Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44.543, Abraham Acly, Continental Mass.

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Acly, Abraham

SERVICE 
Continental
Mass.

NUMBER
S. 44.543

CONTENTS
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9004
New York
~~~
Abraham Acly
of Livingston in the state of New York
who was a private in the regiment commanded by 
Colonel Patterson of the Massachusetts
line, for the term of one year 1776
~~~
Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 13 of April 1818
~~~
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 of April 1819
and sent to T. Wade Esquire
Agent Washington City
~~~
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 | $85.83
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1819 | 48.
[summation line]
| $133.93

{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}
Continued
Notifn [notification] sent Nov 15th 1820
to the Clk [Clerk] of the Court Hudson

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State of New York ⎬
Columbia County ss

Abraham duly of Livingston in the County
and State aforesaid being duly sworn maketh 
oath & saith that he enlisted for one year at
Sharon in Connecticut in January 1776 in the
company commanded by Captain John McKinstry in Colonel John Patterson's regiment in the Massachusetts Continental troops-- The time for which this deponent had enlisted expired the first of January 1777
but at the request of his officers but, at the request of his officers, instead of receiving his discharge, he enlisted again for six weeks longer. In two & three days after this
last enlistment, this Deponent was taken prisoner, at the Battle of Princetown & remained a prisoner in the hands of the enemy for one year and eight months, when he was exchanged.

This Deponent served faithfully in the above
corps from the time he first enlisted until
he was taken prisoner as above mentioned
This deponent further says that he is in indigent circumstances & stands in great need
of the assistance of his country for support.

He has no evidence in his power of his said
Services excepting his own declaration and the
affidavit of Colonel John McKinstry who was
his captain in the above service. 
Sworn this 13th day of April 1818
before me 
Hukiah Dayton
Judge of the Court of common pleas
in & for the County & State aforesaid
Abraham Acly

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State of New York
County of Columbia Ss
John McKinstry of Livingston in the county & state aforesaid being duly sworn maketh oath & saith that he commanded the company to which the within named Abraham Acly belonged from the first of January 1776 untill he was taken prisoner at the Battle of Princeton. The said Acly served faithfully as a drummer and drum major in my said company for more than one year & untill he was taken prisoner as aforesaid -
This Deponent has read the within affidavit of the said Abraham Acly and knows all the facts therein stated to be correct & true
Sworn this 18th day of April 1818
before me [signed] Hezekiah Dayton
a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas
in & for the county & state aforesaid
[signed] John McKinstry

I Hezekiah Dayton do certify that I am well acquainted with John McKinstry above named both personally & by reputation He is as respectable and as credible a man as any in the county of Columbia and the utmost confidence may be placed in any statement made by him I further certify that the said Abraham Acly has proved satisfactorily to me that he in reduced circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his country
[signed] Hezekiah Dayton
Judge as aforesaid

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Abraham Acly
9004
Sept 1819

Sent to the Clerk
of the Court
Hudson, N.Y.
Nov. 15th 1820

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State of New York
Columbia County
City of Hudson} Ss.
On the 25th day of July 1820 personally appeared in open court being the court of common pleas called the Mayors court of the city of Hudson, before the judges of said court Abraham Acly aged sixty seven years resident in the town of Livingston in said county who being duly sworn, doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as folls: That he the said Abraham Acly enlisted for the term of one year on the first day of January 1776 in the state of Connecticut at Sharon in the company commanded by Captain John McKinstry in the Regiment commanded by Colonel John Patterson in the line of the state of Massachusetts on the Massachusetts continental establishment, that he continued to serve in said corps until the first day of January 1777 when he was discharged from the said service in Trenton in the state of New Jersey, that he then enlisted again for six weeks longer as the enemy were then near, this deponant was in the battle of Princeton, and taken prisoner and remained a prisoner with the enemy two years and eight months, he was on board the Jersey prisonship and at the sugar house and suffered extremely from the cruelty of the enemy - this deponant further says that he is by trade a mason but is unable to work. That he is unable to do work of any kind of any consequence that his wife is about sixty six years of age in good health for that age, that he lives with his wife in one room of a small house the rent of which is paid by means of his pension, this deponant further says that should his pension be taken from him he could not subsist without calling on the town for support, or being dependant on private charity

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That his pension certificate is numbered 9.004 and that his first application was made April 13th 1818
[signed] Abraham Acly

I do further 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 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 the 18 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 than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed 
Viz
Six old chairs $1.50   
1 old Bureau - 2
1 p Andirons - 1-12   
six knives & forks - 50
shovel & tongs - 75
1 Bed & bedding 10
1 cupboard 1-50
1 Table - 1
3 Tin [illegible] 38
1 churn - 50
4 pigs - 4-
15 25
$23.25
[signed] Abraham Acly

I Gayer Gardner Clerk of the Mayors court of the City of Hudson, do hereby certify that the foregoing affadavits and schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the Records of

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said court, and do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is twenty three dollars and twenty five cents -
And I do further certify and declare that the said court is a court of record by the statute law of said state, that he said court proceeds according to the course of common law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and that it keeps a record of its proceedings and further that the said court has the power of fine and imprisonment
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court on this twenty eighth day of July one thousand eight hundred and twenty
[signed] G. Gardner
Clerk of the Mayor Court of the City of Hudson

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December 12, 1924

Mrs. F.E. Wygatt (or Mygatt)
Far-Away Farm
Washington, Depot, Conn.

Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 44543 it appears that Abraham Acly enlisted in Sharon, Connecticut January 1, 1776 and served as drummer and drum major in Captain John McKinstry's Company, Colonel John Petterson's Massachusetts Regiment. He was taken prisoner at the battle of Princeton and confinednon board the prison ship "Jersey" and in the "Sugar House" for either one year and eight months or two years and eight months, when he was exchaged.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 13, 1818 while a resident of Livingston, Columbia County, New York. 
In 1820 he stated that he was aged sixty-seven years and referred to his wife aged sixty-six, her name not stated.
Respecfully,
Acting Commissioner.

Date of death 
not on V.B.

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1924 - Dec - 12 - Hist. to Mrs. FE Mygatt - MMS & F
1935 - Oct. 16 - F.E. Mygatt advised how to obtain date of back payment of pension - etc - MMS & F

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44543
Revy INVALID
File No. 44543
Abraham Acly
Priv Rev. War
Act: 18" March 1818
Index: - Vol. 3, Page 3
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Abraham Acly
Massachusetts line
Patterson's Regt.
J. McKinstry's Coma.

[upside down at bottom] Ab. Ackly R 8

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State of New York
County of Columbia ss
On this 13th day of April was before me
the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court
of common pleas in & for the County & State
aforesaid. Personally appears Abraham Acly, 
within named and sixty years resident 
in Livingston in the County & State aforesaid who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the declaration contained in the affidavit by him subscribed on the other side written per order to obtain the provision made by the late act of congress entitled an "act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war".
Hezekiah Dayton
The said Hezekiah Dayton Judge as aforesaid
do certify
that it appears to my satisfaction that the
said Abraham Acly did serve in the
Revolutionary war as stated in his said affidavit
or declaration, against the common enemy 
 - and - I now transmit the testimony & proceedings taken & laid before me the Secretary for the Department of War together with the affidavit of Colonel John McKinstry to me well known, pursuant to
the directions of the act
aforesaid - with my hand set seal of the said County, this 13th day of April 1818.
Hezekiah Dayton
a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Columbia and state of New York
[missing information] try for support

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State of New York, Columbia}
County Clerk's Office - -}
I Certify Hezekiah Dayton, who's signature appears to the annexed Certificate affidavits + which I know to be his is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in aforesaid County.
Witness my name & the Seal of said Court this 16 April, 1818
[SIGNED: C. Miller]
Clerk -

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Abraham Acly
Massachusetts line
Patterson's Reg't.
J. McKinstry's Com.

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U.S. Pension Office
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir:
Can you send me the record of Abraham Acly's pension, he was Drum Major in Washington's Army at Valley Forge (Dec. 1777 - May 1778)
Please let me know the
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FAR-AWAY FARM
WASHINGTON DEPOT
CONNECTICUT

amount due to you for the work. I will send it as soon as I know the amount.
Very truly yours
[SIGNED: Elizabeth Mygatt]
(Mrs. F.E.)

Nov. 24 - 1924.

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Rev

WHERRY & MYGATT
15 BRAOD STREET
NEW YORK

WILLIAM M. WHERRY, JR.
FREDERIC E. MYGATT
THOMAS H. WIGHT

October 15, 1925.

Attention of Mr. Haymaker

Rev.-1812 Wars Section
Revolutionary War Pension Claim S-44543. -
Abraham Acly.

Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pension,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
Referring to your letter of December 12, 1924, to Mrs. F. E. Mygatt, Far-Away Farm, Washington Depot, Connecticut, will you please advise me on the following particulars with regard to pension payments to Abraham Acly:

(1) During what period were pensions paid to him and what is the date of the last pension payment to him?
(2) To what place were the various payments directed?
In addition to this information, will you please also advise me, if your records contain the information:
1. The date and place of death and the place of burial of Abraham Acly; and
2. The date and place of marriage.

Your reply to this letter will be much appreciated, as will doubtless aid me in ascertaining a few genealogical

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Department of the Interior,
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October 15, 1925.

facts with regard to Abraham Acly which are not at present known.

Yours very truly,
[SIGNED: Frederic E. Mygatt, Jr.]

FEM, Jr-JB

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October 16, 1925

Frederic E. Mygatt
15 Broad St.,
New York City.

Sir:
I have to advise you that the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim of Abraham Acly, S.44543, the date and place of his marriage are not given.
In order to obtain the date of the last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the date of his death, you should apply to the Record Section, Civil Division, General Accounting Office, 1800 E St., N.W. Washington, D.C. citing all of the following data: "Abraham Acly, Certificate No. 9004, issued April 5, 1819, rate $ 8 per month, commenced April 13, 1818, Act of March 18, 1818, New York Agency."
Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.