Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15,822, Thomas Edes, Mass. New York
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(3-1776)
SERVICE Mass.
New York.
Edes, Thomas
NUMBER
S.15,822
carded.
CONTENTS
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18.093
Maine
Thomas Edes of Otisfield in the State of Maine who was a private in the company commended by Captain Knapp of the regiment commanded by Col. Tuller in the Mass. & New York militia for 9 mos. 
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 30 Dollars __ Cents (crossed out) per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of July 1833 and sent to F. Bradford Portland, Me.
Arrears to the 4th of Mch 1833 60. _
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept. 15.00
$75. __
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Jno. Duffield, Clerk, Book 8 Vol. 1 Page 13
Date of death (illegible)
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 
MAINE DISTRICT SS. 
AT a Special District Court of the United States begun and holden at Minot, within and for said District, on the fourteenth day of August A. D. eighteen hundred and thirty-two before the Honorable ASHUR WARE, Judge of said Court. 
On this 14 day of August aforesaid, personally appeared in open Court before said district Judge Thomas Edes a resident of Otisfield, in the county of Cumberland in said Maine District, aged sixty eight years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his is oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832. 
That he enlisted in 1777 in July for three months at Andover in Massachusetts a month at Albany & was first in Col Van Rensselaers Company & served terms three months when he was discharged without any written discharge. In 1780 he enlisted again at Andover [illegible] marched to West point [illegible] in Colonel Knowles company Col. Franklins regiment & marched to New Jersey and served six months and was discharged the 11th day of November at West Point he had a written discharge which was lost in the [illegible] when [illegible] it is lost.  He knows of no living witness who he can [illegible] to testify to his service excepting John Downing of Oxford in the County of Oxford  That he was born in Andover aforesaid 1763 he has a record of his age in a family bible there is now in a town Court of Andover where he lived when he enlisted.  from the last party [illegible] he has arrived in Otisfield where he now lives

he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on any pension roll of any agency in any State, [or (if any) only on that of the agency in the State of, crossed out]
[signed] Thomas Edes 
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, before
Ashur Ware U. S. Judge for the District of Maine. 
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary [pensioner, crossed out] soldier and served as he states 
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I John Mussey Clerk of said District Court, have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this First day of November A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two 
[signed] John Mussey, Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.
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The said Edes was in the service of the United States for and during nine months. that he has no documentary evidence of his service, and knows of but one man now living who can certify to his service as aforesaid. We subjoined this certificate of his neighbors who can certify as to their belief of his service in the revolutionary war.
WE Elias Hancock, John Winship and Robert Anderson of Otisfield in the State of Maine hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Edes who has subscribed the foregoing declaration, that we believe him to be ninety eight years of age, that he is reputed and believe in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Elias Hancock
John Winship
Robert Anderson
Sworn to, and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Before John Ware U. S. Judge for Maine District
And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident of the town of __ and that __ who __ signed the same __ resident of the same town and credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
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Th. Edes
16823
Apl. 29. 1833
09 : 11 - 12 - 13
Admitted
9 mos
$30.
T. Bradford
Portland
Me.
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BRIEF in the case of Thoms Edes of Otisfield in the State of Maine
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disable by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 60 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
(Table with four columns with the following headings:
Period.  Duration of Service. Rank. Private Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. 
(handwritten under each column respectively) 
In 1777. 3 Months. As a Private. Capt. VanRensalier (sic)
In 1780. 6 Months. As a Private. Capt. Knapp. Col. Tuller	
5. In what battles was he engaged? None
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Andover, Massachusetts
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by rolls? Traditionary
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. 
Richard Cutts
Examining Clerk.
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Thomas Edes – S.15823
THOMAS Edes was born in 1765 in Andover, Massachusetts; the name of his parent are not given.
While residing in said Andover, Thomas Edes enlisted and served as follows –
In 1777 in Captain Samuel Johnson’s company, and at Albany, was put in Captain VanRensselaer’s company, was at the capture of Burgoyne and served three months in 1780 in Captain Nathaniel Lovejoy’s company, Colonel Tupper’s Massachusetts regiment, was discharged November 11, 1780, having served six months.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 14, 1832, at which time he was living in Otisfield, Maine, where he had lived for forty years.
There are no data in this claim relative to his family.
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June 21, 1933

VA-J / AWF
James H. Laubach, Lt. Colo. Q.M. Corps
Office of the Quartermaster General
War Department
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter of June 12, with letter from Mr. William S. Spurr of Oxford, Maine, in which he requested your office to advise him where he could obtain information in regard to eight pensioners of the War of the Revolution.
