Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 21773, for Jonathan Mason, Connecticut
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SERVICE   Conn.
Navy
N. H. 
Mason, Jonathan
Deborah
NUMBER  W. 21773
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1836 New Hampshire
Jonathan Mason 
of Grafton in the State of N H who was a Private in the company commanded by  - Captain of the Regt commanded by Col Durkee in the Conn line for 2 Years.  
Inscribed on the Roll of N H at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831 
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of Nov and Sent Leonard Wilson Oxford Grafton Co N. H.   
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832   $120- 
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 33 40   
$160- 
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.} 
Recorded by J. H. M. Blair Clerk, 
Book D. Vol. 1   Page 170.
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1884 Jan 15 S. M. Wiley with history & Bible C. of family record 
Reported 
780 
New Hampshire Concord 
Deborah Mason 
widow of Jonathan Mason Con & NH who 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 18 and sent to day of July 1848 
D.C. Churchill Lyme N H 
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 92 Vol. 1
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Jon’a Mayson
9117
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DECLARATION. 
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832 
State of New-Hampshire, 
County of Grafton } ss   
On this 27th day of August a resident of Lyme before the Judge of the Court of Probate for said County, now sitting, Jon’n Mason 1832 personally appeared in open Court, in the County of Grafton and State of N. H. aged 74 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. 
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated   That in the month of April in 1775 at Woodstock in Connecticut he enlisted in company commanded by Captain Ephraim Manning for a term of seven months, marched to [unreadable] and joined the Regiment of Col Durkee, marched to Cambridge and was then stationed in the Battle at Bunker Hill, continued at said Cambridge until sometime in September following,  he then by consent enlisted into a company commanded by Joseph Scott, Joined the Regiment of Col Benedict Arnold on an expedition to Canada, Marched from Cambridge to Newbury Port took Shipping and landed at fort Weston (now Augusta) in the State of Maine from there up the Kennebunk River to Norridgewock, from there to what was called the great carrying place, the across the great carrying place with our Boats and provisions on our backs about sixteen miles, then put over bank into the Black (or draw) River and went up said river to the head of the same, there left the boats went on a short distance towards the Shawelia Lake, had orders from Arnold to divide the provisions, his Office Council in the wilderness, and the provisions were by the order of Arnold divided, Col Enos 2nd in command refused to march forward and ordered three or four companies in the rear to return, and his Company and two or three others returned through the wilderness on the same route, the greater part of the way without any provisions, untill they arrived among the Settlements and returned to Newbury Port, from there to Cambridge under the command of Lt. Col Enos sometime in the latter part of the month of December in the same year making full eight months from the first of his enlistment,  was then demised and returned home to Woodstock in Connecticut.
He further states that in the forepart of February in the year 1776 at said Woodstock he enlisted into the company of Capt Nathl Marcy for a term of two months and marched to Cambridge Joined the Regiment of Col Douglass & remained at said Cambridge until after the British left Boston having served the full term of two months his term of enlistment having expired was dismissed and returned home to Woodstock the fore part of April in the same year. 
He further states that in the month of August in the year 1777 he then being at Lyme in the State of New Hampshire troops being called for to go against Buroines [Burgoyne] Army he with others volunteered for that purpose and the Regiment of Ct marched to Charleston N.H. in the company of Captain Sloan from said Charleston to Manchester in Vermont stationed there two or three weeks from them marched to [unreadable] Vt. stationed there about two weeks marched to Skeensborough (now Whitehall) was stationed there about three weeks from thence marched in a southerly direction towards Saratoga where Burgoynes army lay on being informed that Burgoyne had surrendered was dismissed and returned back to said Lyme [unreadable]
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1777 he then being at Lyme in the State of New Hampshire troops being called for to go against Buroines [Burgoyne] Army he with others volunteered for that purpose and the Regiment of Ct marched to Charleston N.H. in the company of Captain Sloan from said Charleston to Manchester in Vermont stationed there two or three weeks from them marched to [unreadable] Vt. stationed there about two weeks marched to Skeensborough (now Whitehall) was stationed there about three weeks from thence marched in a southerly direction towards Saratoga where Burgoynes army lay on being informed that Burgoyne had surrendered was dismissed and returned back to said Lyme being between two and three months.
