Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23,248, Ezekiel Hager, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
1 Hagar, Ezekiel or 1 Hagar, Esther
NUMBER
W 23.248
CONTENTS
2

Maine 18.587
Ezekiel Hager
of Union, in the State of Maine who was a private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Buttrick, of the Reg t commanded by Col. Bates, in the Mass. Ma. line for 10 months.
See let. to D. M c Cobb Jan y 16, '40.
Hon C. Sawtelle 5 March 46
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of $3 Dollars 33 1/3 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19th day of Sep r . 1833. and sent to D. M c Cobb, Waldoboro, Me.
Arrears to the 4th of Sep r . 1833. — $83.33 1/3 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mar. '34 16.66 2/3
$ 100.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Elo Brown Clerk, Book E Vol. 1. Page 21

THE NEW TESTAMENT OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST,
TRANSLATED
OUT OF THE ORIGINAL GREEK:
AND
WITH THE FORMER TRANSLATIONS
DILIGENTLY COMPARED AND REVISED.
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..... 1810.

Union December 1: 1847
Mr. Samuel Hagen born
Februar 28 1785
miss Lucy Sheppard born 14 12
Decm 22 1784 14 96
mred october 28: 1809 6
Names Children
Samuel Hagen born april 11 1805
Samuel Hagen born sept 13 1807
Samuel Hagen march 27 1809
Lucy Hagen December 1 1812
Samuel Hagen July 26 1816
Samuel Hagen
born Oct 20
Esther Hagen
born June 16
1807

5239
Maine
Esther Hager widow of Ezekiel Hager who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 33 Dollars 33
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of Aug t 1849 and sent to
Freeman Bradford Portland Maine
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 14 Vol. 1

THE NEW TESTAMENT
OF OUR
LORD AND SAVIOUR
JESUS CHRIST;
TRANSLATED OUT OF
THE ORIGINAL GREEK.
AND WITH THE
FORMER TRANSLATIONS DILIGENTLY COMPARED AND REVISED.
STEREOTYPED
FOR THE AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY
BY D. & G. BRUCE.
NEW-YORK,
1822.

Suel Hagar born October the 20 1914
Ellen Saw born November the 6 1844 Married 1833
Sarah E Hagar born April the 22 1834
Mary D Hagar Born November the 23 1835
William J Hagar born October the 23 1837
Lyckiel Hagar 1838 born December the 29 1

Ezekiel Hager
15.
12.8213
the Row
Mulock

DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th June, 1832.
State of MAINE, } ss. COUNTY OF LINCOLN, } ss. On this seventh - day of August A.D. 1832 , personally appeared in open Court, before the Judges or Justices of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting, Eschiel Hagen a resident of Union in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine, aged Seventy Six years, who being duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832.
That he was born in Weston Massachusetts in the year 1756. That he supposes that a town records of his birth was kept but in said town  that records were destroyed That he lived in Concord Massachusetts at the time he was called in service - That he has resided part of the time in Concord Massachusetts and part of the time in Union State of Maine since the Revolutionary War - That on the 19th day of April 1775 he enlisted as a Minute man in Capt Patricks Company, Col Gates Regiment to Guard the warlike stores deposited in said Concord and that he served untill the 19th day of August following making four months - was at the Battle of Concord with Bridge and in the front Rank - Capt Davis was killed at said Battle That he knew Major Asmone, Capt Daniel Brown and Lieutenants Hunt who were in said Battle of Concord - That he does not recollect of receiving a written discharge - and that on the 5th day of July 1780 he enlisted in a Minute in Capt Joseph Browns Company of Acton & Col Peters Regiment of Marblehead in the Massachusetts line under the Continental Establishment and served untill sometime the last of January 1781 making six months when he received a written discharge but which has been lost through the lapse of time. He further saith that he is seventy six years of age, that he now resides in Union and that he is known to Deacon Frank Miller, James Samson and Daniel Sedelinger who can testify to his character for truth & believ in his services. He further saith that he has understood and believes that no one belonging to his company is now alive & to his knowledge unless it be one by the name of Fletcher (Jonathan) formerly living in New Ipswich N.H. who was several years older than myself and I apprehend he cannot now be living.

time under the Continental Congress and served until sometime the last of January 1781 making six months when he received a written discharge but which has been lost through the lapse of time. He further saith that he is seventy six years of age, that he now resides in Union and that he is known to Deacon Frank Miller, James Garrison and Daniel Sedelinger who can testify to his character for truth & then believe in his services. He further saith that he has understood and believes that no one belonging to his company is now alive to testify to his services unless it be one by the name of Fletcher (Jonathan) formerly living in New Ipswich N.H. who was several years older than myself and I apprehend he cannot now be living.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the Ezekiel Hagen agency of any state.
Sworn to and subscribed to the day and year aforesaid. John Ruggles H.C.P.
We, James Garrison & Frank Miller clergymen , residing in the town of Waldoboro and and Daniel Sedelinger, residing in the town of Union hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Ezekiel Hagen described and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy six years of age, that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. James Garrison Frank Miller John Ruggles H.C.P.  Daniel Sedelinger
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 James Garrison & Frank Miller , who have signed the preceding certificate, are  are clergymen, resident in the town of Waldoboro and that James Garrison who has also signed the same is a resident in the town of Waldoboro. and that there is no credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit and it further appears to the Court that there is no clergyman residing in the vicinity of the applicant who can testify in this case. John Ruggles H.C.P. do hereby certify, that the foregoing opinion and proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of services are true to the best of their knowledge for a pension. John Ruggles H.C.P. Attest Nathl Goffin Clerk
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of John Ruggles H.C.P.

formerly living in New Ipswich N.H. who was several years older than myself and I apprehend he cannot now be living.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not in the pension roll of the Ezekiel Hager agency of any state.
Sworn to and subscribed to the day and year aforesaid. John Ruggles J.C.C.P.
We, James Jamison & Frank Miller  Clergyman , residing in the town of Waldoboro hereby certify, that we and Daniel Sudlinger residing in the town of Union are well acquainted with  Ezekiel Hager who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy six years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. James Jamison Frank Miller Daniel Sudlinger
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 James Jamison & Frank Miller who have signed the preceding certificate, are  are Clergyman, resident in the town of Waldoboro and that James Jamison who has also signed the same is a resident in the town of Waldoboro and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit and it further appears to the  all  that there is no clergyman residing in the vicinity of the applicant who can certify in this case  John Ruggles J.C.C.P.  But that there appears to be no evidence of the above  do hereby certify, that the foregoing are the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Ezekiel Hager for a pension. Attest Nathl Coffin Clerk
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of
State of Maine.
LINCOLN, ss— I NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby certify that the annexed paper, signed by the Judge and attested by the Clerk, contains the original proceedings of the Court of Common Pleas, at a special session thereof holden at Waldoboro in said County, by the Hon. John Ruggles one of the Judges of said Court on the Seventh day of August A. D. 1832, in the matter of the application of Ezekiel Hager for a Pension. IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this 14 day of August A. D. 1832. Nathl Coffin CLERK.

