Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 24,268, Robert Gaylord, Mass.
Page 1

Mark. Gaylord Robert W. 24268
Patience
Page 2

(Left side)
1251

Massachusetts

Robert Gaylord
 Patience Gaylord

Served in the Revolutionary war as a private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 dollars

Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848

Certificate of Pension issued the 18th day of August 1848
and sent to G. S. Bullfinch
Boston, Mass.

Rendered on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848.  Page 52, Vol. 2

(Right side)

Letter to Hon. G. Ashman
Nov. 18, 1848

Reported
Page 3

8650

Massachusetts

Robert Gaylord
of Westfield in the state of Massachusetts who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Jackson, of the Massachusetts line, for the term of two  years. 

Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 dollars per month, to commence on the 28th of April 1818.  

Certificate of Pension issued the 27th of March 1819 and sent to Samuel Putnam Esq. 
Judge Salem Massachusetts

Arrears to 4th of March 1819  $81.83
Semi-annual, all'ce ending 4th Sept. 1819 - $45.00

$129.83

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act 18th March, 1818.}
Page 4

3792

Patience Gaylord

wid. of Robert
Massachusetts
Act. July 7, 1838

Married 1785
Died 1831

Allow $80 per annum
Col. Jackson  Mass Line
2nd March  
Vol. 33, p. 120



N.T. Leonard
Westfield
Mass.
Page 5

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampden County ss.

On this second day of October in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty eight personally appeared before the court of Probate of the county of Hampden Patience Gaylord a resident of Westfield in the county of Hampsden aged seventy one years who being just duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the pension made by the act of Congress dated July 7, 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows, that she is the widow of Robert Gaylord who served in the Revolutionary Army and who was placed upon the Pension Roll as she believes under the act of Congress of the 18th of March 1818 and after some two or three drawings was struck from the
Page 6

roll of pensioners in account of his owning property.  that she has been unable to find the pension certificate of the said Robert and believed that the same is lost or destroyed.  the said Patience refers to the evidence on file in the War Department in the matter of the application of the said Robert for a pension for a detailed account of his service in the army of the revolution.



She further declares that she was married to the said Robert Gaylord on the second day of June in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred and eighty six. That her husband the aforesaid Robert Gaylord died on the
Page 7

seventh day of May in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty one,
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 thirty four viz. at the time above stated. 

Patience Gaylord

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me, and I certify that the said Patience being unable to write her name made her mark in my presence, and that by reason of bodily infirmity she is unable to attend the court.

Oliver B. Morris, Judge of the Court of Probate for said county of Hampden
Page 8

and I the said Judge investigating the matter do declare my opinion that the said Robert Gaylord  was a soldier of the Revolution as stated in the foregoing declaration, that on the second day of June A.D. 1786 he was married to the said Patience, that he died on the seventh day of February 1831 leaving the said Patience his widow, that she has not again been married, and is now the widow of the said Robert Gaylord deceased.

In testimony whereof I do hereunto subscribe my name and cause the seal of said court to be affixed this sixth day of October A.D. 1838

Oliver Morris Judge of the Court of Probate for said county of Hampden

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Hampden

I Justin Willard Clerk of the Probate Court within and for said county do hereby certify that the Honourable Oliver B. Morris before whom the foregoing declaration of Patience Gaylord was subscribed and sworn to, is the Judge of said Court and that his signature subscribed to the foregoing certificate is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Springfield this sixth day of October A.D. 1838

Justin Willard
Clerk
Page 9

"The Banns of Matrimony  were legally published between Robert Gaylord and Patience Allen, both of Westfield, (March nineteenth, seventeen hundred and eighty six) and was married by the Rev. Noah Atwater
June second seventeen hundred and eighty six

Commonwealth  of Massachusetts
Hampden County Oct. 2, 1838
Town Clerks' Office of Westfield

I certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the record with the exception of the dates which are estimated on the record in fair legible figures as follows viz. (March 19th, 1786)
June 2, 1786

attest Norman T. Leonard
Town Clerk
Page 10

I Norman T. Leonard above named depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk of Westfield in the county and 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.

