Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29658, Sylvanus Brimhall, Mass.
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Service
Mass.
Brimhall, Sylvanus
Number
S29658
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1406
Massachusetts
Sylvanus Brimhall
[of] Hardwick in the State of Mass [obscured]
who was a Private in the comp[any] [obscured]
by Captain Mayo of the [obscured]
by Col Burch in the Mass 
line for 2 years.

Inscribed on the Roll of Mass
at the rate of 80 Dollars ---- Cents per annum
to commence on the 5th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of May
1833 and pens[ion] Claimant
Hardwick, Mass

Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1830 $160 ---
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep " $40 ---
$200 ---
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by J H McBlair Clerk,
Book [illegible] Vol. 2, Page 39.
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Sylvanus Brimhall
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DECLARATION, in order to secure the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
County of Worcester, ss.
On this ninth day of April in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty three personally appeared in open Court, before Nathaniel Price Esquire, Judge of the Court of Probate now sitting, Sylvanus Brimhall a resident of Hardwick
in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy [four]
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 entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
In December 1775 I enlisted into Capt. Thomas Mayo's company at Plymouth Massachusetts ^ where I then lived. I marched through Hanover into Roxbury & from there to Cambridge.
At Cambridge our company joined the Regiment under the command of Colo[nel]
Bond of Waterton. I served as a private in Capt. Mayo's company in [so] Cambridge till the following March. during this time we kept guard on "winter hill" so called. In March, 1776 I marched in the same company & Regiment above mentioned through Norwich to New London, when we took on a vessel & sailed 
to the City of New York. staid at New York guarding the City & building forts about three weeks, when we left the City & went up the Hudson River to Albany. I marched from Albany by Fort Edward to Ticonderoga & from Ticonderoga to Fort George - at Fort George, I was engaged about three weeks on guard - from 
there I marched to Fort Ann - kept guard at Fort Ann about a week, & marched 
to Montreal - from Montreal I marched back to Ticonderoga which place we reached
I think in July 1776. after a stay of two or three days at Ticonderoga, I [crossed] 
the lake to Mount Independence where I remained till the expiration of the
term of one year for which I had enlisted - At Mount Independence I was engaged 
in keeping guard & building forts - was discharged the last of December 1776. That
discharge, I long since lost.
In May 1777 I enlisted into Capt. James Pratt's Company of Militia, at Weymouth
Mass[achuset]ts (at that time my residence was at Abington, Mass[achussett]ts) for the term of six months.
The company was attached to Col. Burbank's Regiment - March from Weymouth to an
Island three miles from Boston Harbor, now called Fort Independence, where I did duty
as a member of said company, in building forts, & standing century [sentry], for the term 
of six months, when I was dismissed. I recd no written discharge -
In April 1778 I again enlisted at Providence, Rhode Island into a company of militia
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In May 1777 I enlisted into Captain James Pratts' Company of Militia, at Weymouth Massachusetts (at that time my residence was at Abington Massachusetts) for the term of six months. The company was attached to Colonel Burbank's Regiment. Went from Weymouth to an island three miles from Boston Harbor; now called Fort Independence, where I did duly as a member of said company in building forts and standing century [sentry] for the term of six months when I was dismissed and received. no written discharge.

In April 1778 I again enlisted at Providence, Rhode Island into a company of militia commanded by Captain [illegible] Packard of Bridgewater for the term of nine months. That during said nine months I served in said company in Providence, Newport and  [illegible] in General Sullivan's expedition. I do not recollect the names of any Regimental officers who had command of our company at that time. My residence was at Abington aforesaid, where I made said last mentioned enlistment. I served out the term of nine months and was again dismissed.

In May 1779 I again enlisted at Boston into a company commanded by Captain John F. Williams of Boston, and served for six months next following in defending Boston and other Harbors in that vicinity. Most of said six months I was engaged in small water craft employed near said Harbors. My residence in May 1779 was in Barre Massachusetts at the end of said six months, I was discharged in the manner mentioned above.

In Jun 1780 I enlisted again at Barre, Massachusetts where I then resided for six months service. Marched to Springfield and joined a company commanded by Adjutant Trotter, in Colonel Rufus Peterson's Regiment. I marched from Springfield to West Point and from there to New Jersey near White Plains. I served at this time for the term of six month and  was marched back to West Point where I received my discharge. I have no written discharge and no documentary evidence of my service. I have received two written discharges and but two; both of which have been destroyed or lost.