Declarations In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed July 4, 1836.
Be it known that on this third day of November A. D. 1846. At a Probate Court held at Waldoborough, in the County of Lincoln & State of Maine, the same being a Court of Record. Personally appeared Esther Hagar of Union in said County age ninety two years, who being first sworn according to law and the said Esther Hagar states that she is the widow of Ebenezer Hagar late of Union, in said County, and that her husband was a soldier of the Revolution, and a Pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. She further states, that her said husband was a resident of Concord, Massachusetts in the time of the war of the Revolution, and she has heard her said husband say that he was minute man at the time of the battle of Lexington, and she believes that her husband turned out to repel the British troops, at that period of the war. This declarant further states that her husband was in the service various campaigns and she believes that her husband served in some of these campaigns under Capt. Low and in Colonel Pitkin's regiment. She well knows that her husband was in the service after she was married to him, in the year AD 1780 —

and she has heard him say that he was mus- tered into the service at Springfield, and that he served at West Point. for the proof of her husbands service this declarant refers to the declara- tion of her husband made for the benefit of the act of 1832, and under which law he received a pen- sion of $ 33.33 per annum up to the time of his death. This declarant further states that her maiden name was Esther Langton, that she was married to her said husband at her fathers house in Concord by Doctor John Cummings who was a justice of the Peace, who then lived in Concord, and has been dead many years, and she cannot find any record of her marriage, that she was married as aforesaid on the thirteenth day of September in the year 1779 - and lived with her said husband at Concord till the year 1800 - when they removed to Union in the State of Maine, where they lived together as hus- band & wife till the death of her husband which happened at Union on the 17th day of March A D 1833, at which time he was 77 years old, that they reared up seven children whose names are as follows:-
Betsy Hagar born in Concord aged Fifty nine years. Esther Law, wife of Benja Lincoln Law

aged fifty seven years. Ezekiel Hagar aged fifty six years. Sarah Hagar aged fifty four years. Mary Gilmore wife of Rufus Gilmore Jr, aged fifty two years. Samuel Hagar the oldest child now dead, would be sixty two years old if living. This declar- ant further says that she is now the wid- ow of Ezekiel Hagar deceased, and has never intermarried since his death, as will ap- pear by the testimony annexed.
Witnesses to Esther Hagar
Nath Grooton
Bother Hagar
Betsy Hagar.
Sarah
signed & sworn to before me Nath Grooton Judge of Prob.

State of Maine.
County of Lincoln ss. At a Probate Court held at Waldoborough, in said County on the 3 rd day of November A.D. 1846. On this Court being a court of record, within said County. Be it known, that Esther Hagar the declarant, before me personally caused the foregoing declaration to be reduced to writing by me and dictated the foregoing declaration under oath, and subscribed her name thereto, and when so done the same & every part of said declaration was carefully read over to her, and she being of sound mind & understanding made solemn oath that the facts stated in said declaration are true. _____
I further certify that Erskine Hagar named by her as her husband and at the time she states that administration on said Erskine's estate was duly granted to Israel Hagar son of said Erskine & Esther Hagar . That said Esther was at the time the said Court of Probate: that said Esther Hagar was duly recognized in said Court as the wife of said Erskine & the estate was settled accordingly And that Betsy Hagar , Esther Law , Erskine Hag- gar , Israel Hagar & Mary Gilmore , who were proven to be the children of said Erskine and Esther Hagar the present declarant are the

him at Law of said Ezekiel Hagar deceased and it was further proved that said children now are of the ages stated by said Esther Hagar , and that they were all born of her body.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto caused the seal official of said Court to be affixed and set my hand. It caused the same to be countersigned by the Register of said Court, the day & year aforesaid. Esther Grotorp Judge of said Court.
Arnold Blaney Register of said Court

Affidavit of Mary True of Union in the case of Widow Esther Hagar Applicant for a Pension
Lincoln County Maine.

The affidavit of Mary True.
I Mary True of Union in the State of Maine aged sixty two years on oath declare and say that I well knew Erekial Hagar who lived in Union, and who died, I think about thuteen years since. I am also acquainted with Esther Hagar widow of said Erekial Hagar who is now living in Union at an advanced age. I resided in Concord Massachusetts, where my parents say I was born, till I was eleven years of age, and in the same neighborhood with Erekial and Esther Hagar, where I knew them and their children. I then removed, with my parents, to Union where I have ever since resided. Erekial and Esther Hagar resided in Concord five years after I came from there, they then removed from that town to Union, with their children, which was about forty six years ago, and from my first knowledge of them, until the death of Erekial, they lived together as husband and wife, and raised a family of children who are accredited as their heirs, Erekial Hagar a son, I think over sixty years of age who has removed from Union, I believe into the county of Penobscot. Suel Hagar a son, I think about fifty five years of age, a daughter, wife of Benjamin L. Larn, & Betsy Hagar, who reside in Union, and a daughter wife of Rufus Gillmore of Scarsmont, all these are of age. — I never

heard the question of the marriage of Ezekiel Hagar and Esther his wife, raised, and for the long time they lived together and the general consent of every body that knew the parties, there cannot be a doubt but that they were legally married before I knew them Mary True
State of Maine.
County of Lincoln Ss. Be it known that on this twenty first day of November A.D. 1846 personally appeared Mary True, the deponent before named, and being duly cautioned and sworn, subscribed the foregoing affidavit, and the same being read and understood by her, she made solemn oath that the same is true. I further certify, that said Mary True is a person of truth, and her statements under oath are entitled to full credit in a court of Law. Witness my hand                      Elijah Vose, Justice of the Peace
State of Maine. County of Lincoln p. November 22 e , 1846. At the Probate office at Wiscasset in said County. Be it known that Elijah Vose of Union in said County, who has attested the affidavit of Abigail True hereto an- nexed, is a Justice of the Peace for said County & duly qualified to administer oaths

is a person of truth, and his statements under oath are entitled to full credit in a court of Law. Witness my hand                      Elijah Vose, Justice of the Peace
State of Maine. County of Lincoln p. November 22, 1846. At the Probate office at Winthrop in said County. Be it known that Elijah Vose of Union in said County, who has subscribed the affidavit of Mary True unto an- nexed, is a Justice of the Peace for said County & duly qualified to administer oaths to affirmants and that the signature of said Vose to the certificate of said Mary True as by him made is his genuine signature, in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court of Prob- ate the day & year above written.
Nathan Groton, Judge of the Court of Probate the same being a fund of Record for Lincoln County.

I, Cyrus Stow, Town Clerk of Concord, in the County of Middlesex, and State of Massachusetts, on oath depose and say, that I have in my possession the books of Records belonging to said town. In one of those Books, I find recorded under date of March 21st 1776, the following to wit:-
"Then paid by General order to Mr. Bond, Town Treasurer, the persons hereafter named, the sums set against their names for their services as Minute men by order of the town."
Against the name of Ezi Hoagar, o. 11. 0, which would read, if written out at length, eleven shillings. Under date of August 31st 1779, I find the following in the Books of Record in said town, to wit: - "The Selectmen of the town of Concord, met and agreeably to the vote of the town on the 16th of June last wherein they voted, to hire 8 men for the continental service for 9 months, and also to hire men for the Rhode Island service and that the town should be assessed for the money it should cost for hiring the same as soon as the sum could be ascertained, for hiring them. The town at the same meeting voted to assess the town for that purpose £3248. 11. 2 d ."
In Shattuck's History of Concord, p. 125, I find under date of Sept. 1. 1779, 20 men were hired to perform service in Rhode Island 2 months and in the Appendix to said History, page 358, I find the name of Ezekiel Hoagar as one of the soldiers engaged for the R d

Island service. I have made search for the marriage record of Ezekiel Hager and Esther Laughton, but do not find the same on the books of Records in my possession Cyrus Stow Town Clerk of Concord
Middlesex, Gs. Dec. 15 th 1846. Then personally appeared Cyrus Stow, Town Clerk of Concord, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit, by him subscribed. Before me
Nathan Brooks Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston May 18 th 1817.
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Nathan Brooks was a Justice of the Peace and Quorum for all the Counties. _____
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. Palfrey.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

I, Nathan Hosmer, of Concord, in the County of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, on oath depose and say that I am 74 years of age, and have always resided, in said town. I know a man by the name of Ezekiel Hoager, who about forty five or forty six years ago, as near as I can recollect, resided in the north part of the town. I went to his house when I was about 18 years of age to get a gun repaired. I then saw a woman at the house which I believed to be his wife and several children. I do not know when Hoager left Concord, but I should think it was about the year 1800 or before. Nathan Hosmer
Middlesex, Js. Dec. 15. th 1846. Then personally appeared the above named Nathan Hosmer, known to me as a person of truth and veracity, and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed. Before me,
Nathan Brooks Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston;
May 21 1846.
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 Ezekiel Hager , is borne upon a List of a Company, Commanded by Capt George Munt , in Col Eleazer Brooks Regt. as a private, from 4 th March 1776. 5 days. Upon a Roll of the travel of Capt David Wheeler company, in Col Vixon regt. on Winter Hill January. 3. 1776. as a private of Concord — no service named, amount of travel against his name is 30 miles. Upon a roll of the men who enlisted to serve for the term of 6 months from the town of Concord , as a private from July 10 to December 12. 1780. including allowance of 200 miles travel. 5 Months & 12 days. No roll of Capt Lew , Col Peters . The preceding is all the evidence of service of any one

of the name shown by the Military 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 appli- cation, 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. Parry, Secretary of the Commonwealth.

