Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23753, John Byam, Mass.

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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Mass

Byam, John
              Sarah

NUMBER
W. 23753

CONTENTS (blank)

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21611
New Hampshire
John Byam of Jaffrey in the State of NH who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Morris of the Rgt commanded by Col Reed in the N. H. line for 3 mos Private 6 "(months) Drummer
Service good 9 mo 21

Inscribed on the Roll of N Hampshire at the rate of 32 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 2d day of Oct 1833 and sent Asa Parker Jaffrey N.H.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833    $80.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 34  16.00
= $96.00

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by  D D Addison Clerk,
Book E  Vol. 1st  Page 761

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38212
New Hampshire Car
Sarah Byam
widow of John N. H. who served in the Revolutionary war, as a mus.n [musician] & pri.

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 34 Dollars 35 cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of Feby 1849 and sent to Hnr Jas Wilson Hof R

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 53 Vol.1.

(right side)
Reported Feby 13/49

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178694 Act Mar 3
June 25th '55
_____________________
Sarah Byam Widow
of John Byam
Mass & Pens
_____________________
Rev Pensioner

Rev. War
_____________________
3842
NH pes48-3842
_____________________
Av: 160 Acr June 4/56
BOY[rest illegible]
______________________
John Fox
Jaffrey
N.H.

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No 30590 [illegible] 
June 13/56
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Vol B=2=183

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26989
Declaration of John Byam
of Jaffrey
Cheshire Cy N H.

Drummer 6 months
Private 3
(total) 9

Capt. Moore's Compy
Col. Reed's Regt Mass

Asa Parker
Jaffrey N. H.

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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.

State of New-Hampshire County of Cheshire ss

On this thirteenth day of June 1833 personally appeared before the Hon. Aaron Matson Judge of the Court of Probate for said county John Byam a resident of Jaffrey in the county of Cheshire and state of New Hampshire aged seventy one 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 7th, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That is to say - 

1st - That he entered the service on the first of December A.D. 1776 as a drummer in the company of Capt John Minot and Benjamin Lawrence of Groton was Lieutenant - that he marched from Chelmsford Mass. to Boston, where he was stationed and did duty for the term of three months. Recollects no field officers, & does not know that he was attached to any regiment.

2nd - That on the first of April A.D.1778, he again entered the service as a drummer, and marched to Cambridge Mass to guard Burgoynes troops. He served three full months at this time, in Capt. Mores Company - Lieut Proctor - and as he thinks in Col Reeds Regt - was there when Lt Brown of the British troops was shot by one of the guards for attempting to pass the lines without a permit. He further states that he has no documentary evidence of this service and knows of no person by whom he can prove it.

3rd - That about the first of Augt 1780 he entered the service as a private in the company of Capt Amos Foster and Col. Haws regt. That he marched from Chelmsford to Rhode Island, and was stationed at Butts Hill the greater part of the time he served, which was three months - that though he enlisted as a private he did the duty of a drummer, and that when the aforesaid term expired, he was dismissed and returned home. 

(written on left side vertically)
Vol 2 p 42 or
Vol 2 p 84 - no roll
Vol 2A p 82 or

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[handwritten:]
was born in Chelmsford Mass in the year 1761-- there is a record of his age at said Chelmsford--was living at Chelmsford when called into the service has lived at Jaffrey aforesaid since he removed from Chelmsford and now lives at said Jaffrey -- volunteered each time -- Does not now recollect any other officers than those before named, except a Major Clapp at Rhode Island -- Never received any written discharge -- Rev. Laban Ainsworth and Lt. Oliver Baron live near me and I believe can testify as to my character for veracity, and their belief of my services as a soldier of the revolution --
[printed:]
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
[signature:] John Byam

[printed:] Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[handwritten:] before me Aaron Matson Judge of Probate

We, Laban Ainsworth a Clergyman residing in the town of Jaffrey N.H. and Oliver Baron residing in the same town, do hereby certify that we are acquainted with John Byam who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration ; that we believe him to be seventy one years of age ; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and we concur in that opinion.
Laban Ainsworth
Oliver Barton

