Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 35234, Nathaniel Day, Continental Mass.
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Service ; Continental
Mass
Day, Nathaniel
S number 35234
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c (p?) _ Lagt

Notification sent  to Timothy Osgood Esq
  Fryeburg Maine
 26 Oct 1820
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6727
4
District of Maine
Nathaniel Day
of Fryeburg, Oxford in the D of Maine
who was a private in the regiment commanded by ┃
Colonel Tupper
of the Massachusetts
line, for the term of 2 yrs & 8 mons nav
Inscribed on the Roll of Dis. of Maine
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on ┃
the 16 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 10th of Feby 1819
and sent to Judge Dana of
Fryeburg, Oxford Co. Maine
-
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1813. 4 mos 19/30  37.06
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 March 1819.      48
                                                                $85.06
{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}
Continued
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GIDEON, PRINTER.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
Jan'y 4th 1844
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April,1838, entitled "An Act
directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners,
and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United 
States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending
the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension
agents, The widow of Nathaniel Day. 2d decd
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Maine
Agency, at the rate of Eight Dollars
per month under the law of the 18th March
1818 has been paid at this Department, from the
4th of March to the 19th April 1842
Respectfully, yours,

Albion K Parris
Comptroller
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.
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Declaration of
Nathan Day
Private
Tuppers Mass Regt
April 1782 to Dec 1783
the American Regt to
June 30, 1784
Admitted
April 11, 1818
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Oxford ss
On this eleven sixteenth day of
April 1818 before me the subscriber Judge of Court
of Probate in said County, and first associate Justice
of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas in the first Eastern
Circuit in said Commonwealth, personally appeared Nath
a Resident 
and Doy of Fryeburg in said County aged fifty six years, being
by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath
make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the 
provision made by the late 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:  that he served as a Private Soldier in the war of the revolution on the
continental establishment about two years and three
months, that he enlisted in April AD 1782 for three years
into the company commanded by Capt Dean attached to
the tenth Regiment in Massachusetts Line, commanded by
Col Tupper and served in that and other United States 
Companies in which he was placed till December AD 1783, when
he was transfered to the American Regiment in which he
served till the thirtieth of June AD 1784 when he was regularly
and honourably discharged at West Point with the last mentioned
Regiment, that he had lost his discharge by fire that from
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his reduced circumstances in life he stands in need of assistance from his country for support- 
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid 
Jason Dana Judge & all 

I Jason Dana Judge of as aforesaid, do certify that from the foregoing declaration of the said Nathaniel Day & from the additional testimony of two other credible Witnesses, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Nathaniel Day, did serve in the revolutionary war as a Private Soldier as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the term of nine months, on the continental establishment and that from his reduced circumstances in life he stands in need of assistance from his country for support - & I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken & had before me Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the direction of the aforementioned act of Congress
 
In testimony whereof, I have here unto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court of Probate, at Fryeburg in said County this fourth day of July AD 1818
Jason Dana Judge
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Nathaniel Day No 6727
Lovell 
Conf
Feb 19
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STATE OF MAINE. Oxford ss. 
At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas begun and holden at Paris within and for the county of Oxford, on the fourth Tuesday of July A.D. 1820 before the Honorable Judah Dana Judge of said Court 

On this 25th day of July in the year above written, personally appeared in open Court, the same having ""the power of fine and imprisonment, and being a Court of Record for said county of Oxford, Nathaniel Day. aged 57 years, resident in Scovelle in said county, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a private in the company commanded by Capt. Dean in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Tupper in the line of the State of Massachusetts  on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the day 10th day of April A.D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 6727 was granted. 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 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, 1818: 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; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described below, also subscribed by me. 
Nathaniel Day 

Sworn and declared, on the 25th day of July A. D. 1820. BEFORE Judah Dana Jude of said Court 

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz: 2 Cows, 1 Calf-13 Sheep, 5 lambs, 1 swine, Household furniture - 2 Chains- Plough Irons, 1 Axe, 1 Hoe - I am indebted in the sum of fifty Dollars 
Nathaniel Day
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SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Nathaniel Day, who by occupation am a husbandman --- which I am not able to pursue by reason of age & a lameness in my ancles, by a fall from a house 

[table headings]NAMES. | AGES. | Capacity of each to contribute to their support.
[row 1]Betsey - my wife | 40 years | a sickly woman
[row 2] Esther " daughter | 11 " | healthy
[row 3]Hannah do | 7" | an idiot

Nathaniel Day 

Oxford SS. 
I Thomas Clark Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said county of Oxford do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record 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 eighty six dollars and seventy five cents. $36,75 

IN TESTMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 20th day of July A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty 
Thomas Clark 
Clerk of the Circuit Court of C.P. for said county of Oxford
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35 234
Revy INVALID.
File No. 35,234
Nathaniel Day
Pri. Rev War

Act: 18th March 18
Index:-- Vol. 2, Page 104

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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1936 Jan 3 / Hist to Mrs Annie Bemis Walker Letter in case of Thaddeus Bemis -S.37583-
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January 3, 1935
Mrs. Annie Bemis Walker
Lovell
Main

BA-J/EEL
Thaddeus Bemis - S.37623
Nathaniel Day - S.26234

Dear Madam: 
Reference is made to your letter in which you request in formation in regard to Thaddeus Bemis and Nathaniel Day, Revolutionary War pensioners, residing at Fryeburg Maine.

The records of those soldiers are furnished herein. 

Thaddeus Bemis S. 37683 
The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim. S.37683 based upon the military service in that war of Thaddeus Bemis. 

The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Thaddeus Bemis are not shown. 

While residing in Waltham, Massachusetts, Thaddeus Bemis enlisted in July, 1777, served as a private in Captain Page's Company, Colonel Tupper's Massachusetts Regiment and was discharged in the spring of 1780, having served nine months. He was allowed pension on his application executed July 17, 1818, at which that he was aged sixty years and resided in Fryeburg, Orford County, Maine. 

In 1820, he stated that his family residing with him consisted of his wife, Judith, aged fifty-five years, her maiden name and date of their marriage not shown; Benjamin, aged nineteen; Judith, aged eighteen and Isaac, aged twelve years. 

In 1818, one Jacob Bemis made affidavit in Cumberland County, Massachusetts (Maine); no relationship to the soldier was shown. 

Thaddeus Bemis died February, 1842, place not shown.
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Nathaniel Day S. 35236 
The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.35234, based upon the military service of Nathaniel Day in that war. 

the date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Nathaniel Day are not shown. 

[inserted paragraph: Sol. said Dean list as Capt Walter Deane was Capt or 10" at that time, I spelled it Deane]
Nathaniel Day enlisted, place not shown, in April, 1782, served as a private in Capt Deane's Company, Col Tuppers's 10th Massachusetts Regiments in December, 1783, was transferred to the American Regiment, officers not given, and was discharged fited June 30, 1794. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 16, 1818, at which time he was aged fifty-six years and resided in Fryeburg, Offord County, Massachusetts (Maine).

In 1820, he was residing in Lovell, Maine, and then stated that his family residing with him consisted of his wife, Betsey, aged forty years, maiden name and date of their marriage not given. and two daughters, Esther and Hannah, aged respectively eleven and seven years. There are no further family data. 

The soldier died April 19, 1842, place not shown. At that time he was referred as Nathaniel Day, End

The above is the history of the only soldier and named Nathaniel Day who applied for pension while residing in Fryeburg, Maine, that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this office. 

[inserted paragraph: I made this par because she said widow was Margaret as Betsey was only 40. I think there was probably a former wife]

Very truly yours A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator