Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26303, John Ayers, Conn.
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State of Vermont
Orange County Be it remembered that at Corinth in the county aforsaid on this 28th day of June in the year of our Lord 1804 John Ayer and Abigail Moodey both of Corinth and county aforsaid were duly join in marriage by me.
Daniel Batchelder Minister
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19.886
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State of Connecticut
Comptrollers Office
Hartford   Feb 21st 1855

      I certify that on application for evidence of the service of John Ayres in the war of the Revolution, I have examined the documents remaining in this office and find the name of John Ayers and Pay Roll under the following heading vis. "Pay Roll of the short Levies, in Lieut.  Col. Holdridge's Company 7th Connecticut Regt. Commanded by Herman Swift Colo. in the service of the United States for 1780." When the said John Ayres is credited with service as a "private from July 1st 1780 to Dec 13th 1780, 5 mons, 13 days".  "Discharged Dec. 13th."

John Dunham   Comptroller
by Geo Robinson   Clerk
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19.886     Act Mar. 3 /55
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March 28 /55
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Abigail Pelton, Widow of
John Aynes, died
Private
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Let. Col. Holdridges}    U.S.
Col. Swift}  [     ]
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Entd -- July 1, 1789 } Revolutionary
Dis -- Dec. 13, 1780}  War
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Boynton
No Papers
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Wm Haywood Jr.
Northumberland
N. H. 

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Let. to W. Haywood July 24 /55
Vt
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19.886
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State of Vermont}
County of Essex} ss

On this 20th day of March A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the peace within and for the county and state aforesaid, Abigail Pelton aged eighty years a resident of Maidstone in the state of Vermont who being duly sworn according to law declares that she was the widow of John, deceased, who was a private in the Army of the Revolution and served from July 1st 1780 to Dec 13th 1780, five months and thirteen days in Lieut. Col Holdridge's company 7th Connecticut Regiment commanded by Herman Swift Col. in the service of the United States and that he continued in actual service for said term of time and was honorably discharged.
She further states that she was married to the said John Ayers in Corinth in the county of Orange in the state of Vermont on the twenty eighth day of June A.D. one thousand eight hundred and four; that her name before her said marriage was Abigail Moody.  That her said husband died at said Corinth on the twenty ninth day of December A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fourteen and that about eight years after the death of said John Ayers she was married to one Joseph Pelton and that said Pelton died at Fairlee in the county of Orange and State of Vermont in June A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven and that she has never married since and that she is now a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3, 1855. She also declares that she has not
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We, Ira A. Ramsay, a resident of Guildhall, and Lucius C. Luther, a resident of Maidstone, both in the county of Essex and State of Vermont, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Abigail Pelton in our presence and that we believe from the [        ] and statements of  of the applicant that she is the identical person she represent herself to be.     Ira A Ramsey
                                            Lucius C Luther

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the [        ]s to be credible persons. That the claimant  is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim.

Marcus A. Webb     Justice of the peace

I, Daniel Ayers of Maidstone in the county of Essex and state of Vermont, depose, testify and say that Abigail Pelton of said Maidstone, who has made the foregoing deposition is my mother and that she has lived with me about fifteen years past.  Joh Ayers, her first husband, was my father. I have always understood that my father was originally from Connecticut and that he was a Soldier of the Revolution. My father lived in Corinth
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in the State of Vermont and died there over forty years ago. I can just remember his death but I was then very young. My [ ] father and mother had five children at his decease. I am now forty four years of age. After the death of my father my mother married one Joseph Pelton and lived with him about fifteen years and [ ] Pelton died about seventeen years ago since which time the [ ] Abigail Pelton was then a widow.
Daniel Ayers