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before one Aaron Matson Judge of probate
And I do hereby declare my 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 I further certify that the applicant cannot from bodily infirmity attend the Court and that the proceedings were had out of Court. I further certify that it appears to me that Laban Ainsworth, who has signed the [illegible] certificate is a Clergyman Resident in the Town of Jaffrey and that Oliver Baron who has also signed the same is a resident in said Jaffrey and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
Aaron Matson Judge of Probate

I, Asa Parker Register of the Court of Probate for sd County of Cheshire do hereby Certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Court in the matter of the application of John Byam for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand a seal of office, this thirteenth day of June A.D. 1833 --
Asa Parker Reg. of said Court of Probate

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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,}
CHESHIRE COUNTY SS.}

ON this thirteenth day of August A.D. 1838, personally
appeared before me Fredrick Vose Esq Judge of Probate
by and for said County of Cheshire, at her dwelling house
Sarah Byam a resident of Jaffrey in the County of Cheshire aforesaid
aged seventy three 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 John Byam who was a soldier in
the Revolutionary War, and served according
to the best of her knowledge and belief in all
during said was nine months, in three different
terms - of three months cash - one at Boston -
one at Cambridge - one at Rhode Island. -
at Boston & at Cambridge the two first being
he was a drummer. - She does not recollect
the officers.-
That her husband was a Pensioner under
the act of 1832 - made his declaration
in said County of Cheshire - was on
the Roll of the New Hampshire agency
and resided at the time at Jaffrey 
aforesaid.

She further declares that she was married to the said John Byam on the
twenty fifth day of November in the year seventeen hundred and
eighty four; that her husband, the aforesaid John Byam
died on the sixth day of January AD 1835; 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. that she has
never since been married to any other person, - that her maiden
name was Sarah Heywood.
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before Sarah Byam
me, Frederick Vose, Judge of Probate.
I certify that the above applicant is unable to

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attend Court by reason of bodily infirmity.
Frederick Vose, Judge of Probate. [signature]

State of New-Hampshire}
Cheshire County ss.}

I Henry Coolidge Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the County of Cheshire, certify, that Frederick Vose was on the thirteenth day of Augt. inst. [instant] and still is Judge of Probate in and for the County of Cheshire duly commissioned and Sworn - and that his name subscribed to the foregoing certificate is his genuine Signature

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Superior Court at Keene this fifteenth day of August Anno Domini Eighteen hundred and thirty eight
H. Coolidge Clerk [signature]

[seal]

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State of New-Hampshire}
Cheshire County ss.}

I Henry Coolidge Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the County of Cheshire, certify, that Frederick Vose was on the thirteenth day of Augt. inst. [instant] and still is Judge of Probate in and for the County of Cheshire duly commissioned and Sworn - and that his name subscribed to the foregoing certificate is his genuine Signature

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Superior Court at Keene this fifteenth day of August Anno Domini Eighteen hundred and thirty eight
H. Coolidge Clerk [signature]

[seal]

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178694

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The State of New Hampshire 
County of Cheshire ss }

On this thirty first day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Sarah Byam aged ninety years a resident of Jaffrey in the State of New Hampshire who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of John Byam who was a musician and private in the Revolutionary War between the United States and Great Britain declared on the fourth day of July A.D. 1776; that her said husband continued in actual service in said war for the term of one month and more according to the belief of the said Sarah and was honorably discharged therefrom but she is unable to give further particulars of his service and discharge than she has given above.

She further states that she was married to the said John Byam in Chelmsford in the State of Massachusetts on the twenty-fifth day of November A.D. 1785 by one _____________ Crossman a Baptist clergyman 
That her name before her said marriage was Sarah Haywood. That her said husband died at Jaffrey in the State of New Hampshire on the sixth day of January A.D. 1835 and that she has ever since remained and now is a widow.

She further states that she is a pensioner of the United States under the Act of February 2d 1848. That her pension certificate is numbered 3842

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recorded in the Pension Office on the roll of pensioners under Act February 2d 1848 page 53 vol. 1 and that for further particulars in regard to the military service of her said husband, of their marriage and of his death she here refers to the evidence now on file in the Pension Office on which her said pension was granted.