He further states that he returned back to said Woodstock in Connecticut, his native place, and in the month of December in the year 1777 he volunteered and joined a company of Militia commanded by Capt John Williams for a term of two months marched from said Woodstock to Providence Rhode Island was stationed in the College in said Providence in the Regiment of Col Johnson the full term of two months, his term of service having expired returned home to said Woodstock in the month of February in the 1778.  
He further states that in the month of December in the year 1778 at said Woodstock he Joined a company of Militia commanded by Stephen Tucker marched to Providence Rhode Island was stationed at the North part of the Town of Providence at the House of one Burr where he remained two months, his term of service having expired was dismissed and returned home to Woodstock in the month of February in the year 1779. 
(continued over)
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continued from the [unreadable]
He further states that in the month of February in the year 1779 at said Woodstock he enlisted as a substitute for one William Person for a term of two months marched to Norwich in Connecticut and went by water down to Fort Griswold in Groton, was there under the command of Col. Ledyard, served the full term of two months, was dismissed and returned home to Woodstock in the month of April in the same year.   
He further states that immediately after his return to Woodstock he went to Boston Mass and enlisted on board the United States Ship Queen of France Commanded by John Rathbone which was a part of a squadron of three ships commanded by Comodore Whipple of Providence - the ship Providence of thirty two guns commanded by Comodore Whipple, Queen of France Commanded by John Rathbone carrying twenty guns, ship Ranger of twenty guns commanded by James Simpson.  Sailed on a cruise to intercept the British Jamaica Fleet homeward bound, fell in with them on the banks of Newfoundland, took ten or twelve ships and returned back to Boston in a prize in the month of October in the year 1779 being absent from Boston on said cruise about six months from the time of enlistment.   
He further states that being at Lyme in the State of New Hampshire in the month of October in the 1780 he volunteered with others and joined a company of Militia commanded by Captain John Sloan for the purpose guarding against the Indians who were then expected to invade the towns in the vicinity, marched under the command of said Capt Sloan to Dartmouth College N.H. from there to Haverhill N.H., from there to Newbury Vt where he was stationed a while was then dismissed and returned back to said Lyme after being absent about three weeks.  
He further states that he has no documentary evidence of his service.   He was born in the town of Woodstock in the State of Connecticut the year 1758 - his age is recorded in the town book in said Woodstock.  He lived in said Woodstock when called into service as made it it his home then  until the 1783 when he moved to said Lyme where he has ever since and now lives.  In his first campaign when he was at Cambridge, General Putnam had the command.  In July 1775 Genl Washington arrived and took the command.   General Lee was also present at said Cambridge.   Col Paar commanded his Regiment.  
He never received any written discharge.
He refers to Dec [deacon] William Porter and Capt Oliver K Porter of said Lyme who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his service as a soldier of the Revolution
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until the 1783 when he moved to said Lyme where he has ever since and now lives.  In his first campaign when he was at Cambridge, General Putnam had the command. In July 1775 Genl Washington arrived and took the command. General Lee was also present at said Cambridge. Col Paar commanded his Regiment. 
He never received any written discharge. 
He refers to Dec [deacon] William Porter and Capt Oliver K Porter of said Lyme who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his service as a soldier of the Revolution
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State, 
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid Jonathan Mason 
We, William Porter residing in Lyme N. H. and Oliver K. Porter residing in said Lyme hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Jonathan Mason, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 74 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. 
Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid  
Wm Porter 
Oliver K. Porter 
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.  And the Court certifies, that it appears to them that Wm. Porter who has signed the preceding certificate, is a reputable resident in the town of Lyme and that Oliver K. Porter, who has also signed the same is a resident in the town of Lyme and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
Edward Webber Judge of Probate 
I Moses Dow aforesaid Clerk of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Jonathan Mayson for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this twenty seventh day of Augt A.D. 1832- 
Moses Dow
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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 
Grafton County Ss  
On this 22 day of August 1838 personally appeared before me David C. Churchill one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County of Grafton Deborah Mason a resident of Lyme in the County aforesaid aged 76 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 Jonathan Mason who was a soldier and Marriner in War of the Revolution. She has often heard her said Husband say and fully believes that he enlisted in the month of April 1775 into a company commanded by Capt Ephaim Manning and joined the Regt under Col. Durkee and was stationed at Cambridge until some time in Sept the same year and whilst there he enlisted into Capt Scotts Company and joined the Regiment under Benedict Arnold and marched to Newbury port and took shipping and landed at fort Western (now Augusta) in the State of Maine from there
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to Canada.  She has heard him tell of suffering many hardships whilst on this expedition and that he returned to Cambridge in the month of December in the same year & home to Woodstock Conn. his place of residence being absent in all this about eight months.  She has also heard him tell of serving in the army at Providence R.I. and that he was at the taking of Burgoyne, and also that in April 1779 he entered the Naval service on board the Frigate Queen of France commanded by Capt Rathburn, this frigate with others belonged to a Squadron under command of Commadore Whipple.  The fleet were successful in their enterprise and her said Husband returned home in the fall of the same year.  She cannot tell how long her said husband served in the Revolutionary war but she respectfully refers to his Declaration and the proof furnished by him in support of his claim to a Pension.  Her said husband was a pensioner under the act of Congress of June 7, 1832 at the rate of $80.00 per annum.  She cannot state the Date or the number of his certificate of Pension but it was surrendered at the time she drew the arrearage of his Pension after his death.  
She does not  know whether her marriage is recorded in Woodstock Connecticut where it took place but she has had since her marriage a family record which is hereto annexed it being
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on a blank leaf of the Bible which was given to her at her marriage by her Father Benjamin Lyon in which the family record of her said Father was kept and on the oposite side of one of the leaves the record of her marriage & Births of her children were made.   
She further declares that she was married to the said Jonathan Mason on the seventh day of February in the year seventeen hundred and eighty two,  that her husband the aforesaid Jonathan Mason died on the fourteenth day of December 1833, 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.  
Deborah Mason 
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me 
D.C. Churchill J.C.C. Pleas 
I hereby certify that the said applicant can not from bodily infirmity attend court 
D.C. Churchill J.C.C. Pleas
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Copy of Births & Marriages of the "Lyon" & Jonathan Mason family as recorded on a Bible leaf that was filed in an application for pension by Deborah Mason 
Benjamin Lyon & Sarah Lyon, were married Jany 25, 1753 - children are 
Nehemiah, born October 9. 1753     
Prudence born Novem 12, 1755
Jono Lyon, decease (illegible..)  1747
Jonathan born (illegible) 3 1757
Zubah born December 5 1759
Deborah born March 15, 1762
Hannah born (illegible)
Molly born July 14, 1865
Benjamin born Dec 14, 1766
Hervey born Sept 24 1768
Baxter born December 1 1771
Sarah born July 31, 1773
Chester born April 3 1777
Chester Lyon deceased May 14, 1778
Jonathan Mason & Deborah Lyon were married Feby 17 1782 - children are
Sarah born Dec 12. 1782 - died March 9, 1784 
Polly born Nov 26. 1785 
Jonathan Born June 17. 1787 
Sally born May 19, 1792 
Hannah born March 27, 1794 
Pension Office June 16 1884 
The foregoing family record is a correct transcript from the Bible leaf filed by Deborah Mason widow of Jonathan with her application for a pension in 1838.   A portion of the family record is illegible from the fading of the ink & from being soiled by use.  The imprint of the published on the leaf is London 1754.
