Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 7877, for Nathaniel Paine, Massachusetts
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Mass.
Paine, Nathaniel   R7877
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State of New York
Clinton County     } Ss.
On this Thirteenth day of June A D. one thou- [line break] sand eight hundred and fifty three personally appeared before me a section of the Peace within & for the Country & of state aforesaid, Thomas Paine and Seventy two years a resident of Chazy in the state of New York who being duly sworn according to law, declares that he is the Son & heir of law, of Nathaniel Paine, deceased, who was a Soldier in the Revolutionary army - and who Served in said army in the Company commanded by Capt.  Kinqs in the Regiment or Detachment commanded by Col. Benjamin Simonds, from the Dec. 16th 1776 to March 24th. 1777.. 98. days - including travel. time - and also in the Company commanded by Capt Deming, in Col. Ashley, Regiment from 19h Sept. 1777 to Oct. 16h 1777. 28 days. making Four months & Six days service,
That the said Thomas Paine, and Ruth born, are the only children now living of the aforesaid Nathaniel Paine, deceased, and Respectully claim the amount of Pension which was due to the said Nathaniel Paine at his Death, which took place in the month of march 1810
That the Widow of said Nathaniel Paine survived her husband
Four days only, both died in Chazy aforesaid as will appear by [cut off by fragment]

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State of New York
Clerk's Office of Clinton County SS
C. Dimming Vaughan Deputy
  I, David H. Parsons, Clerk of the County Courts of said County (the same being a Courts of Record) hereby certify the I. P. Chamberlain & Owen T. Roberts whose names are subscribed to the certificate of the proof or acknowledgement of the annexed instrument and thereon written, were at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgements Justices of the Peace in and for said County of Clinton, dwelling therein, commissioned, sworn, and duly authorized to take the same. and further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justices of the Peace and verily believe that the sigatures to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgement genuine and that said instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of this State.
Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court and County this twenty fifth day (seal here)  A. D. 1853.
C. Demming Vaughan Deputy
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State of New York
Clinton County SS
On this Thirteenth day of June A. D.  one thousand eight hundred and fifty three personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within & for the County & State aforesaid, Thomas Paine aged seventy two years a resident of Chazy in the State of New York who being duly sworn according to law, declares That he is the son & heir at law, of Nathaniel Pain, deceased who was a Soldier in the Revolutionary army and he served in said army in the Company commanded by Captain Kings & the Regiment or Detachment commanded by Col. Benjamin Simonds from the Dec. 16th 1776 to March 24th 1777. 98 days including travel time. And also in the company commanded by Capt. Deming in Col. Ashley's Regiment from 19 Sept. 1777 to Oct. 16th 1777. 25 days making Four Months & six days service.
That the said Thomas Paine, and Ruth born,, are the only children now living of the aforesaid Nathaniel Paine, deceased, and Respectfully claim the amount of Pension which was due to said Nathaniel Paine at his death which took place in the month of March 1810.
That the widow of said Nathaniel Paine survived her husband Four days only, both died in Chazy aforesaid as will appear by the annexed affidavits.
We respectfully refer to the annexed Certificate of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as proof of the services of the said Nathaniel Paine.
Thomas Paine

Taken & subscribed before me this 13th day of June 1853. and I certify that I am not interested directly or indirectly in the above claim.
Ira P. Chaamberlain
Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
Clinton County SS
Anselm Goodrich, Lucy Douglass of Chazy in the County & State aforesaid personally came before me a Justice of the Peace in & for said County and being respectively sworn says That I was well acquainted with Nathaniel Paine & his widow (both deceased) in their respective life time. They said Nathaniel Paine & his widow died at Chazy aforesaid at the time stated within in the application of Thomas Paine & Ruth Coon, to wit in the month of March 1810.
Anselm Goodrich
Lucy Douglass

Taken &subscribed before me this 13th day of June 1853. And I certify that I am not interested in the above directly or indirectly.
Ira P. Chamberlain
Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Secretary's Office,  Boston:
June 6th 1853

