Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16,983, Joseph Fay, N.H.
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Service

N. H.

Fay, Joseph. 

Sarah

Number

N. 16,983
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16262
New Hampshire
---
Joseph Fay,

of Cheshire Co. in the state of N. Hampshire, who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Scammell, of the N. Hampshire line, for the term of three years. 

Inscribed on the Roll of New-Hampshire at the rate of 8 dollars per month, to commence on the 17. of December, 1819.

Certificate of Pension issued the 18. of May, 1820. and sent to Roger Vose, judge, Keene, New-Hampshire.

Arrears to 4th of March, 1820.      $: 20.90
Semi-anal. all'ce ending 4. Sept:       48                                              
                                           1820.   $: 68.90
2 mo's. 19
             31
. {Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}
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Reported

1343

New Hampshire, Concord

Sarah Fay

Widow of Joseph Fay

Who was a Private
                   N. 26

In the Revolution

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars
--- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension Issued the 4th day of August 1843 and sent to Thos. M. Edwards Keene, N.H.
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1376
Sarah Fay

Wid of Joseph 

NH

Act 7 July, 1838


Married 1782

Died 1837

Allow $80 per am
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DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th July, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE,
CHESHIRE COUNTY ss.
On this fourth day of September A.D. 1832 personally appeared before me Fredrick Vose Esq Judge of Probate in & for said County
in open Court Sarah Fay 
a resident of Walpole in the County of Cheshire aforesaid aged seventy six
years, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her
oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act
of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, entitled ""An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of Joseph Fay who was a private in the Revolutionary army & served according to the best of her knowledge an belief three years from 1777- to 1780
in Col George Reeds N Hampshire
Regiment --
That her said husband was a Pensioner under the act of 1818 --
and made his declaration in said
County of Cheshire -- and livedat Walpole aforesaid at the timeand was placed on the Roll ofthe N Hampshire agence and was
stricken from the Rolls under act of
1820.

She further declares that she was married to the said Joseph Fay on the fourteenth day of November in the year seventeen hundred and eighty two;
that her husband, the aforesaid Joseph Fay died on the thirteenth day of September A.D. 1831; that she was
not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, viz. at the time above stated that she has
never have been married to any other person - that her maiden name was Sarah Graves --
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before
Frederick Vose, Judge of Probate 
Sarah Fay
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I Elijah Sawyer Register of the Court of
Probate in & for the County of Cheshire do
hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the
said Court in the matter of the application of
Sarah Fay for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have here --
unto set my hand and seal of office
this sixth day of September A.D. 1838-
Elijah Sawyer Rege.
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Sarah Fay
Evidence of Identity
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We Loren W. Clark & William
Howard depose & say
that we were acquainted with Joseph Fay late of Walpole
in the County of Cheshire & State of New Hampshire, deceased,
that he was a Revolutionary Pensioner under the act of
1818, that he died at said Walpole on the thirteenth day
of September AD. 1831, leaving a widow Sarah Fay,
who still survives & remains his widow
Loren W. Clark
William Howard

Cheshire ss Sept 1. 1838
Subscribed & sworn to before me,
Frederick Vose, Justice of the Peace
I certify that the aforesaid deponents are credible witnesses
Frederick Vose, Justice of the Peace.

State of New Hampshire
Cheshire County ss.

I Henry Coolidge Clerk of the Superior
Court of Judicature for the County of
Cheshire, certify that Frederick Vose was
on the 1st day of Sept. with and still
is a Justice of the Peace in and for the County
of Cheshire duly commissioned and sworn and
that his name above written is his genuine
signature

In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal of
said Court at Kenn the seventh day
of Sept A.D. Eighteen hundred thirty eight
H. Coolidge Clerk
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Record of Marriage
Copy
Sarah Fay
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Extract from the Records of the town of Walpole in the County of Cheshire,
and State of New Hampshire, Joseph Fay and Sarah Graves both of
Walpole married November fourteenth one thousand seven hundred
and eighty two I Thomas Fessenden Clerk
I certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the record, with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures,
as follows
Nov. 14, 1782-
Attest,                  William Ruggles Town Clerk
I William Huggles above named depose and say that I hold the office of
Town Clerk in the County, town and State aforesaid, and that the above
is a true extract from the records of said town, with the exception above named, as certified by me
William Huggler Clerk of the town of Walpole
State of New Hampshire
Cheshire ss. Sept 1. 1838,
Sworn to before me,
Frederick Vose, Justice of
the Peace