[unreadable]
Asst. chief of Division of the old war Navy, 1812 war & Bounty Land
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Mason
Act 7 July ‘38
Married in ‘82
Died in 1853
Admd [admitted]
2 yrs pri
80$
No deduction
D. C. Churchill
Lyme N.H.
of said court, and an acting Justice of the Peace for said county & State his name so subscribed is in each case aforesaid his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court the 24th day of August AD 1838
N. B. Felton Clerk
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I Moses Edgell of Lynn County of Gaston and State of New Hampshire aged 53 years depose and say that I was well acquainted with Jonathan Mason Esqr late of said Lyme deceased and am also well acquainted with Deborah Mason who was once the wife and is now the widow of said Jon’n Mason and I further say that said Jonathan Mason died on the 14th day of December 1833.   He was Revolutionary Pensioner under the act of 1832 June 7.  I further say that for the last six years of his life the said Jon’n Mason and his wife Deborah Mason resided in the same House with me and the said widow has ever since the death of her said husband resided with me and still does. I further say that the said Deborah Mason has remained a widow ever since the death of said Jon’n Mason. 
Moses Edgell 
State of New Hampshire Grafton County ss Lyne August 18th 1838 
Then personally appeared Moses Edgell and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true before me, I further certify that he is a credible witness  
D.C. Churchill Jus. Peace
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I Sally Edgell of Lyon in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire aged 46 years depose and say that I am a daughter of Jonathan Mason late of said Lyme Deceased who was at the time of his death a Revolutionary Pensioner under the act of Congress of June 7, 1832.  I have always resided in the same house with my said Father while he lived and I further say that Deborah Mason who was on the wife and is now the widow of said Jonathan Mason is my mother and we have always lived in the same House together.  I further say that my said Father died at his residence in said Lyme on the 14th day of December 1833 and that my said mother Deborah Mason has remained a widow consequence of the death of my said Father. 
Sally Edgell 
State of New Hampshire Grafton County Lynne August 22 1838 - then personally appeared the said Sally Edgell and made Solemn Oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true before me and I further certify that she is a credible witness.   
D.C. Churchill Jus. Peace
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Deborah Mason 904
State of New Hampshire
Grafton SS
I Nathan B. Felton, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County hereby certify that David  C. Churchill whose name is subscribed to four certificates on the other pages of this packet, was on the nineteenth day of August current and ever since has been a Judge of said Court and an acting Justice of the Peace for said county & State his name so subscribed is in each case aforesaid his genuine signature. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court the 24th day of August AD 1838 
N. B. Felton Clerk
Mason 
Act 7 July ‘38 
Married in ‘82 
Died in 1853 
Admd [admitted] 
2 yrs pri 
80$ 
No deduction
D. C. Churchill
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Private & Seaman
2 years
N. H. & Ct
Admitted
$80
Leonard Wilcox
Oxford Grafton Co. NH
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9117
BRIEF in the case of Jon’n Mason of Lynn Grafton Co in the state of N. Hampshire
(Act 7th June, 1832.) 
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Judge of Probate
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? 
3. How old is he?  74
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
Period.  Apl ’75 – til latter part of Decr.   Duration of Service.  8 months  Rank. As a private  Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.  Capt. E. Manning, Col. Durkee, Capt. Scott, Col. Arnold
Period.  Forepart Feby ’76   Duration of Service.  2 Months  Rank.  private   Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.  Capt N. Marcy, Col. Douglass
Period.  Aug’t ’77   Duration of Service.  between 2 & 3 months  Rank.  private Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.  Capt. Sloan
Period.  Decr 77 – Feby 78   Duration of Service.  2 months  Rank. private  Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.  Capt. Jno Williams, Col. Johnson
Period. Decr. 78 – Feby ‘79  Duration of Service. 2 months  Rank. private  Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.  Captain Tucker
Period.  Feby 79  Duration of Service.  2 months  Rank. substitute  Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.  Col. Ledyard
Period.  Immediately after to Oct ’79   Duration of Service.  about 6 months  Rank. Seaman  Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.  Ship Queen of France, Capt Rathburn
Period. Oct. 1780  Duration of Service. about 21 Days   Rank. private  Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.  Captain Sloan
5. In what battles was he engaged?  None mentioned
