Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30,221, Jonathan Woodward, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Woodward, Jonathan
NUMBER _____
d. 30,221
CONTENTS

28834
31.4.60 New York
Jonathan Woodward of Wilton in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company I. commanded by Captain Porter of the Reg't commanded by Brown in the Mass line for Private 8 mos & 18 days $27.85
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 2) Dollars 85 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th day of July 1834 and W. L. F. W. W. W. Tadoussac Springs, N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of March '34 $83.55 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept - " 13.92 $97.47
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Vincent Luce Clerk, Book E Vol. 4 Page 135

29609 Jonathan Woodward
Revolutionary claim 3
July 7
to Col. Camp for the March 22
or before Oct 1
Admitted to Private 118 Regt
Genl. Lewis Cass Secretary of War Washington City.
Wm L. H. Warren Esq. Saratoga Springs N.Y.

29609 Jonathan Woodward
Revolutionary claim 3
July 7.
to Col. Bangs for the March 22
Onion Oct 2
Admitted Private 8th Regt NY Inf
Genl. Lewis Cass Secretary of War Washington City.
Wm L. H. Warren Esq. Saratoga Springs N.Y.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjunctive notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Jonathan Woodward.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     enlisted 1776. 6. priv. Porter Capt Peter bold Druid. 73. Years old born in Litchfield Conn.   Aug st 80 1 12 " Capt Philips 1 Living Witness from the Service credible   " 81 1 6 " Capt King Certificate of clergy and citizen Reasons for not attending Court informity Papers Authenticated  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were attached to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed upon the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c.; Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d), with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
Proof of the alleged service in Capt Porter's Company may be obtained by applying to E. D. Farnsworth Secretary of the

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one or more of the following interrogatories, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  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 services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. 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. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 each 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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is required in all cases.
[h] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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 official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are generally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
State of Massachusetts

Jonathan Woodward Map
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BRIEF in the case of Jonathan Woodward  Co of Middlesex in the State of Mass.  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 92  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. As a Gen.     In 1776. volunteer 5 Sergeant Capt Ford Col Read   1777 " " 1 18 "   " " " 1 18 Capt Varnum  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? at Burgoyne's surrender  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Dunstable Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary & documentary. two living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The papers are not attached agreeably to the regulations. 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Taylor
Examining Clerk.

16068
Jonathan Woodward
David Richardson Esq Lyngborough 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 Woodward which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yy II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yy 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? yy 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? yy VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yy VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yy VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yy IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yy 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? yy

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? yy
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
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?
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? yy
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? yy
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? no
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? yy
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? no
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
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 each 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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
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 official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates 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 ends 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

I Eleazar Farnell of Lynnborough Ms aged swenty two years old testify and say that in the year 1777 I served in Capt John Ford Company for thirty days and I know that Jonathan Woodward of Lynnborough served in the same com- pany from the time I entered it until I was discharged and how much more I know not
Eleazar his Farnell mark
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex County ss.
On this 25 th day of September AD 1832 personally appeared before me Daniel Richardson a justice of the Peace for said County of Middlesex Eleazar Farnell who is well known to me as a man of truth and veracity and who signed the above in my presence and made oath that the above deposition by him signed is true
Daniel Richardson Justice of Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss.
I Isaac Fiske, Register of the Court of Probate, in and for said County of Middlesex hereby certify that Daniel Richardson, whose own proper signature is set to the above certificate was at the date of said certificate and now is a Justice of the Peace within said County. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court. This fourth day of June in the year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundred and thirty three. I also certify that the proper attests annexed contain the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Jonathan Woodward for a probate Isaac Fiske Reg.

I James Cummings of Dunstable in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged seventy three do testify and say that in the year 1776 I enlisted into the service of the United States for five months went to Ticonderoga and served the full term of five months in the Company commanded by Capt John Ford in Col Jonathan Reeds Regiment being the 23 d Regiment of Foot - at Ticonderoga and elsewhere - I well knew Jonathan Woodward then of Dunstable and now of that part of Dunstable called Symmesborough and who is now present before me and I testify and say that he the said Woodward served in said Company as a Sergeant as long as I did,
James Cummings
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss. Be it remembered that on the eleventh day of August A.D. 1832 the above named James Cummings personally appeared before me Daniel Richardson a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Middlesex and made oath that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed contains the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth - and I do hereby certify that I am acquainted with the said James Cummings and that he is a credible witness
Daniel Richardson Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss I Israel Fiske Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County of Middlesex hereby certify that Daniel Richardson whose own proper signature is set to the above certificate was at the date of said Certificate and now is a Justice of the Peace within said County. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this fourth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three. Israel Fiske