I was born at Abington Massachusetts on the 15th of March 1758 and upon the town records of said Abington, my age, I think, is recorded. I now live at Hardwick and have lived there and at Barre nearly all of the time since the Revolutionary war. My age is seventy five years.

I applied for and received a pension under the act of March 1818 but had my name stricken off on account of property.

I again applied under the act of June 7, 1832 and received a certificate dated November 3d, 1832, giving me a pension of forty dollars per year, upon which I have drawn the amount given me by that certificate from the 4th of March 1831, to the 4th of March 1833, which certificate I hereby relinquish.

I would refer to Reverend. Martyn Tupper and Jason Mixter Esquire of Hardwick, as persons who are acquainted with my character and persons to testify as to their belief in my services as a soldier of the Revolution.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state excepting as mentioned above.
Sylvanus Brimhall
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Before Nathaniel Paine, Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
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We Martyn Tupper a Clergyman residing in the town of Hardwick and Jason Mixter, Esq. residing in said Hardwick hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Sylvanus Brimhall who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy five years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion.
Martyn Tupper
Jason Mixter
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Before me Jos. Knox Jus. Peace }

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 mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that Martyn Tupper who signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the Town of Hardwick and that Jason Mixter Esquire who has also signed the same is a resident in the same Town and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Nathl. Paine, Judge of Probate
For the County of Worcester

I, Theophilus Wheeler Regtor., Clerk of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Sylvanus Brimhall for a pension & that Joseph Knox before whom the above affidavit was sworn is a Justice of the Peace in said County duly commissioned & submit that his signature is genuine.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Probate Court this sixteenth day of April in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty three.
Theophs. Wheeler Reg. of said Court of Probate
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Silvanus Brimhall
1 March 1823
 Mass.

(Sept. 1809)
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(A)
Worcester SS Feb. 24, 1829 Personally appeared Ebenezer Perry and Scotto Berry two of the Selectmen of the town of Hardwick and made oath they would appraise the property of Sylvanus Brimhall of said Hardwick according to their best skill and judgment.

Before me. Wm. Butler Justice of Peace

We the Subscribers, Selectmen of the town of Hardwick, have, under oath, appraised the following property shown us by Sylvanus Brimhall, and which he affirms is all the property real or personal which he possesses. viz.

Real estate 25 acres of poor santy land with a poor house & barn $290.
1 horse 20.
1 cow 25.
1 slay 3.
2 old [wagons] 10.
1 Hog 4.
Coopers stuff 5.
Household furniture exclusive of beds and bedding 20.
total $377.

Take from amount debts which he the said Brimhall now owes more than he has due to him 50.00
leaves $321.00

Hardwick February 24, 1829.
Ebenr. Perry 
Scotto Berry } Selectmen of Hardwick
Silvanus Brimhall

I Sylvanus Brimhall testify and say that the within contains a full account of my property, real and personal. That  no material changes have been made in the same since the 18th March, 1818. My real estate is the same now, that it was when I first applied. My personal estate has been reduced by necessary wear thereof to somewhat less than it was in 1818 but the precise changes cannot now be stated by me. My family consists of a wife, named Lucy aged 40 years and my children viz Lucy aged 17, Elbridge 15, Susannah 8 & May 6 years of age.
Silvanus Brimhall.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester County, Ss.
 I Abijah Bigelow, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said County of Worcester do certify, that William Cutler, Esquire, herein before named, is a Justice of the peace for said County, duly qualified and authorised to administer oaths and affirmations.
 In testimony whereof the seal of said court is hereunto affixed, this fourth day of March, Anno Domini 1829
  Abijah Bigelow, Clerk
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SCHEDULE.
Declaration, in order to be continued on the Pension List, under the Act of May 1st, 1820.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of WORCESTER, SS.

ON this fourth day of March, 1824, personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of Record for the County of Worcester, Sylvanus Brimhall resident in said County, aged seventy one years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the Acts of Congress, of the 18th March, 1818, and the 1st May, 1820, that he, the said Brimhall enlisted for the term of one year on the ____ day of January in the year 1776 in the State of Massachusetts in the Company commanded by Captain Thos. Mayhew in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Bond in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the _____ Continental establishment; that he continued to serve in said corps until the expiration of said year, in January 1777 when he was discharged from the service, in Mount Independent in the State of New York; that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension, except the present; that his name has been placed on the Pension List; that the number of his pension certificate is 11,720, and that he never before exhibited a schedule of his property, because it was supposed his property was of such an amount as to preclude a restoration to the pension list.

