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Ebenezer CASE

SAR Patriot #: P-129935

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State of Service: MA Qualifying Service: Private

Birth: 21 Jun 1757 Barnstable / Barnstable / MA
Death: 18 Aug 1842 Barnstable / Barnstable / MA

Qualifying Service Description:

Ebenezer Case was a private in Capt Elisha Nye's co; from April 5 through August 8, 1776 at the Elizabeth Islands as part of the Seacoast defense. Also in Capt Elisha Hedge's co. of militia which marched Sept. 13, 1779 for five days service on an alarm at Falmouth

Ebenezer Case enlisted under Captain John Grannis as a Marine and served on board the American armed ship Warren, which was stationed in the State of Rhode Island, for a period of twelve months; after which he was discharged in Providence

Additional References:

56th-77th Annual Reports DAR. Senate documents (United States Congress, Senate). Government Printing Office: Washington, DC;

MA Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, Volume 3, pg 182

Pension application S31467 for Ebenezer Case, 22 April 1818; approved February 27th, 1819

Barnstable Town Records, 1765-1783, Volume 3, pg 238

Spouse: Martha Lewis
Children: Isaac; Rebecca; Ebenezer; Lot; Olive; Martha; Sophia;

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Burial:

Centerville Ancient Cemetery_(C-0075258)

Location:

Centerville / Barnstable / MA / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

2130820

Grave Plot #:

Grave GPS Coordinates:

41.654604 / -70.343239

Find A Grave Memorial #:

44592747

Marker Type:

SAR Stake

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

bef 01 Mar 2011

Comments:

Photos displayed courtesy of David C. Schafer, MA SAR

The gravestone of Ebenezer Case is made of slate, and measures 16 1/2" wide, by 31 1/2 tall, and 1 3/4 thick. It is in good condition but does have some lichen present. The gravestone of his wife Martha stands to the left of Ebenezer's gravestone

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

The Ancient Cemetery of Centerville is located on Phinney's Lane one-fifth of a mile south of Route 28. It is a relatively small cemetery consisting of .73 acres of sloping ground. It has about 180 gravestones with the earliest being for Jonathan Hamblen, dated June 22, 1743. It has an average elevation of 44 feet above sea level and has a split rail fence on the street side with no other fencing. It is owned and managed by the Town of Barnstable and is an inactive cemetery

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Author: David Crandall Schafer

Ebenezer Case was the son of Isaac Case and his wife Martha (Phinney) of Barnstable, MA. He was born June 21, 1757. He has one sibling Rebecca born September 9, 1761.

At the age of 18, on April 5, 1776 Ebenezer Case enlisted as a private in the company of Captain Elisha Nye with service to September 1, 1776 at the Elizabeth Islands. He later enlisted under Captain John Grannis as a Marine and served aboard the American Armed Ship Warren which was stationed in the State of Rhode Island, for a period of twelve months, after which he was discharged at Providence. In September 1779 he enlisted as a member of Captain Elisha Hedge’s militia company serving five days as the company was detached for service at Falmouth on alarm.

Ebenezer Case of Barnstable married Martha Lewis of Barnstable on September 16, 1780. Ebenezer and his wife Martha had a family of seven children – Isaac, Rebecca, Ebenezer, Lot, Olive, Martha, Sophia. (Becca baptized, 21 May 1786 – Lot baptized 23 Feb 1794).

Ebenezer Case is listed as the head of household in the 1800 Census of Barnstable, with two males under 16, one male under 45, two females under 16 and one female under 45. From the 1820 census in Barnstable the household of Ebenezer Case has one male between 16 and 26 and a male and female over the age of 45.

On April 22, 1818 Ebenezer Case appeared before the Circuit Court of Common Pleas as a resident of Barnstable, aged sixty-one years, and made declaration of his service as a marine on the American Armed Ship Warren in order to obtain the provisions of a pension made by the late act of Congress, entitled “An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war”. Ebenezer received his pension certificate dated March 27, 1819 and numbered 8,680, with one arrears payment of $83.43; and semi-annual payments of $48.

Ebenezer Case died August 18, 1842 in the 86th year of his life. Martha Case wife of Ebenezer died February 2, 1843 in the 82nd year of her life. Martha is buried next to Ebenezer.

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