By Jonathan Reed Esqr Col d & Commander of the 23 rd Reg t of Foot
Colony of the Massachusetts Bay
To Jonathan Woodward
Greeting
Receiving Special Trust and confidence in your patriotism valour conduct & fidelity do by these presents constitute and appoint you 3 rd Serjeant of the company commanded by Capt. John Thord of the Reg t whereby I am Col d raised for the Defence of American Liberty and for Repelling Every Hostile Invasion thereof you are therefore Carefully & Belligently to do the duty of a Serjt. in S d company by being and performing all manner of things thereinunto belonging and Soldiers under your command are hereby Strictly required to be obedient to your orders and you your Self are to observe and follow such orders and Directions from time to time as you shall receive from your Commanding officer or officers according to the Rules and Discipline of war in pursuance of the trust reposed in you for which this shall be your Sufficient warrant Given under my hand at Saundersoga this 20 th day of Novr. 1776
Jonathan Reed Col d

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex ss.
On this twenty fifth day of Septembers in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open Court, before the Honourable Judge of the Court of Probate, in and for the County of Middlesex aforesaid, now sitting, Jonathan Woodward a resident of Tyngsborough in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged Ninety two 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 7, A. D. 1832:
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated:
That in the year 1776 the day and month he day and month he does not remember he voluntarily enlisted for five months and served as a Sergeant in the company under the command of Capt John Ford in Col Jonathan Reeds Regiment during the 23 d Regiment of Foot That he went from Dunsable Ms where he then resided to Ticonderoga - and that he continued to do duty as a Sergeant during the full term of Five months and was discharged he thinks in December 1776 That for the most of the time he had no warrant as Sergeant but Col Reed said they should have them and accordingly he received one dated Novembers 20. 1776 which he produces - as also the deposition of James Cummings to prove this service
Again the year 1777. He volunteered for thirty days to oppose Burgoyne - went from Dunsable Ms where he then lived and served in the company commanded by Capt Ford, was at Burgoyne's surrender, and guarded his troops to Winter hill where he was discharged having served he thinks six weeks - had no written discharge but has the affidavit of Eleazer Farnwell to prove this service

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again in what year he can not remember he served Seven weeks in the Company commanded by Capt J. B. Varnum went from Dunstable Ms where he then resided and where he volunteered for this service - and he knows of no one living who can testify to this service
He was born in that part of Dunstable which is now Fynsbrough on the first day of May AD 1740 old style now lives in Fynsbrough and always has lived there before and since the Revolutionary war and in Dunstable Ms before and since the Revolutionary war - that he is known to the people of Fynsbrough generally particularly to the Rev Nathaniel Laurence and Dea John Farwell
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any state,
Subscribed the day & year aforesaid J. P. P. Bay Clerk Jonathan Woodward
We, Nathaniel Laurence a clergyman, residing in the town of Fynsbrough Ms and John Farwell residing in Fynsbrough aforesaid hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Jonathan Woodward who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; — that we believe him to be ninety two years of age: that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Nathaniel Laurence
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
John Farwell
J. P. P. Bay Clerk
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, and served as he states. And the Court further certify, that it appears to them that Nathaniel Laurence — who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in Fynsbrough — and that John Farwell who has also signed the same, is a resident in Fynsbrough and is a credible person; and that their statement is entitled to credit.
J. P. P. Bay Clerk
I Isaac Ishee Register of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Middlesex, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jonathan Woodward for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the day and year first aforesaid.
Isaac Ishee

Jonathan Woodward,
14068. case

Rev. and 1812 War Section.
awg. October 28, 1924.
Mrs. T. H. Stevenson, 16 Park St., Malone, N. Y.
Madam;
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 30221, it appears that Jonathan Woodward was born May 1, 1740 (Old Style) at Dunstable, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
Residing at said Dunstable, he enlisted in 1776 and served five months as Sergeant in Captain John Ford's Company, Colonel Jonathan Reed's Massachusetts Regiment, and was discharged in December 1776.
He enlisted in 1777 and served six weeks in Captain Ford's Massachusetts Company, and was at the surrender of Burgoyne.
J. B.
He served seven weeks in Captain Varnum's Massachusetts Company, date of enlistment not stated.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 25, 1832, while a resident of Tyngsborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. There is no data on file as to family
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

30 221
Rev INVALID.
File No. 30 221 Jonathan Jonathan Woodward Serg Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 468
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Apr. 16/96 Soldier June joined Mrs. Marion S. Keyes, Lowell Mass. 1924-Oct. 28- Hist. to Mrs. Mel. J. H. Stevenson - auts. 1926-Feb. 13-Hist. to Mrs. Theo. dore S. Wood auts.

