exception above named
Attest Thomas Stearns Town Clerk of Sudbury
Middlesex ss. Sudbury January 16 th A.D. 1840
Then the above named Thomas Stearns personally appeared and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true -
Before me Asher Goodnow Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex Ss.
I Elias Thurney Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, for the County of Middlesex do hereby certify that Asahel Goodnow Esquire, is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County of Middlesex, duly commissioned and qualified, and that his name put to the within Certificate I believe to be his genuine Signature. —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand affixed the Seal of said Court the 4th day of November 1840.
E. Thurney Clerk

MS.A.1.6 v.10 p.10
September 23, 1926
Dr. C. K. Turner 104 Coyle St., Portland, Maine
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 21293 it appears that Ephraim Harrington , while a resident of Framingham, Massachusetts, enlisted and served from March 7, 1781 to March 14, 1781 as a private in Captain Staples Chamberlain's Company, Colonel Dean's Massachusetts Regiment, and from April 3, 1782 for seventeen months as a private in the Light Infantry, Massachusetts Troops, officers not named, engaged for the town of Framingham.
He married April 11, 1785 in Sudbury, Massachusetts, Abigail Hunt born September 20, 1767 in Sudbury, Massachusetts, and both residents of said Sudbury at time of marriage. They moved from that place to Hubbardston, Massachusetts, thence to Eden, Lamoille County, Vermont where he died July 18, 1814. He was survived by his widow Abigail and a large family of children, their names not given, and
This service list by Miss Helen M. Stevens is a copy of the report on file in the Pension Office at Washington D.C. and is allowed for use in

soldier's age is not stated.
She was allowed pension on her application executed in March 1842 while a resident of Ferrisburg, Addison County, Vermont.
A daughter, name not stated, and a son-in-law Mr. Stratton were living in Craftsbury, Orleans County, Vermont about 1840.
The above noted is the only soldier named Ephraim Harrington found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.

1926-Sept. 23-Asst. to Dr. C. L. Turner. MMNF-
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 21293
Abigail Harrington widow of Ephraim Harrington Dis. New Mass.
Act: Feb 24 48
Index:--Vol. 14 Page 316
[Arrangement of 1870.]

DR. C. K. TURNER OSTEOPATH 104 COYLE STREET PORTLAND, MAINE
Aug 5, 1926
Bureau of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Will you kindly send me record of Revolutionary War service, and all other data which you may have of only one ✓ Ephraim Harrington of Rutland , Mass. Enlisted in Framingham Mass.
Jason Harrington of Rutland , enlisted in Sudbury Mass.
Thanking you Sir,
Very truly
Cassie K. Turner

72133 Vermont
Abigail Harrington, widow of Ephraim Harrington, who was a private, in the Massachusetts line.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 57 Dollars 87 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29. day of Sept: 1845, and sent to Mrs Abigail Harrington, Ferrisburgh, Addison County, Vermont.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
17 June, 1845
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 63.
Let to H. Harrington May 8/49
Ref 30

9632.
Vermont
Abigail Harrington, widow of Ephraim Harrington who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the — 1814 of N. Haven in the State of Vt. who was a private in the coy; commanded by Captain Chamberlain of the Regt commanded by Col: Dean in the Mass'ts — line for 17 mo: 11 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Poultry, at the rate of 57 — Dollars 87 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29th. day of September 45. and sent to Mrs Abigail Harrington, Harrisburgh, Addison County, Vt.
Total amount, $ 789.35
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by W. Stewart Clerk, Book D Vol. 1 — Page 129.