She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under "the act approved March 3, 1855" - hereby declaring that neither she nor her husband to the best of her knowledge information or belief have ever applied for or received any bounty land under this or any previous act of Congress. 

She further states that she was a pensioner on the roll of the New Hampshire Agency under the act of July 7, 1838.

Sarah Byam [signature]

Witness
Harvey Gillmore [signature]

We Elias Smiley and Harvey Gilmore residents of Jaffrey in the state of New Hampshire upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Sarah Byam above named in our presence; and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be; and that we have been acquainted with said Sarah Byam ever since the decease of said John Byam and know that she has ever since remained and still unmarried 
[signatures]
Elias Smiley
Harvey Gilmore

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The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the appiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim

John Fox Justice of the Peace [signature]

State of New Hampshire 
County of Cheshire ss }

I Leonard Bisco clerk of the court of Common Pleas of said state, for said county, do hereby certify that John Fox, Esq, before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavit were made, was, at the said date thereof a Justice of the Peace within and for said county duly authorized by the laws of this state to take depositions and affidavits - oaths and that his signature thereof is in my belief genuine.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court this fifth day of June A.D.1855.

Leonard Bisco, Clerk [signature]
[seal]

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Middlesex County} ss.
Town of Chelmsford
August 20th 1838

It appears by the registry of Marriages in the Town of Chelmsford, County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts /Liber R page 39/ that "John Byam and Sarah Heywood were married November twenty eighth seventeen hundred and eighty four by Abisha Grosman Pastor of the Baptist Church in Chelmsford "
And I hereby certify that the above is a true extract from the records in said Chelmsford with the exception of the date which is expressed in said records in fair, legible figures as follows "Nov. 28th 1784"

Eli F. Webster Clerk of Chelmsford [signature]

I, Eli F Webster above named, do testify, depose and say that I hold the office of Clerk in the Town, County, and Commonwealth aforesaid, and that the records of said Town, are in my possession, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town of Chelmsford with the exception above named as certified by me
Eli F Webster Clerk of the Town of Chelmsford [signature]

Middlesex S.S.   Augt 20, 1838
Sworn to before me the subscriber
J. M. Reed Justice of the peace [signature]

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Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 23753

Sarah Byam Widow of John Byam 

Pri Rev War

Act Feb 2d 48
Index: Vol A. Page 111

[Arrangement of 1870.]

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I Simon Parker of Lowell in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts on oath depose and say that I was seventy four years of age on the 25th day of October last past. That I am now well acquainted with John Byam of Jaffrey now living in said Jeffrey in the State of New Hampshire and have been well acquainted with him from his youth, the said John Byam formerly enlisted in the tour of Chelmsford in which town I have always lived until Lowell was set off and incorporated from Chelmsford when I became an inhabitant of Lowell. I further testify that I know that the said John Byam served three months as a soldier in the Revolutionary War and went during the said time to the State of Rhode Island in the year A.D. 178. I believe the said three months service was performed by the said John Ryan in the aforesaid campaign as one time in the company of militia commander by Capt. Foster of Tewksbury and in Col. Howe's Regiment, and I further testify that I served myself the same time as a soldier in the 
[seal]

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same Company and Regiment aforesaid with the same John Byam and am personally knowing to
his having performed the said service.
[signature] Simon Parker

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex County, Town of Lowell
On this seventh day of May eighteen hundred and thirty three, personally came above named Simon Parker and in my presence signed the foregoing affidavit
and made oath to the truth thereof before me.
In testimony whereof John R Adams a Notary public and a Justice of the Peace residing in the
Powell have hereunto set my hand
and affixed my notarial Seal of Office the day and aforesaid
John R Adams, Notary Public
& Jus. Peace

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May the 8th 1833. I certify that I am well acquainted with Simon Parker who has signed the foregoing affidavit and made oath to the truth thereof before me and that he is credible and disinterested witness
John R. Adams [signature]
Not Pub and Jus . Peace
[Notary Public and Justice of the Peace]

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1308
1060
Sarah Byam wid of John NH Declarant & Evede [evidence] of Identity

[seal]

March 1784 died 1835
Act of July 38
Allow 6 m 2 day Musician & 3 or for $34.35 per am [annum]