And, in pursuance of the Act of the 1st May, 1820, I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an 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," passed on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. That, since the 18th of March 1818, the following changes have been made in my property :--
Silvanus Brimhall.
Schedule marked (A.)

Sworn to, and declared, on the fourth day of March A. D. 1839, before the Justices of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas for t he County of Worcester.
Attest. Abijah Bigelow, Clerk

I, Abijah Bigelow Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify, that it appears, to the satisfaction of the Court, that the said Brimhall did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding Declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, under one engagement, on the Continental establishment. I also certify, that the foregoing oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Records of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that t he total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is three hundred and seventy seven dollars.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this ninth day of March 1829.
Abijah Bigelow } Clerk of the Court aforesaid.
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O. W. & N. [old war and navy] Division.
P.S.
M. E. C.
S. 29658
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., November 1, 1895.
Madam:
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history
Silvanus Brimhall-
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR,
you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his
widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
[Table of five columns, headed:]
DATE OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. || LENGTH OF SERVICE || RANK. || OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. || STATE.
January 1776 || 12 months || Private ||Captain Thomas Mayhew, Colonel Bond || Massachusetts.
May 1777 || 6 months || Private ||Captain James Pratt, Colonel Burbank ||Massachusetts.
Apr. 1778 || 9 months || Private || Captain Oliver Packard, Not stated ||  Massachusetts.
May 1779 || 6 months || Private || Captain John P. Williams || Massachusetts.
June 1780 ||6 months || Private || Adjutant Trotter, Colonel Rufus Putnam || Massachusetts.
Battles engaged in, none mentioned
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Abington, and Barre, Massachusetts
Date of application for pension. September 2, 1813.
Residence at date of application, Hardwick Massachusetts
Age at date of application, Born, Abington, Massachusetts, March 15, 1758.
Remarks:
Very respectfully,
Mrs. G. D. Bartlett,
East Wheatley Massachusetts
Commissioner.
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[G.D.?]
Mass
M.E.L.

29658
Revy  INVALID
File No.  29, 658
Sylvanus Brimhall
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7th 32
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 53
 [Arrangement of 1870]

Nov 1/95 Hist to Mrs. Bartlett,
East Whatley
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1406
Massachusetts
Sylvanus Brimhall
of Hardwick, in the State of Mass
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain    of the Regt commanded by Col. Bond in the Mass line for 1 year

Inscribed on the Roll of Mass
at the rate of 40 dollars - Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
 Certificate of Pension issued the 3rd day of November 1832 and Sent William Jennison Worcester Mass
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832  $60 -
Semi-anl allowance ending 21 Mar 33  20
[total] $80

{Revolutionary Claim, 
Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by J.H. McBlair Clerk
Book D. Vol. 2nd Page 39
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11.720  R
Massachusetts

Sylvanus Brimhall
of Hardwick in the state of Massachusetts
who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Bond of the Massachusetts line, for the term of One Year -

Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts
at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 4th of September 1818
 Certificate of pension issued the 9th of June 1819 and sent to the Honble Judge Strong
Worcester Massachusetts

Arrears to 4th of March 1819 - - 48.23
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4th Sept 1819  48
 [total] $96.23
$321 -
 {Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March 1818}
       $
5 Mo 40
27/30 - 7-20
4/31 - 1-3
[total]48-23   Discontinued
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I Benjamin Warren of Plymouth in the County of Plymouth testify & say that in the war of the revolution I was an officer. that in the year 1776 I was a Lieutenant in Capt Mayhews company and Bonds Regiment. I well remember that Silvanus Bramhall then of said Plymouth now of Hardwick in the County of Worcester was a private in said company. he enlisted for the year I marched with the company for Canada in March 1776. He did duty as a soldier in my company until the expiration of the term of his enlistment and was a good & faithful soldier. - Said Bramhall joined the company at the opening of the year 1776.
[signed] Benj Warren Lt

Plymouth Ss May 28th 1819. The above named Benjamin Warren personally appeared and made oath that the foregoing statement by him subscribed was true in all its parts. I further certify
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that the said Benjamin Warren is a man of undoubted veracity and entitled to full credit. -
[signed] Nathl M Davis Justice of the Peace
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I Josiah Cotton of Plymouth in the County of Plymouth testify and say. that I was an officer in the war of the revolution and in the year 1776 was an Ensign in Captain Mayhews Company and Colonel Bonds Regiment. I well remember that Silvanus Bramhall then of said Plymouth now of Hardwick in the County of Worcester was a private in said company, he enlisted for the year I joined the company at the opening of the year 1776 at Cambridge said Bramhall marched with the company to Canada in March 1776 & continued with the company in active service until the expiration of his enlistment at the close of the year. Said Bramhall was a good soldier and did his duty faithfully.
[signed] Josiah Cotton