In your letter you requested that the information be furnished your office, instead of Mr. Spurr.
The records requested by Mr. Spurr are enclosed, as found in the respective claim for pension, based upon service in the Revolutionary War.
The letter of Mr. Spurr is returned herewith.
Very truly  yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator

(handwritten notation bottom left corner)
Sent:
Thomas Edes S.15832
John Holden S.35437
Timothy Jordan S.19354
John Knight S.27045
Jonathan Knight W.26768
Jonathan Moors W.24010
Joseph Wesson S.37521
John Winship W.22625
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WAR DEPARTMENT
OFFICE OF THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL
WASHINGTON
IN REPLY REFER TO QM 095 A-M
Spurr, William S.
June 12, 1933.
Subject: Verification of Military service.
To: Veterans Administration,
Washington, D. C. 
1. It is requested that this office be advised concerning the military service of the Revolutionary War veterans shown in the attached communication, alleged to have been pensioners, if found in the files of your office.
2. The return of the inclosure (sic) with your reply is requested.
For the Quartermaster General:
JAS. H. LAUBACH
Lt. Colonel, Q. M. Corps,
Assistant.
Incl. OKE
Letter 6-7-33
(image of circular stamp with numbered border 1 through 12) RECEIVED JUN 14 1933
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WAR DEPARTMENT
OFFICE OF THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL
WASHINGTON
IN REPLY REFER TO QM 095 A-M
Spurr, William S.
June 12, 1933.
Subject: Verification of Military service.
To: Veterans Administration,
Washington, D. C.
1. It is requested that this office be advised concerning the military service of the Revolutionary War veterans shown in the attached communication, alleged to have been pensioners, if found in the files of your office.
2. The return of the inclosure (sic) with your reply is requested.
For the Quartermaster General:
JAS. H. LAUBACH
Lt. Colonel, Q. M. Corps,
Assistant.
Incl. 
Letter 6-7-33
(image of circular stamp with numbered border 1 through 12) RECEIVED JUN 14 1933
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March 2, 1932
BA-J/MMHF:MLB
Mrs. William B. Dinsmoor
39 Claremont Avenue
New York City
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of February 3, with further inquiry in regard to the pension of Mary day Edes, which you state was granted in 1818 because of the service of her husband, Thomas Edes, in the War of the Revolution.
Another careful search of the records has been made in your behalf and no record can be found of such a pension.
You quote the Gloucester Telegraph, January 1, 1851, and add “Yours ----“; if the signature of the donor appears on that extract, it might aid in establishing the source of the payment, whether or not it was paid by the United States.
It would seem that if the payment were a bonus and not a pension as stated in your letter of February 3, it applies to some compensation from the state from which the soldier served.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
(handwritten notation in lower left corner illegible)
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March 31, 1931
Mrs. William Bell Dinsmoor
39 Claremont Avenue
New York, New York
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
MMHF:MLB
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of March 9, 1931, in regard to Thomas Edes, Revolutionary War soldier.
You are advised that this bureau has no record that a pension was ever claimed on account of the services of any other Thomas Edes (or other spelling) than the one whose record has been furnished you and whose file number is S.15822.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner
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March 6, 1931
Mrs. William B. Dinsmoor
39 Claremont Avenue
New York, New York
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
MMHF:MLB
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.15822, that Thomas Edes was born in 1763 in Andover, Massachusetts.
While a resident of Andover, Massachusetts, he enlisted and served as private with the Massachusetts troops, as follows:
In 1777 he served three months in Captain Samuel Johnson's company, during which time he was at the capture of Burgoyne. In 1780 he enlisted in Captain Nathaniel Lovejoy's company in Colonel Tupper's regiment, and was discharged November 11, 1780, having served six months.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 17, 1832, at which time he was living in Otisfield, Cumberland County, Maine, where he had resided for forty years.
There are no data on file relative to his marriage, and there is no claim for pension on file by any one as the widow of this soldier.
This is the only soldier by the name of Thomas Edes that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
There is no letter on file in this claim from a William Saunders, and that name does not appear in the papers.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner
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(handwritten right upper corner) M. C. S.
& 1812 War Section
September 14, 1928
Honorable A. Piatt Andrew
126 Washington St.
Salem, Massachusetts
My dear Mr. Andrew:
In response to your letter of September 11th, I have the honor to advise you that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.15822, that Thomas Edes was born in 1753 in Andover, Massachusetts.
While a resident of Andover Mass. He enlisted and served as a private with the Massachusetts troops as follows:
In 1777 he served three months in Captain Samuel Johnson’s Company during which time he was at the capture of Burgoyne.