Saratoga Springs July 1. 1834
Sir. I have supplied the papers from the Secy. of State of Mass t herewith enclosed Should be greatly obliged by your early attention - The Certificate if granted may be forwarded to me at this Place - I am with much Respect Yrs. &
Wm S. S. Warren

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, June 28, 1834.
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 the name of Jon a Woodward, as a private, is borne on a Milage Abstract of Capt. Peter Porter's Company, in Col. Sam l Brewer's Regt. Dated Decem r 1 st 1776, where he is allowed eighty miles travel, - time in service not mentioned. Jonathan Woodward claims for services under Capt. Porter, in Col. Sam l Brewer's Regt. in 1776; - the roll he describes is not found in this Office, except the above mentioned. Edward D. Bangs Secy

Jonathan Woodward 29. 609
Wm L F Warren Esq. Saratoga Springs

State of New York
I, John H. Steel Esq. of Saratoga do hereby certify that on the Twelfth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred thirty three before the undersigned one of the judges of the court of common pleas in Saratoga County  or Saratoga Springs personally appeared Jonathan Woodworth a resident of the Town of Wilton in said county aged Seventy three years the nineteenth day of last November 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 7. 1832. -- That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein after stated. That he was born in the Town of Sharon in the county of Litchfield and State of Connecticut on the nineteenth day of November one thousand seven hundred fifty nine. That previous to the Revolutionary War his father removed to the Town of New Schenectady then in the County of Albany (now in the County of Columbia) in the State of New York. That in the year one thousand seven hundred seventy six he enlisted into the State Troops for the term of six months under Captain Porter of the Town of Becker in the County of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts. They were encamped at Bennington in the State of Vermont during the same year but at what particular time this affiant is unable to state. From thence he marched to Saratoga now called White Hall. From thence crossed Lake Champlain in Boats to Ticonderoga joined a Regiment commanded By Col. Samuel Brown. Col. Brown & Col. Williams Regiment occupied a position at Mount Hope a short distance from Ticonderoga. About this time after he volunteered as a marine on Board the Gally Ironsides under Capt. Alexander. The Gally Ironsides comprised a part of the Fleet which was under the direction of Genl. Arnold. His then Lieutenant's name was Campbells. The Christian name of the Captain Lieutenant he does not now recollect. This fleet shortly sailed for the Isle of Bellona (then so called) and formed the American Fleet consisting of sixteen or eighteen sail remained at this place about

Three weeks - On Friday morning the Twentieth day of October one thousand seven hundred seventy six the British Fleet made their appearance - Consisting of about thirty six sail & containing about four or five thousand land forces - our fleet immediately formed in line of battle & an engagement commenced which continued 'till four o'clock when a retreat was ordered by the American Commanders Early on Friday morning the Twentieth day of October Before Sunrise the action was again renewed & fought for two hours - Soon after Genl. Waterbury's vessel & some others struck their colors - and some part of the fleet escaped to Eastern shore from which was - The Gally Immature & Two or Three other vessels made for Scituate where the American army then lay - His name of service appeared before he left the Gally Immature - He then returned to his Regiment & was dismissed - and his Company & officers all captured - Lake George in 1758 - He never received any written discharge. Capt. Warren commanded the Gally Immature and Capt. Alschuler was Capt. of the Marines - He then returned to New Salem. His memory recollects distinctly the particulars of the above described naval engagement on account of its severity & the obstinacy with which the American fleet sustained the battle against a superior British force - About the last of August or first of September one thousand seven hundred eighty he was a volunteer under Capt. Philips & Lieut. Lee. His Christian name he does not now recollect. He marched to Fort Plain on the Mohawk river & reconnoitered the country & after serving six weeks returned home to New Salem. In the year one thousand seven hundred eighty one about the first of September he volunteered under Captain Biden Hovey. He knew the Lieut. name was Lee. His Christian name he was forgotten. He went to Schenectady & to Middleburgh served about four weeks returned home to New Salem. He served two or three other days of militia duty in the Revolutionary war - But has no documentary evidence of his service and knows of no person whose testimony he can

