Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13,229, Napthali Guild, Mass. R.I.
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Mass  Guild, Napthali  S13,229
R.I.
carded
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3042
New York
Napthali Guild
of Saratoga in the State of New York
who was a fifer & C in the company commanded by Captain Tabbott of the Regt. commanded by Col. Hitchcock in the ____line for 6 months
R. I. and Mass.
Records corrected Jan. 22, 1906
Inscribed on the Roll of New York 
at the rate of 22 Dollars per annum 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of Dec. 1832 and sent to W Higgins
Half Moon
Arrears to 4th of Sep. 1832                        $33
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4th Mar 33    $11
                                                                  $44

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Geo. C Stiles Clerk,
Book D  Vol. 5  Pahe 92
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Napthali Guild
10959
admitted
6 mo. fifer & Corp
$22
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State of New York Saratoga County
On this sixth day of September 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Court of Common Pleas now setting Napthalin Guild of the town of _____in the county of Saratoga and State of New York aged Eighty years who being first duly sworn according to law doth as his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of Act of Congress ___+June 7th 1832
That he entered the service of United States the following named offices and service as herein stated. That in year 1775 in the month of May this applicant volunteered together with thirteen or fourteen other young men to go in defense of this country that their object was to appear in camp with this little company in ___ form understanding that a company of volunteers all enlisting at one time would be entitled to ____ a office out of this number and this deponent further states that the company as above stated of which he this deponent was a member and served as a fifer left the town of Guildford the state ____ about the middle of the month of May 1977 and marched to the town of Waltham near Cambridge in the State of Massachusetts a  distance of about 100 miles when they remained waiting for a suitable opportunity to enlist agreeable to their object at the time they ___. that during these stay they sent Ithaman Goodenough, one of these company and the one they chose from their company as the commandant to Cambridge. When the Army was to make arrangements for their enlistment and organization at several times but did not effect their project until the alarm was given for the defense of Charleston near Bunker
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Hill that this deponent together with the remainder of his company marched immediately to that post but did not arrive there until about four o clock in the afternoon as near as this deponent can recollect but not in season to enter into engagement as the British had managed the shipping so as to cut off any communication between Charleston and the Hill that this deponent was engaged the remainder of the day and evening in securing and removing the wounded and this deponent further states that the day after the Battle being Sabbath he this deponent left Charleston and went to Providence Rhode Island to see his parents, that on or about the 21st of June the week after the battle afore mentioned he this deponent enlisted in a Company of the Rhode Island Forces under the command of Captain Silas Talbott in a Regiment commanded by Colonel Hitchcock that he this deponent enlisted as a fifer that he this deponent enlisted in the company as above stated in the town of Providence Rhode Island and joined the army at Prospect Hill within a few days and this deponent further states that soon after they arrived at the last mentioned place he this deponent understood that General Putman who then commanded at that place had ordered a company to guard a point of land that projected out into Boston Harbor then called Leachmore Point that this post was considered as an important one attended with great _____ and Captain Ichabod Dexter volunteered to take command of the guard and this deponent further state that General Putman gave Captain Dexter authority to select his guard from among any company or regiment then under his command which guard consisted of about fifty officers and privates and this deponent further states that in this guard as above stated Ithaman Goodenough the person above named as one of this deponents companions
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had received the rank of a Lieutenant and
corporal Fairbanks was appointed Sergeant he thinks that on hearing of this he this deponent felt anxious to join his companions when within a few days they the above named Goodenough and Fairbanks having learned that he this deponent was within the camp informed Captain Dexter of the same who came and demanded this deponent from Captain Talbott by virtue of his authority from General Putman that he this deponent went with the said Captain Dexter and joined his company of guard as above described as a musician that he served as such a part of the time that the remainder of the time he served as a Corporal and this deponent further states that he this deponent was discharged together with the remainder of this Company at the breaking up of the campaign for that ____on which was about the middle or last of December of the same year and this deponent further states that during the service in which he was engaged he was not in any actual engagements that at the time he this deponent was serving as a guard on the point above named _____ Shipping well off in the harbor between them and Boston that the guard that was stationed on the ______at night was within hearing the conversation of those on board the skiffs that the enemy used frequently to fire at them during this day when the guard was out around the house where they encamped but did not injure them this deponent further states that Fort No. 2 at Prospect Hill was the nearest place of retreat for them which he this deponent thinks was commanded by Colonel Sargeant at that time and this deponent further states that this time he volunteered he lived in the town of Guilford County - does not recollect in the state of Vermont that he enlisted in the town of Providence in Rhode Island and that he was dismissed from said June
