Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13,017, John Field, Mass. Privateer Vt.
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Mass.      Field, John         S.13017
Privateer
Vt.                                     carded
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10236  New York  8468
John Field of Oneida in the State of N. York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Trow of the Regt. commanded by Col. French in the Mass line for 13 1/2 months
Mass. Privateer, Vt.
Feb 14/06
Records completed

Inscribed on the Roll of N. York at the rate of 51 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 6th day  of May 1833 and (unknown word) A. Judson, Vernon

Arrears to the 4th of Mar '32    $103.32
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 July '32  $25.83
$129.15

Recorded by G.C. Stiles Clerk
Book E Vol. 4 Page 19.
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M1023b
John Fields
14 Sept 1832
7 Dec 1832

14.14 1/2. 16
Roswell Judson
Vernon
Oneida Cy
N York

P138
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No. 10231
Brief in the case of John Fields of Verona, County of Oneida in the State of New York
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  Before a Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? Seventy four years 74
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period Enlisted: in May in 1775
Duration of Service: 8 months 
Rank As a: private 
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served:  Thomas' Brigade Massachusetts
line. Col.  Balkinburg(?) Capt Mace William's Company

Period Enlisted: Enlisted in July 1776 
Duration of Service: 2 months
Rank as a: private
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served:  
Col. French, Capt. Israel Jones, Capt Trow

Period Enlisted: Went on an alarm, last of November 1776 
Duration of Service: 1 month
Rank as a: private
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served:  Capt. Trow

Period Enlisted: next was hired as a substitute
Duration of Service: 3 months
Rank as a: Substitute for Thos Williams
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served:  Capt. Trow, Col. Hathway

Period Enlisted: went in Harvest time, 1781
Duration of Service: 1 month, 15 days
Rank as a: Substitute for James Packer
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served:
Capt. Blakely, Col. Fletcher 

The period of his privateering are herein registered ; as being considered in the service of the United States

5. In what battles was he engaged? not any

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? at Taunton Massachusetts

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By living witness as to his service, His tradition is supported by the affidavit of a Clergyman and another respectable Citizenm whose credibility is verified by the Court

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?  No

I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above  mentioned
Chas G Wilcox Examing Clerk
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832,
State of New York}
Oneida County}    55

On this Eleventh day of September Eighteen hundreds & thirty two personally appeared in open Court before the Judge of the Court of Common Plea of said County now sitting John Fields a resident of Verona in the County of Oneida & State of New York aged seventy four years & upwards who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated. That he was born at Taunton, Massachusetts, 22d day of March 1758. Record of his age think at Taunton, live same place entered the service when he enlisted the service, since the war he lived at Pelham Mass. Layden do, & Verona, now Oneida County. That he enlisted in May 1775 in Capt Mace Williams Company, Col. Walker's Regiment (first names forgotten) Major Genl Thomas Rigden of the Massachusetts line, marched to Roxbury Mass and served there eight months, enlisted again in February 1776 for two months, in Capt. Israel Trow's company, Col French (first name Col not recollected) marched to Winter Hill, stayed there one month then went to Dorchester to fortify Dorchester Heights under the last named officer, stayed there one month then returned home time being out, that they went out to sea on a privateering voyage in Sloop Revenge, Capt. Samuel Dunn. Started from Cavalry Mass. sailed towards the West Indies islands went past the Tropic lines ,served three months before returning, thinks started in June and returned in October. Sloop carried ten four pounders & fourteen swivels, next went from Taunton on an alarm to Rhode Island November 1776 under same Capt Trow, served one month & then returned home to Taunton. Next was hired as a substitute for & by Thomas Williams of Easton Mass.
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under same Capt Trow Col Hathaways Regiment
(first name Col. not recollected) to Barrington
(Bullocks Point) to guard the latter place served
there three months being the time he was hired
for he was at what is called a secret expedition
one month stationed at old John Burden's (at [illegible])
under Capt. Jonathan Shaw (as he believes)
next was stationed at old John Amy's (Rhode Island)
two months time of year not recollected) served time
out, went again at Sea in June 1777 in the Sloop
revenge aforesaid sailed out of Boston went to
Newfoundland & on the Court of England under
Capt Manly fleet, Capt Isaac Freeborn
of Rhode Island was capt of Sloop was gone in
service this time three months returned to Cape
Cod, & then into Bedford Mass. Went again in
Harvest time in year 1781 as a substitute for James
Packer of Guilford, (Vermont), for six weeks at 
Castleton (Vermont) served out time under Capt
Blakely, Col Fletcher first names of the Capt
Col. not recollected) during which said six weeks
heard the news of the taking of Cornwallis 
making in all that he actually served two years and
two weeks. I hereby relinquishes every claim what
ever 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, that deponent never received
any written discharge from any officer whatever
Geo. Brown Clerk   John Field
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We Benjamin Newcomb Clergyman and Salmon
Sikes Postmaster residing in the town of Verona
in the County of Oneida and State of New York here
by certify that we are well acquainted with
John Field who has subscribed to the above 
declaration, that we believe him to be about
seventy four years of age, that he is reputed and 
believed in the neighborhood where he resided
to have been a soldier of the Revolution and 
that we concur in that opinion: That we believe
him to be a man of truth and veracity
Geo. Brown Clerk  Benj Newcomb
Salmon Sikes