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Woodstock Ct., Lyme N.H.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  5 living Witnesses
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
No Clergyman’s certificate
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above 
H. C. Easton
Examining Clerk
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1057  
New Hampshire  
Deborah Mason 
widow of Jonathan Mason, dec’d who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 June 32 and who died on the 14th Oct 1823 of Grafton in the State of N.H. who was a pri in the Compy commanded by Captain - of the Regt commanded by Durkee in the N H. line for 2 years 
Inscribed on the Roll of Portsmouth at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836 
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 day of Nov 38, and set and C. D. Churchill Lyme N.H.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept $200 
Semi-annual allowance ending  40.00 
$240.00  
{Act July 7, 1838.}  
Recorded by R. Burnside 
Book A Vol. 1  Page 46
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Ichabod Palmer of Oxford in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire aged Seventy Six years depose and say that I am acquainted with Jonathan Mason of Lyme and knew him during the Revolutionary war in the month of August think the first of the month 1777 I entered the United States service in a company commanded by Capt John Sloan.   I further say that said Jonathan Mason joined the same company and marched to Charleston No 4 from there to Manchester Vermont from them to the town of [unreadable] in Vermont, from them to Granville New York and then we seperated I should think the fore part of October in the same year 
Witness D.C. Churchill    Ichabod Palmer his Mark 
Sworn to
State of New Hampshire
Grafton ss - Court of Probate holden at Oxford in said County, with 27th day of August A.D. 1832 -  
Ordered by the Court that the foregoing affidavit of Ichabod Palmer & the annexed affidavit of Saml Bixby be attached to the declaration of Jonas Mayson for a pension being sworn to in open Court, as evidence in the case. 
Attest Moses Dow Regr Probate
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Samuel Bixby of Lynn County of Grafton & State of New Hamplin of lawful age depose and say that in the month October in the year 1780 Jonathan Mason and my self with others volunteered and joined a company commanded by Capt John Sloan for the purpose of guarding against the Indians who were expected to invade the Towns in the Vicinty.  Marched to Dartmouth College from there to Haverhill NH  from there to Newbury Vermont where we were stationed a while and  then dismissed and returned home to Lyon after being absent from said Lyon in said town from two to three weeks 
Sworn to
 Samuel Bixby
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New Hampshire (C.) 
1057 
Deborah Mason 
widow of Jonathan Mason, we who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 June 32 and who died on the 14 Decr 1833 of Grafton in the State of N.H. who was a Pri in the compy commanded by Captain - of the Regt commanded by Col Durkee in the N. Hamp line for 2 years private. 
Inscribed on the Roll of Concord at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836 
Certificate of Pension re-issued the 15 day of December 1838  and sent to D. C. Churchill, Lyme, N. Hamp 
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. ‘38 - $200:00 
Semi-annual allowance ending 40.00 – 
$240.00 
{Act July 7, 1838.} 
Recorded by S. A. Elliot Clerk, 
Book A Vol. 1  Page 46
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Rep. 
210. 
New Hampshire Concord 
Deborah Mason 
widow of Jonathan Mason who was a private in the New Hampshire line for 2 years 
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 3rd  day of June 1843 and sent to D.C. Churchill Lyme New Hampshire 
[Act of March 3, 1843.] 
Recorded in Book A . Vol 1 Page 19
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F.S.C.
Old War and Navy Division  3-523.
[stamp] OLD WAR & NAVY FILES JUNE 25 1902
Department of the Interior 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS, 
Washington, D. C. June 13 1902. 
Sir.
In reply to your communication of a recent date, you are informed that this Bureau is unable to furnish a history of the service of any soldier of the Revolutionary war or of the war of 1812 unless he or his widow was a pensioner or an applicant for pension or bounty land; and that under the rules such a history is furnished only to the soldier's descendants, and to them only when it is desired for historical or genealogical purposes. 
The large number of inquiries made on this subject, and the length of time required to make a proper search of the records in each case, will not permit of information being given to any applicant concerning more than two soldiers. 
In order that the soldier concerning whom you desire information may be identified, you are requested to furnish as much as possible of the data called for below. 
(Jonathan Mason) 
Very respectfully
R. F. Ware
Commissioner
Mr. Frank B. Stephens, 
312-315 Auerbach Bldg. 