40 17.87 18.87 12.8
33.75 16.1675 12.1 17.87
No. 11657
Abigail Harrington vs let to the Rev. William Feb 19th 1845
Act July 7th 1838

Know all men by these Presences that I Do this day for and in Consideration of Three Hundred and twentyfive Dollars to me in Hand Paid to my full Satisfaction by Henry Adams Quit Claim all my Right and title to Lot No 13 in the 11 th Range in the township of Eden with all the Betterments there on unto the above named Henry Adams and for my Self my heirs and assigns forever Hear after have quit Claimed all Right and title to Said Lot unto the Said Henry Henry Adams his heirs and assigns forever To this I hear unto Set my hand and Seal this twentieth Day of august AD one thousand Eight hundred and four
In Presence of us
Asa Adams
Sarah Squiers
Ephraim Harrington

quit Claim For lot No 13 In the 11 Range
John Harrington To Henry Adams quit Claim
Town Clerks Office Eden Dec 6 th 1837 at two O'clock PM received this deed for record and recorded the same in Book 4 th Page 461 of register of deeds for the Town of Eden
Attest Samuel Plumley Jr Town Clerk

State of Vermont } District of New Haven }
On this day of February 1845 at a Probate Court held at Bristol in and for the District of New Haven aforesaid. Present Hon. Horace Munsil Judge. in open court personally appeared Abigail Harrington of Ferrisburgh in the County of Addison and State of Vermont, aged Seventy-eight years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions of the acts of Congress passed the 7 th of July 1838, the 3 rd of March 1843 & the 17 th of June 1844 - granting Pensions to widows of certain Revolutionary Soldiers -
She says that she is the widow of Ephraim Harrington who died in the town of Eden in Franklin County and State of Vermont in 1814. That she was duly married to said Ephraim Harrington in Sudbury in the State of Massachusetts by Rev. Jacob Bigelow the 11 th day of April 1785, and that upon her marriage to said Harrington, her name was Abigail Hunt. She says that she knew said Harrington in her childhood, and was brought up in the vicinity of his residence, & knows that when she was a little girl the said Ephraim Harrington, & his brothers Asa Harrington & Noah Harrington all went into the Army, but she does not know under what officers, her said husband served, but is advised that he served in Genl. Nixon's Brigade, and that he belonged to the Massachusetts Line and served two years or more and that she claimed that pay for two years, or a pension for two years.

Service. She says she is advised by Eli Hind & Amos Prentiss whose affidavits are herewith forwarded, that said Ephraim Harrington enlisted  joined during the war - into the Massachusetts & she says she is advised by one other person, to wit Noah Harrington that he served in the 4 th Regiment of the Massachusetts Right Infantry. She says that she has heard him relate that he was one of General Washington's Guard, spoke of guard- ing his house & Market. She says she cannot give a full & clear relation of what she heard her said Husband say in relation to the incidents and events of the war because the infirmities of age have so much effaced them from her memory that she cannot give a correct detail of them. She says that they (she & her said husband) moved into Edm- onds in Samuels County and State of Vermont in 1801 that the Country was then new and very thinly settled. that they worked to obtain a living & that said Harrington died in as before stated in 1814. & left her a widow with a family of children & small means to support them with so that her whole attention was taken up by the necessities of herself and family to the exclusion of past events. so that so that she retains upon her mind a mere shadow of what she once probably had in full recollection - She says that she has resided in Vermont since 1801 and is now the widow of said Ephraim Harrington. and was 77 years old the 28 th day of September 1844 -

State of Vermont      } The foregoing Restoration of Abigail Keen New Haven District } ington was subscribed and sworn to

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston;
May 9 1845.
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 Ephraim Harrington is borne as a private upon a Muster roll of Capt n Staples Chamberlain's Comp y . in Col. Deane's reg t , for service at R.I. from March 7 to March 15, 1781, including allowance for 60 miles travel, 11 days; — Also signed to a receipt for £81 L. money as a bounty to serve in the Continental Army for the town of Framingham for the term of 3 years, — dated Boston, April 3 d 1782. The name is not found upon any rolls of Gen t Nixon's command, and the above is all the evidence of service in the case, shown by any of the records in this office.

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. Parsons Secretary of the Commonwealth.

