Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44,912, James Hayward, Mass.
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(8-1776)
SERVICE
Mass
Hayward, James  
NUMBER
S. 44,912

CONTENTS
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1820
Notification sent 25th June
1820 to W. Buel Esqr
Le Roy  New York

15, 133
New York
James Hayward
of Caledonia in the state of New York
who was a Private in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Tuppen of the Massachusetts
me, for the term of Two Years War

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 9 of May 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 9 of Sep 1819
and sent to Wyllis Buel Esqr.
LeRoy, New York

Arrears to 4th of Sep 1819.                    126.99
Semi-anl. all'ce ending Mar. 1820.          48.00
15 Mo. 23 4 / 31 30                                  $174.99

{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}
Continued on the roll
under the law of the 1st
of 1810
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James Hayward
of Caledonia
Claim for Pension

9th May 181
private
Col Tuppers Masstts. Regt.
1781 -- 2 years
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James Hayward
private,
Gennessee [Genessee] Coy [County]
New York
March 1781 to March 1783
Col Tupper's
regimnt. [regiment] Mass
Line
9th May, 1818
Service to be prov [text missing]
Admitted

Ella Smith, ju [text missing]
Le Roy,
Gennesee [Genessee] county
N. York.
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State of New York
County of Genesee

On this ninth day of May eighteen hundred and eighteen before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and from the said County of Genesee in the said State of New York, personally appears James Hayward aged fifty four years on the fourteenth day of April, resident of the town of Caledonia in the said County of Genesee, who being by me first duly sworn according to the 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 James Hayward sometime in the Month of March in the year 1781 enlisted into the  service of the United States for three years at the town of Braintree in the State of Massachusetts and that he joined the company Commanded by Captain Lunt at Nelsons Point in the State of New York in the tenth regiment of the Massachusetts line commanded by Colonel (Benjamin Tupper) Tupper. That he continued to serve in the second Corps or in the service of the United States until the seventh of March in the year 1783 when he received a regular written discharge at the town of Springfield in the State of Massachusetts.
Which is last or Discharge
--taking the refugees
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field battle. That he is in medical circumstance and stands in the need of the assistances of his country for support and that he has as other evidence now in his power of his said service he having lost his discharge
James Hayward
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid Ella Smith
I Ella Smith on of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Genesee in the said State of New York, do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said James Hayward did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceeding declaration against the Common enemy, and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and have before me to the secretary for the department of war, persuant to the declaration of the aforementioned act
Dated the day 9th May 1818 Ella Smith
Ebenezer Lawrence being by me duly sworn before this I saith, that James Hayward is in possession of 25 acres of land held under an article of agreement not paid for on which there is a loghouse but little that improvement has been made, that J Hayward has no personal property except some household furnishing of little value,  that he is able to do some work but not sufficient to support himself comfortably
Ebenezer Lawrence
Sworn and subscribed Aug 17, 1787 before me, James W. Stevens one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for Genessee County New York.
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I certify that it appears to my satisfaction that
James Hayward is a man in reduced circumstances
that he has a wife & five children under ten years of age little property to support them that he is able to do some work at farming but is generally employed at work of a lighter kind, that he is suffered to a pain in his breast which frequently prevents him from doing any kind of labor.
James W. Stevens
Judge as aforesaid

State of New York
Genesee County
I Simeon Cumings Clerk of the
County aforesaid do certify that
Ella Smith & James W. Stevens before
whom the foregoing affidavits were
made were at the date of the foregoing affidavits Judges of the Court of
Common Pleas in said County acting
under the authority of this State
and that the foregoing are their respective signatures. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and County seal at Batavia this 2nd day of Nov 1818
Simeon Cumings
by Saml Lake Dep
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Genesee County ss:
Hereby certify that satisfactory proof on
oath has this day been exhibited before me, that James Hayward within mentioned is in reduced circumstance and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support him also satisfied that the wounds specified in the service Hayward
declaration are a great hindrance to him in labor.
Dated at Batavia August. 11. 1819
Richard Smith one of the Judges
Gen. Con 
State of New York
Genesee County
I Simion Cummings, Clerk of the County aforesaid
do hereby certify that Richard Smith is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in said County, and that the Signature of "Richard Smith" subscribed to the above certificate is in his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and affixed the Seal of said County this 11 day of August A.D. 1819
S. Cumings
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin County [illegible word/abbreviation]
I Rodolphus Dickinson, Clerk of the judicial
courts within and for the said county of Franklin, do certify and attest, that Abel Wilder is a justice of the peace within and for the said county, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of the said commonwealth, and that the foregoing is his signature. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said county, the 8th day of July a. SS.  1819.
                            *Attest, Rodolphus Dickinson, Clerk.
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I Tertius Taylor of Charlemont in the County
of Franklin who serves as a Lieut in Capt Daniel
Lunts Company in Col Benjamin Tuppers
Regt in the Massachusetts line in the 
revolutionary army and I have ^no^ doubts on my mind that James Hayward of Caledonia in the County of Genesee and State of New York Joined sd [said] Company agreable [agreeable] to his dut(ies) ration
before Judge Smith, except that he must have
been mistaken as to the time of entering the service & also of leaving, it must have 1782 that he joined & 1784 that he was discharged, my being absent on furlow [furlough] at the
time he joined the company & immediately upon
my return was detached upon Command & remained absent until the month of September is the I do not positively recollect the fact; but from the various training actions which he mentions having taken place which were known to me, I have no doubt as above stated that his declaration is true 
                                              Tertius Taylor

