Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 24,873, Isaac Dyer, Mass.
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SERVICE                                                               NUMBER
Mass.[handwritten] Dyer, Isaac[handwritten] N. 24,873{handwritten]
                                         Mary                      B.L. Nt. 399-100[handwritten]




Contents
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10,445
Maine R
Isaac Dyer 1st
[illegible] in the dist: of Maine
who was a drummer in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Sheppard of the Massachusetts
ine, for the term of 6 years
inscribed on the Roll of Maine
at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on
the 27th of April 1818-
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Certificate of Pension issued the 7 of May 1819
and sent to Josiah [illegible], Esqr.
Alna Maine
---
[illegible] to 4th of March 1819 4/30, 4/31 82.09
semi-anl. all'ee ending 4th Sept. 1819  -  48.00
$130.00
{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}
Cumberland Co
Paper Cop & sent to Land agent of
Maine May 7. 1839
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2660
Maine
Mary Dyer
widow of Isaac Dyer 1.
who was a Drummer
in the Mass line
for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
88 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the
 7th day of Nov. 1843
and sent to N Groton
Bath
Maine
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
recorded in Book A
col. 1  Page 3.

[illegible]
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No 399
Isaac Dyer
Drummer.
[illegible] 29' March
1808 & Decd to M Green
[illegible]  is fact.
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Leonard P Dyer
Revolutionary
for Washington
wrote you a history I
[illegible] Dec 24,51
this may be good for
an increase, may
try to see it in Washington
from
Arad Joy
I wish only to see
the papers on file
Feb 4 '52
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Brunswick
Hampswell the December 13th 51
Joy Sir I received your letter with
in answer to your request I allway thought
she is not yet so much pay as some others
my father and mother were born in
Truro Cape Cod in the County of Constable
state of Massachusetts and they ware Married
November the 8. 1787 and they had six children Leonard Dyer, Elizabeth Dyer and Isaac Dyer,  Daniel Dyer, George Dyer and Reuben Dyer. My father Isaac Dye Drew one years pension and apart of another and then Died February 11th 1820 he drew full pay 96 Dollars a year.

And then my mother Mary Dyer drew half
pay until she died February 18th 1844 as you
wanted to know the sum they both drew I
cannot rightly tell but I suppose something like 180 odd Dollars and my mother something
Like 500 Dollars - I cannot tell rightly what
sum they did receive if you want the right
sum you must write to me again for I can get it by going 20 miles to my Brother
they lived Truro till 1811 then removed to
to Hampwell our post office is Brunswick
County of Cumberland State of Maine. My father was in the Army six years and three months as Drummer place of service (?) 
Yours 
Leonard P Dyer
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Pension
of Mary Dyer
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Barnstable County Nov 1st 1838

Isaac Dyer was married to Mary Pike November the Eighth day year seventeen hundred & Eighty seven
Recorded By Silvanus Snow Town Clerk of Truro

I Hereby Certify that the above is a True Copy
Record with the Exception of the date which is
Expressed on the Record in fair Legible figures as follows. 
November 8th 1787
Truro Novem 1st 1838 attest Barnabas Paine Town Clerk of Truro

I Barnabas Paine above named depose & say that I hold the office of Town Clerk of Truro in the County of Barnstable & State of Massachusetts aforesaid & that the above is a true Extract from the Records with the exception above named as certified by me
Barnabas Paine Town Clerk of
Truro
Barnstable 

Nov 1st 1838
sworn before me
Solomon Davis Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Barnstable ss.

I Timothy Reed Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas in & for the County of Barnstable & Commonwealth aforesaid hereby certify that
Solomon Davis within named is a Justice of the Peace duly commissioned and qualified to act
as such within said County and that the within signature purporting to have been made by
him I believe to be his genuine signature

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my
hand & seal this of said Court this fifth
day of November A.D.
Eighteen hundred & thirty
Signature of Timothy Reed Clerk
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Isaac Dyer
Drummer Col. Sheppard;s Regiment
Mass Line  1777 - 6 years
Dec 27th 1818
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STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS,
{handwritten] Lincoln
COUNTY, SS.