I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that The name of Nathaniel Paine is born on roll Capt. Elijah Deming's Comp. Col. Ashley's Regt. under Gen. Gates at Stillwater from Sept. 19th 1777 to Oct 16, 1777, 28 days. Sergeant.
Also on roll of Capt. Kings Comp in Col. Benjamin Simonds Detachment from Dec. 16th 1776 to March 24th 1777. 98 days travel included. Sergeant at Ticonderoga.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
E. M. Wright
Secretary of the Commonwealth
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Know all men by these presents that I, Thomas Paine of Chazy in the County of Clinton & State of New York do hereby constitute & appoint Philip B. Roberts Esq. my lawful attorney for me and for my benefit to make an application to the Comptroller or other office having charge of the Public Records of the Commonwealth of the State of Massachusetts for the examination of Rolls of the Revolutionary army for the service of Nathaniel Paine who was a soldier in the said Revolutionary army. And in order that you may make the search he says that his Father Nathaniel Paine was under Genl. Gates at the surrender of Burgoyne and was stationed at Ticonderoga, but his officers names are not remembered by this applicant. His Father resided at the time of his services in Sandisfield, Berkshire County Mass.
and lived there to close of the war.
Taken & acknowledged before me the undersigned this 27 day of May 1853.
Owen T. Roberts Justice Peace
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Nathaniel Paine-R.7877

Miss Leone B. Hall
Green River Road
Williamstown, Massachusetts

Dear Madam
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim R.7877, based upon the military service in that war of Nathaniel Paine.
The date and place of birth and names of the parents of Nathaniel Paine are not shown.
While residing in Sandisfield, Massachusetts, Nathaneil Paine enlisted December 16, 1776 and served until March 24, 1777, as private in Captain King's Company, Colonel Benjamin Simonds' Massachusetts Regiment; he enlisted in Captain Deming's Company, Colonel Ashley's Massachusetts Regiment, and was in the campaign against General Burgoyne.
Nathaniel Paine died in March 1810, and his widow died four days later. Both died in Chazy, Clinton County, New York. There are no further data in regard to the wife of Nathaniel Paine.
June 13, 1853, Thomas Paine, aged seventy two years and a resident of Chazy, New York, applied in behalf of himself and his sister Ruth Coon, only surviving children of Thomas Paine, for the pension that might have been due on account of the services of their father in the Revolutionary War. The claim was not allowed as the soldier did not render six months service as required by the pension laws.
The dates of birth of the above named children of Nathaniel Paine are not shown nor is the name of the husband of the daughter, Ruth Coon, stated, and there are no further family data. 
Very truly yours,
A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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Mar. 1779
G. Lyon S. E. D. Pen. Bur.
1938 Aug. 4 Hist to Leone B. Hall-EL. see letter
in cl. of Thos. Paine
W.21927

7877
Nathaniel Paine
N. Y.

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Sept 2/53
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Pension Office
Sept. 2d 1853
Sir,
The application of the Heirs of Nathaniel Paine, has been received filed and examined. they allege only four months service, and as less than 6 months does not entitle the party to a pension the claim is rejected.


Philip B. Roberts, Esqr.
Beckmantown
Clinton Co. N. Y.
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Miss Leone B. Hall
Green River Road
Williamstown, Massachusetts

Dear Madam
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the records of Joseph Ruggles Paine, Josiah Paine, Samuel Paine, Nathaniel Paine, and Thomas Paine, Revolutionary War soldiers, all of Massachusetts.
There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon the military service in the Revolutionary War of a Samuel Paine, who served in the Massachusetts troops nor of a Joseph Ruggles Paine or Josiah Paine, all spellings of the surname used in the search of the records. Such claims are the source of the data furnished by this office. You are furnished herewith the records of Thomas Paine, the only soldier of that name or similar spelling, who served with the Massachusetts troops, that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this office, and of Nathaniel Paine, the only soldier of that name or similar spelling, that is found on said records.
Very truly yours,
A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator