Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29506, for Jonathan Tidd, Massachusetts
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Mass Tidd, Jonathan S.29506
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15887
Massachusetts
Jonathan Tidd
Middlesex in the State of Mass
was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Wood in the Regt commanded by Col Gerish in the Mass line
for 16 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts
the rate of 23. Dollars-- 33- Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 6th day of Aug1823 and sent to Wyman 
Richardson Woburn Mass

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $106.66
-anl. allowance ending Sept. " 26.67
$133.33

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D Addison Clerk,
Book 8 Vol. 2 Page 84
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6611
Jonathan Tidd

Private 16 mos
W. C. E

16 of
Apr 29 1833

P 361

Wyman Richardson
Woburn 
Mass
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6611
BRIEF in the case of Jonathan Tidd
of Middlesex Co in the state of Mass
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he? 75

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period
19 Apl 15
a few days after to Decr
about 1 Jun 76
Sept 77 to 1 Decr
Duration of Service.
Years. Months,

Duration of Service
Months.
-
8
6
2
Days. 
4
-
-
-

Rank.
Voluntion
private

Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
war at Lexington & Concord on that day
Cap Wood = Col. Gerrish
Cap Hay -  Col Reed
Lieut Johnston - No Regt

5. In what battles was he engaged?
on board fleet with Burgoynes forces- was badly wounded

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
Woburn

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
4 living witnesses

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
The deposition, not properly authenticated

Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

Hn. C. Easton
Examining Clerk.
24 Jan 33
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And the said Judge of Probate does hereby
declare his opinion, that at
the matter & putting the interrogatories
presented by the War Department that the
above named applicant may gather in
the Revolution & served as he states.
and the Judge of that further certifies that it appears to him that Joseph Bennett is a clergyman &
Wyman Richardson a credible person who
have signed the preceding conficate, I hath
[illegible] in said Woburn & their statement is 
such that to the end.
Signature of L. P P. Fay O. [illegible]

I Isaac Fisk Register of the Court of Probate
certify, that the foregoing contains the original
proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application 
of Jonathan Todd for a pension

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand andseal of office this twenty second day of August AD 1832
Isaac Fiske

I also certify that Wyman Richardson
[illegible] signature is set to the Deposition of Josiah Walker, Jesse Dean & Elbenezer Larwrence is a Justice of the [illegible]
 within the County of Middleton &  West William Buckminster where our proper signature to the
Depositionn of Jonathan Maynard Bush of the
within said County

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand seal of office this
twenty second day of August AD [year illegible] 1832
Signature of Isaac Fiske
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Middlesex ss.

On this twenty second day of August, A.D. 1832
personally appeared in Court before the Hon. Judge of Probate now sitting at 
Charleston within and for  the County
aforesaid

Jonathan Tidd aged seventy five years resident of Woburn in said county
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 entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That is to say 

 
he volunteered on the morning of  the nineteenth of April 1775 & went to Lexington & Concord all that day & five (?) Reeds Regiment [illegible & Waterbury commanded. 

In 1777 In September, volunteered & went to Cambridge to guard the public stores under
Lient Joseph Johnston not come into Regent
remained there two months & dismiss about the first of December

I have no (?) discharged but served my time out & was honorably dismissed [illegible]. all the evidence I have
 is contained in the affidavit hereto annexed
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certificate of Wyman Richardson & (?) Joseph Bennett

He relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity whatever, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll, of the agency of an State.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and
and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,
.Signature of Jonathan Tidd

We Wyman Richardson of  Woburn Joseph & Joseph Bennett, Clergyman residing in the town of Worburn
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jonathan Tidd 
who has subscribed and sworn to the above and that we believe him to be twenty five  years of age, that he is reputed and
believed in the neighborhood, where he resides, to have been a soldier in the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Signatures of 
Wyman Richardson
Joseph Bennett

And the said Court thereupon proceeded to propound the following interrogatories, which under oath, as follows: 

1. Where and in what year were you born? 1757. In Woburn in 1757 August 4th

2. Have you any record of your age, and where is it? I have in Records of said Woburn.

3. Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you live now? 
Always lived in said Woburn from a child

4. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute, for whom?

Enlisted first wight months - volunteered five months in 1776 & two months in [illegible].

5. State the names of some of the regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served, such Continental and Militia Regiments
, as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service?
Genl Gates Arnold Watertown
Col Reed  Col Geerish  Lt Col. Baldwin

4. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for
veracity, and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution?
Marshall Gould  [illegible]  - Col John Wade  Wyman Richardson  
Jonathan Tidd
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6611
Jonathan Tidd

Wyman Richardson
Woburn
[crossed out]
Mass
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of [handwritten] Jonathan Tidd 
which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? [handwritten]  Yes

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? [handwritten] yes

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason why assigned not for his not doing so?

 IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? [handwritten] yes

V.*Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? [handwritten] yes

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? [handwritten] yes

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to say any other pension than the one under the Act June 7, 1832 [handwritten] yes

VIII has the Court given their opinion? [handwritten] yes

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? [handwritten] yes

 X is the Clerk's seal affixed? An if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? [handwritten] yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary
service? [handwritten] Yes

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
his seal of office?

