Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44,564, Thomas Ayres, Continental New York.
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(3—1776)

SERVICE
Continental
New York

Ayres, Thomas

NUMBER
S.44.564

CONTENTS
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2772.
NEW YORK

W.
Thomas Ayres private
Capt Jackson
New York line
in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the sixth of April 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 23 1818 of September and sent to Samuel Stans Esq 
No 226 – Water Street New York

Arrears to 4th of September 1818 — 39.73
Semi-anl. all'ce 4mo 29/30 ending 4 March 1819 — 48.
87.73
Livingston

{Revolutionary claim,
Act March, 1818.}

one year 1776
Continental
City of New York, New York

Certificate cert: of pension issued 3d of Mch, 1819 & deld [delivered] to Wm Radcliffe Esq 
[illegible] [in] person

Notification sent to Samuel Stevens, 30 [illegible] 1819
New York
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City, County and State of New York ss.

Thomas Ayres of the said City, Blacksmith, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that he this deponent sometime in or about the month of May in the year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Six enlisted on the continental establishment in the service of the United States as a private in Captain William Jacksons company, Col. Livingston's  Regiment, General James Clinton Brigadier General being of the line of the State of New York the deponent was at that time of the age of Twenty Two years or thereabouts, the Company was stationed at Fort Constitution and Fort Montgomery in the Spring following and at the expiration of the time of service deponent received a regular discharge, that under said enlistment deponent served the United States for the period of twelve months, Deponent then attached himself to the artificers department and assisted in building the Chevauxdefrize [Cheval de frise] at New Cornwall, he afterwards entered, being on or about the month of    in the year 1777 in the nine months service in Captain William Falconer's company Colonel Pauldings Regiment, in General Clinton's Brigade, was appointed sergeant, in this service was part of the time employed in the armourer's [armorer's] department and received a regular discharge when the company was disbanded; that under the last mentioned enlistment, deponent served the United States for the period of nine months being the time of enlistment; he afterwards entered the three months service and was attached to the

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Armourer's [armorer's] department at West Point under the direction of William Smith; After this untill [until] the end of the war he was in the blacksmith's department under the direction of Jacob Reeder at Newburgh; Deponent further swears that at the three enlistments above mentioned he received regular discharges; Deponent doth therefore on his oath declare that he served the United States as a non commissioned Officer and private, by virtue of the above enlistments in the continental establishments, during the Revolutionary War, for the period of nine months & upwards and deponent received a commission as a captain in a Company of Militia in Orange County in the State of New York, dated the fourteenth day of March One Thousand Seven Hundred and eighty seven which Commission is now in his possession And this deponent further saith that from his reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his Country for support. And that at the time of the said services, he this deponent was and has been ever since a resident citizen of the United States. and further that the abovementioned discharges are lost —
Thomas Ayres
Sworn to before me this sixth day of April 1818
Warren Brackett
Aldmn [alderman] & Judge of the Court of Common Pleas &c
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Thomas Ayres
exd.


2772
Copy 23 Sept 1818

Con

Mar 19
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Sold by J. B. Jansen.

NEW-YORK MAYOR'S COURT
In the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, held at the City-Hall, in and for the said City, before the Judges of the same Court, of July __ term, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty
PRESENT the Honorable Peter A Jay Esquire Recorder

City of New-York, ss. Be it Remembered, That on the twenty ninth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty personally appeared in the Court of Common Please, called the Mayor's Court of the city of New-York, in open court, the said court being a court of record for the city and county of New-York, according to the charter of the said city and the laws of the state of New-York, Thomas Ayres aged Sixty five years, resident in the city of New York who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the revolutionary war as follows: that his first enlistment was with Captain William Jackson, Col. Livingstons Regiment of the New York Line, Continental Establishment under General James Clinton, that in this Corps. he enlisted for one year and served his time out and was regularly discharged, that this first enlistment took place in the year Seventy five he thinks and was about a year previous to the declaration of Independence: that about the time the first enlistment was out, there was a company of Artificers forming in Col: Samls Regiment under the Command of Thomas Matchin, who was chief of the Corps. for six months, this was the New York Line on the Continental Establishment, and declarant was also bound to do Artillery Duty with the Regiment to which he was attached, this Corps was formed principally for the purpose of preventing the Enemy from ascending the north River by means of Chevauxdefrizes [Cheval de frize] , that declarent [declarant] served out his term with the Regiment or nearly so when he enlisted anew as a Soldier for three months to go with General Malcomb to the westward to relieve General Starks he thinks, that declarent [declarant] never went on this expedition he being detailed and detained by a general order to continue at West Point in the Armory, where he served out his enlistment That some time afterwards he enlisted as a Soldier in Capt Wm Faulkners Company, Col: Pauldings Regiment, New York Line Continental Establishment for nine months and served his time out, and was discharged at Fishkill New York, Declarent [declarant]was never in any of the great engagements: he was in service at West Point when Arnold deserted: was in service at the Point when Andre was executed
and that his original declaration is dated the Sixth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and that his pension certificate is No. the original Pension certificate never came to hand and the duplicate received is numbered 2772 and dated 3d March 1819.
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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 as 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, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen: 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, to wit: No real Estate whatever, and no personal property excepting his furniture, which consists of one old Beauro, Eight or ten Chairs, one common carpet half worn, two tables, one bed, only the common cooking utensils, and about three suits of wearing apparel, two of which are nearly worn out