In 1780 he enlisted in Captain Nathaniel Lovejoy’s Company in Colonel Tupper’s Regiment and was discharged November 11, 1780, having served six months.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 14, 1832, at which time he was living in Otisfield, Cumberland County, Maine. (handwritten notation) where he had resided for 40 years.
There are no data on file relative to his marriage.
This is the only soldier by the name of Thomas Edes that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Very truly yours,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner
(handwritten notation lower left corner) Did not state that he died in Gloucester as the day of death is not on records in this Bureau
(handwritten note right margin) I stated it this way as there are so many different statements as to months (illegible) See soldiers statements in clm of Jas. Davis S.18791 for service under Capts Samuel Johnson & Nathaniel Lovejoy
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REV
39 Claremont Avenue,
New York City
February 3, 1932.
Re Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
MMHF: MLB
Mr. E. W. Morgan
Acting Commissioner
Veterans Administration
Bureau of Pension, Washington, D. C. 
Dear Sir:
In March 1931 I wrote you that a notice had appeared in a newspaper regarding a pension granted to Mary Day Eads, widow of Thomas Eads, of which you had no record.  I now have a copy of that notice and I find that it refers to a bonus rather than a pension. I quote it because I desire any information that might be contained in the application which must have been made by or for Mary Day Eads, to secure the payment from the Government.
The following extract is taken from the Massachusetts Gloucester Telegraph, Vol. 25, No. 1. 
Dated Wednesday, Jan. 1, 1851.
Gloucester, August 27, 1818.
“Mrs. Edes – I have received your name from Boston and send $19 to be left at Mrs. Susan Wharff’s for you. I hope it will be the means of making you as happy as your husband’s services during the war have made the country independent and prosperous. The law gives the money to your children. I hope they will give it to you.
Yours ---
The above scanty pittance of nineteen dollars was all that a grateful country could bestow on the family of a man who spent the prime of his life in its service. Thomas Edes was a soldier of the Revolution. He was not one of those soldiers who enlisted for a few months or few years.  Mr. Edes enlisted for the term of the war.”
(copy of circular stamp with numbered border) RECEIVED FEB 5 1932 RECEIPT SECTION PENSION FILES SUB-DIVISION
(handwritten notation lower right corner)over
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Can you inform me as to who or what office would have sent such a letter as that quoted in the Gloucester Telegraph, in the year 1818?
I have already received a letter from the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in which he states that his department has no record of any application, which would have been made to the federal government, but might have been handled at the local office in the Federal Building.
Very truly yours 
Zillah Pierce Dinsmore
(Mrs. William B.)
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MRS. WILLIAM BELL DINSMOOR
39 CLAREMONT AVENUE
NEW YORK
CATHEDRAL 4770
March 9, 1931.
Re Rec. & 1812 Wars Section
MMHF:MLB
Mr. E. W. Morgan
Acting Commissioner
Veterans Administration
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Your letter of Marc 6, 1931 refers to Thomas Edes of Andover. I am not seeking information about him.
The service record of my ancestor Thomas Eads (Eades, Edes) is listed in Massachusetts Soldiers & Sailors, Vol. V, pp. 134 & 211. He began fighting at Bunker Hill and fought all through the war to the end, attaining the rank of Quartermaster Sergeant, according to the published record, but the family always referred to him as Lieutenant.
Thomas Eads died in 1783 in Gloucester, Massachusetts, so could not have applied personally for a pension. His wife Mary Day Eads (Eades, Edes) however did apply for a widow’s pension which was granted to her and a notice to that effect was published in a  Gloucester, Massachusetts newspaper.
I do not know the date of the issue nor the name of the newspaper but I am trying to get them. As I wrote in my previous letter, Mary Day Eads, widow of Thomas, died May 20,1836 so her pension must have stopped then bit it should be
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recorded somewhere in your files under her name.
When you find the file pertaining to her name you should run across the letters of William Saunders, her grandson, containing the material I particularly desire for entry into the D.A.R.
Yours very truly
Zillah Pierce Dinsmoor
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A. PIATT ANDREW
SIXTH
DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS
COMMITTEE ON NAVAL AFFAIRS
ERNEST INGERSOLL
SECRETARY
DAVID C. WILLIAMS
ASSISTANT
Congress of the United States
House of Representatives
Washington, D. C.
From June to November 1928
126 Washington St., Salem Mass
Office Hours 10 A. M. to 4 P. M.
