Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30178, Jonathan Tyler, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Tyler, Jonathan
S. 30178
CONTENTS

10.565 Massachusetts
Jonathan Tyler
at Middlesex in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Dyer of the Regt commanded by Col. Dade in the Mass line for 29 months
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Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of $3 - Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th day of April 1833 and sent Mary Ann Elizabeth Robson Mass
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $46.66 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept., 36.67 $183.33
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by H. H. Andrew Clerk, Book E Vol. 2a Page 83
79 Moodley

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Lona Tyler
Mass
Plat 22 Months
papers not properly
authenticated
Mar 5 1832
Wyman Richardson Noburn Mass

BRIEF in the case of of
3574 Jonathan Tyler in the State of (Act 7 June, 1839.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a County Probate 2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? — 3. How old is he? 72 4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     About first July '76 - to about 1 Jan'y 77 - — 6 — private Capt. Brewer - Col. Wade   In Aug't '77 - to about last Dec — 4 — " Capt. Abr. Foster Col. Bullard   1 July '78 - to about 1 Jan'y '79 — 6 — " Capt. Benj. Edgell - Col. Jacob   Jan 1779 — 3 — " Capt. Sam Green Col. Howe   " Same year — 3 — " Capt. Sargent  
5. In what battles was he engaged? Bunker's Hill - Surrender of Burgoyne 6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Nobscot 7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? 3 living witnesses — 8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? - The ribbon does not pass under seal
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
H. C. Easton Examining Clerk.

I Isaac Fisher Clerk of the Court of Probate in & for the county of Middlesex hereby certify that the hereto annexed contains the original proceedings of the said Court on the matter of the application of Jonathan Tyler for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 21st day of January A.D. Eighteen hundred & thirty. New
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Aug. 24 th 1832.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that name of Jonathan Taylor Taylor is borne in the Roll of Capt. Benjamin Colwell's Company, in Col. John Jacob's Regiment, from the Massachusetts State, & he is therein stated to have served as a private, six months & three days, from the 1 st day of July 1778, & to be of Waldo.
And that the name of Jonathan Tyler is borne on a roll of Capt. Nathan Sargent's Company, under command of Gen. Gates, doing duty as guards in and about Boston, & that he served therein three months from March 13. 1779.
Edward D. Bangs. Secy.

At same, that in the Rolls, which were often kept by probab ly by illiterate men, the names were frequently spelled wrong, and in this certificate, Jonathan Fayler Fayler was intended for Jonathan Tyler, as I am convinced from an examination and comparison of the Roll of said Col o Benjamin Dugill Company in the Office of the Secretary of State, with the Roll of the same Company, of the same period, which was preserved by said Dugill & now in my possession & from other evidence. —
Jonathan Fayler, of Woburn, in the above Roll, is in the same place & order & date, that Jonathan Tyler, of Woburn, is in the other Roll — & no Jonathan Tyler, is in the first nor Jonathan Fayler in last, which appears to be a copy of the former —
I state this as explanation. — There is Jonathan Nichols' affidavit to the same period of service.
William Blackwell Justice of the peace

Miss Fannie for yard style 3 months 1779.
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Elijah Leathe of Walum in County of Middlesex, Massachussetts, Yeoman of seventy six years of age, testify I say he was born & always lived in said town & been acquainted from a boy with Jonathan Tyler of said Walum Yeoman - I was drafted & said Tyler volunteered to march to the westward & join the Revolutionary Army, on or about the first of August in the year seventeen hundred & seventy seven - we marched to Bannington - then to Manchester N.Y. & to Stillwater. We were put into the Camparm commanded by Captain O'Donahue's Force & in Col. Bullen's Regiment, and marched under command of Lieut. Col. Brown. Said Tyler & myself remained with the army about four months, & were discharged at the same time, a few miles from White Plains on or about the first of December of that year - We were in the battle of Branford Heights Saratoga, on the seventeenth day of October, when Genl. Burgoyne surrendered.  Elijah Leathe
Middlesex August 6 th 1832. Then the above named Elijah Leathe, who is a credible witness & his testimony entitled to full credence, personally appeared & made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him signed -  Before me. Stephen Thompson Justice of the Peace