To the Hon. the Josiah Hobbins or Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, (called the
Second carter it which is a Court of record in the State of Massachusetts.

The Declaration under oath of Isaac Dyer
formerly a Drummer engaged in the Service of the United States during the Revolutionary War, now a Citizen of the United States and resident of the town of Harpswell county of Cumberland State of Massachusetts
respectfully sheweth

THAT the said Isaac Dyer enlisted into
Capt Webbs Company the 4th Regiment
Mass line commanded by Colonel Shephard
the the month of April 1777 for during the
War and continued to serve in the same company and Regiment untill the month of June 1781 when he was [illegible] into Capt Coburn Company and Colonel Brooks Regiment and continued to serve in the same company and Regiment until the place of 1782
- at which time he was honorably discharged
at Newburgh in the State of New York where
for Warren which was proved for the
discharge was forwarded to Washington
last winter for the purpose of obtainer
the land due him from the United States

And the declaration further sheweth, that the said Isaac Dyer is now a citizen of the United States, resides in the town of Harpswell county
of Cumberland and State of Massachusetts, and is by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, in need of assistance from his country for support

H e is fifty seven years of age, was at the Surrender of Gen Burgoynes arms and at the Battle of Monmouth and at Rhode Island.

Therefore the said Isaac Dyer conceives himself
entitled to the benefit of the Act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, "An
Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," approved 18th March, 1818, and requests your Honor will examine into the the truth of the matter aforesaid, certify and transmit
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the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, to the Honorable the Secretry
of the Department of War, to the end that such relief may be had in the premises,
as is by law in such case made and provided, from time and
distance it is out of his power to obtain
any further evidence
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Isaac Hyer
AUSES ⎬ Personally appeared Ira Dyer
of the town of Harpswell county of Cumberland and State of Massachusetts
, being duly sworn, saith, that the matters by him set forth in the foregoing
Declaration, are in all respects just and true.
in
27th day of Apr 1818, Josiah Severns
a Judge of the C.C.C.P. E.C.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS,
COUNTY, SS.
Personally appeared
and being duly sworn according to law, do depose and say that
personally acquainted with
Sworn and subscribed before me this
day of
1818,
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TATE OF MASSACHUSETTS,
Lincoln COUNTY, SS.

BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this Twenty seventh day of April in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and Eighteen before me Josiah Stebbins (?) of the the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, called the second Eastern circuit of Massachusetts, which is a Court of record, personally appeared the aforesaid
Isaac Dyer who being by me duly sworn to
the truth of the facts stated in the foregoing Declaration and having duly superior the same hath before me testifies & declared as herein expressed, and on examination and enquiry it appears to me that by reason circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his country for support

WHEREUPON I being satisfied that the said State did serve in the memory of the United States as a summer in the Revolutionary War, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and longer, to wit: for the term and the manner stated in the Declaration of the said applicant ; and that the said applicant is fairly and justly entitled to the benefit of the Act aforesaid. THEREFORE I DO HEREBY CERTIFY and transmit the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, as before set forth, to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War.

GIVEN under my Hand and Seal of the said Court, at (?) this twenty seventh day of April
in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Signature of Josiah Stebbins
a Judge of the C.C.C.P. 2. E.C.

of the Clerk the usual
Court within in the County of would certify that the under the court of common pleas for the
[illegible text]

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my
hand this 27 day of April 1818