Plymouth Ss. May 28th 1819 Personally appeared the above named Josiah
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Cotton & made oath that the foregoing statement by him subscribed was true in all its parts. -
I further certify that the said Cotton is a man of undoubted veracity and entitled to full confidence & credit. -
[signed] Nathl M Davis Justice of the Peace. -
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.

I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Sylvanus Brimhall of the State of Massachusetts who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution

is entitled to receive Forty dollars and ~ cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1834, and payable semi annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.

Given at the War Office of the United States, this Third day of November one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.

[signed] Lew Cass
Secretary of War.

Examined and Countersigned.}
[signed] J.L. Edwards
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
By His Excellency JOHN BROOKS, Esquire, Governor and Commander in Chief in and over said Commonwealth.

TO ALL IT MAY CONCERN:

Know ye, That Nathaniel M. Davis Esquire of Plymouth, is a Justice of Peace within and for the County of Plymouth 

[signed] J. Brooks

in said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned, and that to his
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in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned, 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 caused the Public Seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto affixed, this twenty ninth day of May A.D. 1819, and in the forty third year of the Independence of the United States of America.

By His Excellency the Governor.
[signed] Alden Bradford
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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I, John White of Barre in the County of Worcester and
Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged seventy three
years on oath do testify and say that same time in the
month of May in the year of our Lord Seventeen
hundred and seventy seven Sylvanus Brimhall now of
Hardwick in said County Volunteered in
and enlisted as a
soldier in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary war in a company of
militia under the
Command of Captain James Pratt of Waymouth in 
said State Colonel Burbanks Commanded as [illegible]
was stationed on an Island three miles from
Boston harbour Called Fort Independance now.
there he did duty the term of six months part
the time building brest [sic] works and standing century [sentry] 
and at the end of six months he was discharged.
said Brimhall then resided in Abington in said State.
I the said White then lived in the same town and
enlisted at the same time and in the same Company
and was only in the same; I further testify that said
Brimhall again enlisted in April AD 1778 and
in a company commanded by Captain Oliver Packard of
Bridgewater and in General Sullivans Expedition
that he enlisted for nine months and served that
time in said Company and expedition at at Newport
and Newtown in the State of Rhode Island-
I further testify that said Brimhall again Enlisted
in the month of May AD 1779 for the term of six months
in a company commanded by Captain John Foster Williams
of Boston and served as a guard and or under said
Captain Williams the term of six months principally in
the waters and in the harbors and [illegible]. I further
testify that said Brimhall again enlisted in said
service in the month of June AD 1880 in a Company
Commanded by Adjutant Trotter and in Colonel Putnams
Regiment that he passed muster in Springfield and was
marched to West Point in the State of New York there to New Jersey and served then his time of six months
John White
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Hampshire County Ss. on the twenty second day of December in
the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and
thirty two John White subscribed to the within
affidavit personally appeared before me the
Subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace in
and for the County of Hampshire and made
oath to the truth of the within affidavit
And I further testify that I am well acquainted with
the said White and that he sustains the
Character of a man of truth
Luban Marcy Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire Ss.
I, Solomon Stoddard Clerk of the Judicial County of the Commonwealth for the County of Hampshire do certify that Luban Marcy Esquire whose signature is affixed was at the date thereof a justice justice of the Peace within
and for said County, duly commissioned and acting under the
authority of this Commonwealth and that full faith and
credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations
done in that capacity and that I am well acquainted with
the hand writing of the said Luban Marcy and believe
his signature above to be genuine
In testimony whereof have hereunto at my hand
and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas
for said Commonwealth this second day of June
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and thirty three 
S. Stoddard Clerk
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Sylvanus Brimhall
 Sylvanus Brimhall
 76- 1 year.
[illegible] Massachusetts Regiment
 Admitted