XIV. +If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
[handwritten] Yes

Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? [handwritten' Yes

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
[handwritten] Yes

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? [handwritten] No 

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? [handwritten[ No

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being
duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection
he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For____year
___ months and ____days, I served as a ___ For ____ months and _____days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served,
and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of
the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is to
indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.

QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he
must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits
the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as
the regiment, company, and line to which be belonged. The magistrate who may administer
the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature
of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not
written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the
certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly
attached to the certificate.
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 29506
REV INVALID
File No. 29,506
Jonathan Tidd
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7" 32"
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 4 19
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Jesse Dean
for [illegible]
months 1775
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Ebenezer Lawrence of Woburn  in the
County of Middlsex & Commonwealth
of Massachusetts Yeoman & seventy four
years of age, testifies & says, that he has
ever been acquainted with Jonathan
Field of said Woburn, Gentleman
that said Tidd & myself, same time
and the first of your in the year seventeen hundred & seventy six volunteered, as a
militia man to march to Canada or in that direction & (?) at Ticonderoga at
the time there may a battle or skirmish
with Burgoyne - said Tidd was in
the service with myself dury the
whole term we engaged, which was
six months & we were dismissed
the first part of December the same
year, we went in Captain Samuel Fays
Company Col. Jonathan Meeds Regiment
Signature of  Ebenzer Lawrence

Middlesex ss.  Alugust 3 1832 Then the named Ebenezer Lawrence  who is a credible witness & entitled to full confidence, personally appear
made oath to the truth of the
foregoing applicant  by him signed
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Belone Mr. Wyman Richardson 
Justice of the peace
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Jesse Dean of Burlington in the County
of Middlesex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Yeoman-- testifies & says that he in
well acquainted with Jonathan Tidd  of
Woburn to  which said Burlington, formally
belonged & was acquainted with him in
the year seventeen hundred seventy five & in the month of April or May
and held enlisted in the State
will for the term of eight months &
demand the full term of eight months & remained 
to my knowledge as I [illegible]  &
did service in the same Company
at the same time during the whole
term, under Captain John Wood
then of said Woburn and Colonel Gerrish  Regiment & after him Lieut. Col (?) Baldwin 
-- We were stationed first at
Cambridge then at Prospect Hill
in Charlestown & were them, 1st of June of that year. but not in
the engagement-- We were faced at
the time guarding the town of Medford-
Signature of Jesse Dean

Middles ss.  August 3d 1832. Then personally
peared the above named Dean & made oath
to the truth of the above Deposition by him signed
Before Mr. Wyman Richardson

Middlesex ss. Aug 3d 1832. The above named Jesse Dean is a credible witness & his testimony entitled to full 
confidence
 Signature of Wyman Richardson   jus-peace
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I, Jonathan Maynard of Framingham 
 in the County of Middlesex
and Commonwealth of Massachusetts
testify & depose that I am acquainted
with L t. Jonathan Tidd and was acquainted
with him in the year 1776
the said Tidd was then a private
in the Regiment commanded by
Col. Jonathan Reed who I think was
of Lexington in this County. I
know of his serving in said Regiment
on a campaign of six months
said Tidd served a portion of said
term of six months as a marine
on Lake Champlain on board the
Lee Cutter Capt. Allen commander
and further the deponent saith
not
Signature of Jona Maynard

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss. August 13. 1832
Then the above named Jonathan
Maynard personally appeared &
made oath to the truth of the above
affidavit by him subscribed before me
Wm Buckminster
Just of the peace

I certify that I am personally
acquainted with the above named J Maynard & that he is a credible witness
Wm Buckminster
Just. of the Peace


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Josiah Walker
for Jonathan Tidd
2 months in 1777
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Josiah Waller of Burlington, formerly Woburn in the County of Middlesx, Yeoman, seventy
four years of age
testify & say  that I have
ever been acquainted with Jonathan Tidd of said Woburn gentleman, In seventeen hundred
and seventy seven, sometime in the month
of September as near a I can remember, I volunteered & said Tidd 2 mos soon after 
marched under Lieutenant, Joseph Johnson
no Captain, being assigned to
our Company - we belonged to the same company  & went to Cambridge in said County & guarded the public stores a [illegible] of the time, and then marched to Charlestown, a part of the time
We did not join any Regiment, the detachments being all for the above purpose ; A Mayor Brown was our
inspector & attended at the guard house and
[illegible[  we remained there the term of 
two months & were daily on duty & said
Tidd & myself held myself were dismissed. at the same
time & returned home together, I believe,
the later part of November same year
The particular day I cannot remember
Signature of Josiah Walker


Middlesex Ss  August 7 1832  then the above named Josiah Walker personally appeared & made oath
to the truth in the above affidavit by him signed & he is a credible witness &  entitled to full confidence. 
Before me. Wyman Richardson
Justin of the peace
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
12-9-41
Tidd, Oliver
-
WARRANT
NUMBER
5179
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Private
AGE.
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
Crane's Continental Artillery
Massachusetts
Aug. 10, 1789
to Platt-

The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of ""Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800"" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent
dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.