The application of Esther Hagar for the Evidence of the service of husband in the war of the Revolution.
The undersigned respectfully requests the Secretary of State of Massachusetts, to fur- nish from the Rolls of documents relating to military service in the War of the Revolu- tion the evidence of the service of her husband therein. This applicant states that her late husband Ezekiel Hagar was a resident of the town of Concord - - - in the State of Massachusetts in the time of the Revolution- ary War. This applicant states that she is ninetyone years old and that she was born in the town of Concord. - - - State aforesaid and that she was married to her late husband on the thirtieth day of September 1777 in the town of Concord by the Rev. John Cummings the Rev. John Cummings . That at the time of her mar- riage she resided in the town of Concord.
She further states that her husband was a soldier of the Revolution and was a pensioner of the United States under the act of 1832. This applicant is unable to state the particulars of her said husband's service in the war of the Revolution, but she believes that he served in the Militia of the State and she has heard him say
Ezqr -

That he was in the Company of Captain Thomas Law, Col. Pettee's Regiment, that he was mustered into the service at Springfield and was a minuteman, and the Lexington battle, and at Westpoint, that she knew of his bringing home his discharge which is Lost,
She therefore requests the Secretary to give all the evidence of service performed by her husband that may be found on the rolls of service, and for the purpose of this application I appoint Freeman Bradford Esq. of Portsmouth in the County of Cumberland my attorney in the premises.
sign here
Esther Hagar mark
Witness Lewis Law Elijah Vose
Lindsey March 27 th 1846 - Signed & acknowledged by the same Esther Hagar in my presence Elijah Vose Justice of Peace

No 6,944
May 24/47
Esther Hayer widow of Ezekiël Me act 4 July 1836
Nauman Burford Portland Maine
Rejected marriage certificate married after the same termination

Power of attorney Samuel Hagar. son of Ezekiel Hagar
5039
Aug 1852
Ex
J. E. Hasslen

POWER OF ATTORNEY,
For ascertaining whether any increase or arrears of Pension are due the Widow or heirs of Revolutionary Pensioners, &c.*
State of Maine
County of Lincoln
William N. Litus Juel Hagar
} a Justice of the Peace
Be it known that before me
personally appeared William N. Litus aged 56 years, who being duly cautioned and then sworn in due form of law, states that he is the son of Ezekiel Hagar who was a Revolutionary Soldier, or Pensioner of the State of Maine and that he died on the 17 th day of March 1833 and that his mother named Esther died on the 13 th day of May 1850 and that they were married on the 15 th day of October in the year 1783 and that they were residents of Union in the State of Maine and that they resided there 40 years, and that he resides in Union and that furthermore He, BY THESE PRESENTS, constitutes, appoints and fully empowers and authorises irrevocably and with powers of substitution—F. E. Hassler of Washington City, D. C., as his true and lawful Attorney for him and in his name and stead, to examine into, to prosecute, to demand, and to receive from the U. S. Government Officers his rights in all and in any manner of claim for increase or arrears of Pension or Land, that may be due him as heir son of Ezekiel & Esther Hagar who died leaving the same undrawn, as in right of law, custom, or equity he is or may be entitled.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF He has on this twenty eighth day of July 1852, hereunto signed his name and affixed his seal.
Juel Hagar 
Witness: Addison Platts Witness: Gardner Ripley
Signed, Sealed, acknowledged and Sworn to before me, on this 28 th day of July 1852.
William N. Litus J. P.
At the same time personally appeared before me William N. Litus a Justice of the Peace two credible and disinterested witnesses named Addison Platts and Gardner Ripley residents of the aforesaid County and State, who having been by me cautioned and then duly sworn according to law, do depose and say each for himself, that he has always heard it said and it is generally believed by the community that Ezekiel Hagar was a Revolutionary soldier and that Juel Hagar was by him always treated as and is by the witnesses believed to be the son of the said Revolutionary Soldier.
Addison Platts Gardner Ripley 
Sworn to before me the day and year first above written.
William N. Litus J. P.
of } to wit: County of
I HEREBY CERTIFY, That _____ Esq., before whom the foregoing affidavits and acknowledgment were made, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature above written is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of _____ County Court, this _____ day of _____ one thousand eight hundred and
Clerk.
* If a Widow applies state "the date of marriage, and date of death of her husband."

I Esther Hager of Union in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine age of seventy eight years do hereby testify and say that I am the lawful widow of Ezekiel Hager late of Union in the County of Lincoln deceased and who made application before the Hon John Ruggles at a Special Session of the Court of Common Pleas in said County on the 7th day of August A D 1832 in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of June 7. 1832 - That the said Ezekiel Hager died at Union aforesaid on the seventeenth day of March A D 1833 leaving me his widow at law that at the time of his decease he was seventy nine years of age To keep me whole Esther Hager mark
Lincoln U.S. May 15. 1833 Then Personally appeared the above named Esther Hager and made oath to the truth of the above statement Before me D. W. Merrill Esq.

I further certify that the above-named Other Major has has been shown to the above statement is in my opinion a lesson of undoubted truth of veracity & what statement may be relied on -
DWIGHT M. BEEBE for Dea
of the day of May

I further certify that the above named John D. Sleeper Esq. whose name is subscribed to the above statement is in my opinion a person of undoubted
State of Maine.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
LINCOLN, ss.—I NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby certify that Donn M. Cobb Esq. whose name is herein affixed to the annexed paper, as a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE is legally commissioned and duly qualified to act as such, and that the name, so affixed is his own proper signature to me well known.
IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas this 15 th day of August A. D. 1832
Nath. Coffin CLERK.

Re  WIDOW, &c.
1930 Apr. 22. Photos mailed to Edw. K. Gould & Fin. Lieut. Col. A. N. Y.
File No. 23248
Esther Hager Widow of Ezekiel Hager Brn Rev War
Act: Feb 2nd 1848
Index:—Vol. A , Page 317
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Ezekiel Hagen, Mr act 7 June 1832/33 33 per
To what time was he last paid
Pension Office August 23. 1849
Gl A Died 17 th March 1833. P u to his death. BSP.