Tel. Salem 4327
September 11, 1928
Dear Mr. Commissioner:
I understand that Thomas Edes, who enlisted in the Civil War on July 19, 1775, and served in Captain John Row’s Company in the Battle of Bunker Hill, received a pension at the rate of $30 per annum from March 4, 1831 until Sept. 4, 1846.
Mr. Edes was a resident of Otisfield, County of Cumberland, State of Maine. I wonder if the papers which Mr. Edes files with his pension claim disclose the date and place of the marriage of Thomas Edes and Mary Day. I am endeavoring to obtain this date for a constituent who is a descendant of Thomas Edes.
Very truly yours,
A. Piatt Andrew
Hon. Winfield Scott
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
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MRS. WILLIAM BELL DINSMOOR
39 CLAREMONT AVENUE
NEW YORK
CATHEDRAL 4770
Commissioner of Pensions,
U. S. Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C. 
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly send me a copy of the record of the pension granted to Mary Eads (Eades, Edes) of Gloucester (Rockport, Sandy Bay, Cape Ann), Massachusetts, because of the service of her husband, Thomas Eads of Rockport, Cape Ann, Massachusetts. The sum was ($11.00) eleven dollars monthly and Mary Eads died May 20, 1836.
Also have you on file letters written by William Saunders of Rockport, Massachusetts, before 1906 making certain claims because of the service of his grandfather, the same Thomas Eads? I desire information contained in these letters to substantiate my claims for entry into the D. A. R. 
Yours very truly
(Mrs. Wm. B.) Zillah Pierce Dinsmoor
February 25, 1921.
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15822
INVALID.
File No. 
Thomas Edes
Private Rev War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index: _Vol. 1, Page 115
(Arrangement of 1870.]
1928 Sept 14 Hist to Hon. A. Piatt Andrew.
1931 Mch. 6 Hist. to Mrs. W. B. Dinsmoor - MMHF
1931 Mch. 31 Mrs. W. B. Dinsmoor adv. no other Thomas Eads - MMHF
1932 Mar. 2 Mrs. WB. Dinsmore further adv. no pen. Was granted wid. of Thos. Edes - MMHF
1933 June 21 Hist to Q. M. General - awf
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Revolutionary Claim
Hon. Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
Washington D. C.
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Portland Aug 7, 1833
Sir Herewith are returned the papers of Thomas Edes whose pension certificate if awarded may be returned to me
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions}
Very respectfully your Obt Srnt 
F. Bradford
Portland
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I James Davis of Standish in the County of Cumberland in the State of Maine aged Seventy years testify and say that I well knew Thomas Edes formerly of Andover in Massachusetts but now at Otisfield in the County of Cumberland and that he and my [illegible] enlisted into the Service of the United States in the year 1780 under Captain Nathl [Nathaniel] Lovejoy of Andover and thence we Marched to West Point and were Mustered [?] there and marched to the State of New Jersey in Company together under the command of Mr Knapp of Newburyport all the service [?] in the same Company and Same Mess for Six Months in Col Tuppers Regiment & Genl Patterson Brigade - thence we Marched back to West Point and were there discharged in November of that year and we came home together. I further testify & say that the said Thomas Edes Enlisted in the
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Month of September 1777 for the term of three months and were both present in October at the Surrender of General Burgoyne in October of that year - my Captain was an John Holeman (illegible) Capt’ was (illegible) Holman, I think we were Militia and were Dismis’d without a formal Discharge or paper – further saith  not
Herewith Nov. 17 1832
James Davis
State of Maine - County of Cumberland  on this fourteenth Day of November A. D. 1832 James Davis Subscriber to the proceeding Deposition A Man of Good Moral Character and Good Standing in Society, personally appeared and made Solemn Oath to the Truth of the Same before me
William Lapham Justice of Peace written & precise commentary
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Declaration of Thomas Edes
P. 823
Freeman Bradford
Portland
Maine
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The reason why the applicant did not produced the evidence of the Clergyman in the first instance to testify as to his character and the belief of his revolutionary services, is this, The Clergyman resided about 25 miles from the place of holding the Court in (illegible) and it would have been extremely inconvenient for him to attend –
I was much therefore as we have obtained positive proof by the deposition of Mr. Davis who testified that he is knowing to the service of the applicant 
We have not thought is material as in other cases to obtain the certificate of the Clergyman. The papers are herewith returned -
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Maine District}
District Clerk’s Office May 7 A. D. 1833 In testimony that William Lampson is a Magistrate as written and that the signature thereto purporting to be his is genuine. I have hereto set my hand and seal of office the day & year last above written
John Mussey Clerk U. S. Courts