This declarent further says that he is by trade a Blacksmith, tho; he has been unable to work at his trade for the last three years owing to his age and debility, and for several years before he quit working at this trade, he got but half wages: That the only person in his family is his wife, and that her name is Mary, and that she is about sixty three years of age and weakly and unable to do any work by which she can support herself: he has but one son who has a family himself to support, and he is a Clerk in a store in this City, that he has but two daughters both of whom are married one to a printer by trade, and the other to a Cartman, and that his Sons in law have both families and are unable to support the said deponent
Thos. Ayres
Sworn in open Court this 29th day of July 1820
Benj Ferris
Clk
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I, Benjamin Ferris Clerk of the city and county of New-York, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the city of New-York, Do hereby certify, That the foregoing Deposition 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 the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is not exceeding One hundred Dollars.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, this fifth day of August 1820
Benj Ferris
Clerk
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Sen File 44564 Thomas Ayres
appln  - Apl. 6. 1818. res. NY City
ac 63-

1. May [crossed out] 75. Pvt Capt. Wm Jackson
Col. Livingston 1 yr.

4. 77 Sergt Artif Capt. Wm Faulkner
Col. Pawling 9 mos.

3. Armourer's Dept. West Pt. Wm Smith 3 mos

5. to end of war Blacksmiths Dept. Jacob Reeder

2.* 76 artif Capt. Thomas Machin
Col. Lamb  3 mos


1820 wife Mary abt 63 yrs.
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1901
Ayres
claim n.j.

44564
INVALID
Revy

File No. 44.564
Thomas Ayres
Priv Rev. War

Act: 18" March 1818
Index:—Vol. 3, Page 21

[Arrangement of 1870.]

Feb'y - 8
H Messenger
upper most

1907 Feby. 20 Hist. to 
Grace L. Stevens
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1820 
    65
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1745

1776
    22
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1754

1840
    86
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1754

N.Y.  troops
Private — Capt. Wm. Jackson
12 monts Col. Livingston

Artificer
1777 Capt. Wm. Falconer
Col. Paulding (Pauling)
9 mos. Sergeant

3 mo. Capt. Thomas Matchin
[crossed out] Col. Lamb
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Capt. March 14 1789

22 M 1776
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PAID
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William Radcliff Esquire
Washington City.
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Dear Sir,
I am under the necessity of troubling you again on the Subject of Thomas Ayres certificate of Pension — I wrote the " Secy of the War department" inclosing the afft of the Pensioner [illegible] not having come to hand and no money having been taken up by virtue thereof —
Mr Catlin says the name never has been forwarded to him of course if he had the Certificate, the Pension would not have been paid — a lett is to be forwarded for the 4th of March and if Ayres name is not on the same the poor fellow will be for months longer left in want — Will you be good enough to see the proper officer and get him to do what is necessary in this case which is one of Charity. I fear your chance is made of [illegible] through the Bill — I have no news or information to communicate — Your obedient Sevt
Samuel Starnes
Feb 27th 1819
William Redcliff Esq
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State of New York. City and County of New York ss: I Benjamin Ferris, Clerk of the City and County of New York, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said City and County Do hereby certify that Joseph Warren Brackett before whom the annexed affidavits were made and who hath subscribed the Certificate [crossed out] annexed was on the day when the said affidavits were made and the said Certificate was signed Alderman of the second ward of the City of New York and one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas called the Mayor's Court of the City of New York and duly sworn as such.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this eighth day of April 1818.
Benj. Ferris 
Clerk
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To J Warren Brackett Esquire one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the City and County of New York commonly called the Mayors Court, being a Court of Record of the State of New York.