Franklin SS July 6th 1819 Then the above named Tertius Taylor Personally appeared & made oath to the truth of the foregoing instrument by him subscribed - Before Abel Wilder Justice of the Peace
I the subscriber hereby certify that the above named
Tertius Taylor is man of testability & verasity [veracity]
Abel Wilder Just. (illegible)
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James
Hayward,
Contine
N. 15. 133.
 9th Sept 1819
put to W Burt Eqr
Leroy
Ny
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State of New York}
County of Genesee} Ss

On this Fourteenth day of June one thousand eight hundred and twenty personally appeared in open court being the court of Common Pleas of said county, and a Common Law court of Record established under and by all authority of the State, James Hayward, aged fifty seven years on the fourteenth day of April last now is a resident of the town of Clarkson in the County and State aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows: that he the said soldier Hayward enlisted in the month of March 1782. enlisted into the service of the United States for the term of three years, in the company commanded by Captain Daniel Lunt in the tenth Regiment of the Massachusetts line, commanded by Colonel Tapper at the Town of Braintree in the State of Massachusetts, that in the Month of November to the best of his recollection next following his said enlistment he was transferred into the company commanded by Captain Williams, belonging to the first Regiment of the Massachusetts line commanded by Colonel Joseph Vorce, there he continued to serve in the said
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several camps in the service of the United States until the expiration of two years from the time of his said enlistment to wit [illegible] received 1784 when in consequences of the decision of peace between the United States and Great Britain he received all honourable [honorable] writen [written] discharge from the said Service at the town of Springfield in the State of Massachusetts that his said discharge has been lost or destroyed. That while in the said service he received two wounds at or near Kings Bridge in the State of New York one of which was by a pistol ball in his right hip and the other by a cutlass above his second (illegible] Joint on his left hand which he finds is very injurious to him while laboring that his original declaration was dated on the ninth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and that the number of his pension certificate  which he has received is 15.133 and the said James Hayward doth further declares that he is by occupation a farmer. That he is not able to labor one third of the time. -that he has six children now living with him namely
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Trifasey Hayward who was eleven years old in February last. Sally Hayward who was nine years old in the month of January last Ebenezer Hayward who was seven years old in the month of September last, Edward Hayward was five years old in the month of November last   George Hayward was three years old of October last and Elizabeth Hayward who was one year old in the month of April last. That now of his said children unable to support themselves. That his said oldest child has always been and now is very sickly and feeble.  That his wife Elizabeth Hayward was forty three years old in the month of February last. That she has been for two years past, and now is, in poor health and that she is not able to work more that one half of the time and that she is continually failing in health 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 sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to
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diminish it as to bring myself under
the provisions of an act of Congress,
entitled an act to provide for certain
persons engaged on the land and
named service of the United States
in the Revolutionary war, "passed the
18th day of March 1818 and that I
have not nor had any person in trust
for me any property or securities
cash tracts, or debts due to me nor
have I any income other that what is
contained in the Schedule hereto
annexed and by me subscribed
Schedule
That he is in the occupation of one
hundred and eighteen acres of
land on which there are but
three acres improved. That he
went into occupation under a [Illegible] for the purchase of the same
at eight dollars per the acre
and that he has not paid any thing
toward the said land, and that
in consequence of his not having
been able to make the first payment
all of his claim to the said land
is forfeited, that he has no claim or
title to any other land whatsoever
Schedule of personal property
2 cows $30, 2 calves $4, horses ^very old $5^, 20 pounds of pork ^$1.25^, 30 pounds of flour ^$0.60^ one ounc [ounce] of salt
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and pease [peas] sowed together, one acre and one fourth acre of corn. That he has a small qt [illegible] a one horse harness, one plough, one hoe, one horse saddle, one gridle [griddle], one axe, one pot, one tea kettle, four cups and saucers, four plates, 5 knives and forks, one chest, one table, one note against Stephen Walkley for 17.4 bushels of wheat also one other note against the said Stephen Walkley for one of pork. that he expects to receive in a few days his pension money from the 9th day of April 1818 to the fourth day of March 1820-

Schedule of debts which he owes. 