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 Revolutionary soldier and served as
States; and the Court further certifies that it
appears to them that Benjamin Newcomb
has signed the preceeding certificate is a Clergyman
and is a resident of Verona Oneida County and 
that Salmon Sikes who has also signed the same
is a Postmaster & also a resident of Verona and
County and are credible persons & that the statement
is entitled to credit
By the Court
C. Hayden, first page
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I George Brown Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of 
Oneida County - do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court
in the matter of the application
of John Field for a pension-
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and seal of Office this Eleventh day of September
Geo. Brown Clerk
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Apl 13-1901
Mrs. E. C. Mason
Madison Wis

13.017
Rev War  Allo
INVALID.
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File No. 13. 017
John Field
Priv. Rev. War
Act: June 7 1832
Index: __ Vol __ Page __
Page
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Came before me Seth Severance a Justice of the Peace 
in for the County of Oswego in the State of New York 
John Eason and after being duly sworn saith the
he is acquainted with John Field and that same Field enlisted in a
company commanded by Capt Mace Williams
of Eastover in the State of Massachusetts in Colonel
Walkers Regiment in the Massachusetts line and 
that the said Field served in the said Company
for the term of Eight months at Roxbury in the 
State of Massachusetts in the year 1775- that the
said Field at the time of his enlistment lived 
in the Town of Taunton in the State aforesaid
& that he the said Field now lives in the Town
of [illegible] County of Oneida, State of New York & further saith not
John Eason
Sworn & Subscribed before
me March 14. 1831
Seth Severance Justice Peace

State of New York
Oswego County ⎬ ss. On the fourteenth day of March 1831
Personally appeared before me the subscriber ,
one of the Justices of the Peace in and for
the County of Oswego, John Eason well known to 
me to be a man of respectability, truth & veracity
and made solemn oath to the truth of the 
deposition by him above subscribed
Given under my hand at New Haven
this 2d day of February 1833
Seth Severance J PI P.
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State of New York
Oswego County ss⎬
I Eric Poor Clerk of the said
County do certify that Seth Severance before
whom the foregoing affidavit (of John Eason)
purports to have been sworn & who has subscribed
his name to the foregoing certificate 
was at the date of the same one of the
Justices of the peace in and for said County
and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and
verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit
& certificate to be his proper hand writing & signature
Witness my hand seal of Office this Fourth day of
February AD. 1833.
Eric Poor Clerk
By D. McPherson
Dep Clk
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10.236
Pension papers of
John Field

R. Judson Atty
Agent

uoma
15 1/2 mo pri
paid 57.66$
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State of New York
Cattaraugus County SS. ⎬
Ebenezer Vining a clergy of the
Baptist Church in Ellicottville in said County
of the age of Seventy Eight years, being duly sworn
deposeth and saith that he this deponent in the
year seventeen hundred & seventy five was a
resident of the town of Norton in the County of
Bristol in the State of Massachusetts, that
this deponent at that time was well acquainted
with John Field who was a neighbor of
this deponent that during the summer of
Seventeen hundred & seventy five this deponent
together with the said Field (the foregoing 
petitioner) Enlisted into a company commanded
by Captain Mace Williams of Easton in 
the State of Massachusetts in Colonel Walker
Regiment, Christian name forgotten, of the militia of the State of 
Massachusetts of the Massachusetts line, that this 
deponent & the said Field enlisted as private
soldiers, that this deponent & the said Field 
served as aforesaid for and during the period 
of Eight months at Roxbury, that this deponent 
was with said Field in the same
company during the whole of the Eight
months as aforesaid & was personally knowing 
to the said Field serving as aforesaid
during the whole eight months, at the end
of which time this deponent was discharged
and returned home with said Field that
said Field again enlisted into Capt Isaac
Trows Company under Col ,Christian name forgotten, French stationed
at Winter Hill under Genl Sullivan as this
deponent was informed and verily believe
to be time, as this deponent was knowing
to said Field starting to go into said army
at Winter Hill, that this deponent well knew
that said Field was absent and said to be
in the army for and during the period of
about two years, that this deponent often
saw the acquaintances of this deponent and
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the said Field who were in the said Army
and that those neighbors informed this 
deponent that said Field was in the army heard
of said field being at Dorchester, Bullocks
Point, Burdens, Trenton & other places with
the army, that this deponent is well acquainted
with said Field, that he sustains an
irreproachable moral character & further
this deponent saith not 
Ebenezer Vining
Subscribed & sworn to this
day of August 1832 before me 
2.3 interlined before signing
Quartus Rust JP