Salt Lake City, Utah
Full Name of soldier, Jonathan Mason 
Where did he enter service?  Brooklyn Conn in April 1775 & [unreadable] Mass Sept 1775
Under what officers did he serve?  Capt Ephraim Manning Col. John Durkee Capt. Jos Scott Col. Benedict Arnold in Mass.
Place of residence after service, Lyme N.H.
Approximate date of death, Dec 14, 1833
Given name of widow Deborah
Did either soldier or widow receive a pension?  Application made Aug 1832
Additional Information.
Signature Frank B. Stephens
(Mrs or Miss to be prefixed if a lady signs)
Post office address, including street and number, town, county, and State) Salt Lake City Utah
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ITN3
Revo
Sons of the Revolution 
in the State of New York 
Frances Tavern 
Corner Broad & Pearl Streets New York City 
January 7, 1921. 
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C. 
Gentlemen: 
Will you please send me the Revolutionary Service of Jonathan Mason, who was born in Woodstock, Connecticut, on February 21, 1758, and died in Lyme, New Hampshire , on December 14, 1883. 
Yours very truly,  
Henry Russell Droune 
Secretary.
HRD/HT 
#Lyme 1833 
U.S. PENSION OFFICE JAN 8 1921
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Revy WIDOW, &c. 
File No. 21773 
Deborah Mason 
Widow of Jonathan Mason 
Pri Rev War  
Act. Feb 21 48 
Index: Vol. 46 Page 11
[Arrangement of 1870.] 
July 1-1902 Frank B. Stephen 
1921, Feb. 8 Hist to Henry R. Droune
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Washington June 13. 1884 
Sir
Will you be kind enough to furnish me with a statement of the land & naval or sea service of Jonathan Mason a Revolutionary pensioner from New Hampshire. He was on the rolls as a pensioner at the time of his death and his widow. Deborah Mason received a pension up to the time of her death about 1849.  The information is desired as a matter of family history by my wife, who was a grand daughter of Jonathan Mason and if there are on file, any original records of the Mason or Lyon family, which can be separated from the care their return would be very acceptable.   
Very respectfully 
Sam. M. Wilcox – 
563.A. St. SE. 
Hon. W. W. Dailey
Comr of Pensions
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION. 3 - 525 
OWN
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS. 
Washington, D.C., Feb. 8 1921 
W. 21773
In reply to your request of , received for a statement of the military history of Jonathan Mason a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (and his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. 
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  Apl. 1775   LENGTH OF SERVICE.  to Sept. 1775    RANK.  Pvt.  OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. Captain Ephraim Manning  Colonel Durkee  STATE Conn.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. Sept 1775  LENGTH OF SERVICE. to Dec. 1775    RANK.     OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. Captain Jos. Scott  Colonel Benedict Arnold   STATE Conn
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  Feb 1776  LENGTH OF SERVICE. 2 mos.    RANK.    OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  Captain Nathl Marcy  Colonel Douglass  STATE Conn
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  Aug 1777  LENGTH OF SERVICE.  Bet 2 & 3 mos.    RANK.    OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  Captain Sloan  STATE N.H.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. Dec. 1777  LENGTH OF SERVICE.  2 Mos.    RANK.    OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  Captain Jno Williams  Colonel Johnson  STATE Conn
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  Dec 1778  LENGTH OF SERVICE.  2 Mos.  RANK.    OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  Captain Stephen Tucker Colonel Ledyard STATE Conn
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. Feb 1779  LENGTH OF SERVICE.  2 Mos   RANK.    OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  Captain Stephen Tucker  colonel Ledyard STATE Conn
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  Apl 1779  LENGTH OF SERVICE.  6 Mos.     RANK.    OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  Captain Jno Rathbone on U.S.S. Queen of France
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  Oct 1780  LENGTH OF SERVICE.  3 weeks    RANK. Pvt.   OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  Capt. Jno Sloan
Battles engaged in, Bunker Hill 
Residence of soldier at enlistment  Woodstock, Conn. & Lyme N.H.  
Date of application for pension, Aug 27, 1832, cl.al. [claim allowed]   
Residence at date of application, Lyme Grafton Co. N.H. 