Delilah Leather for your Tyler 4 months. 1999
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First Schedule for your Tyler 6 months. 1795.
No 3. 2 Ldg Certificate

Jonathan D. Nichols of Wilmington, in the County of Middlesex, - seventy four years of age - Testify, That, I in the Revolutionary War engaged in the service Benjamin Edgell's Company, of Ma- ine, 2 in Col. John Jacob's Regiment, in the year 1778, on an alert the first day of July, for six months, I marched to Bruns- swick, N. Island, thence to Penobscot, & to River- town. The first of August there was a most severe & tedious storm - a few days after that we had a battle with the enemy, on an island - Genl. Sullivan, was Chief Com- mander - a while in that service I was well acquainted with Jonathan D. Nichols Then I saw J. Nicholson in said service, who was in the same Company with me during the whole time, & after our term of six months had expired were discharged at full river - almost the first of January following.
J. N. Nichols
Middlesex ss. August 16 th 1832. Then the above named Jonathan D. Nichols, who is a credible witness, & his testimony en- titled to full credence - personally ap- peared & made oath to the truth of the above affidavit. by him signed.
Before Me. William H. Woodworth Justice of the Peace

William. Spauld of Walum, in the County of Middlesex - Massachusetts, yeoman, sixty nine years of age. Testify & say that I have always been acquainted with your mother Tyler of said Walum - being born & always lived in same town. We both volunteered to go under Captain H. M. Green, same time in July, Seventeen hundred & seventy nine, to Rhode Island, in Col. Howe's Regiment, for three months, & were, at first, sta- tioned at North Hill - then at Point Judith, & were at the end of the term of three months, near Sag Harbor, at North Hill, about the time of the Battle of Burying. Said Tyler & myself, remained with the Revolutionary Army, the whole of said term. - Genl. Sullivan commanded on that station. William Fowle
Middlesex ss. August 10. W. L. When the above named William Fowle, who is a credible witness & his testimony reliable to common persons, personally appeared & made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him signed - Before Me. Stephen Richardson Justice of Peace

And the said Judge of Probate does hereby declares his opinion that after investigating the matter & putting the interrogations proposed by the War Department that the above- named applicant was a soldier in the Massachusetts & served as he states and the said  court  xxix  xxix  xxix  xxix for the reason that it appears to them that Joseph Thwait  was not is a  is a  clergyman  clergyman , resident in  resident in  Wadsworth  Wadsworth , in said county has signed  has signed the foregoing certificate and enclosed papers & their statements entitled to credit.
J. P. May Wood.
I Isaac Fisher Registrar of the Court of Probate aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original Proceedings of the said Court on the matter of the application of Jonathan Tyler for a pension!
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this twenty second day of August AD 1833
I also wish that William Lloyd, Esq. be the agent for the said estate.
also certify that Wyman Richardson whose own handwritten signature is set to the certificates on the depositions of William Howle, Elijah Leavitt & Jonathan Merrill, is the justice of the Peace within said County of Madison.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office the twenty second day of August A D 1832
Dear Sister,