State of Vermont Addison County. Town of Ferrisburgh
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his Office of the services of Ephraim Harrington in the war of the Revolution.
I cannot tell the names of the Officers under whom he served. Only I am advised that he belonged to General Nippon's Brigade. and I am also advised that he belonged to Massachusetts Light Infantry. I believe that he enlisted from Sudbury or Framingham in Massachusetts and served in the Massachusetts line - and served more than two years. I was first married to him in Sudbury in 1785. I wish for proof of the services.
February 4 th 1845
Abigail
my X Harrington mark
Harvey Munnell Samuel McWilliams
I swear to and subscribe this 4 th day of February 1845
Before Harvey Munnell Justice of the Peace
State of Vermont Addison County ss. I, Samuel Swift, Clerk of the County Court for the said County of Addison, do hereby certify that Harvey Munnell before whom the above affidavit was taken, was at the time a Justice of the Peace for said County, duly authorized to administer oaths and that his name subscribed to the above certificate is his own signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 11 th day of January 1845. Samuel Swift Clerk

116 57 Rec? Feby 17. 1845
Abigail Harrington Vt.
Act 7. July 38 m 85. d 84 Admitted ad 1838. 43. 4/4
1 year 5 mos 11 do in 1782. & 1783-
$57. 87
Capt Chamberlain Col. Dean

State of Vermont } On this 4 day of February 1845 at a New Haven District } Probate Court held at Bristol in and for the District of New Haven. Present Hon d Henry Bransel Judge. personally appeared Abigail Harrington, of Ferrisburgh, in the County of Addison, and State of Vermont, aged Seventysix years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the acts of Congress, of the 7 th of July 1838, & the 3 rd of March 1843 and the 17 th of June 1844 granting Pensions to widows of certain Revolutionary Soldiers -
She says that she is the widow of Ephraim Harrington, who died in the Town of Eden, in Lamoille County, and State of Vermont, in 1814. That she was duly married to said Harrington, in Sudbury, in the State of Massachusetts, by Rev Jacob Bigelow, the 11 th day of April 1785, and that before her marriage to said Harrington, her name was Abigail Hunt. She says that she knew said Harrington from her earliest recollection & was brought up in the vicinity of his residence - that she recollects he and his brothers, Asa Harrington and Noah Harrington all went into the army but she does not know what officers her said husband served under, but is advised that he served two years or more in the whole, and claims pay for two years service, or a Pension for two years service as a Private

She says she believes her entitled from Framingham or Sudbury in the State of Massachusetts and that she is advised by some that he served in Genl Noyes Brigade & belonged to the Massachusetts line & by others that he served in the 4th Regiment of Light Infantry and that he served during the war — She says that she has heard him relate that he was one of Genl Washingtons Guard — had guarded his house and marked and has heard him relate many incidents and events of the war but by reason of the infirmities of age they are so much effaced from her memory that she cannot give a correct detail of them.
She says that they moved into Eden, now in Samson County, in Vermont about the year 1801, & she thinks in that year that the country was then new, & thinly settled, that they worked hard to obtain a living, and that her said husband, died in 1814 & left her a widow, with a family of children, and small means to support them with, so that her whole attention was called to relieve the wants of her self and family, to the exclusion of past events, so that she retains in her mind a mere shadow, only, of what she formerly once had in full recollection — She says that she has resided in Vermont since 1801 and is now the widow of said Ephraim Harrington in presence of
Abigail
her Harrington mark
Harvey Munroe
Samuel Willard

