Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10,784, Elias Twist, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass
Twist, Elias
NUMBER
R, 10,784
CONTENTS

N o 34,581.
Elias Twiss N.Y. Declaration for a pension

State of New York
Albany County ss: On this twenty first day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight personally appeared in open Court before the Justices of the Justices Court of the City of Albany now sitting Elias Twist a resident of the Village of West Troy in the County of Albany and State of New York aged seventy eight years on the third day of October last past, 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 Officers and as hereinafter stated -
That in the fore part of the year one thousand seven hundred & seventy six this declarant enlisted in a company formed of citizens then residing in the Towns of Sutton, Charlton, and Oxford in Worcester County Massachusetts, commanded by Captain Andrew Elliot of Sutton. That their place of Rendezvous was in the Town of Sutton -
That this declarant with the rest of the company were marched from Sutton about the first of March in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six, and were marched to Providence, Rhode Island, and that he this declarant & his company remained there & in the neighborhood until March in the year one thousand seven  seventy seven hundred & seventy seven. That while they remained there, this declarant and his company were engaged in building & repairing the breast works at Providence and in guarding the entrance to that place and in preventing the British from landing -
That this declarant was enlisted for a year and was out on this tour & in the service of the United States upwards of a year from the time he left home until he returned -

That while he this declarant was at Providence he was once employed as one of the guard to conduct one John Heat to the gallows who as he understood was hung for being a traitor -
That he returned home to Charlton Worcester County Mass. in the Month of March in the year One thousand seven hundred & seventy seven - And again in the Month of April in the same year he enlisted as a volunteer in a company raised in his neighborhood commanded by Captain John Fish - Lieutenant Jonathan Tucker. and marched with his company from Sutton, Worcester County Mass. across the Green Mountains by the way of Bennington Vermont, and joined the Americans at Ticonderoga in the State of New York in the fore part of the Month of April in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven -
That he remained in the State of New York and in the service of the United States from the time until the Month of October in the same year until after Burgoyne was taken -
That during the period he was engaged in the service of the United States in the year one thousand seven hundred & seventy seven he was at Lake George, Ticonderoga, Fort Edward, Saratoga and at other places in the State of New York and that at those times when he was not actually engaged in marching & in battle he was engaged in aiding in making & repairing the forts, breastworks & other works which he does not now distinctly recollect but he does however distinctly recollect that the he remained in New York for the length of time above stated in the service of the United States. That he was engaged in the battle at Saratoga & was there at the time Burgoyne surrendered -

That in consequence of his old age & consequent loss of memory he cannot state his services more particularly than he has stated them above, but he is confident that he has served the United States in the revolutionary war at Rhode Island as above stated upwards of a year, and in the State of New York as above stated about seven months from the first of April to the latter part of October 1777. That for the reason above stated he cannot state more particularly than he has done the names of the officers under whom he served and that he does not know whether any of the officers under whom he served are now living and that he has not been able to find any person now living who served with him in the revolutionary war & who can testify to his services & that he does not know whether any of the members of the company to which he belonged are now living or not.
That he has not been in Worcester County for nearly forty years and does not know whether there are any persons living there who can testify to his services and that he is too old & feeble to make a journey to that place.
That he was born in the Town of Charlton Worcester County Massachusetts on the third day of October in the year one thousand seven hundred & seventy seven fifty nine. That he has now in his possession a record of his age.
That at the time he entered the service he resided in the Town of Charlton Worcester County Massachusetts. That he removed from there with his father's family to Washington County in the State of New York about or a little before the close of the revolutionary war. And continued to reside there until about fifteen years ago when he removed to the said Village of West Troy in the County of Albany, where he now resides.

That he volunteered & was a private That he recollects having seen Genls. Arnold, Schuyler, & Van Rensselaer, but can not now recall to his memory the names of other officers he saw during the Revolutionary War That he has never received any written commission or discharge -
That he is acquainted with the Revd. Elder Frederick Parks, and Thomas Shimpston and others in his present place of residence &c. Can testify as to his character for veracity & their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution -
That he was not employed in any civil pursuit for any term during which the aforesaid service was performed.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State -
That in consequence of his age & a tremble of his hand he cannot write his name Subscribed & sworn to this 21st. his day of April A.D. 1838 in open Elias + Twist Court. J. G. Watson clerk. mark.
We Frederick S. Parks a clergyman and residing in the Village of West Troy, and Thomas Shimp- ston and Abel W. Richardson also residing in the Village of West Troy, and all in the County of Albany and State of New York, do severally certify that we are well acquain- ted with Elias Twist who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy eight years of age; that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution; and that we do severally concur in that opinion.