X 6392 Rejected See let. to D. M. Cobb, Jan. 16, '40.
ad 7. July 38

I Levee Hayer of Union in the County of Lincoln State of Maine of lawful age testify and say That I am the son of Ezekiel Hayer late of said Union deceased & who made application before the Hon John Kugby one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in said County on the 7 th day of August A D 1832 in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of August of 7 th June 1832 that the said Ezekiel Hayer died at Union aforesaid on the 17 th day of March One thousand eight hundred & thirty three. I further swear that Esther Hayer of said Union is the lawful widow of the said Ezekiel Hayer deceased
So help me God
Levee Hayer
Lincoln U.S. Aug 15. 1833 Then Personally appeared the abovenamed Levee Hayer of Union and made oath to the truth of the above statement Before me D W M W B W J m Pease
I Certify that I am personally acquainted with the abovenamed Levee Hayer who has subscribed & sworn to the above statement and believe him to be a person of truth and veracity and in whose statement reliance may be had
D W M W B W J m Pease

I Sewel Hayer of Union in the County of Lincoln State of Maine of lawful age testify and say That I am the son of Ezekiel Hayer late of said Union deceased & who made application before the Hon John Hughes one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in said County on the 7 th day of August A D 1832 in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of August 7 th June 1832 that the said Ezekiel Hayer died at Union aforesaid on the 17 th day of March One thousand eight hundred & thirty three. I further swear that Esther Hayer of said Union is the lawful Widow of the said Ezekiel Hayer Deceased
So help me God
Sewel Hayer
Lincoln ss. Aug 15. 1833 Then Personally appeared the abovenamed Sewel Hayer of Union and made oath to the truth of the above statement
No before me M.D.M.
State of Maine.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
LINCOLN, ss.—I NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby certify that Denny M. Cobb Esq. whose name is herein affixed to the annexed paper, as a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE is legally commissioned and duly qualified to act as such, and that the name so affixed is his own proper signature to me well known. IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas this 15 th day of August A. D. 1833
Nathl. Coffin CLERK.
him to be a person of ... and in whose statement reliance may be had
Denny M. Cobb Justice of the Peace

Admitted 10 mo's service
D. M c Cobb Esq. Waldoboro: Maine

Waldoboro, Aug 17. 1833
Sir:-
Herewith I forward you the Pension claim of Ezekiel Hager, deceased, together with the affidavits of his widow upon proving relationship & the time of his death. Should these prove insufficient evidence, more can be obtained.
I am, Sir, Very Respectfully, Your Obedient Servant Denny H. Hager
Hon James S. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

Concord Oct. 25. th 1838.
Dr. — Sir —
Your Letter of the 12. th inst. was duly received and the following Certificate will inform you of the result, relative to the subject matter which it contains.
Very respectfully Yours,
Nehemiah Ball —
Concord Oct. 25. th 1838.
I hereby certify, after a careful examination, that the marriage of Ezekiel Hagar & Esther Leighton, does not appear upon the record of marriages for the town of Concord. Attest. Nehemiah Ball, Town Clerk of Concord.
Middletown ss. October 25. th 1838. Then personally appeared the above named Nehemiah Ball, Clerk of the town of Concord, and made Oath that the foregoing Certificate by him subscribed is true
Before me Nathan Brooks Justice of the Peace

Cert
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss. I Elias Priny, Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, for the county of Middlesex do certify that Nathan Brooks Esquire is a Justice of the Peace, within & for said county of Mid- dlesex, and that his name subscribed to the within certificate is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court the second day of October 1838.
E. Priny

than once & twice during the time of my acquaintance with him. He was from Boston the line of his health I also know of their rearing up a family of children. Several of which are now living. Among the eldest child died a few months since, and he was reportedly ill at the time of his death about fifty four years, and I should judge from his appearance being well acquainted with him in his life time that he was as old as he is supposed to have been. His wife Esther Hagar (her maiden name was Esther Laughton) is now living the mother of the said Esther Hagar & has not since his death intermarried with any other person.
Remariable Mero
State of Maine
County of York ss. On this day personally appeared one the subscriber a Master of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared a Mariah Estelle the above named deponent being duly sworn, deposes that the foregoing deposition to be reduced to writing and the same being read & seen by her that to her knowledge the same is true and she made the same oath that the same is true in all its parts. Further certify that I am personally acquainted with the deponent, that he is a man of truth & integrity, and that his statement made under oath are entitled to full credit & belief.
DWIGHT WOODSON

I have only a few lines to write in the county of Middlesex and State of Maine aged Seventy one years in 1811 I hope and say that I have made acquaintance with Esther Hager widow of Ezekiel Hager late of Maine deceased that I have known her since the year one thousand eight hundred and 1810 when she and her young husband's first removed to Somerville from Connecticut Massachusetts I then understood I have not met her since I also was well acquainted with Ezekiel Hager the late husband in his life time I also know that the said Ezekiel Hager & his wife Esther lived together as man and wife & was always reported & suspected as such in the neighborhood where they resided from the time I first became acquainted with him in 1810 up to the period of his death which took place according to my best recollection six years ago. During all that time we lived within three miles of each other residence and were in constant intercourse as neighbors by visiting at one house or the other their often. I also know of their raising of a family of children many of whom are now living. The eldest child Samuel Hager died a few weeks since. He was at the time of his death reported to be fifty four years of age and I have no doubt being well acquainted

with him in his confidence that he was as old as he was supposed to be when he died. The said Esther Hays is now having the making of the said Esther Hays and has continued so to live since her death. Her age is about eighty three years and further the deponent will not.
Esther Hays
State of Maine
County of Lincoln
On this fifth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty one, before me, a Notary of the Peace, personally appeared Esther Hays, known to me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing deposition, to be induced to making the same being made & understood by her as her free act & deed. Given under my hand & seal this fifth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty one.
David W. Cobb Notary Public

State of Maine.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
LINCOLN, ss—I JACOB SMITH, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby certify that Dennay) N. Webb Esq. whose name is affixed to the annexed paper, as a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
is legally commissioned and duly qualified to act as such, and that the name so affixed is his own proper signature, to me well known.
IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the District Court  COUNT OF COMMON PLEAS this 20 th day of November A. D. 1839.
Jacob Smith CLERK.

Essex, ss. I further certify that in all the above I have no knowledge of any other deeds or papers that would give them any right in the largest of the marriages of my father & mother. I further certify that the farm on which I have lived and which was the homestead of my late father Ezekiel Hays, adjoins the town line of Dedham. Isaac Hays
State of Maine
Sussex County ss. On this eighteenth day of November A.D. 1839 before the Subscribers a Justice of the Peace in & for said County personally appeared Isaac Hays abovenamed and having caused the foregoing deposition to be reduced to writing & the same being read & understood by him he signed his name thereto & made solemn oath that the same is true in all its parts. I further certify that I am personally acquainted with the abovenamed deponent that he is a man of truth and veracity & that his statements made under oath are entitled to full faith credit & belief.
D. H. Hays
IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my hand of the District Court Court of Common Pleas this 20 th day of November A. D. 1839.
Isaac Smith CLERK.

Witnesseth, I certify that to the best of my knowledge of any other deeds or papers that now or ever were any right in the subject of the premises of my father & mother. I further certify that the farm in which I have lived and which was the homestead of my late father Ezekiel Hays, adjoins the town line of Umbagog Isaac Hays
State of Maine
Lincoln County ss. On this eighteenth day of November A.D. 1839 before the Subscribers Justice of the Peace in & for said County Personally appeared Isaac Hays abovenamed and having caused the foregoing deposition to be reduced to writing & the same being read & understood by him he signed his name thereto & made solemn oath that the same is true in all its parts. I further certify that I am personally acquainted with the abovenamed deponent that he is a man
State of Maine.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
LINCOLN, ss—I JACOB SMITH, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the Coun- ty of Lincoln, do hereby certify that Jeremiah M'Gobb Esq. whose name is affixed the annexed paper, as a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE is legally commissioned and duly qualified to act as such, and that the name so affixed is his own proper signature to me well known. IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the District Court COURT OF COMMON PLEAS this 20 th day of November A. D. 1839.
Jacob Smith CLERK.