7h M Edward  Es
Keene NH

State of New Hampshire}
Cheshire County ss.}
I Henry Coolidge, Clerk of the Superior
Court of Judicature for the County
of Cheshire certify that Th M Edwards
was on the thirteenth day of August
instant and still is a Justice of the Peace
in and for the County of Cheshire duly
commissioned and sworn - and that his name subscribed to the within certificate is his genuine signature

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set 
my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at
Keene this fifteenth day of August eight
eighteen hundred and thirty eight

H. Coolidge, Clerk [signature]

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We Harvey Gilmore and Mary Gilmore lawful age depose and say that we are acquainted with John Byam late of Jaffrey in the County of Cheshire, New Hampshire deceased that he was a Revolutionary pensioner that he died on the sixth day of January A.D. eighteen hundred and thirty five - that he left a widow Sarah Byam who survives and remains his widow - and has not since married to any other person. -
[signatures] Harvey Gilmore
Mary Gilmore

State of New Hampshire
Cheshire ss - Augt 13. 1838
Subscribed & Sworn before me
Thomas Edwards [signature]
Justice of the Peace

I certify that the above deponents are credible persons. -
Thomas Edwards [signature]
Jus Peace

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State of New Hampshire
Cheshire County ss.
I Henry Coolidge Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the Cheshire County, certify that  [unreadable] was on the thirteenth day of August instant and still is a justice of the Peace in and for the County of Cheshire duly commissioned and sworn and that his name subscribed to the within certificate is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Keene this fifteenth day of August A.D. eighteen hundred and thirty eight.
H. Coolidge Clerk

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1331
New Hampshire 
Sarah Byam widow of John Byam who was a musician  & Priv in the N.H. line for 6 mos & 21 d. M.
3 mo Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
34 Dollars & 35 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4th day of August, 1843 and sent to the  M. Edwards
Keene N. H.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 14

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free.

178694

[stamp:]
FITZWILLIAM N.H
JUN
22
[end]

Hon. L P. Waldo.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington

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30.590

[illegible]

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178694 [underlined]

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Jaffery N.H. June 21. 1835.
To Hon L. P. Waldo,
Dear Sir.
Enclosed you will find all the
necessary papers, I suppose, which are required to allow you to issue a Land Warrant to Mrs. Sarah Byam, the applicant, she is quite old and indigent, and your early attention to this claim, will be
an act of kindness to the deserving. Should anything more be required to establish her claim, or should you grant the warrant at
once, as I hope you will do, please in either case direct to me,
Very respectfully yours,
John Fox

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, August 24th 1838.
I hereby Certify, That Jonathan M. Reed Esqr. of Chelmsford is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex, in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned ; and taht to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court; and he has been a Justice of the Peace as aforesaid for the month last past.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John P. Bigelow
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

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Butterfield & Parkhurst
Affidavits --

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I, John Butterfield of Chelmsford in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, sixty six years of age, do depose and say that I entered the Militia Service in the War of Revolution as a private in Capt. Amos Foster's Company in Col. How's Regiment. for the term of three months in the year 1780-I marched from Chelmsford to Rhode Island where I was stationed, and remained there until the experation of said term. and I do further say an oath, that I am well acquainted with John Byam, then of Chelmsford and now of Jaffrey N.H. and the said Byam entered the service at the same time with me in the same company as a private said Byam was my Messmate, and was with me during the whole time of three months for which we both enlisted, and I I no know that the said Byam served in the War of the Revolution at this Campaign three months. 
John Butterfield

Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Middlesex SS.
On this eleventh day of May A.D. 1833, the above named John Butterfield, who is well known to me as a credible and disinterested witness, and made oath, that above written affidavit by him subscribed was was true --
Before me, Joel Adams, Justice of the Peace