Norman T. Leonard
Town Clerk of Westfield

Sworn before me
Augustus Collins, Justice of the Peace

I, Charles Gaylord of Westfield Hampden County Massachusetts of the age of thirty years do depose and say that my father Robert Gaylord the husband of Patience Gaylord died on the twenty eight or twenty ninth day of January in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty one.

Charles Gaylord
Hampden S.S Oct. 2, 1838
Sworn before me 
Norman T. Leonard
Justice of the Peace
Page 11

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Hampden S.S.

I Justin Willard, Clerk of the Probate Court within and for said County do hereby certify that Augustus Collins before whom the foregoing depositor of Norman T. Leonard was verified as a Justice of the Peace within and for said county and has been so for more than two months last part and that his signature to the foregoing certificate of verification is genuine.  I also certify that Norman T. Leonard before whom the foregoing depositions of Charles Gaylord was verified and was on the sixth  day of October invested a Justice of the Peace within and for said County and that his signature to the above certificate of verification is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Springfield this sixth day of October in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty eight

Justin Willard
Clerk
Page 12

and the proceedings  had therein to the Secretary of the Department of War
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court this twenty eighth day of A pril

S. Putnam Justice
S.J. Court of Mass

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Hampden

I John Ingersoll Clerk of the Judicial Court of said Commonwealth for the County of Hampden do certify that Samuel Putham is a Judge of the ? Judicial Court .  That the above signature is his proper hand writing and that the seal hereto affixed is the seal of said court

April 28th, 1818

Attest John Ingersoll Clerk
Page 13

I Prince Olmsted of Northampton in the County of Hampshire in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts being fifty eight years of age testify and say that I was in the Company of Capt. Peirce in the Regt. Of Col. Michael Jackson in the eighth Regt. of the Massaschusetts line from April 1781 until the close of the Revolutionary War as a Private soldier, and Robert Gaylord of Westfield in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid was a soldier in the James Company and Regt. aforesaid with me from April 1781 until the close of the Revolutionary War and he was then honorably discharged with me and others in the James Company however Capt. Peirce commanded the company towards the close of the war. I know and do testify and say he was a faithful soldier during the whole of the time aforesaid - and further saith not.
Feb. 3rd 1819 

Prince Olmsted
his mark

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire Co. Feb. 3 1819 Personally appeared Prince Olmsted above named, who is known to me to be an inviolable and disinterested witness and made solemn oath that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth

Before me Samuel Hinckley Judge of the Court of Probate of wills and as Justice of the Peace within and for said County.
Page 14

Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Hampden Co.  I Joseph Dwight Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court in said County for Hampden certify that Samuel Hinckley Esq. is Judge of the Court of Probate and Wills and a Justice of the Peace for said County and that his signature to the within Certificate is proper hand writing 
In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said Court this third day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.

Joseph Dwight

I John Gaylord of Westfield in the County of Hampden and Commonwealth of Massachusetts being fifty seven years old do testify and say that I was served in the Company of Capt. Pierce in the Regt. of Col. Michael Jackson in the Eighth Regt. of the Massachusetts line from April 1781 until the month of May or June 1782 about which time I was drafted into the Volunteer Light Infantry Company commanded by John Burnham in the Regt. aforesaid and continued in said Company as a private soldier until the close of the Revolutionary War and I further testify and say that Robert Gaylord of Westfield in the County and state aforesaid enlisted as a Soldier in the Company commanded by Capt. Pierce as aforesaid and joined said Company with me in April 1781 and remained a soldier until the close of the Revolutionary war at which time he was honorably discharged.  And I know, and do testify and say that he was a faithful soldier during the time I mentioned in said Company with him and further saith not.

John Gaylord
Page 15

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampden Co.
February 6, 1819

Personally appeared John Gaylord the subscriber of the foregoing deposition who is taken to be a credible and disinterested witness and made solemn oath that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed contains the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

Before me
Augustus Collins Justice of the Peace


Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampden

I John Ingersoll Clerk of all the Judicial Court, within and for the County of Hampden do certify that Augustus Collins Esq. is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County and that the above signature is his proper hand writing - In testimony thereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the County Seal this ninth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninetten.