Concord
Know all men by these Presents. That I Henry May of Farmington in the County of York and Commonwealth of the Massachusetts Esquire and my wife as considerations of the sum of one hundred dollars to us in hand paid by Ezekiel Hayer of Woodstock in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid from us the receipt whereof we do hereby acknowledge do hereby give, grant, sell and convey unto the said Ezekiel Hayer his heirs and assigns, all that certain tract of land lying in said Woodstock, then all as follows, to wit, Beginning at a Black Stone or Stake standing on Union town line, being the North East corner of a tract lately conveyed from David Knox to Charles Miller of Woodstock, thence South the Mountain Road as said Miller's lot, to a Stake and Stone, thence East eighty rods to a Stake and Stone thence North one hundred rods to a Stake and Stone at Union line aforesaid, thence West eighty rods on said Union line, and continuing on said Hayer's line to the second post monument, containing fifty acres, more or less and no more to be surveyed by John Dyer a surveyor with Aaron Chapman for that purpose. So there and to the heirs of the above said Francis, to the said Ezekiel Hayer his heirs and assigns, to this and their heirs and assigns forever. And the said document with the said Ezekiel Hayer his heirs and assigns. That we are lawfully seised in free of the above granted premises; that they are free of all encumbrances; that we have good right to sell and convey the same to the said Ezekiel Hayer. And that we will warrant and defend the same from us, to the said Ezekiel Hayer his heirs and assigns forever in all things. The last part thereof and especially in all things.

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In witness whereof We the undersigned Henry Knox have hereunto set our hands and seals the ninth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and one
Sealed & delivered
in presence of us
John Glason Witness to Henry Knox Esq.
David Hale
H. Knox (seal) L. Knox (seal)
Witnesseth that on this day personally appeared Henry Knox to me known to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument to be his free act and deed. Given under my hand this 9th day of November 1801 David Hale Justice of Peace
(indorsement on the back)
Henry Knox to Ezekiel Hays Rec d Aug 8 1804 Paid Lee E. Post So he left at Col Hays
Witnesseth that on this day personally appeared Henry Knox to me known to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument to be his free act and deed. Given under my hand this 9th day of November 1801 David Hale Justice of Peace

Convers
State of Maine
County of Lincoln p
I, Mark M c Intosh, Notary Public for the County of Lincoln aforesaid, do hereby certify that the annexed is a true copy of an original duly from Henry & Lucy Knox to Ezekiel Hager as of birth by Lucy Hager, son of the late Ezekiel Hager deceased In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my Notarial Seal this Eighteenth day of November A.D. 1839.
Mark M c Intosh Notary Public for Lincoln County

Census
Know all men by these presents that I John Doughty of Concord in the County of Middlesex & State of Massachusetts, do hereby certify that in consideration of certain family lawful money paid me by Ezekiel Hayer of Concord in the County of Middlesex aforesaid, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, do hereby give grant & convey to the said Ezekiel Hayer his heirs and assigns for ever about sixty acres of land be the same more or less with the barn standing on the same it being then thereon, mowing, pasture, and wood land & including situate in the Northerly part of Concord aforesaid on Barnside road or avenue by one piece with the barn house standing on the same where Barnside being about twenty acres be the same more or less bounded southerly on a highway leading from Peter Temple's till one Northerly on Capt. Thomas Barrett's land and on one same boundary, east, till it comes to Peter Temple's land then on said Temple's land with several angles till it comes to the aforesaid highway. Also another piece of land containing by estimation forty acres, be the same more or less with the barn standing on the same bounded northerly on the aforesaid highway Northerly on Peter Temple's land and on a line or way called Cranley's brook Northerly on easterly on Peter Temple's land till it comes to the first mentioned highway. To have and to hold the same to the said Ezekiel Hayer his heirs and assigns forever. And I do covenant with the said Ezekiel Hayer his heirs and assigns that I am lawful seized in free of the premises that they are free of all incumbrances & that I have good right to sell and convey the same to the said Ezekiel Hayer his heirs and assigns to hold as aforesaid. And that I my heirs, executors and administrators shall and will warrant and defend the same to the said Ezekiel Hayer.

Know all men by these presents That I Dorothy Lendall Dorrison of Cambridge in the County of Middlesex Commonwealth of Massachusetts Physician In Consideration of the Hundred Dollars money of the United States paid to Ezekiel Hayer of Concord in the County of Middlesex Commonwealth of Massachusetts aforesaid Receipt the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge do give grant sell & convey unto the said Ezekiel Hayer his heirs & assigns forever a certain tract or parcel of land lying & being in Newton in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth aforesaid containing by admeasurement one Hundred Acres more or less or included within the following boundaries viz Beginning at the town line between Newton & Needham at a stake & stone there next the Hundred rods to a Yellow Birch Tree Thence West Eighty rods to a Spruce Tree Thence South One Hundred rods to a black line at the town line Thence east eighty rods to the boundary first mentioned. I have sold all the aforesaid Premises to the said Ezekiel Hayer his heirs and assigns forever to his own proper use & behoof And I do covenant with the said Ezekiel Hayer and his heirs and assigns that I am lawfully seized in Fee of the aforesaid Premises, that they are free & all interest since, that I have good right to sell & convey the same to the said Ezekiel Hayer which said I will warrant & defend the same Premises to the said Ezekiel Hayer his heirs and assigns forever against the lawful claims and demands of all persons In Witness whereof I the said Dorothy Lendall Dorrison have hereunto set my hand and seal this fourteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and thirty seven
Signed, Sealed & delivered in presence of us Dorothy L. Dorrison Eben D. Dorrison Ebenezer D. Dorrison

Quinn
his heir and assigns forever against the lawful claim and demands of all persons. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this, twenty third day of July A D one thousand seven hundred and eighty two
Signed, sealed & delivered
in presence of us
Abele Davis
James Barrett
John h Loughton (his mark)
Esther Loughton (his mark)
Middlesex ss July 30 1782 Personally appeared John Loughton and Esther his wife and acknowledged this instrument to be their free act and deed before me James Barrett Justice of Peace
(Endorsement on the back of seal)
John Loughton
to
Isaac Hays
Recd Mar 8 1784 Col'toxam
Middlesex ss Cambridge March 8 1784 Received & Entered in the Registry of Deeds, Book 85 Page 253 Att d Thaddeus W. King

Given Maudslay & G Cambridge June 14. 1797 Then personally appeared Matty L. Dennis & acknowledged this instrument to be his free act & deed. before me Eben Braddock Ind. Reg.
Sealed & Rec d January 17 1801 Entered with the records for Deeds for said County Lib 46 folio 200 m o Att - The Rec d Reg r .
Shirley Mauns James G. Smith
Aske M c Call Jr
Notary Public for the County & State aforesaid hereby certify that the annexed are true & correct Copies from the original Deed in the possession of said Roger son of the Grantor as expressed in said Deed
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & notarial seal this eighteenth day of Nov A D 1839
Aske M c Call Jr Shirley Mauns for said Grantor

I Sarah Barnard of Union in the County of Ulster and State of Maine aged Seventy nine years of full age do hereby say that I am personally acquainted with Esther Hager (widow of Ezekiel Hager deceased) and have known her over since the year eighteen hundred and two at which time I removed to the town of Union where I now reside. When I removed to Union Esther Hager was living here and has continued to live here ever since. I have lived during the time of my acquaintance with the said Esther Hager within two or three miles of her residence. I also know well acquainted with Ezekiel Hager her late husband during his life time. During the period above referred to from the year 1802 the said Esther Hager and Ezekiel Hager up to the period of his death which occurred I think eight years ago lived together as man and wife. And were al- ways reputed in the neighborhood where they resided to be man and wife and I never heard that they sustained any other relationship to each other than man and wife. I also know of their rearing up a family of children: Samuel

the eldest child died about two weeks since, and his reputed age was fifty four, and I have no doubt being well acquainted with him in his life time he was as old as he was reputed to be. I also know that the said Esther Hage is now living the widow of the said Ezekiel Hage and has continued to live so ever since his death and has never intermarried with any other person. During the period of my acquaintance with the said Esther Hage our families were in constant intercourse with each other visiting each other almost weekly. Her husband Sunderland was at the time of his death a Reformed preacher.
Sarah Barnard
State of Maine
County of Lincoln Co.
On this Fifth day of November A.D. 1839 personally appeared the above named Sarah Barnard and having caused the foregoing deposition to be reduced to writing & the same being read & understood by her she signed her name thereto & made solemn oath that the same is true in all its parts. I further certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named deponent that she is a person of full credit, and that the statements made under oath are entitled to full credit & belief.
Samuel M. Merrill Clerk

State of Maine -
To all whom it may concern.
Lincoln, ss. - I Jacob Smith, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby certify that Nathaniel Groom Esq. whose name is affixed the annexed paper as Judge of Probate is legally commissioned and duly qualified to act as such, and that the name so affixed is his own proper signature to me well known.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the District Court for the Middle District this twentieth day of November A. D. 1839.
Jacob Smith Clerk.

