Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18,223, for Daniel Stevens, Massachusetts
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(8-1776)
Service                            Number

Mass.   Stevens, Daniel   S. 18,223
N. H.

Contents             carded
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922
New Hampshire
Daniel Stevens
of Plaistow in the State of N H
who was a Pt-Ensign in the company commanded by Captain Putnam of the regt commanded by Col Brickett in the N H & Marl
line for [illegible] Ensign & [illegible] Pr
4 M Private  13.33
2 y Ensign     29.70
$43.03
Inscribed on the Roll of N Hampshire
at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22nd day of October 1832 and Scutter Benjamin George  Plaistow N H
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832  $49.99
Semianl. allowance ending 4 Mar 33  16.66
$66.65
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by J. H. McBlair Clerk,
Book J  Vol. 1st  Page 184. 
this Certificate is cancelled and in the [illegible]Aug. 1834
[illegible]
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1140
Daniel Stevens
On Roll Capt Giles Company as an 
Ensign 1 month & 12 days from 28 Sep 1777
2 months 29 Ds Ensign 
4 Ds Private
$33.33
[illegible]
J. L. E.
Benj. George E
Plaistow
N H
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Brief in the case of Daniel Stevens
of Plaistow, in the State of N. H.
(Act 7 June, 1822.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  Judge
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? Yes
3. How old is he? 86
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period.             | Duration of Service. |  Rank    |
                         | Years, months, days,|  As a      |
In 1775 (Apl 18)|                1     |Private, volunteer|
           (June 30)|                3    |Private, substitute|
         76(Oct. 5) |              1   10|Ensign, volunteer|
        77(Sept. 18|             1   17|
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Gen. Israel Putnam, was not attached to any company. 
for John Appleton Ayers 
David Hardy, Lieut.
Col. James Brickett who went to Portsmouth, chose their own officers by order of Gen. Whipple, but had no commission.
5. In what bttles was he engaged? Last term at Pennington & Saratoga & of the militia under Col. Brickett who conducted Burgoyne to Cambridge
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Plaistow
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? For the last term, by one witness who served with him, traditionary evidence for each term.
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? [blank]
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Wm. Ward  Examining Clerk.
x 12 days as as appears from Rolls of same.
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{State of Newhampshire Washington ss.}
On this six day of August in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty two personally appeared before me, Samuel Green an associate Justice of the Superior Court of Judicature in and for said State Daniel Stevens a resident in Plaistow in the State and County aforesaid aged eighty six years last November, 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 7, 1832. That he on the 18th day of April 1775 went to Lexington in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as a volunteer from the town of said Plaistow, and served as a private in the Revolutionary Army then under the command of General Israel Putnam, in company with Ezekiel Gile, Nathan Gile and Reuben Stevens all of said Plaistow, who are all dead. And that he served there one month but was not formed into Companies nor Regiments. And after serving one month he obtained leave to return home on account of the severe sickness of his wife, from the said General Putnam, but has no written discharge.
That on the 30th day of June 1775 he enlisted into a Company commanded by Capt. Remick of Haverhill in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and County of ?Essex as a substitute for John Appleton Ayer of said Haverhill, and served in the revolutionary army three months. David Hardy was Lieutenant of said Company, and said Company belonged to the Regiment commanded by Colonel James Bricket of said Haverhill. That he marched in said company to Cambridge and as the time of the enlistment of the said John A. Ayer had then expired he was then dismissed by the said Captain Remick.
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On the 5th day of October 1776, He went from said Plaistow to Portsmouth in the State of Newhampshire as a volunteer in the Company with Ezekiel Gile, Stephen Page and other volunteers. That on his arrival at said Portsmouth a Gentleman by the name of Whipple, who they at that time called General, ordered the volunteers to choose their own Officers. That the said Ezekiel Gile of said Plaistow was chosen Captain and the said Stephen Page of Atkinson was chosen Lieutenant and he the said Daniel Stevens was chosen Ensign, but did not receive any commission. That he served in said Company as Ensign of said company one month and ten days and was then dismissed without any written discharge by the above mentioned Whipple, but have no documentary evidence of this nor the first mentioned service.
That on the 28th day of September 1777 he marched from said Plaistow to Bennington in the State of Vermont as a volunteer in the service of the Revolutionary War and there drew rations, and the next day marched for Saratoga in the State of New York and there he was united to the Regiment commanded by Joseph Welch of said Plaistow a militia Colonel.  That the said Colonel Welch then ordered the volunteers to choose their own company officers. The said Ezekiel Gile was again chosen Captain and the said Stephen Page was chosen Lieutenant and that he the said Daniel Stephens was chosen Ensign, but did not receive any commission. That he then and there served as Ensign of said Company in said Regiment six days before General Burgoyne surrendered his army to the American forces. That he then assisted as Ensign of said company and in said Regiment, in guarding the army which the said ?Burgoyne surrendered to Winter Hill, in the vicinity of Cambridge, in Massachusetts. And the
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Militia which formed said guard was commanded by General James Bricket of Haverhill, in the said Massachusetts. That he was dismissed without any written discharge, on the plains of Cambridge in said Massachusetts, on the 14th day of November 1777, making in the whole at the four different times of service, six months and twenty six days actual service. What he has no documentary evidence of my part of his service and that he does not know of any person now living who served with him except at Saratoga and there Samuel Dow of said Plaistow served with him whose affidavit is hereunto annexed. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State.  Daniel Stevens
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me  Saml. Green Assoc. Judge

