Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,288, Thomas Day, Mass.
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Mass.

Day, Thomas
S34.288
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Notification sent to E. Alvord, 9 November 1890
OK Greenfield, Mass.
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10,89h. R
To Massachusetts
From New Hampshire
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Thomas Day of Antrim in the state of _____
who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Tupper of the Massachusetts line for the term of 3 years.
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Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to commence on the 23 of June 1818
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Certificate of Pension issued the 21st day May 1819 and sent to Joshua Darling, Esq, Hillsborough, N. H.
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Arrears to 4th of March 1819.             $67.16
Semi-Anl all'cr ending 4th Sept. 1819  48.00
                     total $115.16

{Revolutionary Claim Act 18th March 1818}
Continued.  
Hillsborough [illegible]
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Thomas Day's Application for transfer from New Hampshire to Massachusetts 30 October 1820

Transferred   9 November 1820
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County of Franklin

On this Thirtieth day of October 1820, before me, subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Franklin personally appeared Thomas Day who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Benjamin Varnum who was succeeded by Capt. Stephen Abbot, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Francis, who was succeeded by Col. Tupper
in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of New Hampshire from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the state of Massachusetts where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable in future.
Sworn and Subscribed to, before me, the day and year aforesaid.  [signed] Thomas Day
[signed] William Whitaker, Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin fs.    I Elijah Alvord, Clerk of the Judicial Courts in and for the County of Franklin, aforesaid do certify that the above named William Whitaker is a Justice of the Peace
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duly qualified as such and writing under the authority of this commonwealth and that he has certified the foregoing application under his signature.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the said  county this third day of November in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty.
[signed] E. Alvord , Clerk
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Thomas Day, 
New Salem, N.H. 
10896 

opened May 1819

Notification sent to E. Alvord, Springfield, Mass.
9 Nov. 1820
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin ss:

At a Special Session of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Western Circuit, began and holden at Greenfield, within and for the County of Franklin, on Monday the tenth day of July, in the year of our Lord, one thousand and twenty, et de die in diem to the fifteenth day of the same month,
Personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of Record, within and for the County of Franklin, established as such by the Constitution of said Commonwealth, Thomas Day,  late of Antium in the state of New Hampshire aged seventy years but now resident in New Salem in said County, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:  " I entered the service about the beginning of the year 1777 in the company commanded by Capt. Benjamin Varnum who was succeeded by Capt. Stephen Abbot in the regiment of infantry commanded by Col. Francis who was succeeded in command by Col. Tupper in the Massachusetts line of Continental troops, and that I have been a pensioner under the act of Congress of March 18, 1818, and have received a certificate from the war department for a pension of eight dollars per month, which commences on the 23rd day of June 1818. Said certificate dated the 21st day of May 1819 and inscribed on the pension list roll of the New Hampshire agency, and that I have not any family and have been myself supported as a pauper for a number of years."
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"and I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift or sale, in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof , with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War,' passed on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me, nor have I any income, other that what is obtained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed,
[signed] Thomas Day

Sworn to and declared, on the eleventh day of July A.D. 1820, before the said Court.
Attest, E. Alvord, Clerk
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I Elijah Alvord, Clerk of the aforesaid Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the 
Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of said Court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the said Thomas Day has not any property required by law to be exhibited.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on the fifteenth day of July 1820.
[signed] E. Alvord
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Thomas Day's 
Affidavit on application for Pension
No. 36
Private
Colonel Francis and Tupper Regiment
Massachusetts Line
1777 --- 3 years

23 June 1818

Admitted
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State of New Hampshire
Hillsborough, ss

On this 23rd day of June in the year of our Lord 1818, before me, the subscriber, one of the Associate Justices of the Court of Common Pleas for the [illegible] District in the County of Hillsborough in the said State, personally appeared Thomas Day, aged Sixty Eight years, resident in Antrim in said County 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, entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War.

That he, the said Thomas Day, enlisted in Andover in the State of Massachusetts in January or February 1777 for the term of three years in the Company commanded by Col. Francis in the regiment commanded by Col. Francis and Col. Tupper in General Patterson's Brigade in the Massachusetts Line.  That he continued to serve in said Company's in the service of the United States until sometime in December  [illegible] to his best recollection until A.D. 1780 when he received a regular discharge from said service signed by a Major whose name is now forgotten at West Point in the State of New York. And that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in much need of aid and assistance from his County for support and that he has [illegible] no other [illegible] having lost his discharge in his [illegible] of his said services.  [signed] Thomas Day
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State of New Hampshire
Hillsborough ss

We the undersigned, Selectmen of the Town of Antrim testify and say that the within named Thomas Day is in such reduced circumstances in life that by reason of his infirmity, has become extremely poor and is supported by the Town of Antrim.
June 23, 1818 
[signed] Jacob Tuttle and Amos Parmenter

State of New Hampshire
Hillsborough ss
June 23, 1818
Personally the above named Jacob Tuttle and Amos Parmenter and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by them subscribed is just and true, before me Joshua Darling 
Associate Justice as aforesaid
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State of New Hampshire
Hillsborough ss

I, Joshua Darling, Judge  do as  of [illegible] certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Thomas Day served in the Revolutionary Army on the [illegible] against the common enemy more that nine months at one period of continuous service and I do find that said applicant is in reduced circumstances in life and stands in need of assistance from his country [illegible].
Given said in my hand and the seal of said court this twenty third day of June 1818.
[signed Joshua Darling

State of New Hampshire
Hillsborough ss
I, Moses Eastman, Clerk of the Court Common 
Pleas for the 1st District in the County of Hillsborough and the state of New Hampshire do certify that the above Joshua Darling is a Judge of said Court and that the above is his signature and that the [illegible] affixed is the seal of said court. 
[signed] Moses Eastman, Clerk
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34288
Revy. INVALID

File No.  34,288
Thomas Day
Private Revolutionary War

Act:  18th March 1818
Index:  Vol. 2. Page 103

{Arrangement of 1870}