The undersigned Respectfully herewith that he served as a non Commissioned officer and private Soldier during the Revolutionary War, against the common Enemy, that HE served the United States, by virtue of regular enlistments, on the Continental Establishment, in the said capacities for the period of nine months and upwards — And your Petitioner considers himself entitled to the benefit 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 March 18th 1818
And your Petitioner requests that you will examine into the truths set
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forth in the annexed Depositions and certify and transmit the testimony and the Proceedings in this Case to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War, to the end that Relief may be granted, as is by law in such case provided

Thomas Ayres
City of New York
April 6th 1818}
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forth in the annexed Depositions and certify and transmit the testimony and the Proceedings in this Case to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War, to the end that Relief may be granted, as is by law in such case provided

Thomas Ayres
City of New York
April 6th 1818}
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forth in the annexed Depositions and certify and transmit the testimony and the Proceedings in this Case to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War, to the end that Relief may be granted, as is by law in such case provided

Thomas Ayres
City of New York
April 6th 1818}
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City and County of new York ss. Be it remembered that on the sixth day of April in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and eighteen before me J Warren Bracket one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayors Court of the City of New York, which is a Court of Record of the State of New York personally appeared the within mentioned Thomas Ayres, the Petitioner, as well as William Allen and Thomas Smyth the Deponents in the annexed deposition mentioned, all of whom are entitled to credit, who being by me duly sworn did declare the truth of the facts stated in the foregoing Depositions — And the said Thomas Ayres also produced to me his Commission, which is referred to in his affidavit, which appeared to have been regularly executed and signed
Whereopen I being satisfied that the said Thomas Ayres, did serve, in the line of the State of new York, the United States on the Continental Establishment
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in the Revolutionary War, against the common enemy for the term of nine months and longer, to wit for the times in the annexed Documents mentioned And that He is justly entitled to the benefits of the Act of Congress aforesaid
I do therefore Certify and transmit the the Testimony in this Case and the proceedings had therein, and before set forth, to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War
Given under my hand and the seal of the said County, at the City of New York on the day and year last above written
J Warren Brackett
Judge &c

Attest
Benj. Ferrris
Clerk

Clt of New York
Admitted

The Department of War will inform of the Result of this application
to Samuel Starnes Esq 226 Water St New York.
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City and County and State of New York ss.
Thomas Smyth of the City of New York being duly sworn deposeth and saith that during the Revolutionary War he this deponent was well acquainted with Thomas Ayres, who is the Petitioner in the annexed documents that deponent and the said Thomas Ayres worked together at Fish Kill, in the Artificers Department for the Period of one year or thereabouts; that this was near about the year Seventeen hundred & eighty, and deponent further saith, during the Year, or the Spring following, the said Thomas Ayres enlisted in the Service of the United States, on the Continental Establishment, Deponent does not know what Company or Regiment the said Ayres joined, but he was in the Service of the United States, some times in the Artificers Department, and some times as a private Soldier during most of the Revolutionary War. — And that the said Ayres, in the belief of this deponent, requires and needs the assistance of his Country for his Support

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owing to his reduced circumstances and further that the said Ayres is now a resident Citizen of the United States and resides in the City of New York
And further saith not.
Thos Smyth
Sworn to before me this 6th. day of APril 1818.
Warren Brackett
Alderman &c.
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City and County of New York ss: William Allen of the City of New York being duly sworn deposeth and saith, that He this deponent had charge of, and superintended the Artificer's Department of the American Army, at Fish Kill, during the year seventeen hundred and seventy eight. That some time during this year, the Damaged arms of one of the Company's, in the American Service, was sent to this deponent's Department, at Fish Kill, to be repaired.— That with the said Company's arms, was also sent Thomas Ayres who is the Petitioner in the annexed Documents mentioned to assist in putting in order the said arms— that Deponent of his own knowledge can not say what Company the said Ayres then belonged to, but he always understood and believed that he was a regularly enlisted Soldier in the American Army, during the Revolutionary War, and that in the opinion & belief of this deponent the said
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Ayres served the United States as a private Soldier and Artificer during the most part of the Revolutionary War.— And that said Ayres is a citizen of the United States and now resides in the City of New York, and that from his age and reduced circumstances he requires & needs the assistance of his Country for his support

William Allen
Sworn to before me this sixth day of April 1818
Warren Brackett
Alderman Judge of the Court of Common Pleas
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New York

