Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 19165, Jason Winch, Mass.
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Winch, Jason (star over name)
Service Mass.
Number S. 19165

carded
Contents
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5233
Vermont
Jason Winch
of [blank] in the State of Vermont who was a Sergeant in the Company commanded by Captain Moses of the Reg. commanded by Col. Patterson in the Massachusetts for 8 mo. Sergeant $40.00

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 40 Dollars -----Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of Feby. 1833 and sent to hon. M. Puntes
House Reps.

Arrears to 4th o Sept. 1832   $60.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 1833   20.00
$80.00

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by Vinal Luce, Clerk
Book D. Vol. 4 Page 92

Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 April, 1838 from 4 March 1838 to 27 July 1838 the day of his death. Agt. notified 6 March 1840
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Jason Winch
Vermont

Admitted
8 months
Sergeant
$40.--

Hono. Prentiss
M. S.
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BRIEF in the case of Jason Winch
County of Washington in the State of Vermont
(Act 7th June, 1832)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  in open court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 86
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period: In 1775
Duration of Service: 8 months
Rank: Sergeant
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served: Capt. Moses, Colo. Patterson

5. In what battles was he engaged? Battle of Lexington and Bunker Hill
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Roxbury, Massachusetts
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary evidence, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Traditionary-documentary
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct

I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.George Taylor, Examining Clerk
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Second Comptroller's Office
February 19th 1840

Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States" The childn. of Jason Winch, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Vermont Agency, at the rate of forty Dollars and .....Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th Jane 1832, has been paid at this Department from the 4th of March 1838 to th 27th July, 1838, the day of his death.
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K Parris

To the Commissioner of pensions,
      Present
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832
STATE OF VERMONT
County of Washington SS
On this 13th day of August A. D. 1832 personally appeared before  Warren Eddy a Judge of the Honorable County Court, withing and for the County of Washington, Jason Winch a resident of Northfield in the County of Washington and State of Vermont, aged 86 years, who being first 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 7, 1832;
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated:
That he volunteered and went to the Battle o Lexington April 19, 1775 and fought the British. In two or three weeks after the Battle of Lexington he enisted for the term of eight months as orderly Sargent in Captain Joseph Morse's Company, Lieut. Boudoin, Ensign Sanger. That the company embodied in Cambridge Massachusetts, some time in May 1775 and joined Col. Patterson's Regiment & soon marched to Bunker hill where he was in the Battle on the 17th of June of the same year, and remained there until his eight months term had expired, when he received a discharge but did not leave the service at that time. He staid and performed the duty of orderly sargent for some time after he received his discharge but cannot tell how long. He volunteered & performed the last service. He states in answer to questions proposed by the Hon. Secretary of War, that he was Born in Framingham, Massachusetts in the month of September 1746. That he has no record of his age except one made in his Bible from a (illegible) procured by himself from the records in the town of Framingham
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That he resided at Roxbury Massachusetts at each time he entered the service and where he lived for a few years after, since which he has live in Fitzwilliam in the State of New Hampshire, Hartland and Northfield Vermont and that he now resides in said Northfield where he has resided more than twenty years. He entered the service by voluntary enlistment. H recollects having seen when in the service, Gen. Washington & Gen. Putnam & Gen. Sullivan. He received a written discharge from Capt. Joseph Morse which he supposes he burnt with many other papers a few years since. He knows of no person living who can testify to his services nor has he any written evidence except a paper herewith transmitted dated August 3, 1775. He states the names of Oliver Avrill & Joel Winch who can testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution.
He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present, and he declares that his  name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state.
Jason Winch
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
We Joel Winch a clergyman residing in the town of Northfield, County of Washington and Abraham Shipman of said Northfield hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jason Winch who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 86 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.
Joel Winch
Abram. Shipman
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
And the said Judge doth declare his 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 said Judge further certifies that it appears to him that Joel Winch who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the said town of Northfield and that Abraham Shipman who has also signed the same is a resident in the said town of Northfield and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Attest, Warren Ellis, Judge
I Warren Ellis Judge of the County Court for the said County of Washington do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Judge in the matter of the application of Jason Winch for a pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 13th day of August A. D. 1832.
Attest, Warren Ellis, Judge
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I hereby certify that Jason Winch who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration is in my opinion unable to attend court on account of his age and bodily infirmity.
Dated August 13, 1832.
Warren Ellis Asst. Judge of W. C. Court

State of Vermont
Washington County SS

I Joshua Y. Vail, Clerk of the county Court within and for the county of Washington aforesaid do hereby certify that the Hon. Warren Ellis Esqr. before whom the within proceedings were had is an assistant Judge of Washington County Court duly appointed & commissioned & acting as such under the Authority of this State & that his name thereto as such is his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of Office this 1st day of September A.D. 1832.
Att. J.Y. Vail Clerk
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Dennis Ryon a Soldier in Capt. Morse Company in Colo. Patersons Rigement is (illegible) for disobedience of orders and absenting himself from Duty then (illegible) upon.
August 3 1775
Jason Winch Ser.
Witness
Moses Barns
John Tings
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19165
INVALID

File No. 19,165
Jason Winch
Serg. Rev. War

Act: June 7th '32
Index: vol. 1 Page 422

[Arrangement of 1870]