Sworn to and Subscribed before me Harvey Murnill Judge
I certify the above named Abigail Harrington is a credible witness Harvey Murnill Judge
State of Vermont. District of New Haven Probate Court } ss
I hereby certify that Harvey Murnill is the judge of the Probate Court for the District of New Haven. That the signature affixed to the above certificate is his genuine signature
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court. at Vergennes in said District this 6 th day of February A D 1845.
J. D. Folsom Register.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2 d February, 1848. entitled, "An act making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution."
State of Vermont. County of Addison ss.
On this 5 th day of May 1849. personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, Abigail Harrington, a resident of Ferrisburgh in said County of Addison, aged eighty one years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the second of February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Ephraim Harrington, who was a Private in the Army of the United States, - but she does not remember the names of the regiment or corps in which he served. That she received a pension of $57.87 per annum under the act of June 17. 1846. She further declares that she is a widow.
Sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written. Before Goddard Martin Justice Peace
I further certify that the declarant is personally known to me - Goddard Martin Justice Peace

State of Vermont } I Philip C. Tucker & Clerk of the City Court of City of Vergennes. } the City of Vergennes, do hereby certify that Hon. David Martin Esq d before whom the within declaration purports to have been made, is a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Addison, duly appointed and sworn; that the signatures attached to said declaration are in the proper hand writing of said Justice, and that to all his official acts as such Justice due faith and credence should be given. —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at said City of Vergennes this 28 th day of May A D 1849. —
Philip C. Tucker. H.
Clerk of the City Court of Vergennes. —

Pension Office.
November 24. 1840.
Sir,
The claim of Mrs. Abigail Harrington has been examined, and her papers are herewith re- turned , in order that she may make an amended declaration. She should claim under the act of July 7. 1838. As she alleges to have been married in 1785, her case is not provided for by the act of July 4. 1836.
The claim is asserted for an alleged service in the Massachusetts Line, without any specification of period, length, and grade, names of Officers &c. as required by the regulations. But if the rules were complied with, in setting forth the service, it would be unavailing, as the name of her late husband is not borne on the roll of any regiment of the Massachusetts Line, from 1777, to 1788 inclusive. There are rolls of the Massachusetts Service in this office, as well of the Militia as of the Line, to the conclusion of the War.

They are indexed by the names of the Captains, and of the Towns, and therefore cannot be examined, unless the service is set forth at least as to the names of the Officers under whom the service was rendered.
The Town records very frequently, afford claimants important evidence, as to the service. —
I am, Respectfully,
Your Obt. Servt.:
J. G. Caward
J. Sawyer, Esq. Hyde Park, Vermont.

No. Records from 1777 to the End. ~ - the Massachusetts - Va State - a part one returned 2 part not -

State of Vermont County of Addison Town of Ferrisburgh
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish Evidence from the Rolls in his Office - of the services of Ephraim Harrington in the War of the Revolution
I cannot tell the names of the Officers under whom he served only - it is said he belonged to Genl M c Donough Brigade & I am advised that he served in the 4 th Regiment of Massachusetts Light Infantry - I believe he enlisted from Framingham or Sudbury - I was married to him in 1785 at Sudbury - I am advised that he served more than two years - of which Service He wishes for evidence -
Filed 1845
State of Vermont District of Newbern Subscribed and sworn to before me
Judge of Probate
For the District of Newbern
In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said Court at Bristol in said District this day of February A D 1845

Washington Feb. 4 th 1840
Sir
Your letter of the 24 th of Dec was duly rec d , and immediately sent to the Pension office. I also called on one of the clerks in the department, who promised me to make a thorough examination in behalf of Mr. Harrington. I herewith transmit to you Mr. Edwards answer to my letter, from which you will see what is necessary to an "available" examination at the Pension office.
I hope it will be in the power of Mr. Harrington to furnish the data, necessary to enable the department to prosecute the examination to effect.
I am. Respectfully Yr ob t Serv t
C. Smith
James A Paddock Esq. Craftsbury Vt.