Wadsworth Maine Nov 22. 1856
Hon James T. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions, Sir;
Herewith transmit you for examination and review the declaration and evidence in the application of Mrs. Esther Hager for the benefit of the act of Congress of 7th July 1838.
I am Very Respectfully, Your Most Obedient D. M. G. G.

Disposition of Teah & Miller Estate Esther Ray

I Joseph Miller of lawful age on oath do testify and say that I was well acquainted with Ezekiel Veager deceased late of Union Me. and know that he was pronounced I think under the act of 1833 or 34 and died in the Town of Union Me in March 1873. and I also depose and say that I am well acquainted with Esther Veager the widow of the said Ezekiel Veager deceased and know that she is still living and remains his widow; I further depose & say that I have been intimately acquainted with the family of Ezekiel Veager deceased for over fifty years lived a neighbor to them, and know that Ezekiel Veager deceased & Esther his wife have always lived together as man & wife and have reared a large family the eldest of which is over sixty years of age
Given under my hand at Belfast Me. May 17 th day of February A.D. 1846
Joseph Miller
State of Maine (Waldo s.s. January 17 th 1846
Then personally appeared the above named Capt Joseph Miller a man well known to me to be a man of high standing and of truth and made oath to the above statements by him subscribed Before me
(B. L. Foster) Just Peace

Certificate for Lew Clarke of Concord Mass in case of widow Esther  Hayer

I Cyrus Stow Town clerk of the Town of Concord County of Middlesex State of Massachusetts hereby certify that I have made diligent search for the record of marriage of Ezekiel Hayer & Esther Saughton & cannot find any such Marriage recorded as the records previous to nineteen hundred & eighty are rather imperfect.
Cyrus Stow, Town clerk of Concord
Concord Feb. 14. 1846
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex County. February 14 th A. D. 1846
Sworn to & subscribed before me Nathan Brooks Justice of the Peace
I Nathan Brooks Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Middlesex Commonwealth of Massachusetts, hereby certify that the above named Cyrus Stow is town clerk of Concord, legally chosen & qualified, and is Clerk of said town at this date.
Nathan Brooks Justice of the Peace

Declaration 6392
Mrs Esther Ager
Manager Mine
Manie
Nov 5 1839
Act July 1837
Vol 4-44 - on per mo 5: 12 days
No such service as 4 mo at Concord from 19 ap 75 quar ding stores -
Perseus H. Ebb Agent
Maldoboro
Manie

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th July A.D. 1835 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows. On this Fifth day of November A.D. 1839. Personally appeared before the Hon. Nathaniel Grotton Judge of Probate in and for said County of Lincoln and State of Maine at a Probate Court at Waldoboro. Esther Hager of Union in the County of Lincoln and State aforesaid aged Eighty three 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 7. 1835 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows. That she is the widow of Ezekiel Hager who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution that she verily believes, he first entered the service in the month of April A.D. 1775 under one Capt. Patrick in Col. Gates Regiment Massachusetts Militia, and served four months until the 19 th of August following that his next enlistment as she believes, was on the 5 th July A.D. 1780 under Capt. Joseph Brown in Col. Peters Regiment when he served six months as will more fully appear by his mother's declaration on file in the War Office at Washington made to obtain the benefit of the provision of the act of Congress of 7 th June 1832, and on which said declaration, and the accompanying evidence his Certificate of Pension was granted, and which has since the death of her said husband Ezekiel Hager been surrendered at the Pension Agency at Portland, Maine. To obtain the arrears of pension due him at his decease. She further on oath declares that she was married to her said husband Ezekiel Hager at her father's John Gaugle's or Leighton's house in Concord in the State of Massachusetts on the 19 th of September in the year Seventeen Hundred and Eighty Two by Doct. John Cummings then a Justice of the Peace and residing in said town of Concord, but who is now dead, and has been so for many years that she lived in said town of Concord with her said husband Ezekiel Hager from the time of her marriage aforesaid till the year Eighteen Hundred when she and her husband removed to the State of Maine and settled in the town of Union where she now lives and where she lived with the said Ezekiel Hager as his lawful wife up to the day of his decease, which took place on the 19 th day of March A.D. 1833. That so long time having elapsed since her marriage and removal from Concord aforesaid she does

not know of any person now living tho' she has made diligent enquiry, who was present at her marriage - that no family record of her marriage was kept or preserved that she knows of. She further declares that her maiden name was Esther Lighton or as some spelled it Laughton - that she has no documentary proof touching her said marriage except what is hereto annexed. She further declares that she reared up a family of children whose names are as follows viz Samuel, Gerald, Elizabeth, Ezekiel, Esther & Mary. That her eldest son Samuel Hagen died in the month of Oct last, and that he kept in his family a record of births, deaths & marriages which is hereto annexed. She further declares that she made declaration before the Hon Nathaniel Frown Judge of Probate on the 10th of March A D 1838 for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the provisions of the act of Congress granting half pay pensions to widows but that it subsequently appearing that some informality existed in said declaration, is the reason of her now making declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the act of Congress passed on the 7th July 1838
She further declares that she was married to the said Ezekiel Hagen her said lawful husband on the 30th of September A D 1782 and lived with him as his lawful wife up to the period of his death which occurred on the 19th of March A D 1833 and that she now lives his widow, and has not intermarried with any other person.
Witness.
Henry Kenned Parker M c Collum
Esther Hagen mark
Sworn to the day & year aforesaid
Nathaniel Frown Judge

Consent
State of Maine
County of Lincoln Co. At a Probate Court held at Waldoboro in and for said County on this Fifth day of November A.D. 1839 Personally appeared in open Court the same being a Court of record Esther Hagen above named and the same declaration being read and understood by her, she signed the same and made oath that the same is true
In witness whereof I have caused the seal of said Court to be affixed and the same to be countersigned by the Register of said Court and subscribed my name the day and year aforesaid
attest Geo. H. Nichols Reg. of Probate Arthur Grootenmyer of said Court

Portland May 20 th 1847
Sir
I herewith enclose the declaration in the case of Esther Hager widow of Ezekiel Hager for the benefit of the act of 1836. The testimony concerning the date of the marriage I am aware is not conclusive to show that it took place previous to the last period of her husband's service but I doubt not will be considered sufficient to prove a marriage previous to 1794 and consequently bring the claim within the acts of 1838 1843. & 1844. The service claimed is for 2 months in 1776 at Cambridge, 2 months at R.I. in 1779 & 5 months & 12 days in 1780 and the declaration of her husband is referred to as containing the evidence of that amount of service.
I am Very Respectfully Your Ob t : Servant. H. Bradford
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm r of Pensions

Portland Maine
March 20 th 1849
Sir
I herewith send you the declaration of Esther Hager under the joint Resolution of July 1. 1848. The matter has been before the Commissioner of Pensions for several years and in consequence of the death of material witnesses proof of service could not be made.
I am Very Respectfully
Your O bt : Servt.
Freeman Bradford
J. L. Edwards Esq Commr. of Pensions Washington D.C.