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that at the close of the war he lived at Guilford as above stated and since said war he has resided in the Village of Lansingburgh _____County State of New York for about 27 years that he now resides in the Half Moon Saratoga County and State of New York, and this deponent further saith that he knows of no person living who can testify to his service as stated and this deponent further states that during the service as stated in the foregoing statement that he this deponent was in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War as afore stated six months and more. This deponent was born in the town of Attleborough County of Bristol State of Massachusetts on the 26th day of January 1752 hand has a record of his age. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. He has no documentary existence and knows of no person whose testimony he can secure, who can testify to his service.
To the following interrogatories purported by the Court I make the following answers
1  I was Born in the town of Attleborough County of Bristol State  of Massachusetts on the twenty sixth day of January 1752
2  I have a certificate of the record of my age signed by the Clerk of the town of Attleborough Massachusetts when the same was recorded now at home in Half Moon
3  When I entered the service I lived in the town of Guilford State of Vermont and continued to reside a part of the time during the same. I have lived in the town of Lansingburgh in the Village of Lansingburgh for 27 years. I now reside in the town of Half Moon in the county of Saratoga and state of New York where I have resided for the last 11 years
4 To this I make the following answer I first entered the service of the United States as a volunteer in the first place
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I then enlisted in the Rhode Island State from which I was taken and served in a guard under Captain Dexter as stated in the preceding statement.
5  The names of the Officers in the Rhode Island forces was Col Hitchcock, Captain Silas Talbott I would also mention the names of General Israel Putman commanding at Prospect Hill, Colonel Sargeant I think commanded at Fort No. 2 at the same place, Captain Ichabod Dexter & Lieut. Itheman Goodenough at ___more Point
6 I have no discharge
   I have no documentary evidence in my possession whereby I can substantiate my claim to a pension nor is there any person now living to my knowledge who can testify to my service as a soldier in the Revolution
7th I would here offer the names of John B Taylor and (it is blank) who reside in the vicinity where I reside to attest to my character as to truth and veracity and the general opinion in the neighborhood where I reside as to my serving in the Revolution as a soldier
Napthali Guild
Elnathan Finch a clergyman residing in Witton Saratoga county
We john B. Taylor residing in the town of Halfmoon in the county of Saratoga and State of New York hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Napthali Guild who has sworn & subscribed to the above declaration that we believe him to be Eighty 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
Elnathan Finch
John B Taylor
Sworn & subscribed on day & year aforesaid in open court 
Thomas Palmer  Clerk
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And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department that the above named applicant was a soldier and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them, that Elnathan Finch who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman and that John B Taylor who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Half Moon Saratoga County is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Thomas Palmer, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Saratoga, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Napthali Guild for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this Seventh day of September One thousand Eight hundred and Thirty Two  
Thomas Palmer  Clerk
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1st Brief
No 10959
Napthali Guild
admitted
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BRIEF in the case of Napthali Guild of Halfmoon County of of Saratoga in the State of New York (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? 80 years. 4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. Period. May in 1775. Duration of Service. Years, Months, Days. 6 & more. Rank. As a fifer, Corporal. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Gen. Col Hitchcock. Capt Salias Tabbott, Genl Putnam. 5. In what battles was he engaged? - 6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Providence, Rhode Island. Guilford County, Vermont. 7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By traditionary Evidence. 8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? They appear to be in due form. I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. James Ord Examining Clerk. 3.66 2/3 6 21.96 21.99
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November 12,1931
BA-J/MCS
Mrs. S. M. Rising
Granville
New York