State of New Hampshire
Cheshire County ss
I Henry Coolidge Clerk of the Superior
Court of Judicature for the
County of Cheshire, certify that
Fredrick Vose, was on the first day
of September instane and still in
in him is a Justice of
the Peace in and for the said County of
Cheshire duly commissioned and sworn and
that his name above written is his genuine
Signature.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal of
said Court at Heem, this seventh day
of Sept. AD Eighteen hundred thirty eight
H. Coolidge Clerk
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Departman
Dec 22
5559.
Joseph Fay,
Cheshire Co. N.H.
17. Decemr 1819.
Colo Scammels Regt
N.H. line, 3 years,
found on the rolls.
Admitted.
Roger Vose, Judge.
●
Keene, N.H.
Recd 28 Decr 1819,
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Keneth
Dec 22
D
department
Pension
-
5559
17. Decemr 1819
N.H. line, 3 years
Col. Scammel's Regt
Joseph Fay 
Cheshire Co N. H. 
found on the rolls
S
Washington City
Keene N. H. 
Effie
Judge
Roger More
5559
Case of Joseph Fay
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State of New Hampshire
Cheshire ss
On this seventeenth day of
December 1819. before me the subscriber, which
Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for said
county of Cheshire, personally appears Joseph Fay
aged fifty seven years, resident in Wallah, in
said County of Cheshire, who 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 enti
an act to provide for certain persons in
aged in the land & naval service of the United States
in the revolutionary War; that he the said Joseph Fay at said Walsh, on the first day March 1777
in the State of New Hampshire, enlisted in the company
commanded by Capt. William Ellis in lot
Alexander Scammel's Regiment, in the New
Hampshire line & Continental troops
the tom & thou years; that he continued to
serve in the said corps or in the service of the United States, till the 24th day of January 1780
when he the said Joseph Gray was discharged from
the service of Danbury in the State of Connecticut by James Norris Major which Discharge is
herewith forcended; that he was in the Battle of Saratoga Sept. 19, 1777, in the Battle of the
7th October 1777, at the Captain of General John Burgoyne
: that he is in reduced circumstance
stands in need of the assistance of his country for
his support; & that he has now no other evidence
in his power of his said service
Joseph Fay
Sworn to & declared be -
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fore me the day & year aforesaid
Roger Vose
And I, Roger Vose, Chief Justice of the Court of Common
Pleas as aforesaid, do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Joseph Day did serve
in the revolutionary war for more than nine months,
on continental establishment, as stated in the preceeding
declaration, against the common enemy; & that he
in reduced circumstances & stands in need of the
assistance of his country for his support and know
transmit the proceedings & testimony, taken & had be
for me to the Secretary of the Department of War, pur
to the directions of the aforementioned act of congress. Dated at Walpah in said county, this 17th day Decr 1819. Roger Vose, Jus. C.C.
the Honble
John C. Calhoun
Secretary of War
Cheshire ⌨ Dec 22 1819
I Salma Hale clerk of the Judicial
Courts in said county certify that
Roger Rose is Chief Justice of the Court
of Common Pleas in & for said county
that the foregoing is his signature
In testimony whereof I hereunto affix the seal
our Superior Court of Judicature
S Hale
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June 14, 1928

