Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33173, for Joseph Nye, Massachusetts
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([]-1776) 
SERVICE NUMBER
Mass. Nye, Joseph S.33173
CONTENTS
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792
Massachusetts Roll.
Joseph Nye
unknown
Private
Massachusetts line 8 years
the army of the Unites States during the Revolutionary War.
ascribed on the Roll of Massachusetts
at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on
the []th of May 1818.
Certificate of Pension issues the 2nd of June 1818
and sent to Hon. Edward Bangs,
Worcester, Mass.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818.
4 months 4/30 - $33.6
Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818
New Braintree
Worcester []
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33 173
[] INVALID
File No. 33 173
Joseph Nye
[] Rev War
Act: 18th March 1818
Index:-Vol. 2, Page 303
Arrangement of 1870.

1929-June 12-[ to Mrs Arthur H. Sproat []
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Pueblo Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
Pueblo, Colorado

1307 East Ninth Street
Hon. Winfield Scott,
Pension Commissioner;
Dear Sir;
Will you kindly give the 
Revolutionary Pension Record of
Cornelius Morey of Plymouth. Also of
Joseph Nye of Sandwich Mass.
and oblige yours sincerely only
(Mrs. Arthur H.) Helen French Sproat
Registrar Pueblo Chapter D.A.R.
January 25, 1929
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State of Massachusetts- Worcester ss. 

To Samuel Mixter Junr of New Braintree in said County one of the Justices of the peace in & for said County 

Whereas Pelatiah Hawes & Joseph Ney of said Newbraintree believe themselves entitled to the benefit of an act 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 & passed on the 18th day of March A.D. 1818 - And it is represented to me that the said Petatiah Hawes & Joseph Ney by reason of Bodily infirmity are unable to come before me or any other Judge to make the declaration required in & by said act. You are therefore authorized to take the respective declaration of the said Pelatiah & Joseph, after due examination & Caution, with such other evidence Corroborative as they may furnish according to the requirements of said act, and said declarations, confirming testimony and this commission to return to me as soon as may be that I may transmit them to the Secretary of War 

Given under my hand and the seal of said Court this 25th day of April A.D. 1818 
Edw Bangs Judge of the Circuit Court of Com Pleas in and for the Western Circuit of said state.
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State of Massachusetts 
I Joseph Nye - a Citizen of the United States, now resident at New Braintree in the County of Worcester in the State aforesaid, relate [crossed out: testify and declare], that in the War of the Revolution, [crossed out: on]  (he cannot tell when) I entered and was engaged in the Land service of the United States on the continental establishment, and served accordingly [crossed to: from that time to] Eight years as a soldier against the common enemy, without any interruption or absence; that I belonged to the sixth Massachusetts 

and that I left the service on (he cannot recollect when) 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 three years. - 

May 1st 1818. after due examination, I found the mental faculties of the above named Joseph Nye, so much impaired by age & infirmity, that I considered it improper to administer an oath to him; he therefore stated what he could recollect, as above related, but not on oath 
Samuel Mixer,  Just Peace 

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. 

BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this first day of May 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, Samuel Mixton authorized by Commission of Edw Bangs Judge of the Circuit Court of Com. pleas for the Western Circuit in said state the abovenamed Joseph Nye 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 duly made by me the said Judge, it appeareth to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true. 

[crossed out: Given under my Hand and the Seal of said Court, the day of the date aforesaid ]
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The within named Joseph Nye was in the sixth Massachusetts Regiment in the service of the United States and served in sd Regiment with me for the term of two years or more, and I have reason to believe, that the sd Nye received an honourable discharge from said service in the summer of seventeen hundred & eighty three, at which time I receiv'd my discharge from the sixth Massachusetts Regiment 
John Wood 

The within named Joseph Nye was in the sixth Massachusetts  Regiment, a soldier, and I was acquainted with him in said service for more than three years, being then a soldier in 
said Services
Pelatiah Hawes

Worcester ss. May 8th 1818 Personally appeared the above named John Woods and Pelatiah Hawes and after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, they made oath to the declaration aforesaid, and subscribed the same in my presence 
Samuel Mixtery Just of the Peace 

We the subscribers hereby certify that the within named Joseph Nye an inhabitant of this town has for some years part been very infirm & almost helpless, and in consequence of the loss of his mental faculties in a great measure is unable to relate on oath the services, which he unquestionably has rendered the United States as a soldier for about eight years - he is now dependent on the Public for his support 
New Braintree 
May 1st 1811 
David Waiter 
Roswell Concom 
Samson Rice 
John Bridge
Ebenr Tidden
Selectment of New Braintree -
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section AWF/eel 
June 15, 1929

Mrs. Arthur H. Sprout 1307 East Ninth Street Pueblo, Colorado 

Madam: I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 33173, it appears that Joseph Nye served for more than three years with the Massachusetts Troops and was discharged in the summer of 1783, officers names not given nor are there any specific dates as to service. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed May 1, 1818, at which time he was living in New Braintree, Worcester County, Massachusetts, aged sixty-three years. 

There are no data as to family. 

The above noted Joseph Nye, all spellings searched is the only soldier of that name found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau. 
Respectfully, EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.