Signature of Nath. Coffin
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Know all Men by these Presents, that I Isaac Dyer of Truro in the County of Barnstable State of Massachusetts, Mariner, have instituted, ordained and made, and in my head and place put, and by these Presents do constitute, ordain and make, and in my place and stead put Isaiah & Green Esq of Barnstable in the State and County aforesaid and now a representative in the Congress of the
United States of America, to be my true sufficient and lawful Attorney, for me, and in my name and stead, and to my rise, to ack for and receive a Warrant for one hundred acres of Land in the State of Ohio, which is due to me for my service in the late American War with Great Britton giving and hereby granting unto my said Attorney my full and whole strength, power and authority in and about the premises; and to take and use all due and lawful means for the obtaining an recovering the same, with power to make and
substitute one or more attorneys and my said attorney and the same again at pleasure to revoke, and generally to say, do, act and transact, accomplish and finish all things whatsoever, relating to the Premises, as fully and effectually to all intents and purposes as I the said constituent, if present, ought or might personally, though the matter should require more special Authority than is herein comprised, I the said constituent rate lying allowing and holding firm and valid all and whatsoever my said Money or his substitutes shall lawfully do or cause to be done in
about the premises by virtue of these presents

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my
and and seal this fifteenth day of February
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and eight

Signed Sealed and delivered in presence of us
Signatures of Isaac Dyer, Samuel Waterman &
Lydia Waterman
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Barnstable ss   February 15th 1808

Than personally appeared the within named Isaac Dyer and acknowledged the within Instrument to be his free wit and deed

Before me 
Signature of Samuel Waterman   Notary Public
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4860

Mary Dyer
Wid of Isaac
ME

Act July 7 1838
Married 1787
died  1820

(?) 2y Drummer
$88 per annum
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of [illegible] of the 7th of July 1838 entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain windows"

State of Maine
County of Lincoln
On this 21st day of February in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred thirty nine personally appeared before me Nathanial Groton, Judge of Probate in and for the County of Lincoln, being a Court of Record, Mary Dyer a resident of Harpswell in the County of Lincoln aged seventy six years who being first sworn, according to law, doth an her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of [illegible] July 7, 1838 entitled an Act granting half pay of pensions to certain windows. That she is the widow of Isaac Dyer who was a soldier in the American Army during the war of the Revolution, & who for his services to this country was placed on the list of pensioners and received his pension, as scheduled  to the day of his death, which was on the 11th of February 1820 & she refers to the declaration of said Isaac in the pension office, for his rank and the service he performed & the time he entered and left the service and for such other facts as are required by the war department. She further declares that she was married to the said Dyer on the eighth day of November AD. 1787-the her husband the aforesaid Isaac Dyer died on the eleventh day of February A.D. 1820; that she was not married
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to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to January 1, 1794- [illegible] at the time above stated - that she has remained his widow from the day of his death to the present time, and has never been married to any other person.
Mary Dyer
Witness
Reuben Deyer
Known to & subscribed on the day and year above written before
Nathan Groton Judge of Probate
State of Maine
County of Lincoln Be it known that on this twenty first day of February in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred thirty nine personally appeared before me the submitter, Judge of the Court of Probate, the same being a Court of record keeping a [illegible] of the estates [illegible] & [illegible] of persons, deceased in said County and the said declaration being
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WIDOW, &c.
File No. 24873
Mary Dyer widow of Isaac Dyer drummer Rev. war
Act. March 3 1843
Index: Vol. A Page 205
[Arrangement of 1870]
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Maine 3151
Mary Dyer 
widow of Isaac Dyer [illegible] who was a pensioner under the Act of 18 Mar. 1818 and who  died on the 11 Fbry 1820 of Linden Co. in the State of Maine who was a drummer in the (blank) commanded by Captain (blank) of the reg# commanded by Col Sheppard in the Mass line for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 88 dollars per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of June 1839 and sent to Albert Smith, Petitioned in Maine.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1839 
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept '39
$264.00 + 44.00 = $308.00

{Act July 7, 1838}
Recorded by D.M. Curdy, Clerk, 
Book A. Vol. 1 Page 7.
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress  of the 3 of March AD 1843
pensions for one year to certain widows who
have received pensions under the act of July 7
1838

On this Seventh day of July AD 1843
Personally appeared before in the subscriber of the Probate of Wills & for said County
Mary Dyer, late a resident at (?) and now resident & at Bath in said County of Lincoln aged Eighty one years who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Pensioner made by the act of Congress, passed on the 3d day of March AD 1843, granting pension to widows of persons, who served during the Revolutionary war
That she is the widow of Isaac Dyer
who was a Drummer in said Revolutionary war, who was a pensioner
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at the time of his death that your petition
drew a pension for five years as his widow
and for his service & those under the
served she refers to his said Isaac (?) declaration & her own.-- not now recollecting
his said Isaac Dyer died at Harpswell in the County of Cumberland, about the year 1820
She further declares that she is the widow of said Isaac Dyer.