^ Case
Judge Strong
Worcester
Massachusetts
Received 28 September 1818
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I Samuel Bacon of Templeton in the County of Worcester & Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age do testify & say, that I knew Sylvanus Brimhall, (sixty years of age & resident of Hardwick in said County of Worcester) in the year of our Lord 1776 - that in the month of January 1776 he belonged to the Company Commanded by Capt. Thomas Mayhew of Plymouth - and in the Regiment commanded by Col. Bond - of the Massachusetts Line - that I knew of his doing duty as a soldier in said Company from the month of January to the month of October 1776 - and I think including the whole month of January and part of the month of October - I further testify that I was a Serjeant in said Company, and that I distinctly recollect that some time in the month of October 1776, the Company being then at Mount Independence in the State of N. York, I was taken sick, and was removed from the Company to the Hospital at Fort George, the said Sylvanus Brimhall was then present in the Company
Templeton Augt. 31, 1818 -
[signed] Samuel Bacon
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Worcester ss. Templeton

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
WORCESTER, ss.
I, ABIJAH BIGELOW, Clerk of the Judicial Courts holden within and for said County of Worcester, certify, that John W. Stiles Esquire, before whom the annexed affidavit has been made, is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly qualified for the purpose, acting under the authority of this Commonwealth, and that his name subscribed thereto is his own proper signature.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the County seal, this twenty third day of September A.D. 1818
[signed] Abijah Bigelow Clerk
Application of Silvanus Brimhall of Hardwick
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I, Samuel Bacon of Templeton in the County of Worcester
and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of Lawful age do testify
and say, that I knew Sylvanus Brimhall, (sixty years
of age and resident at Hardwicke in said County of Worcester) in
the year of our Lord 1776 - that in the month of January
1776 he belonged to the Company commanded by Captain
Thomas Mayhew of Plymouth and in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Bond of the Massachusetts Line- that I
knew of his doing duty as a soldier in said Company
from the month of January to the month of October
1776 - and I think including the whole month of January
and part of the month of October - I further testify that
I was a Serjeant [sic] in said Company, and that I distinctly
recollect that some time in the month of October 1776, the
Company being then at Mount Independence in the
State of New York, I was taken sick, and was removed from
the Company to the Hospital at Fort George, the said Sylvanus Brimhall was then present in the Company
Templeton August 2. 1818
Samuel Bacon
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Worcester ss. Templeton
August 31st 1818 Then Samuel Bacon personally
appeared and made oath to the truth of the above
Deposition by him subscribed before me
John W. Stiles Justice of the Peace
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State of Massachusetts Worcester County ss.
Sylvanus Brimhall a Citizen of the United States, now resident at
Hardwick in the County of Worcester
in the State aforesaid, do on oath
testify and declare, that in the War of the Revolution, in the last
of December 1775 or forepart of January 1776
I entered and was engaged in the land
service of the United States on the
continental establishment, and served accordingly from that time until the expiration
of one year in the Company commanded by Captain Thomas
Mayhew of Plymouth Colonel Bonds Regiment of the Massachusetts Line
Son
as a soldier
against the common enemy, without any interruption
or absence; that I belonged to the aforesaid Company and Regiment
in the Massachusetts Line
and that I left the service at the expiration of said year and that, by reason of my reduced circumstances in life and
poverty, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support, being now of the age of
Sixty years, at the expiration of my term of
service I was discharged, but am not positive 
whether I received a written discharge
If I did I have lost the same
And I hereby relinquish all claims to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the
United States, if any may be or hath been so allowed.
Silvana Brimhall
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this fourth
day of September
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen pursuant to a law of
the United States, entitled, ""An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and
naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," made and passed on the 18th
of March, A. D. 1818, personally appeareth before me,
Solomon Strong
Judge of the Circuit Court of Common
pleas for the Weston Circuit
the above named Sylvanus Brimhall and
after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, he maketh oath
to the declaration aforesaid, and subscribes the same in my presence; and, on examination due
ly made by me the said Judge, it appeareth to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true
Given under my Hand and seal of said court the day and date aforesaid
Solomon Strong
Enquire of Eastman
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Silvanus Brimhall
Hardwick - 11.720

June 17
Not [illegible]
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Schedule of the Estate of Silvanus Brimhall, of Hardwick, County of
Worcester, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Applicant for a Pension
under the act of Congress of May 1, 1820.
25 Acres of Shrub Oak land lying at the remote part of the Town with a small house unfinished and a small barn theron-$280.00
[Left column:]
1 old horse-45.00
1 cow-20.00
1 two year old heifer-9.00
1 yearling heifer-5.50
1 horse-wagon and harness-25.00
1 Plough-1.00
1 old sleigh-2.00
1 iron bar-2.00
Cooper’s tools-2.00
1 axe-.50
1 scythe and snaith-.75
2 ½ dozen plates-.50
1 tea set-.50
6 knives and forks-.67
6 tea spoon-1.75
6 tablespoons-.50
1 earthen pot-.12
1 hoe and fork-.50
1 shovel-.5
$399.79
[Right column]
1 pine chest-.75
1 Chest with drawers-3.00
1 Spinning wheel-1.25
1 Cherry Table-2.00
1 old Table-.33