Age at date of application, b. 1758 in Woodstock Conn. d. Dec. 14 1833 in Lyme N.H.   
Remarks He mar [married]  Feb. 17, 1782 in Woodstock Conn Deborah b. Mar 15 1762 dau [daughter]  of Ben Lyon & Sarah  
Chil: Sarah b. Dec. 12, 1782. d.  Mar 7, 1784; Polly b. Nov. 26, 1785; Jonathan b June 17 1787;  Sally  b May 19, 1792 Mar. Moses Edgell of Lyme, N. H.; Hannah b. Mar  27, 1794;
Respectfully, Commissioner.
Deborah was al. pension on an app ex. [executed] Aug 22, 1838 while res [residing] in Lyme, N.H.
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Lyme N. H. July 10. 1848 
Dear Sir
I am requested to forward the enclosed applications for your decision, and to have the certificates of granted returned to me. 
Will you have the kindness to send me a copy of the Pension act of Feb 2. 1848 with the regulations on receipt this (by mail) and oblige 
Yours &c 
D.C. Churchill 
Hon J L Edwards Com of Pensions Washington D.C.
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Payment to be made at Concord by Isaac Hill Esq Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Concord N Hampshire 
Payable on the 4th March and 4th September in each year thereafter. 
First payment to be made 31st December, 1838 
Recorded in the Pension  Office, in Book A Vol. 1 Page 46 by
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WAR DEPARTMENT. 
Five years Pension. 
I certify that in conformity with the act of July 7, 1838, Deborah Mason of N. Hampshire widow of Jonathan Mason, deceased who was a Private during the Rev War and died on the fourteenth day of Decr 1833 is entitled to receive five years pension at the rate of Eighty dollars and cents per annum, commencing on the fourth day of March, 1836; and in case of the death or marriage of said widow before the expiration of said five years, the pension will cease on the day of such marriage or death. 
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 15 day of  Decr one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight. 
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Secretary of War. 
Examined and Countersigned. 
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9117 Jon’n. Mason 
Leonard Wilcox Oxford Grafton Co N.H.
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Jna Mason which require further proof or explanation. 
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes 
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes
If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?   
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes 
V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes 
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes 
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes 
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes – 
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No  
XIII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtain No 
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? 
XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? yes 
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes 
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes 
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES. QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For year -- months and -- days, I served as aand days, I served as a For months and for such service I claim a pension.”
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. 
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service. 
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which be belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the affidavits must be properly authenticated, as above directed. 
+QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers. 
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
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Deborah Mason 
Ad 210 
Admitted 
D. C. Churchill Lyme N H
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DECLARATION 
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of 2d February 1848, entitled “An Act making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution.” 
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. 
County of Grafton ss} 
ON THIS  4th day of July 1848 personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, Deborah Mason aged 86 years resident of Lyme in the County of Grafton  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 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War : That she is the Widow of Jonathan Mason who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution - that she drew a Pension under the act of Congress passed 7th June 1844 at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum. 
She further declares that she is still a widow. 
Deborah Mason her mark
Witness Sarah Edgell 
Sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written- Before 
D.C. Churchill of the Peace 
I FURTHER CERTIFY, That the above Declarant is personally known to me. 
D.C. Churchill Justice of the Peace 
State of New Hampshire 
Grafton COUNTY, SS. 
I Jonas D. Sleeper Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that D. C. Churchill is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the twentieth day of May on the nineteenth day of May are genuine. 1844 and will expire 1849 and that his signature above written Given under my hand, and the day of July 1848 
J. D. Sleeper CLERK. 
Sold by John F. Brown, 171, Main-street, Concord, N. H.
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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
Grafton County ss. 
On this fourth day of April 1843. Personally appeared before D.C. Churchill Justice of the County Common Pleas in and for the County and State aforesaid, Deborah Mason a resident of Lyme County of Grafton and State aforesaid, aged in the 81 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 day of March, 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.  That she is the widow of Jonathan Mason who was a Private and marine in the Revolution in the service of the United States he served as she believes under Col Durkee and under Benedict Arnold in the land Service and in the Naval service on and of the vessel called the Queen of France Capt Rathburn Commander,  Commodore Whipples squadron. 