North Finsbury Dr Feb 7
16 3/4
7310
Cole
Hon Jas L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City District of Columbia

Woon James L. Edwards Washington City.
Dear Sir, I send you this Communication for the purpose of obtaining the proper authority to draw the pension to which I am entitled by virtue of my being a Widow of a Revolutionary Soldier, (Ephraim Harrington), the Certificate by which I have formerly drawn, having expired by its date, only reaching to March 4. 1848.
I am not certain, nor can I learn from any from whom I have made inquiry, what are the precise steps to be taken in my case; but as the provisions of the law touching my case must be familiar to yourself, and as I have received nothing since the 4th of March last, I trust you will send to me or my Agent, Joseph S. Harrington, such authority as will enable me to receive my claim for the past, and also in future, the same as heretofore.
Plus direct to North Ferrishburgh, Addison Co. Vermont.
North Ferrishburgh Vt. Feb. 5. 1849 Abigail Harrington Pr J. S. Harrington

To The Commission of Pensions Washington City

Park of Versailles, August, 2. 1839.
To the Commissioners of Pensions, Washington City, Sir,
I enclose herewith the Declaration of Abigail Harrington, late a Pen- sioner of the U.S.
Plead forward me the regulations for procuring pensions &c and oblige,
Very respectfully, Your Ob t Serv t .
C. Berth Cushing.

1839 43 1166 484
Mr Samuel Stratton Jr Craftsbury Vermont
180
Jacob Briggs John Minot Sherrill

Mr Samuel Stratton Jr
Sir I received yours of the 22 d November requesting information respecting Ephraim Herrinton being in the service all that Noah Herrington can recollect is that he saw him at different times in the army he thinks he must belong to the 4 th regiment by the request of Caleb light infantry Herrington N. H. has bin to Rutland Paxton Worcester Framingham Sudbury and Natick and seen all the pensioners he can here of I have seen the pensioners in this vicinity and all information that can be had is mr John Gorham saw him several times and saw him in the army the above is all the information that we can be give
Yours with Due esteem
Timothy Adams
Barre Dec 9 1839
Noah Herrington thinks you had better refer them to the 4 th regiment of the Mass light infantry
N H thinks that Major Prescott commanded the regiment when on the lines

State of Vermont
Sauvile 67. Ys. } I Philo G Camp of Hyde Park - Clerk of Sauvile County Court hereby certify that the said Ch. Hinds Junior is a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Sauvile duly commissioned and qualified that his commission bears date on the 25 th day of November A. 1839 and expires on the 1 st day of December A 1840 - and that his signature above is true & genuine - In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand. affix my seal of said Court. at my office in Hyde Park aforesaid this 30 th day of October A 1840 -
P. G. Camp Clerk

State of Vermont
Grand Isle County ss
I Eli Hinds of Eden in the County of Grand Isle and State of Vermont - aged about eighty four years do testify and say that I was well acquainted with Ephraim Hurlburt formerly of Eden - at Hubbardston in the State of Massachusetts - we were officers in the Militia - same Company - It was well understood that he was a good disciplinarian - and that he acquired his knowledge - in the regular Army in the Revolutionary War - This was the common report there - and uncontradicted - That he was a Revolutionary Soldier in the regular Army of the State of Massachusetts Service - We said Hurlburt and myself - at the beginning of the present century but a year or less difference - In point of time remained in said Eden - then a part of Grand Isle County in the State of Vermont - I lived a neighbor to him while he lived - That he died about the year 1814 - in said Eden - leaving a Widow (Theresa) and a large and in some degree helpless family - That during our acquaintance both at Eden and Hubbardston he frequently conversed about the War - of his services generally and particularly - That he was a daring Ward-man - and that he was one of Genl Washington's guard of some kind - I have frequently heard him say - and that he had one or two brothers also in the Service which enlisted during the War - at the same time - from his concurrent statements I uncontradicted reports - In the vicinity - I have no more