J. Sidney Wright
City Hall Annex
Holyoke, Massachusetts

Sir:                 [ Art. 902-150 handwritten in]
I advise you that from the Revolutionary War records of this bureau it appears that JOSEPH FAY served as an ensign in Captain William Ellis' Company in Colonel Alexander Scammell's New Hampshire Regiment, He was wounded at the first battle of Stillwater, was carried to Albany shortly afterward and died early in November, 1777.
On an application executed March 23, 1820, his son, Joseph, of Walpole, Cheshire County New Hampshire, and three other sons and two daughters (their names not state) were allowed 150 acres of bounty land on Warrant 902 on account of the service of their father.
The Revolutionary War records of this bureau fail to afford any information in regard to pension having been claimed by a Lucy Fay or by any person as the widow of Joseph Fay who served as ensign in Colonel Scammell's Regiment and who died in November, 1777.
[W.16983] From the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim of Joseph Fay, the son of the above mentioned Ensign Joseph Fay, it appears that he enlisted at Walpole, New Hampshire, March 1, 1777,
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in Captain William Ellis' Company in Colonel Alexander Scammell's New Hampshire Regiment: he was in both battles of Stillwater and at the surrender of Burgoyne and was discharged January 26, 1780.
He was allowed pension on his application executed December 17, 1819, at which time he was fifty seven years of age and was living in Walpole, New Hampshire.  He died there September 13, 1831.
He married November 14, 1782, Sarah Graves of Walpole, New Hampshire. She was allowed pension on account of his service, on her application executed September 4, 1838, at which time she was seventy six years of age and was a resident of Walpole, New Hampshire..
Respectfully
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner
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1471
Declaration of Sarah Fay
at the Clerks

Please return to Thos M Edwards
Kenne  N. H.

$80 per annum
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DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 3d March, 1843, granting pensions for one year to certain widows who have received pensions under the Act of July 7, 1838.
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE }
Cheshire County, ss.              }
On this Fourth day of April 1843 personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire, Sarah Fay a resident of Walpole in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire, aged seventy nine years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 3d of March, 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.  That she is the widow of Joseph Fay decd who was a private in the Revolution and a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and died on the thirteenth day of September A.D. 1831. That she and a pensioner under the Act of July 7th 1838 on the New Hampshire bist at the rate of Eighty dollars per Annum and not paid at Concord in the State of New Hampshire.  She further declares that she is still his widow.
Sarah Fay
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, 
Before me, 
Walton Mead, Justice of the Peace
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We Betsey Howard and Rebeca Howard of Walpole in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire of lawful age deposes and say that we are acquainted with Sarah Fay of said Walpole and looks she was a pensioner under the Act of July 7th 1838. and that she still remains the widow of Joseph Fay
Betsey Howard
Rebecca F. Howard
State of New Hampshire }
Cheshire County              }
April 4th 1843
Subscribed and Sworn to before me,
Walton  Mead Jus Peace
I certify that the above deponents are credible persons
Walton Mead, Jus Peace
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State of New Hampshire
Cluckin F.

I Leonard Bisco Clerk of the Court of Commons Pleas for the County of Cluckin it being a Court of Record Certify that Walton Mead and one of the Justice of the Peace for said County duly commissioned and qualified according to law and that his signatory as within written are genuine.
In his testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said court of Common Pleas this 23rd day of May AD 1843
Leonard Bisco  Clerk.
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Jos. Fay

Payable on the 4th March and 4th September of each year, by the Branch Bank, U. S. in Portsmouth, N. Hampshire.
No pension is payable until the arrival of one or the other of the above dates, after the issue of a  Certificate.
Payable up to the 4th March, 1820.  Before any payment thereafter, a schedule of property must be exhibited.
Registered, by J. H. Henshaw, 
Clerk, in book B, Volume 1, Page 50.
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War Department

Revolutionary Claim.

I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, Joseph Fay of Cheshire County, New Hampshire late a private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the New Hampshire Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to commence on the seventeenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.

GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this eighteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War.
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New Hampshire 1151
Sarah Fay of Walpole widow of Joseph Fay decd and who was a pensioner under the Act of 18 Mar 1818 and who died on the 13 Septr 1831 of Cheshire Co. in the state of N. H. who was a private in the company commanded by Captain [blank] of the regt commanded by Col Scammell in the N. Hamp line for 2 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Concord N. H. at the rate of 80 Dollars no cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 23rd day of Nov 1838, and T M Edwards Esq Keene, N. Hampshire
Arrears to the 4th of Sept '38       $200.00
Semi Annual allowance ending 
4 Mar '39                                        $ 40.00
                                                       $240.00
{Act July 7, 1838.}
Recorded by D McCurdy Clerk,
Book A.  Vol. 1.  Page 40