I Samuel Dow of Plaistow do certify and say that I know that Daniel Stevens above mentioned of said Plaistow served in the the army of the revolution as an Ensign in the Company commanded by Captain Ezekiel Gile at Saratoga in New York and in guarding the captured soldiers of Burgoyne to Cambridge in Massachusetts from about the 28th of September 1777 to the 14th day of November following and I served in the same company with him during said time. Samuel Dow

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year first named  Before me Saml Green Assoc. Judge
And I the said Saml Green do hereby declare it as my opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatives prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier & served as he states. And I do further certify that it appears that Samuel Dow who has signed the preceding certificate & Samuel Dow & Jesse Eaton who have subscribed the
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annexed certificate are residents in said Town of Plaistow & are credible persons & that their statements are entitled to credit. That said Stevens is unable from infirmity to attend any
Court of record in the County in which he resides.  August 6, 1832  Sam Green Assoc. Judge

I Peter Chadwick, Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the County of Rockingham in the State of New Hampshire do hereby certify that Samuel Green before whom the foregoing Proceedings were had is an Associate Justice of the Superior Court of Judicature for the said State; and that his name to the foregoing certificates are his genuine signatures; and that the foregoing are the original proceedings had before the said Justice in the matter of the application of Daniel Stevens for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this Seven day of August Anno Domini 1832.
Peter Chadwick Clerk of the Court Rockingham County

Notice to be sent to Benjamin George Esq.
Plaistow N. H.

Stevens, Daniel
Mass  518223
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In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank]
for a statement of the military history of Daniel Stevens, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.   S. file 18,223

Dates of Enlistment | Length of | Rank.  |
or Appointment     |     Service   |
Apl. 18, 75              |  1 mo.        |   Pri.   |
June 30, 75             |   3 mo.       |     "    |
Oct. 5, 76                |1 mo., 16 d.|  Ensign |
Sept. 28, to             |March 77    |     "       |

Officers under whom service was rendered| State|
       Captain             |      Colonel                 |         |
went from Plaistow to Lexington                | N. H.|
   Remick                  |   James Bricket          |Mass.|
Ezekiel Gile              |                                   | N. H.|
   "                            |   Joseph Welch         |      "  |
Battles engaged in, [blank|
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Plaistow, N. H.
Date of application for pension,  Aug. 6, 1832 altered Oct. 22, 1832
Residence at date of application, Plaistow, Rockingham N. H.
Age at date of application, 86 yrs, Nov. 1831
Remarks: no family data
This man also has affid. in Cl. of Daniel Stevens, W. 19088
Very Respectfully,
Commissioner.
31793b5m1C-97
1831
86
1745
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P   18223
Invalid.
File No. 18,223
Daniel Stevens

Ensign   Rev. War
Act: June 7th 32
Index:-Vol. 1, Page 363
(Arrangement of 1870)