State of New York
Cattaraugus County personally appeared before
me (the subscriber), one of the Justices of the
peace in and for the County of Cattaraugus
Elder Ebenezer Vining a clergy of the Baptist 
Church of Ellicottville, and will know
to me to be a man of respectability, Truth
veracity and made solemn oath to the
truth of the deposition by him subscribed
given under my hand at
Ellicottville this 29th day of
August 1832
Quartus Rust J.P

State of New York
Cattaraugus County I John W. Staunton Clerk of the said County
do certify that Quartus Rust, before whom the foregoing
affidavit purports to have been sworn and who has
subscribed his name to the above certificate, was a
the date of the same, one of the Justices of the peace in
and for the said county; and that I am acquainted with
his hand writing and verily believe his name
subscribed to the said Affidavit and certificate to be his proper hand 
writing and signature. Witness my hand and seal of Office this twenty
Sixth day of August A.D. 1832
John W. Staunton, Clerk
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Madison Wis.  Apr 1
Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir
You will see by
the enclosed that I am referred
to your office for the needed 
information. I want his place of
residence, (where he enlisted) in
order to trace him down. If you
have nothing about him. You may
possibly tell me where I can get
the information
[illegible]
Josephine V. Mason
Mrs E. C. Masonhis old

P.S. This old Grandfather
used to talk about
[illegible]
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Record and Pension Office,
WAR DEPARTMENT
Washington, March 30, 1901.
Respectfully returned to
Mrs. E. C. Mason,
Madison, Wisconsin.
The records of this office show that
one John Field served as a sergeant, in
Major Robert Oliver's Company, 3d Massachusetts
Regiment, Revolutionary War.
He was enlisted to serve three years;
was appointed sergeant March 2, 1777,
and ensign, November 26, 1779, and his
name last appears on the roll dated
August, 1780, without further inform
tion relative to his service.

The records also show that one John
Field served as a private in Captain
Joseph Brown's Company, 15th Massachusetts
Regiment, commanded by Colonel
Timothy Bigelow, Revolutionary War.
He enlisted July 18, 1780, to serve
six months, and was discharged December
30, 1780. The places of residence of
these soldiers have not been found of
record.

The records further show that one
John Field served as a private in the
4th Massachusetts Regiment, Revolutionary
war. He enlisted April 23, 1781,
at Boston, to serve six months, and
deserted June 12, 1781, at Croton River.
The records show that his usual place
of residence was Providence, R. I.

In view of the statement that the
soldier drew a pension, it is suggested
as a possibility that additional information
may be obtained from the Commissioner
of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
( 300 )
who is the custodian of the pension records
of the Revolutionary war, and whose
office is separate and distinct from the
Record and Pension Office of the War
Department.

By authority of the Secretary of War
R Ainsworth
Chief Record and Pension Office.
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Madison Wis.
Mch 28, 1901

John Field
Mass Rev War

Josephine V Mason
requests record of service
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Madison Wis Mch 28

Chief of Record & Pension Office
Dear sir

Will you kindly
help me in a little matter. In
looking up the Revolutionary Record
of John Field I find on consulting the
Report of the Secy of War, published in
1835, Vol 2, that he was a
private, drew an annual pension
of $51.66, which pension commenced
Mch 4, 1831 that he was seventy five
years old and that he belonged
to the Massachusetts Militia
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Can you tell me what town of
Mass he enlisted from and
any further record of his service
He died at Duncansville N.Y.
of Oneida Co. at the house of
his son, Lincoln Field, his
wife Silence Lincoln having
died in the same town some
years previously. If you can give
this your immediate attention
I shall be exceedingly grateful
Truly Yours
Josephine V. Mason
Mrs E. C. Mason