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of October 23, 1931 requesting information in regard to soldiers of the Revolution.
The data furnished herein are obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 13229, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Napthali Guild.
He was born January 26, 1752, in Attleborough, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
About the middle of May, 1775, while living in Guilford, Vermont, he marched in a company of thirteen or fourteen other men, under the command of Ithamar Goodenough, to Waltham near Cambridge, Massachusetts, with the intention of enlisting. While there the alarm was given for the defense of Charlestown and he marched there with his company. As the British had cut off communication between Charlestown and Bunker Hill, Napthali Guild was not in the battle of Bunker Hill but aided in caring for the wounded after the battle. The next day he went to Providence, Rhode Island, to see his parents and he enlisted there about June 21, 1775 a fifer in Captain Silas Talbot's Company in Colonel Hitchcock's Rhode Island Regiment. Soon afterward he was placed in a company of guard under Captain Ichabod Dexter and served as fifer and corporal until sometime in December, 1775.
After the Revolution he lived in Lansingburgh, Rensselaer County, New York , about twenty - seven years when he moved to Half Moon, Saratoga County, New York.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 6, 1832, at which time he was living in Half Moon, New York.

(there is a line drawn to Ichabod Dexter name) He is from Mass. see Mass. soldiers & sailors
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The papers in this pension claim contain no data relative to wife or children of the soldier.

The Revolutionary War records of this office fail to afford any information in regard to the John Guild and Josiah Graves described by you.

No charge is made for furnishing this information.

Very truly yours, -

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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13229
Napthali Guild
Apl 6 1832
Saratoga Co. N. Y.
Half Moon
[Following lined out] 1795 May Guilford Vt. [end of lined out info]
June 21 75 Guilford Vt.
Capt. Silas Talbot R. I.
Col Hitchcock
6 mos
Born at Attleboro Mass
Jany 26, 1752
No Bat
No mention of family
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[stamp]
U. S. PENSION OFFICE
FEB 13 1904
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Feb. 11, 1904
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C.
(there is a stamp that says NAVY FEB 16 1904

Dear Sir:
Will you please give me the record of Naphtali Guild a soldier of the Revolution?
I wish particularly to know the age at which he enlisted, and the
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names of his wife and parents
Very truly yours
Anna R Morgan

Address
Mrs. A. D. Morgan,
40 West St
Ilion, N.Y.
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( a seal )
Pension
U APR 11 1901 S
Office
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Marshalltown  April 8, 1901
To Pension Agent
Dear Sir
Napthali Guild was a Revolutionary Soldier enlisted from Massachusetts. Do not know from what town or county - only this- He was near enough to Charleston to know of Battle of Bunker Hill and was near enough to help carry General Warnn off the battle field, I don't know if he then belonged to the army, but did afterward any way, A grandchild tells of going with him to get his pension, further than this I have been unable to find out, will you please give me what information you can, he was a musician and the name is Napthale Guild. Please let me know as soon as convenient as I wish the information to hand to the Daughters of Revolution.
Respectfully yours
Mrs. Arthur Burnell
204 N. 4th St,
Marshalltown - Marshall Co _____
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Oct.23,1931

Veterans Administration
Bureau of Pensions
Washington,D.C.

Gentlemen:

I would very much appreciate knowing if you have any record of the service of John Guild and Naphtali Guild of Attleborough,Mass. during the Revolutionary war; also of Josiah Graves who was a fifer in the army and lived, I believe, at Hillsdale or Hinsdale,N.Y..

I shall be exceedingly grateful for any information which you may give me and if there is any charge for this work please inform me of this amount.

Stampe Enclosed

Very truly yours,

Jane R. Rising
(Mrs.S.M.R--)

Jane R. Rising
(Mrs.S.M.Rising)

RECEIVED 
OCT 24 1931
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Rev War
13229
INVALID.
File No. 13229
Napthali Guild
Fifer &c. Rev War
Act: June 7" 1832
Index: Vol. 1 Page 154
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Apl 17 1901
Mrs. Arthur Burnell
Marshalltown Iowa
Mach. 3 1904 Hist to Mrs. A. D. Morgan IL
1921 Nov. 12 hist to Mrs. S. M. Rising M. C. S.