1 light stand-.67
1 Trunk-1.00
6 Chairs-1.50
Family Books-1.25
1 old Shigh
1 Bake Kettle-.83
1 Spider-.33
1 ditto-.12
1 dish Kettle-33
1 pair andirons-1.00
1 ditto-.50
fire shovel & tongs-1.00
1 looking glass-1.00
1 Wailer-.75
1 Milk Pail-.25
1 Wash Tub-67
6 ½ pint tumbler-.33
1 Pitcher-.17
3 old casks-.37
2 Candlesticks-.25
1 pair home chairs-1.00
Churn-.50
$21.25
$399, 79.
Total $420.94
My family consists of a wife named Lucy aged 32 and three
children Lucy C. Brimhall aged 9 - Elbridge G Brimhall age 6
and Susan Ann aged three months. my occupation is that of a Cooper which my age and infirmities render me unable to pursue with profit or advantage. I am in debt $344-more that I have due me
Silvanus Brimhall
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COUNTY OF WORCESTER, SS.

ON this eleventh day of July 1820, personally appeared in open Court, before the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, being a Court of Record, within and for said County of Worcester, established as such by the laws of said Commonwealth, Silvanus Brimhall, aged sixty two years, resident in Hardwick, in said County, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: In the month of January 1776, I enlisted in the Massachusetts Line in the Regiment commanded by Col. Bond, and into t he Company commanded by Capt. Thomas Mayo, and continued in the service until the month of January 1777, when I was [honorably] discharged. I then continued in the War about three years longer and was discharged under Col. Putnam in the year 1780, and I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an 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," passed on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me, nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
Silvanus Brimhall
Sworn to and declared, on the eleventh day of July, 1820 before the said Court.
Attest, Abijah Bigelow, Clerk

I, ABIJAH BIGELOW, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, holden with and for the County of Worcester, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is four hundred twenty dollars and ninety four cents.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this eleventh day of July 1820
Abijah Bigelow { Clerk of the Court for the County of Worcester.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 
Worcester County. Ss.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832, I, Silvanus Brimhall, of Hardwick, in the County of Worcester aforesaid, aged seventy four years, testify and say, that I enlisted for the term of one year, -- on the - day of January, A.D. 1776, in the State of Massachusetts, - in the company commanded by Col. - Bond, in the line of the State of Massachusetts , on the Continental establishment - that I continued to serve in said corps until the end of said year, in Jany 1777, when I was discharged from the service, on Mount Independent, in the State of New York - 
That under the law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818, my name is inscribed on the pension list, roll of the Massachusetts agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the 4th day of September 1818, in consideration of my services as a Private in the Army of the Revolution, agreeably to my pension certificate, from the War Department, dated the 9th day of June, A.D. 1819, and numbered 11,720. -
That I have been stricken from the pension list on account (as I suppose) of the amount of my property - That I resided in the Town of Hardwick aforesaid when I made my first application for a pension, and now reside in the same town of Hardwick. -
[signed] Silvanus Brimhall

Worcester, Ss. July 25th, 1832. Then the above named Silvanus Brimhall personally appeared, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing statement, by him signed.
Before me,
[signed] William Jennison, Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester Ss.
I, Abijah Bigelow, Clerk of the Judicial Courts, within and for the County of Worcester, do hereby certify, that William Jennison, Esquire, before whom the within statement was signed and sworn to, is a Justice of the peace, within and for said County of Worcester - and that his signature thereto appears to be in his own proper hand writing. -
In testimony whereof, I hereto set my hand, and affix the County Seal, this twenty second day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
[signed] Abijah Bigelow, Clerk
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[stamp]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE C OCT 26 1895
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B
East Whately, Mass.
Oct 25th 1898

To The Pension Bureau
I would like the war record of Silvanus Brimhall, who received a pension for services rendered in the Revolutionary War, and think it may be found at your office.
Hoping to hear favorably from you.
Yours Respectfully
Mrs. G.D. Bartlett