Witness
Nath Groton
Reuben Dyer

Sworn & subscribed the year & day above written before me 
Nath Groton
Judge of Probate for the County of [illegible]

State of Manie
County of (?)
July 7 1848 
Be it known that on the day above written personally appeared before me Mary Dyer widow at Bath and being first duly sworn
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dated the foregoing declaration [illegible] and writing and the same being read - [illegible] the subscribed her name there in
my presence & in the presence of Reuben Dyer
witnesses, and made solemn oath the said Declaration is true.  I further is certify that said Mary Dyer is too feeble to attend in open Court to make her
declaration

In testimony whereof I have caused the seal of said Court who affixed hereto and have subscribed my name the day & year first above
written

Nath Groton
Brown Judge of (?) Court
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JOHN FAIRFIELD,
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF MAINE.
TO ALL WHO SHALL SEE THESE PRESENTS.
GREETING:

Know ye, That Nathaniel Groton of Bath
is Judge of Probate within and for
one County of Lincoln, duly nominated and appointed, commissioned and qualified; and
that to his Acts and Attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court.

In testimony whereof, I have caused the Seal of the State to be hereunto affixed. GIVEN under my hand at AUGUSTA, this twenty second
day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, and in the sixty-third year of the Independence of the United States of America.

BY THE GOVERNOR.
J. R. Nichols, Secretary of State
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I Isaac Dyer of Truro in the County of Barnstable, State of Massachusetts, Mariner(?), do solomnly swear that I have never received by myself or any other person for me, or in my stead, any grant of land from the United States or any compensation in lieu thereof, by any  way or means whatsoever.
So help me God.
Signature of Isaac Dyer

State of Massachusetts
Barnstable Co. 
On the fifteenth day of February in the year one thousand eight hundred and eight the above named Isaac Dyer personally appeared and took and subscribed the oath above written before me the subscriber in testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my notarial seal.
Signature of Samuel Waterman   Notary Public
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I Sally Snow of Hopewell in the State of Maine , aged seventy years on oath do say that I was a native of Truro, Cape Cod and resided in that town, in the year seventeen hundred & eighty seven.  I was then well acquainted with Isaac Dyer and Mary Pike, both natives of Truro.  I was present in the fall of that year at the wedding of Isaac Dyer and Mary Pike and saw them married by the Rev. Judah Daman an ordained minister in that town.  I was always acquainted with  Isaac Dyer till his death which is about nineteen years ago.  I was present at his house in Harpswell when he died- after they were married some years they removed to Harpswell, and he and his wife Mary lived together till his death, his window Mary Dyer is now living and has never been married to any person since the death of her husband Isaac Dyer-
Signature of Sally Snow  

State of Maine
County of Lincoln ss.   February 21, 1889
Personally appeared before me, Sally Snow above signed and submitted the foregoing affidavit and made solemn oath that the same is true. I further certify that said Sally Snow is a person of truth that her statements under oath are entitled to full credit

Witness my hand 
Nathan Groton Judge of Probate for the County of Lincoln
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[text horizontally]
Durham Me
July 7 
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City, D.C.

[text vertically]
3369
July 10 '43

Me
Mar 3 1843
Mary Dyer
&86 per annum

N. Groton
Bath
Maine
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Bath   July 7, 1943

Hon. J L Edwards, 
at the request of the widow Mary Dyer I enclose you her application to be restored & the pension list she being aged & infirming she wishes her certificate sent to Reuben Dyer directed to Durham South Post Office  Maine; about 15 miles from this place - I have made out her application agreeably to directories given by you.  I am with considerations of deepest esteem.

Your obt servt
Signature of Nath. Groton