John Ingersoll
Page 16

Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Essex

February 14, 1819

I Samuel Putnam a Judge of the S.J. Court of Mass do herewith transmit to the Hon. Secretary of War, the additional testimony which Robert Gaylord of Westfield in the county of Hampden has obtained to prove his claim to a Pension - And I am satisfied from the appearance and the statement of the said Robert that he is very poor and that he needs the assistance of his country for support.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand on the day and year above said.

S. Putnam Justice
S.J. Court of Mass

The seal of the Court is annexed to the original Application
S.P.


Robert Gaylord
Page 17

I John Gaylord of Westfield in the County of Hampden and Commonwealth of Massachusetts ? do on oath testify that in April 1781 that I enlisted into the Continental Army for the term of three years that I remained in the Army until Peace was proclaimed and was well knowing to the fact that Robert Gaylord within named continued in the service during the whole time as he has stated in the foregoing declaration.

John Gaylord

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampden County
On this twenty eighth day of April AD 1818 Personally appeared me Samuel Putnam one of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court of said Commonwealth the aforesaid Robert Gaylord and John Gaylord and in my presence subscribed and made oath to the foregoing declaration and affidavit by them respectively made, and it appearing to my satisfaction that the aforesaid Robert Gaylord served for the term of more than nine month to wit from April 1781 to December 1783 at one period of the war of the Revolution on the Continental establishment against the common enemy  I hereby certify the testimony in the case
Page 18

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Robert Gaylord of Westfiel in the County of Hampden in said Commonwealth ? upon oath makes the following Declaration

That in April 1781 he enlisted into the Army of the United States as a private soldier in the Continental establishment that he was mustered at South Hadley and thence ordered to Springfield in Massachusetts and was marched thence to West Point and then joined Capt. Pierce's Company and Col. Michael Jacksons' Regt. the eighth Regiment in the Massachusetts Line that he faithfully served in said Capacity until Peace was proclaimed when he was honorably discharged at West Point in the month of December 1783, that he had a written discharge and that he has now lost it and this Declarant further states that he is now fifty six years of age. And is in reduced circumstances of life and by reasons thereof stands in need of assistance from his country for support.

Robert Gaylord
Page 19

Rev. widow, and c.

No. 24368

Patience Gaylord
widow of 
Robert Gaylord
Private Rev. War

Act Feb 2nd 1848

Index:  Vol AS, Page 265

{Arrangement of 1870}
Page 20

2728  Repd.

Massachusetts

Patience Gaylord
widow of 
Robert Gaylord Decd.
who was a pensioner under the Act. of 18 March, 1818 and who died on 7 February ,1831
of Hampden Co. in the state of Mass.
who was a private in the____ commanded by Captain ____ of the Regt. commanded by Col. Jackson in the Mass. line for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 80 Dollars___ Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of May 1839 and sent to N.T. Leonard, Westfield, Mass.

Arrears to the 4th of March: 1839  $240.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept. $40.00

$280.00

{Act July 7, 1838}

Recorded by William Stewart - Clerk
Book A  Vol. 1 Page 90
Page 21

Massachusetts, 3925

Patience Gaylord

widow of Robert Gaylord

who was a private

in the Massachusetts line

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 16th day of Dec. 1843
and sent to Thomas Bullfinch
Boston, Mass.

{Act of March, 3,1843}

Recorded to Book A
Vol. 1, Page 43
Page 22

To the Honourable

J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War
Washington 

application for a pension
Page 23

Salem, Feb. 14, 1819

Sir:

I have the honor to enclose the additional proof of Robert Gaylord has furnished in relation to this claim.  He has traveled on foot 120 miles to deliver it in person, and so far as I can give from appearances, I have no doubt that his claim is well founded.

I remain very respectfully your most obedient servant,

S. Putnam

Mr. Calhoun Secretary of War
Page 24

Springfield, Mass.
Nov. 15, 1840

J.L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions

Dear Sir,

I am desired by the friends of Patience Gaylord, widow of Robert Gaylord, of Westfield, Mass. to ascertain the amount of pension which has been yearly allowed her.