procure to establish his service except Anna Conant whose affidavit is hereto annexed - since the revolution he has lived at New Lebanon until March in the year 1800 When he removed to the Town of Milton in the County of Saratoga where he has ever since & still lives - When He was called into service he lived at New Lebanon in the State of New York But chose to enter the line of Massachusetts Troops & went to Hancock in that State where he enlisted & Volunteered as above mentioned he says he never received any Written Discharge - says he is known to Seth Perry, Lyndon Emerson, Samuel Hoag who is a clergyman & others in his Town who can testify to his Character for veracity & his belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution - He further states that he served six months under the first Enlist- ment - Also six weeks when he volunteered as above stated under Capt. Phillips & also four weeks when he volunteered as above stated under Capt. King for which he claims a pension - he states that by reason of illness & bodily infirmity he cannot go to Court to make this declaration - 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.
Jonathan Woodard
Sworn to & subscribed, on the 12 th Day of December 1837 before me, "The Hon d " John H. Steel Esq r , one of the Judges of the court of common pleas in said County" & "the same" at the Town of Hancock in Massachusetts as per my commission first obtained -
John H. Steel Judge of The Saratoga County courts

State of New York
Saratoga Jp. We Samuel Hoag Clergyman residing in Wilton in said County & Seth Perry of the same place hereby certify that we are well ac- quainted with Jonathan Woodward who has subscribed the foregoing declaration - that we be- lieve him to be seventy three years of age: that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution That we concur in that opinion. And we further state that the said Jonathan is a man whose statements are entitled to implicit credit.
Sworn & subscribed this 19 th day of Dec r . 1833 before me.
Seth Perry
John H Steel Judge of the Saratoga County courts
Samuel Hoag
and I the said John H Steel do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier & served as he states. I do further certify that it appears to me that Samuel Hoag who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman of the town of Wilton aforesaid & that Seth Perry who has also signed the same resides at the same place I am well known to me to be credible persons & their statement is entitled to credit. I further certify that the said applicant by reason of bodily infirmity can- not attend the Court of Common Pleas
John H Steel Judge

State of New York ss. Lyndes Emerson First Master of the town of Witten in the county of Saratoga being duly sworn doth depose and say that he is personally acquainted with Anna Bennett of the said town of Witten in said county of Saratoga that she is of good Moral Character and is to be believed On Oath
1833 September 12 th Sworn before Me Cornelius Fonda Justice of the Peace of Saratoga county
Lyndes Emerson
State of New York ss. Rowland S Gifford of the town of Witten in the county of Saratoga being duly sworn doth depose and say that he is personally acquainted with Anna Bennett of the said town of Witten in said county of Saratoga that she is of Good Moral Character and is to be believed On Oath
1833 September 12 th Sworn before Me Cornelius Fonda Justice of the Peace of Saratoga county
Rowland S Gifford
I Cornelius Fonda the Int er above named do further certify that I am acquainted with Lyndes Emerson & Rowland S Gifford above named & that they are men of Respectability & their statement is entitled to implicit credit. Dec. 12. 1833
Cornelius Fonda

State of New York, Saratoga County } ss
I Alpheus Goodrich Clerk of the County of Saratoga, do Certify that Cornelius F. Fonda, before whom the within Affidavit purports to have been sworn, was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the peace, in and for the said County - And that I am ac- quainted with his hand writing & verily believe his name subscribed to the said Affidavit, & to the Certificate subjoined thereto to be his proper hand writing and signature -
Alpheus Goodrich
Cornelius F. Fonda
Justice of the Peace
Witness my hand and Seal of Office the fourteenth day of December 1833.
A Goodrich Clerk