Additional testimony in the case of Esther Hagen in which case report was made 13 th April 1849 -
Freeman Bradford
Portland
Maine

I Daniel Barnett of Camden in the County of Waldo and State of Maine on oath depose and say that I was born in Concord Massachusetts A.D. one thousand seven hundred and sixty three (1763) April twelfth. I lived there with my father till I was twenty one years of age - I then came to Hope the town adjoining this where I lived five years and then came to this town where I have remained ever since. I was well acquainted with Esther Hagar when I lived in said Concord, before she was married. Her maiden name was Esther Leighton. Her father's farm and my father's farm joined, and the house of my father and Mr. Leighton's house were about forty rods apart and in sight of each other. Esther lived in my father's family and spun wool, flax, tow &c. and did other work a part of each year for six or seven years next before her marriage to Ezekiel Hagar. I was also well acquainted with Ezekiel Hagar who often worked for my father in the haying season. In the summer of the year seventeen hundred and seventy nine, which was the summer before said Ezekiel Hagar was married to said Esther Leighton, in the fall, he worked with my father in the haying season. I know that said Ezekiel and Esther were married in 1779, and the reason of my recollecting it so distinctly is, I mowed with said Ezekiel that year in my father's field and

mowed as much as he did, and the men about there praised me for mowing so much - they thought it a remarkable that a boy only sixteen years old should mow as much as a smart man like Erekial Hagar I was then an ambitious and this made an impression on my mind that yet remains although I am this day eighty six years old. When Erekial Hagar was courting Esther Leigh- ton, her father and mother often talked with my father and mother about the matter in my presence Esther's father & mother thought it would be a good match and my father also thought the same. Mr. Leighton said if Erekial married Esther he would give him a deed of his farm if he would live upon it and take care of him and Mrs. Leighton. Our families were very intimate & the matter of the marriage and the farm were freely talked about by all. Said deed was to be given to Erekial immediately after the marriage. and it was said the marriage would take place on a certain day in the fall of seventeen hundred & seventy- nine & in Mr. Leighton's house - the day arrived - it passed and it was said by every one that Erekial Hagar and Esther Leighton were married and by Dr. Cummings who was my father's family physician. Soon after this Mr. Leighton gave to said Hagar a deed of his farm & Esther who had worked from home a part of each year up to that time, worked out no more. And from the time it was said they were married said

Ezekiel and Esther lived together as husband and wife in Mr. Leighton's house, and they ever after lived together as husband and wife till the death of said Ezekiel - they brought up a family of children the greater part of whom are now living. About five years after the marriage aforesaid I left said Concord, & some years after I came to Hope in this county said Ezekiel and Esther came to Union, a town in Lincoln County, which corners upon this town, where they lived from that time till said Ezekiel's death, and where said Esther his widow now lives. Said Ezekiel Hagar was reported to have been a soldier of the revolution, and did receive a pension of the United States.
Daniel Barrett
Lincoln County Ss. April 12. 1849. The foregoing affidavit was written by me, in presence of Daniel Barrett aforesaid, who after having the same carefully read for him by me, he subscribed and swore to it, before me
Elijah Vose, justice of the Peace

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, SS.
Circuit Court Clerk's Office, } FIRST CIRCUIT, PORTLAND, April 23 d A. D. 1849 }
I
Geo. F. Emery CLERK OF THE
CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES,
Within and for said MAINE DISTRICT , certify that
Elijah Vose
Is an Acting Justice of the Peace,
Within and for the County of Lincoln : that he is Duly Qualified to act as such : that the COMMISSION of the said Vose is dated November 2 d A. D. 1847 , and will expire November 2 d A. D. 1854 , and that the SIGNATURE appended to the Deputation of Daniel Barrett hereunto annexed, purporting to be his, is GENUINE .
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF , I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of the said Circuit Court , this Twenty third day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty nine.
Geo. F. Emery CLERK.

Portland April 23 1849
Sir
I have send additional testimony relation to the marriage of Esther Hager. The copy of the deed enclosed shows that the marriage was prior to July 1782. I presume this testimony will be deemed sufficient to establish the marriage prior to 1794.
I am Very Respectfully Your Ob t Serv t : Freeman Bradford
J. L. Edwards Esq Comm r of Pensions Washington D.C.

Freeman Bradford Esq.
Portland Me.

I know all men by these presents, that I John Laughton of Concord in the County of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, yeoman, in Consideration of Two hundred Pounds lawful money paid me by Ezekiel Hagar of Concord in the County & State aforesaid labourer the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge do hereby give grant & convey to the said Ezekiel Hagar his heirs and assigns forever about sixty acres of Land be the same more or less with two houses and one Barn standing on the same it being Plow land mowing pasture and Woodland and orcharding situate in the northerly part of Concord aforesaid & bounded as follows, viz. one piece with the two houses standing in the same where I now live being about twenty acres be the same more or less bounded southerly on a highway leading from Peter Temple's to Acton Northerly on Capt. Thomas Barrett's land and on Mr. James Chandler's land till it comes to Peter Temple's land, then on said Temple's land with several angles till it comes to the aforesaid highway. Also another piece of land containing by estimation forty acres be the same more or less with the barn standing on the same, bounded northerly on the aforesaid highway, westerly on Peter Temple's land & on a two rod way called Cramb's hole way southerly & easterly on Peter Temple's land till it comes to the first

mentioned highway - To Have & to hold the same to the said Ezekiel Hager his heirs and assigns forever, and I do covenant with the said Ezekiel Hager his heirs and assigns that I am lawfully seised in fee of the aforesaid premises that they are free of all incumbrances and that I have good right to sell and convey the same to the said Ezekiel Hager his heirs and assigns to hold as aforesaid, and that my heirs executors & administrators shall with warrant and defend the same to the said Ezekiel Hager his heirs & assigns forever against the lawful claims & demands of all persons.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this twenty third day of July A.D. one thousand seven hundred & eighty two.
John Langston his & mark & seal Esther Langston seal. Signed sealed & delivered in presence of us Abiel Davis James Darnett.
Mid dlesex July 23. 1782. Personally appeared John Langston & Esther his wife & acknowledged this instrument to be their free act and deed before me James Darnett Justice of Peace -
Middlesex Co. Cambridge March 8 th 1784. Rec d & Entered by Thad. Mason Reg r .
(The foregoing is a true copy of record).
Book 85. Page 253 - J t Caleb Houghton Reg r .

East Cambridge, March 20/93
Friend Brewster
In Sir - I recd yours of the 17 th inst and forward the foregoing copy of a deed Leighton to Ezekiel Mayes which I presume to be that which you wish to obtain although the grantors name is Leighton instead of Leighton as your Suppl d indicates. It is close that I presume to be the one which you wish to find. I will assist you further in execution your work on a short notice.
Yours truly E. Hayden
Rev. W. W. ... which came before of ... Essex Street

No 6.392
Esther Hagen Wid of Ezekiel Mr
Act 7 July 1838 & some resolution of 1 st July 1848.
Marr d before 1794 husband died March 17/1833
Mr Freeman Bradford Portland Maine

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, SS.
Clerk's Office, Judicial Courts, PORTLAND, March 20th A. D. 1849
I  Chas C. Harmon
CLERK OF ALL THE JUDICIAL COURTS,
In and for said COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, certify that
Elijah Vose is an
Acting Justice of the Peace,
within and for the County of Lincoln as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is DULY QUALIFIED TO ACT as such; that the COMMISSION of the said Vose is dated Nov. 2 d A. D. 1847, and will expire Nov. 2 d A. D. 1854.
and that the following his are Genuine.
SIGNATURE purporting to be
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, for said State, the day and year first above written.
C. C. Harmon CLERK.