Subscribed & sworn to this 21 st day of April A.D. 1838 in open Court
J. G. Watson Clerk
F. J. Pake,
Thos Shrimpton
A. W. Richardson
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 & served as he states in
And the Court further certify that it appears to them that Frederick S. Parks who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in the Village of West Troy, Albany County, New York. That Thomas Shrimpton & Abel W. Richardson who have also signed the preceding certificate are residents of the said Village of West Troy and that all of said persons are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit.
I John G. Watson Clerk of the Justice Court of the City of Albany do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Elias Twist for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this twenty first day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight
J. G. Watson Clerk

March 15, 1939.
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BA-J/GC aw Elias Twist R.10784
Mrs. G.W.Rice 67 Albemarle Street Rochester, New York.
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Elias Twist, pension claim R.10784.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim R.10784, based upon service in the Revolutionary War of Elias Twist.
Elias Twist was born October 3, 1759, in Charlton, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Names of his parents are not shown.
On April 21, 1838, while a resident of West Troy, Albany County, New York, Elias Twist applied for pension and alleged that while a resident of Charlton, Worcester County, Massachusetts he enlisted March 1, 1776, served one year as private in Captain Andrew Elliot's company; enlisted sometime in April 1777, served seven months as private in Captain John Fish's company, was at the surrender of Burgoyne and the battle of Saratoga.
His claim for pension was not allowed as he failed to furnish proof of service of six months in accordance with requirement of the pension law.
Elias Twist moved with his father's family from Charlton, Worcester County, Massachusetts to Washington County, New York about the close of the war, lived there until about 1823, when he moved to West Troy, Albany County, New York.
There are no family data shown, other than the reference to his father's family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

Rochester, N.Y. Jan. 31-1939
Veterans Administration:
Dear Sir;
Will you kindly give me the Genealogical data contained in the pension application of a Revolutionary ancestor named Elias Twist. I think the application is # R 10784. He enlisted from Charlton, Mass. and applied for a pension from West Troy, N.Y.
If he received a pension, please direct me how to obtain the data as to the last payment of pension and date of death. Thank you.
Respectfully
Grace S. Rice
Mrs. G. W. Rice 67 Albemarle St. Rochester, N.Y.

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
10,784.
P. O.
Olias Twist
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized.
_____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis.
Searched for _____, 18
1939 - Mar. 15 - West To Trace R. P. Miller

76. Andrew Elliott X 77. Jno Fish
R. 9 th N. York
12 mo. 7 th
X vol 2 p 3 - on alarm - not on 19-4 77-taking Burgoyne - not on

34,581 Rejected N.Y.
Set. to G. S. Sams, July 20, 1838.
10784

Apr 27
My Elias First Oct 1832
Watkinsville April 24
J. J. Edwards Esquire Town of Painesville City of Washington
1832

West Troy Oct 4 th 1842
Dear Sir,
Enclosed I forward to your department the declaration of Elias Twist for a pension As early attention as your convenience will allow, and an answer to the same will greatly oblige him
Respy. Your Servant L. S. Lakin,
J. L. Edwards Commr. of Pensions

War Dept
Pen: 14
July 20, 38
Sir
The claim of Elias Tivest has been examined & disallowed. He alleges 12 mo service in R. I. D under Capt Andrew Elliott of the Worcester County Militia state of Mass. from 1 March 76 to March 77 and 7 mo service in New York in 77 under Capt John Fish.
The rolls of Capt Andrew Elliott of Col. Holmans Regt disprove the allegation as to service under him. He was out on an alarm to R. I. D in Dec. 76 for a few days but the claimant was not under him - and the aggregate of all the service of that officer was less than 6 mo during the reorg. war.
As to the other term no evidence is furnished by the Mass. rolls that there was such an officer of the militia as Capt John Fish and certain it is that no part of the militia of that state was subjected in that campaign to New York to a term of service equal to one half of that alleged. No reason is

assigned for the delay of his application and no evidence furnished from the numerous survivors of the Mass. militia His papers are placed on file
L. S. Lansing West Troy July 28, 1838. A.C.
L. S. Lansing Esq West Troy N.Y.