To Ebenezer Lawrence  $28.70
" John Mc Kinley  $25.50
" Daniel Mc Donald  $11.50
(?)  Hacabin $8.50
" Robert Mc Kay  $85.51
" Jackson  $9.00
" Hooper  $3.00
" Tyler  $2.50
" Clark  A$1.25
" Daniel Mc Kenzie  $2.50
" James Sinclair  $2.50
Total  $180.40
James Haywood
Sworn and Subscribed this
14th day of June 1820. 
"Before me"
S. Cumings Clerk of Genessee Cour. Pleas in Open Court
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I, Simeon Cumings Clerk of the State county of Genesee and of this county court of Record do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath under the schedule and the Schedule thereto annexed and truly copied from the record of the said court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the said property exhibited in the above schedule is Seventy eight Dollars and eighty five cents. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said County 
this fourteenth day of June A.D. 1829

Signature of S. Cumings
[illegible paper or embossed seal]
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RECORD DIVISION.
3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C. ____________19 _______
S.F. 44912 

In reply to your request of ________received _____
for a statement of the military history of James Hayward a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. 

[The data listed in this Table will be presented in columnar form.]

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment 
March 1783 [arrow pointing to} discharged Mch 1784

Length of Service. 
Rank. 
Officers Under Whom Service Was Rendered. 
Captain
Daniel Lunt
   Williams

Colonel. 
Benjamin Tupper 
Joseph Vose

Battles engaged in,  Taking of Refugees near Kingsbridge where he was wounded in right hip & left hand

Residence of soldier at enlistment, enlisted at Braintree, Mass. 

Date of application for pension,  May 9, 1818 [illegible]

Residence at date of application, Caledonia Genesse Co. N.Y.

Age at date of application,  b. Apr 14, 1764

Remarks:  The wife Elizabeth was b Feby 1777 and children Trifasiy b. Feby 1809  Salyy b. Jany 1811  Ebenezer b. Sept 1813  Edward b. Nov. 1815  George b. Oct. 1817 and Elizabeth b. Apr. 1819

The only (?) of that name N.Y. [illegible]

Very respectfully,


Commissioner. 


State. 
10  Mass.
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Stamp reads as follows: 

Adjutant General's Office 
Jan 31
2004634
War Department


[At bottom of page]
Received A.G.O, Jan 31 1913
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C.E.Kolb, President.
I.N.Moore, Vice President. C.W. Brainard, Secretary & Treasurer
John Meyser, Gen. Superintendent J.C. Bird, Mechanical Engineer

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[centered on top of page] Union Steam Pump Company
Manufacturers of The Burnham and The Moore
Steam Pumps
Air Compressors-Condensers-Power Pumps
Battle Creek, Mich. U.S.A. Jan. 29, 1913.

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Cable Address "Union"
Codes Used
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Western Union Private

Secy. Of War.
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir.

I desire to get the record of my Great Grandfather who was in the Revolutionary War as a soldier. He enlisted in the state of New York, I can not say just what county, but his name was James Hayward and he died about 1827 or 1828, and he lived in Monroe County the last few years.

If you cannot locate his record I will try to give you some more information.

Awaiting your reply, I am,
Yours truly,
Earl E. Hayward,
15 N. Union St.,
Battle Creek,
Mich.

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Jan 31 1931
war department"]
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44912
James Hayward

May 9 1818   54
Caledonia N.Y.

Mch 1781  Braintree  Mass. 

Capt Lunt
Col Tupper
Pvt 2 yrs
Several Skirmishes
Recd  [received] two wounds at
Kings Bridge
pistol ball at hip &
Cutlass cut of hand
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3-595.
O. W. And N. Division.
Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions.

Searched by
Claim No.
Certificate No.
Claimant
Soldier
Service
Additional Service
Remarks

Chief of Division.
15444b10m8-1900
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James Hayward.

Soldier in Revolutionary War; served five years; wounded three times; drew a pension of $8 per month.  Came from either Connecticut or New York or some of the Eastern States,
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To what organization or organizations did he belong?

In what engagements was he wounded?

What was his rank?

Age while in service?

Where and when did he die?

Pearce
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[Left side of page]
-1902
Dept Comd [illegible]

[right side of page]
July 30
Mr. Pearce -
1913 Feby 14 Hist. to Earl 2
Hayward .V . L . w .

44912
INVALID.
Revy
File No. 44912
James Hayward.
Priv. Rev. War.
Act: 18th March 1818.
Index :-Vol. 3, Page 213
(Arrangement of 1870.)