State of Maine
On this 29 th day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty eight personally appeared before the undersigned a justice of the Peace in and for the County of Lincoln Esther Hager a resident of Union in said County aged 93 years, who upon oath makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision of the act of Congress passed July 14 th 1836 and also the benefits of the joint resolution of Congress passed July 1. 1848.
And this declarant states that she is the widow of Ezekiel Hager who was a resident of Concord Massachusetts in the time of the Revolutionary war. She believes and has no doubt that her said husband served in the war of the Revolution at different periods of the war at least ten months as will appear by the declaration and proof now in the pension office at Washington. She states that her said husband Ezekiel Hager was a pensioner of the United States under the Act of June 7 1832. and that he received a pension under said Act from March 14 th 1831. to the 17 th of March 1833 the time of his death.
And this declarant states that she was married to Ezekiel Hager on the 30 th of September 1779. by Doctor Cummings of Concord and that her husband was in the service after her marriage to him and that he died on the

on the 17th March 1833.
This declarant states further that she made application several years ago for the benefit of the act aforesaid and that her claim was rejected on the ground as she has been informed, that the rolls of military service in the Office of the Secretary of State Massachusetts did not show that her husband served as he stated in his declaration. This applicant has furnished the best evidence that she has been able to obtain that she was married before the last period of her husband's service but is unable to find any record of the same on the town books of Concord and in case the testimony respecting her said marriage is not satisfactory to prove that her said marriage was previous to the last period of her said husband's service she hereby waives her claim to the benefits of the act of 1836 and claims a pension under the acts of 1838 1843 1844 & 1848, and the Resolution of July 1. 1848.
And for proof to substantiate her claim she refers to the papers now on file in the Pension Office.
Mark Elijah Vose
Betsey Hagar
her Esther T Hagar mark
Signed and sworn to before me the day and year first above written
Before me
Elijah Vose, } Justice of the Peace

I further certify that the foregoing declarant Esther Hager is personally known to me and that she is the widow of Ezekiel Hager who was a pensioner of the U.S. and that she is the identical person she represents herself to be in the foregoing declaration this day made before me
Elijah Vose, Jus. Pacis

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Esther Hagen
Maine
Oct 1832
at 2 P.M. 48
5039

State of Maine County of Lincoln
Be it Known, that on this thirtieth day of November A. D. 1852, before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Suel Hagar
resident of Union in said County, and made oath according to law that he is the legal heir of the identical Erekial Hagar who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution, and who has heretofore made application for the benefit of
the Pension Act of
That he is directly interested as a claimant in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Countermanding and revoking all Powers of Attorney and authority heretofore given, I hereby constitute and appoint SAMUEL M. KNIGHT , of Washington City , my true and lawful Attorney to prosecute the claim of Erekial Hagar for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or increase of Pension that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Attorney to examine all papers or documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Department at Washington City or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive for my exclusive benefit, the certificate which may be issued for said claim, which certificate I wish made payable at the Washington City, D. C. Agency; to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed, and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
Suel Hagar
Sworn to, Subscribed, and Acknowledged before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I believe the said Suel Hagar to be directly interested in said claim as set forth, and to be the identical party therein alleged.
Elijah Vose , Justice of the Peace.
State of Maine County of Lincoln } Ss
It is Hereby Certified, that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me, Clerk of the Court of  Supreme Judicial Court that Suel Hagar the party who has sworn to, and acknowledged the foregoing Declaration and Power of Attorney, is the heir of the reputed soldier aforesaid. I further certify, that Elijah Vose Esq. before whom the preceding affidavit and Power of Attorney were made and acknowledged, was, at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, and that the signature purporting to be his, I believe to be genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office, this thirteenth day of January 1853
Edmund B. Bowdoin
1. Full name in full.—2. Post Office address. 3. "That he is the legal heir of the identical man," or, "that she is the widow of the identical man," or, "that he or she is the legal heir of the identical man," &c., &c. 4. Leave this blank.—5. "He is," "she is," or "they are."—6. Revolutionary soldier's full name.—7. Claimant's signature.—8. Claimant's name.—9. Magistrate's signature. 10. "Identical," "heir of," or, "child of."—11. Magistrate's name.—12. Clerk's signature.
N. B.—Should two or more heirs join in the foregoing, the plural should be substituted for the singular number.

No 6392
Esther Hagen wid of Ezekiel Mr
act 7 July 1838 and Joint Resolution of July 1848
adm d , 10 mo. p w $ 33 33 / 100 p w
fm 4 March 1836, to 4 March 1841.
adm d acts 3 March 1843 + 17 June 1844 $ 33 33 / 100 p w
fm 4 March 1843 to 4 March 1848
adm d act 2 July 1848 $ 33 33 / 100 p w fm 4 March 1848
Freeman Bradford Portland Me

All inquiries regarding this job should refer to Requisition No.
41957
Requisition for Duplicating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
WASHINGTON
CHIEF, Division of Publications, Room G 139.
April 10, 1930.
Please furnish work specified below.
Bureau ordering Pension Deliver to Room No. 5033
(ALL COPY FOR DUPLICATING WORK SHOULD BE PLAIN AND WRITTEN IN ELITE TYPE, EXACTLY LINE FOR LINE AS IT IS TO APPEAR ON FINISHED JOB.)
Title and description of job photostatic copies of 6 pages from Revolutionary War pension claim of Ezekiel Hager, Mass. Troops, W. 23248.
No. of copies 1 of each Shall form be kept standing? days
For further information see Mrs. M. M. H. Finch 5033 541 Room No. Phone No.
Approved:
Margaret M. H. Finch
Chief Clerk of Bureau.
Chief of Division.
NOTE: No order made "SPECIAL" unless statement showing necessity is written below and approved by Chief Clerk of Bureau ordering
CHECK WORK DESIRED
Duplicate, Multigraph, Mimeograph, Folding, Assembling, Stapling, Electric typewriter, Addressograph from lists, Envelopes, size, Proof list, Labels (submit sample), Fill in letters, Cards, size, Pay rolls, Corrections, Tabulation sheets
Photostat x Size actual Official use? Repay? yes $ .90 Blue Print Size Official use? Repay? $
Remarks
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April 10, 1930.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Cash - $3 15 FINANCE DIVISION BOOKKEEPER APR 10 1930 BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Dear Sir:
Please furnish photostatic copies from the following Revolutionary War pension claims, uncertified:
  † Ezekiel Hager ✓ W. 23248, ✓ 6 pages   † Royal Grinnell ✓ W. 24301, ✓ 5 "   † Samuel Gillchrest ✓ S. 35344, ✓ 3 "   † Silas Fay ✓ S. 31017, ✓ 2 "   † Abner Farington, ✓ S. 35297, ✓ 2 "   † Zephaniah Everton, ✓ S. 35291, ✓ 3 "   21 " 
Very truly yours,
Received payment $3.15 April 10, 1930.
Antonia H. Ford
Rev.&1812Wars Section.
Edward K. Gould 375 Main Street Rockland, Maine.

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N 1944
Esther Hage Mir
Freeman, Bradford June 2/47.
• S. J. G. ditto Apr 13. 49
at 4 May 1836

10715
Maine
Esther Hager
Widow of Ezekiel Hager who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 17 th March 1833. of Union in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Buttrick of the Regt commanded by Col. Gates in the line for
Inscribed on the Roll of Portland Me. at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of August 1849 and sent to Mrs. Susan Bradford, Portland Me.
Total amount, $
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by J. P. Chase Clerk. Book D Vol. 1 Page 7

8625- Maine
Esther Nager widow of Ezekiel Nager who was a Private in the Revolutionary war
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of Aug t 1847 and sent to
Thuman Bradford Portland, Maine.
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 2 Page 4.