doubt that the sd. Haverston enlisted a soldier into the Regular Army of Revolutionary War - Massachusetts Line and for duty in War. from the time of his en- listment until I had seen him there or been with him in service. Mr Haverston removed from Framingham or Sudbury to Hubbardston Massachusetts as I understood - The said Haverston his widow had resided in Eden since the death of her said husband Ephraim until within about a year past when she went to Live with a daughter - In the Town of Craftsburg County of Orleans - she had lived within a small distance of my self & family - she was unmarried - and had never been married - but had remained his widow - she is a woman of good reputation - I retain her marital faculties remarkably well for a person of her years - I have no doubt that the sd Haverston had told me his company regiment & Brigadier and I have a blind recollection of it but not sufficiently strong to state it I would add here that in addition to her residence at Craftsburg she had been confined & forward to Ferrisburgh by J. Chittenden & sd. state with her children - same considerable time. Eden. Octo 2 nd 1840 - Eli Hinds
State of Vermont
Essex County ss
Eden. October Second. 1840
Then personally appeared before me Eli Hinds signer of the above affidavit and made solemn oath that the same was true according to her best knowledge information & belief I also certify that the said Eli Hinds is a person of truth & veracity and whose testimony ought to receive full faith & credit wherever given -
(Eli Hinds for Justice of the Peace)

McKinstry Testimony

State of Vermont Samson County }
I Amos the kinstry of the Spark In the County of Samson & State of Vermont aged about eighty one years - I have resided In the Town of Hydepark about forty years past - was formerly a Soldier In the Revolution - Was a three years-man In Col. Smethy's Regiment Massachusetts Line was regularly discharged after my full term of service had expired - and have drawn a pension some a short time since the act of Eighteen hundred and Eighteen - Ephraim Hemenston - who was an early settler - In the Town of Eden In the County of Samson - formerly a part of Bennington - but who has been dead many years - was a Revolutionary Soldier - and during the war - as I then understood and have since often understood - the sd. Ephraim Hemenston - belonged to General Micon's Brigade Massachusetts Line - Asa Hemenston a Brother of said Ephraim was a Sergeant In the Company In which I served - commanded by Capt Adam Morton - That said Asa was a drum -man and served his term out - That while the said Asa was so serving with me - the sd. Ephraim frequently came to visit him - In the habit of a Revolutionary Soldier - I also always understood - then and since the said Ephraim having been at my house In Hydepark - that he used to  that he used to  negotiating  negotiating  gold  gold during work at a shoe-maker - In the natural conversation - about our services we had - and no doubt - remarked that Mr. Hemenston to visit Ephraim - was a Revolutionary Soldier - enlisted - and served during the war - Mr. Hemenston died In Eden suddenly - leaving a widow known at Middlebury so called

who is now living. In conversation with a son I said to wit - Mr. Stratton - The reputation of Mr. Warren was that of an upright man until his death. I probably once knew the Company & Regiment to which he belonged - but I have no recollection of its name - The Bridgford I have correctly stated and further your deponent saith not Hyde Park Sept 21 st 1840 - Amos M c Kinstry
Sworn & Subscribed this 21 st day of Sept. 1840 before P. G. Camp Justice of Peace
I hereby certify that the said Amos M c Kinstry's character is good for truth & veracity - & that full credence ought to be given to his testimony in any Court or Tribunal where given - I further testify that the words "he was a Revolutionary Soldier" were interlined - and the erasure at the bottom of the first page - erased  unfilled before execution of this affidavit - P. G. Camp Justice of the Peace
State of Vermont La Motte County. I, Philip G. Camp of Hyde Park, Clerk of La Motte County Court, hereby certify that P. G. Camp is a Justice of the peace in & for the County of La Motte duly commissioned & qualified. That his commission is dated Nov. 25 th 1839 & will expire on the 1 st day of Dec r . 1840. & that his signa- ture as above is true & genuine in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at my Office in Hyde Park op. this 30 th day of Sept. 1840 P. G. Camp Clerk

Ephraim Harrington } Mass. Line Asa Harrington } Bounty Land?
Land has been granted to Asa Harrington, a Sergeant of the 5 th Mass s Reg t
The name of Ephraim Harrington, is not returned in the records of the Mass s Line, among those entitled to, or who have received, bounty lands from the U ts States
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