Thomas Ayres

Saml. Stephens
Agent
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City & State of new York ss: Samuel Stevens of the City of New York, Attorney at Law being duly sworn, deposeth and saith that he has never received the certificate of Pension of Thomas Ayres, Private, said to have been forwarded from the pension department, [crossed out] at Washington, and intended fro this deponent, that he has caused search to be made in the Post Office fro a letter directed to Samuel Stans forwarded from Washington in September last, and on such search no such letter was to be found, and one of the Clerks in said Office informed deponent he thought no such letter was in the Office. — Deponent also examined the advertizements of letters remaining in the New York Post Office in the months of October and November, and did not find any letter, so directed, advertized.— Deponent further saith that he doth verily believe that said certificate never has been received by the Pensioner or any money taken up thereon

Samuel Stevens
Sworn to before me this ninth day of Feby. 1819
A L Underhill, Alderman
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City and County of New York ss: Thomas Ayres of the City of new York, the pensioner mentioned in the annexed affidavit, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith that he has never received his certificate of Pension mentioned in the annexed affidavit, or taken up any money by virtue thereof, and he believes the same has never come to the hands of Samuel Stevens Esq. who transacted this business for him, but that the said certificate is either mislaid or lost.
Thos Ayres
Sworn to before me this ninth day of Feb.y. 1819
A S Underhill Alderman
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Issue a Dup: Certi:

FREE

The Hon. [illegible] the Secretary of the War Department
Washington City

NEW YORK FEB 9

W. Edwards of the pension office
JCC
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Sir
Since writing last on the subject of the letter and the certificate of Pension granted to Thomas  Ayres in September last and which have never come to hand I have learnt that in case of loss of the Certificate an affidavit must be made and forwarded to your department, and in pursuance thereof, I enclose the written affidavits & certificate for the purpose of obtaining a new certificate of Pension in this Case
I have the Honor to be your most obedient Servt
Samuel Stevens
22 6 Water Street
City New York

Feb 9th 1819
Sir
The Hon The Secretary of the War Department
P.S. McCartin says that the name of this Pensioner has not been forwarded to him & that a certificate that no money has been sent to him is therefore unnecessary
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The Honorable
John C. Calhoun
Secretary of War
Washington

Mail
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Chenango Point. July 26 1819

In receiving the inclosed [enclosed] pension Warrant for Thomas Ayres (transmitted to me, herenamed, by mistake) I sent it to the printer of the "Binghamton Phoenix" with direction to publish a suitable notice— This having been don[e] for a long time without the desired off[illegible] I return it to the dept of War regreting [regretting] it had not done so immediately — although the course I adopted seemed best.

I do not think "Thomas Ayres" lives in this part of the State

I have the honor to be
Wm Hurst
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[Blank]
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Hon. Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D.C.

Recover [?]
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Upper Montclair, N.J.
Jan 26/01.
Pension Dept.
Washington DC
Sirs: I write to ask information of Thomas Ayres —I learned he always drew a pension up to the time of his death in N.Y. City June 28th 1844. He left no papers — He was born in Smith's Clove, Grange Co - N.Y., Sept. 24th 1754 & I think he enlisted from N.Y.— "He was a chair maker & blacksmith & was with Gen. Washington & shod horses for the army. Was with Sullivan & [illegible] the Delaware River fifteen times with him &c". Any information will be gladly received. 
Yours respy
H. Messenger Ayres

U.S.
OLD WAR & NAVY 
FILES
FEB 4 1901
P.B.

US
PENSION OFFICE
JAN 29 1901
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Sycamore Illinois
2/4/07

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
My ancestor Thomas Ayres, served as a private in the company of Capt. William Faulkner, Lt. Col. Albert Pawling's Regiment, New York Militia, Revolutionary War.
Kindly tell me if he ever got a pension? If he did he probably gave the dates of his birth & when it stopped. You got the record of his death too.
I would like very much to get the dates of  [crossed out -he] birth & death, also if the name of his wife or widow are to be found. & what was it? & her birth & death dates. I am seeking this information for use

U.S. PENSION OFFICE
FEB 9 1907
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in my application to become a Daughter of the American Revolution.
Yours faithfully

Grace La Porte Stevens

U.S. PENSION OFFICE
FEB 9 1907
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
form VAM–51
12-5-41

Division of Veteran's Administration Archives

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD

NAME Ayres, Thomas GRADE Private LINE Maryland

WARRANT NUMBERS 10923 and 274-60-55
ACREAGE 100
ISSUED JUNE 9, 1789 to — not shown —

*The information concerning 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.