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex
of Massachusetts.
ss.
On this twenty second day of August A.D. 1882 personally appeared in open Court before the Hon. Judge of Probate, now sitting at Charlestown , within and for the County of Middlesex aforesaid
in William Thomas aged seventy two years resident
Who being 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, 1882. That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That is to say
he engaged some time , first of July, 1876 in the Revolutionary war, in Capt. William Company 2 Col. Wadsworth Regiment & marched to Washington and served the term of six months & was discharged about the first of January following. — In August 1877, he engaged in Capt. Abraham Eastern Com- pany of Mass ts Militia & went to Westward in Col. Fullard Regt. & was in the battle of September, at Benton's Heights , & surrendered at Benton, 17 October, to Genl. Patton , & was dis- charged about the end of December. — In 1878, in 1 st Poly , enlisted under Capt. William Company of 2 Col. Wadsworth Regiment & went to Richmond in Col. John Jacob Regiment, under Genl. Sullivan & was discharged about the first of January following.  That in 1879, about the first of August, he engaged in Capt. W. H. Greene Company of Mass ts Militia, under Col. Hovey , & served three months in Richmond In 1880, he again engaged in Capt. William Company & served three months in Charlestown & Boston — Mass ts — In each engagement he served the full term, he engaged & at the end of each term was regularly & honorably discharged. & has no other record than what is contained in the affidavits annexed & certificate of discharge.
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Jonathan A. a clergyman, & Wm Thurston Esq.
He relinquishes every claim, whatever, to a pension or annuity whatever, 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 Tyler
We the undersigned  Joseph Bennett a Clergyman residing in the town of Woburn in the County of Middlesex hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jonathan Tyler who has subscribed and sworn to the above, and that we believe him to be seventy two years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood, where he resides, to have been a soldier in the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,
Wm Thurston Joseph Bennett
And the said Court thereupon proceeded to propound the following interrogatories, which he answered under oath, as follows :
1. Where and in what year were you born ?
Answer, in said Woburn, in the year 1760 - 14 June
2. Have you any record of your age, and where is it ?
Answer, I have - in the records of said Woburn
3. Where were you living, when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live ?
always in or near Woburn
4. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute, for whom ?
Answer, voluntarily every time
5. State the names of some of the regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served, such Continental, and Militia Regiments, as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service ?
Answer, Northam - Lieut. Col. John Smith - Col. Fitzgerald - Col. Richardson - Genl. Stark - In Rhode Island - Genl. Green - Major Hays & others
6. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution ?
Answer, Rev. Joseph Bennett, Col. John Wade, Marshall Hale - Wm Thurston - Deborah Hymen - Jonathan Tyler

Jonathan Tyler 3574-
Hyman Shashoua Volume 1 - 1848
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
By his Excellency LEVI LINCOLN, Esquire, Governor and Commander in Chief in and over said Commonwealth.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Know Ye, That Jerome Gardner Esquire, is a Justice of the Peace, for the County of Worcester.
Levi Lincoln
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned, and that to his Acts and Attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court.
In Testimony Whereof, I have caused the Public Seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto affixed, this twenty fourth day of August, A. D. 1832, and in the fifty seventh year of the Independence of the United States of America.
By His Excellency the Governor,
Edward D. Bangs
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

3574
Jonathan Tyler
[Faint, mirrored text from the reverse side of the page, likely bleed-through from the original letter.]
My dear Richardson Woburn Mass

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Jonathan Tyler 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 III. 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? Yes

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?
Yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
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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?
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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 a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.”

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 he 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.

Harvard. County of Worcester. Aug t . 7. 1832.
Personally appeared before me, Moses Tyler. of Harvard. Aged seventy four years, who being first duly sworn, according to Law, doth on oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7. 1832. That he resided at Woodburn in the County of Middlesex, and State of Massachusetts in 1776, and that he entered the service of the United States as a volunteer at Concord , in Col n . Woodes Reg t . Company commanded by Cap t . Brown. The Lieutenant was Anderson & Fletcher, and served at Nantasket six months, or until the close of that year, and I do further testify and say that Jon s Tyler of Woodburn, County aforesaid also volunteered at the same time, in the same Company and did the same service.
Moses Tyler
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid
Jerome Gardner. Justice Peace

30 178 Rev  INVALID.
File No. 30,178
Jonathan Tyler Rev Rev Rev
Act: June 7 th 89 th
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 427
[Arrangement of 1870.]