1894 Nov. 23 Hist. to Mrs. M.A. Shannon
Roxbury, Mass.
1911 Sept. 22. to Mrs. W. A. Shedd
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S.
Roxbury Oct. 29th 1894
51 Thornton Street
to The Commissioner of Pensions, D. C.
Dear Sir, Will you be kind enough to furnish me with the statistics of Maj. Daniel Stevens Plaistow & for what service, he received a pension.
In the New Hampshire State Papers (Hammond) Vol 2, Revolutionary Roll, he is mentioned in the
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Pay Roll of Capt. Ezekiel Giles, as Ensign, in the Co. of Volunteers, who marched from Plaistow in the State of New Hampshire and joined the Northern Continental Army at Saratoga. Oct. 1777.
Entered Sept. 28th time of service, 1 month 12 days, discharged Nov. 8 1777.
He is always mentioned in all the records of the town of Plaistow, where he was a prominent and influential citizen, as Maj. Stevens. What I want to find out is, where he received the title of
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Major, and for what services he was pensioned. And if he served in any other company than that of Captain Giles? Any information on these matters will be appreciated.
Address Mrs. Ma A. Shannon
57 Thornton St. Roxbury Mass.
in making his statement for a Pension did he state when or where he was born?
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Daniel Stevens 
born 1742 at Newbury, Mass. married April 19, 1861 at Hampstead, N. H. fought in the Revolution had a pension when and where did he die and what was his service?
Respectfully, Mrs. W. A. Shedd
43 Bellevue St. 
Lowell, Mass   Aug 26, 1911
Sept 17, 1911
Married 1761 Hannah Hills
"     2nd 1765 Elizabeth Bryant
page 114 of New Hampshire Rev. Pensions says "Daniel Stevens ensign placed on roll Oct 18, 1823. Pension commenced Mar 4, 1831"
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3-1865
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington   September 1, 1911.

Mrs. W. A. Shedd,
48 Bellevue Street,
Lowell, Mass.
Madam: 
In reply to your letter dated the 26th and received the 28th ultimo,
you are advised that from the data given therein, no claim has been identified for Daniel Stevens, and in order that a further search may be made, please state when and where he received his alleged pension, the name of his wife or widow, and any other information you may be able to furnish.
Very respectfully,
J. L. Davenport, Commissioner.
Sept. 17, 1911
I enclose all data I have been able to find of Daniel Stevens if I could find date and place of death I should not be obliged to send to you.
Respectfully
Mrs. W. A. Shedd
43 Bellevue St, Lowell, Mass.
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[stamp]
Record Division
Sep 19 1911

Act Sept. 29, 1911
[stamp]
U. S. Pension Office
Sep 19, 1911
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entered of D

922 
New Hampshire
Daniel Stevens
of Plaistow in the State of N. H. 
who was a Ensign in the Compy commanded
by Captain Putnam of the Regimt. commanded
by Col. Rickets in the N. H. & Mass
line for 4 months private
2 mo. 29. Ensign
Inscribed on the Roll of N. H.
at the rate of 43. Dollars 3 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22d day of Augt. 1834 and sent to Benjamin George Esqr. Plaistow N. H.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 1834.  $129.4
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4th Sep "  21.51
$f150.60
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7,, 1832.}
Recorded by George Taylor Clerk,
Book E. Vol. 1 Page 119
This certification issued in files of one dated 12th Oct. 1832 cancelled pension [illegible] from $33
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N. H. Aug 20
Pen. Cert. retd.

Plaistow N. H.
August 15   Free [illegible]
Honl. J L Edwards
Commr of Pensions
Washington City
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Plaistow   August 15th [illegible]
Sir
In compliance of your request I return the certificate, wishing that you would return the corrected one by the first of September.
I am respectfully
your obet. servt.
Benjamin George
Honl. J L Edwards
Comr. of Pensions
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We the undersigned Samuel Dow and Jesse Eaton both of Plaistow in the State of Newhampshire and County of Rockingham do certify and say that we are well acquainted with Daniel Stevens of said Plaistow and do believe that he is of the age which he has stated in his declaration to which this is attached and that it is reported in the said town of Plaistow that he did serve in the revolutionary war as he has declared, and we do believe that he did serve as he has stated. That the character of the said Daniel Stevens is good for truth and veracity.  
Samuel Dow
Jesse Eaton

Sworn to & subscribed this 5th day of August AD 1832
Before me Saml Green Asso Judge
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Payments to be made
at Portsmouth N. H. 
by the [illegible] Bank
Agent for paying Pensioners,
in the Agency of N H
Recorded by J. H. McBlair
Clerk, in Book D  Vol. 1st
page 184.
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War Department.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Daniel Stevens of the State of New Hampshire who was an Ensign and Private in the Army of the Revol. is entitled to receive thirty three dollars and thirty three cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of April and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States,
this 22nd day of October one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
Lewis Cass  Secretary of War.

Examined and Countersigned.}
J. L. Edwards