 That she was a pensioner under the act of 7th July, 1838, which she received at the rate of Eighty dollars cents per annum, She further declares that she is still a widow. 
Deborah Mason 
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before me. 
D.C. Churchill J.C.C. Pleas 
I certify that the above declarant is personally known to me 
D.C. Churchill J.C.C. Pleas 
State of New Hampshire 
Grafton County Sct 
I Nathan B Felton Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that David C. Churhill is an acting Judge of said Court in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the 24th day of November D. 1839, and will expire on the 16th day of December AD 1860, and that his two signatures above written are genuine- Given under my hand and the seal of said County this 13th day of April AD 1843- 
N. B. Felton Clerk
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Know ye that I Benjn Lyon of Woodstock in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut of 65 years of age do testify and say that I am  well acquainted with Jonathan Mason of the town Lyme and State of New Hampshire formerly of Woodstock in Connecticut and that he is the same Jonathan Mason who went on board of the Queen of France and was absent from Woodstock about six months.  This took place according to the best of my recollection in the year of 1779 – and further Deponent saith not.  
Beny Lyon 
State of Connecticut in Windham County and town of Woodstock Benjn Lyon Personally appeared in open court and made solemn oath to the truth to the above deposition by him subscribed  and the court hereby certify that the Deponent is a credible witness and that his Statement is entitled to credit.   Woodstoch August 11th 1832 
John Paine Justice of the Peace and Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Woodstock
State of New Hampshire 
Grafton Ss}
Court of Probate at Orford on the 27th of August A.D. 1832 - Ordered by the Court, that the foregoing affidavit of Benja Lyon & the annexed affidavits of Ebenezer Skinner & John Fox to be attached to the declaration of Jona Mayson for a pension as evidence in the case. 
Attest Moses Dow Regr Probate Grafton
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know ye that I Ebenezer Skinner of Woodstock
in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut
years of age do testify and say that I
am well acquainted with Jonathan Mason of
the town of Limen in the State of New Hampshire
and formerly of Woodstock Connecticut that he
is the same Jonathan Mason who served
seven months at Cambridge in 1775 and on
1776 two months more I was knowing to his
being not Providence two months 1778 and that the
said Mason went to Groton in Connecticut. 779
two months as a substitute for William Perrin
and I do further say that the said Mason
went out in the ship the Town of France
and that he was out six months - 1779
and further the deponant saith not
Ebenezer
Skinner
State of Connecticut
Woodstock Windham County ss Personally
the above named Ebenzer Skinner
and made solemn oath of the truth of the above
Deposition by him subscribed and I hereby
certify that the Deponent is a credible witness
and his statement is entitled to credit
Woodstock August 11th 1832
John Paine Justice of the Peace
& Judge of Probate for the District
of Woodstock
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Know ye That I John Fox of Woodstock in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut of 73 years of age do testify and say that I am well acquainted with Jonathan Mason formerly of said Woodstock and now of time in the State of New Hampshire and do say that he is the same Jonathan Mason who enlisted into the same company with me under the command of Capt Ephraim Manning for seven months and that he belonged to Col Durkees Regiment and that the said Mason served the seven months at Cambridge Mass as a private soldier in the year 1775 and I do further say that the said Jonathan Mason in 1776 Returned to Cambridge under the command of Capt Nathaniel Marcy to retrieve the soldiers who volunteered for two months. And I do further testify and say that the said Mason served in the Militia at Providence for two months under the command of Capt John Williams, Belonged to Col Johnson Regiment - and further the Deponent saith not.   
John Fox 
Woodstock Windham County ss Personally appeared in open court John Fox and made solemn oath of the truth of the above Deposition by him subscribed and I hereby certify that the Deponent is a credible witness and his statement is entitled to credit. 
Woodstock August 11th 1832 
John Paine Justice of the Peace and Judge of Probate the District of Woodstock