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I, Samuel Parkhurst of Chelmsford in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, seventy three years of age, depose and say, that in 1776 I entered the Militia Service as a private in Capt. John Minots Company in the War of the Revolution for the term of three months, and John Byam, then of Chelmsford but now of Jaffrey, N.H. entered the same Company with me as a Drummer we marched from Chelmsford to Boston, where we were stationed a remained there on duty for the term of our enlistment to wit, three months. I was then, and am now, well acquainted with said Byam, and I do know that he served as a Drummer in said Minots Company three months. I do not now recollect our field officers - Benjamin Lawrence of Groton was our Lieutenant.
Samuel Parkhurst [signature]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex ss.
On the 21st day of May A.D. 1833 The above named Samuel Parkhurst (who is personally known to me as a credible witness) Personally appeared and made oath that the above written affidavit by him subscribed was true.
Before me Joel Adams J. Peace [signature]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss.
I, Elias Phinney Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, being a court of record in said county of Middlesex, do certify that Joel Adams Esquire is a Justice of the Peace, within afore said County and that his name set to the aforegoing certificate respectively is his own proper signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court the twenty third day of May 1833.
E. Phinney [signature]

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New Hampshire (C.) 1069
Sarah Byam
widow of John Byam, Decd.
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 Jun, 1832 and who died on the 6th of January, 1855 of Cheshire in the State of N. Hampshire who was a musician & [illegible] in the company Commanded by Captain Morris of the Regt. commanded by Col. Reed, in the N. Hampshire line for 6 mos. 21 days -Musician 
3 months private --
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Hampshire the rate of 34 Dollars 35 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20th day of November, 1838 and sent to Thos. M. Edwards, Keene, N.H.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1838 = $85.87
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar 1859 [?] = 17.17
=====
$103.04

{Act July 7, 1838.}
Recorded by S. A. Elliot Clerk,
Book A, Vol. 1, Page 34.

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22=         3.44
2.22          12
13            43.92
24.35
10

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146.3
Declaration
of
Sarah Byam

Please return to Thos. M. Edwards
Keene NH.

$34.35 per annum

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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. 
Cheshire COUNTY, ss. } 

On this twenty third day of March 1843 personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire, Sarah Byam a resident of Jaffrey in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire, aged seventy eight 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 of March, 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of John Byam who as a musician & Private in the Revolution and died on the Sixth day of January AD 1835   

That she was a pensioner under the act of July 7th 1838. at the rate of Thirty four dollars and thirty five cents per annum and was paid at the Agency in Concord State of New Hampshire she further declares that she is still his widow 
Sarah Byam [signature]

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, Before me, 
Laban Rice [signature]
Justice of the Peace.

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State of New Hampshire 
Cheshire ss. 

I Leonard Bisco Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Cheshire, it being a Court of Record, Certify that Laban Rice is one of the Justices of the Peace for said County duly commissioned and qualified according to Law - and that his signatures as within written are genuine 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court of Common Pleas this 23d day of May AD 1843 

Leonard Bisco Clerk [signature]

[seal]

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We Arthur Taylor and Mrs Nancy Taylor of Jaffrey in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire of lawfull age depose and say that we were acquainted with John Byam late of Jaffrey in said County deceased. 
That the died on the sixth day of January AD 1835 that he left a widow Sarah Byam who was a pensioner under the act of July 7th 1838 and who still survives and remains his widow 
Arthur Taylor 
Nancy Taylor
[signatures]

State of New Hampshire 
Cheshire County ss. }
March 13 1843 
Subscribed and sworn to Before me 
Laban Rice Jus Peace [signature]

I certify that the above deponents and credible persons 
Laban Rice Jus Peace [signature]

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DECLARATION. 
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of second of February, 1848, entitled "An Act making further provision for surviving widows of soldiers of the Revolution."

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, 
CHESHIRE COUNTY, ss. }

On this Eleventh day of August 1848 personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, Sarah --- - Byam a resident of Jaffrey in the County of Cheshire aged 83 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 second day of February, A. D. 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War; that she is the widow of John Byam who was a Drummer in the Army of the Revolution 

That she received a pension of Thirty five dollars and thirty five cents per annum, under the act of 17th of June, 1844.
She further declares that she is still a widow. 


STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE, 
CHESHIRE COUNTY, ss. }
Sworn and subscribed to, this Eleventh day of August 1848 
Amasa Kinne Justice of the Peace [signature]

I CERTIFY that the above deponent is personally known to me, and that she is the same individual who drew a pension a stated by her in the foregoing affidavit.

Amasa Kinne Justice of the Peace [signature]