The object, I suppose to be, to learn whether there has been fidelity on the part of some agent through whose hands the money has passed. 
Will please give me the information?

Respectfully,

George Ashman
Page 25

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.


37921
Mass. Dec. 10
7th July 1838
Page 26

Westfield 6, Dec. 1838

Sir,

The applicant is very poor and infirm and will not live probably live to enjoy the bounty of goods long. 
It is very desirable that her applicatoin should be disposed of without delay.  An unfortunate mistake has prevented the earlier transmission of the papers. Please address the under signed. 

Respectfully yours etc.
N. T. Leonard
Page 27

Patience Gaylord


All.
3925


admitted


G.S. Bullfinch
Boston, Mass
Page 28

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of 2nd February 1848, entitled" An act making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution".

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampden County

On this twenty fourth day of July 1848, personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county aforesaid,
Patience Gaylord,
a resident of Westfield in the county of Hampden aforesaid aged eighty one 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 2nd February 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war.  That she is the widow of Robert Gaylord, who was a resident of Westfield and who was a private in the War of the Revolution
and is the identical person who drew a pension under the Act o f17th June 1844, on account of the Revolutionary service of her late husband aforesaid, at the rate of eighty dollars and cents per annum.
She further declares that she is still a widow.
Patience Gaylord
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written} Before me,
Lucius Wright Justice of the Peace
In presence of Sarah J. Wright 

I certify, That the declarant is personally known to me, a widow and a pensioner, as she declares.
Lucius Wright, Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
___County

I , ____Clerk of the Court, of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that ___ is  a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; and that his signature, above written is genuine.

Given under my hand, and the Seal of said Court, this day of ____ 18

Clerk
Page 29

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampden County

Be it known that on this twenty ninth day of August 1843, personally appeared before me the subscribed a justice of the Peace in and for said County and Commonwealth, Mrs. Patience Gaylord, a resident of Westfield in the County of Hampden 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 on the 3rd day of March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.

That she is the Widow of Robert Gaylord, who was a Private in the Revolutionary War, and served as she verily believes as stated by her in her original declaration for a pensions under the law of the 7th July 1838, to which declaration and the papers accompanying the same now on file in the War Department.  She would refer for a more particular statement of his services for the proof of her marriage, identity and the time of her husbands death.
She further declares that she was pensioned under said Act at the rate of eighty dollars per annum, which amount she received from the 4th of March 1836 to the 4th of March 1841, at the Agency in Boston Massachusetts and about the time of her receiving her last payment surrendered the Pension Certificate granted to her under said Act tot he Pension Agent at the said City of Boston agreeably to the rules of the Department. 
And this declarant further alleges that she has not intermarried since the decease of her said husband, but is now and ever since has been the widow of said Robert Gaylord deceased as will more fully appear by the proof hereunto annexed.

And further she saith not,

Patience Gaylord
Page 30

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first within written and I certify that the applicant is personally known to me to be the person within described.

Before me
Lucius Wright
Justice of the Peace


I Jabez Otis, of Westfield, in the County of Hampden of lawful age on oath testify and say that I have been well acquainted with Patience Gaylord the applicant named in the within declaration  for many years last past.  I know that she was the Wife, and is now the widow of Robert Gaylord deceased who was reputed to been a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and that she was a pensioner under the law of 7th July 1838, as stated by her.

Jabez Otis

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampden County
August 29th, 1843
Then came Jabez Otis - who is known to me to be a credible witness and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is strictly true.

Before me,

Lucius Wright
Justice of the Peace
Page 31

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Secretary's Office Boston September 5th, 1843

I hereby certify that at the dates of the annexed attestations Lucius Wright was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Hampde,

in the said Commonwealth, duly constitued and commissioned; 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 hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written. 

John A. Bolles
Secretary of the Commonwealth

Thomas Bullfinch
Boston, Mass.


4160
Patience Gaylord
$80