Jonathan Woodward 29. 609
Wm L F Warren Esq Saratoga Springs

Saratoga Sp. Anna Conant of the town of Wilton in the County of Saratoga being duly sworn in the holy E- vangelist of Almighty God doth depose and say that Jonathan Woodward of the said town of Wilton in said County of Saratoga died in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Six in the town of Boston the County of Berkshire in the State of Ma- sachusetts English as a Soldier in the Company of One Captain Porter in the last Revolutionary War in the Great Britain for the term of Six Months and that he served his time he enlisted for and that he was in the the Service at two different times afterwards five and weeks at each time in the Company of One Captain
Young Subscribed and sworn before me April 22 d 1833- Cornelius H. Fonda Justice of The Peace in & for said County
Anna Conant Mark
I Cornelius H. Fonda the Justice above named do further certify that I am acquainted with Anna Conant above named & that she is a woman of veracity & her statement is entitled to credit. Dec r 12 th 1833
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State of New York / Saratoga County
I, Alphonsus Goodrich Clerk of the County of Saratoga do certify that Cornelius J. Fonda before whom the within Affidavit purports to have been sworn, was at the date of the same, one of the Justices of the peace in and for the said County. And that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said Affidavit and to the Certificate thereto subjoined to be his proper hand writing and signature.
Witness my hand and seal at Office the fourteenth day of De- cember 1833.
A Goodrich Clerk.
Anna Fonda Deceased
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State of New York Saratoga County ss: I Alpheus Goodrich Clerk
of the County of Saratoga do certify that John H. Steel before whom the foregoing and annexed proceedings in the matter of the appli- cation of Jonathan Woodworth for a pension pur- port to have been had, was at the date of the said proceedings, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in said County: And that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe his name subscribed to the said proceedings to be his proper hand writing and signature
Witness my hand and seal of Office the 20 th day of December 1833
A Goodrich Clerk

War Department Pension Office March 26 th 1834
Sir
The papers relating to the claim of James Allen for a pension have been examined. The Boat service alleged in this case is not provided for by the Act of June 7 th 1832 for that under lease there would be a relinquishment of all claim to a pension under the act except for that term. The applicant will be allowed for nine months service. The case is suspended and the papers placed on file —
The papers of Jonathan Woodward are here with returns, accompanied by a printed sheet showing objections to the claim.
I remain very respectfully Your Mt Servt
J. L. Edwards
W. L. F. Warren Esq Saratoga Springs New York

Pension Bureau Washington D. C.
Will you please send me the war record of
Jonathan Woodward who appears with rank of Private - m -
Lexington Alarm Roll of Capt. Leonard
Butterfield's Co.
Col. Ebenezer Bridge's Regt.
which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775 from Dunstable to Cambridge
to which soldiers belonged Dunstable Middlesex County.

Jonathan Woodward served as a private through the revolutionary war and lived to be a hundred years old
Dunstable records say that Jonathan Woodward was allowed thirty pounds for "service" at the siege of Newport.
Very Truly Yours Marion S. Keyes 102 Third St. Lowell Massachusetts

16 Park Street Malone N.Y. Oct. 17, 1924,
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D.C.,
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly send me a copy of the pension application of Jonathan Woodward who died in Drustale Mass., 1840.
Thanking you in advance, I am,
Yours very truly Jessie M. Stinson (Mrs. J. H.)
Descendant of Jonathan Woodward.

Nashua Iowa
Jan 2- 1926
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Please may I have the Revolutionary War Record of Johnathan Woodward he died at Dunstable Mass. Dec 24 1840 aged 108 yrs. 8 months - 13 days he was in the French and Indian war also "Revolutionary war - at Surrender of Burgoyne - a Pensioner - his wife name was Sarah — she died Feb 28 - 1829 age 86 years - If you please I wish also the names of his children for D.A.R purposes -
Mrs Theodore S. Wood
Nashua Iowa
R 2.

21. 381 Massachusetts
Jonathan Woodwar
of Middlesex in the State of Mass who was a Sergeant in the Comp. commanded by Captain Ward of the Regt. commanded by Col. Read in the Mass line for Sep. 5 Mos.
  pen. 2 " 1823  $ 67.28    $ 25. 5.64  16.82    $ 33.64  $ 84.10  
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 33 Dollars 64 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of Sep. 1833 and Suttie D. Richardson Lynxborough
  Arrears to the 14th of Sep. 33  $ 84.10    Semi-ant. allowance ending 4th Mo. '34  16.82  
* Jonathan W.W.H. July 2, 1908. $100.92
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by J. C. [unintelligible] Clerk Book E Vol. 2 Page 9
94 Mosses

O. W. & N. Div. F. S. M. E. C. I. 30221.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 16, 1896.
Madam:
In response to your request for the military record of Jonathan Woodward, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that he made an application for pension on September 25, 1832, at which time he was residing in Tyngsboro, Mass., and his pension was allowed for five months actual service as a sergeant and two months actual service as a private in the Massachusetts troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time served under Capt. John Ford and Col. Jonathan Reed.
He was born at Dunstable, Mass., on May 1, 1740, and resided there when he entered  the service.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mrs. Marion B. Keyes, 102 Third St., Lowell, Mass.