Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 11,731, Timothy Winslow, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Winslow, Timothy
R 11731
CONTENTS

B. 338
Timothy Winton 34 E. NY York
Proof of Leg. of Mafetz neg
P. 381
May 8 '33
Charles H. Hutton

BRIEF in the case of Timothy Winslow of Essex County in the State of New York. (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? 69 years.  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.     From May In 1778. to Nov r 1780. 3 — — private Gen. Col. M c Phee, Col. Sturtevant.  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Bedford  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Hardwick Mass;  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct. 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Richard Cally Examining Clerk

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed the 7th of June 1832
State of Essex ss On this 26 day of September 1832 Essex County ss Personally appeared in open Court before
the judges of the Court of Common Pleas, now sitting jointly. William a resident of the town of Essex in the county of Essex and state of New York aged Sixty nine years the twenty second day of last April 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 he enlisted for the term of three years in the month of May A D 1778 in the company commanded by Captain John Payer in the Regiment commanded by Colonel (Hovey)
That he returned to service in the said Corps until about the month of November A D 1780 when he received an honorable discharge which was signed by Major & like Marshall
but says he lost said Discharge in the town of Rochester Sixty miles South of Boston that he enlisted in the town
of Haverhill in Massachusetts the name of the county not recollected but thinks it was in the County of Worcester
Marched from thence to Hellgate Barracks in said Massachusetts
where that he participated in fair Haven and was in the Battle at Bedford the time Bedford was Burned was in Summer at Madapossit and in another in Siprekan harbor and was also in one Summer at Charles Neck on the Salt Marsh and one other in Palmouth & then returned to Fair Haven and remained there during the time of his service
That he was born in Old Rochester the 22 nd day of April A D 1763 that his age was there recorded in the town book at the time of his enlistment he lived in Haverhill from the time of his service in the army he returned to Rochester his main residence from thence he removed to Woodstock in the county of Ulster in Vermont from thence he moved to the town of Essex in Essex County in the state of New York
where he now lives & has lived for more than sixteen years
That he has made diligent search concerning his service with the last question asked by the Court
where and in what year was you born in Rochester in Massachusetts the 22 day of April A D 1763

2 Do have you any Record of your age & if so where is it A. I have it recorded on the Town Book of Rochester in the state of Massachusetts 3. where were you living when called into service where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and where do you now live 4. in Hardwick in Massachusetts & from the Army went direct to Rochester from there to Woodstock in Vermont from there to the Town of Essex in the county of Essex in the state of New York where I now live 4 how were you called into service was it you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute & if a substitute for whom.
A. I volunteered -
5 State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the Troops where you served such contempt continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the General Circumstances of your service
A. - - - Earl Clap was Major Samuel Church was Lieutenant John Doty was Captain
John Clark was Colonel - helped build a fort at Paimacheneque at Scituate Neck - was in a Battle at Red Bank beside Fort Munnighe -
He hereby relinquishes every claim what ever 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 his
Given under my hand this 26 day of September 1882 in open court Edward Clark of Essex com. Pleas
Timothy T. Winslow mark.
We the undersigned of Essex county and state of New York and Benjamin Stafford of said town of Essex hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Timothy Winslow, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be about seventy 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
Timothy T. Winslow in open court 26th September 1882 before me Edward Clark of Essex com. Pleas Elias Bartlett S. S. S. Stafford

11.731
P. O.
of Timothy Winlow
Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

(20714)
Timothy Manslow
N York
act 18 March 1818
Rejected 11 Nov 1820
See letter to Charles
Hatch Esq
Papers deliv d to Hon R. Wharton - see rec d .

13.338
Timothy Winslow
New York.
Rejected.
Letz to Hon. B. Whallon Feb. 3 d 1835.

New York
Revo 11/731
Sarahy Winslow
Suspend
for E. D. Bangs Certificate
No letter. See letter and
brief within —
let. to Hon. J. Palmer 11. March 1839
let to Hon. W. H. D. S. 1840 (see 22/49)
papers filed to Hon
R. Whallon - see next
24 may '84
Act. 7 June 32

Bridgewater, State Vermont, Sept. 28th, 1790.
as may certify that Timothy Winflow is so disabled by the Means of a Weakness in the joints of one of his legs, that the Subscriber is of the Opinion he ought to be exempted from military Duty, agreeable to a Statute Law of this State
P er Benjamin Perkins, Physician

Woodstock Oct th 1790
This may certify that Timothy Windlow is so disabled by means of a weakness in the joint of one of his legs that the subscriber is of the opinion he ought to be exempted from military duty agreeable to a statute law of this state
Stephen Dyer Physician

War Dept May 24 1834
Rec d of the Commt of Pensioners The papers of Timothy Winslow in support of his claim to the provisions of the act of 7. June '32 -
Arthur Shallow

37727 Timothy Winslow
Receipt for the papers of Timothy Winslow for Hon R. Whallou - 76.1 R
Hon R. Whallou's recd

Rec d of the Comt e of Pensions the papers of Timothy Winslow presented in Nov. '31 in support of his claim to the benefit of the Act of 18 th March 1818. Apr 16. 1834
(Herbert Wharton)

Timothy Winstons
Note. There is a Certificate Signed by a Chapman in first Declaration — and by other Citizens in that & the Second Declara- tion — if Mr. May — Judge Hatches Certificate can be proved to show that Declaration did not mean that he was a Regular Soldier but only a Volunteer in the Militia or State Troops in the Continental War as it is called by many
Dec 25 Certificate in favor of Winstons

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, April 23 d 1834.
* 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 roll of Capt. John Page's Company, in Col. Stutervant's Regt. from 1778 to 1780. as described by Timothy Winslow who claims for services under the above named Officers, is not found in this Office.
Edward D. Bangs Secy

Timothy Winslow.

John Clark Col
Major Elisha Hascall
Earl Clark Major
John Loty Capt
Samuel Church Lieut
... any other pension than the one under the Act of

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Timothy Winslow 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 Proof of the alleged service required & may probably be obtained from the Secy of State of Mass (SSA) 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

Confide on June 22 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? no clergyman
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? no
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? yes
Not a Regulator 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? no
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? yes
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes 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? no
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 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.

2075
In at 60. my Timothy Wilson
J. Edwards
Comr of Pensions
Washington
Hon. J. Palmer H.R.

House Rep. Feby 15 th 1839
To Col. J. L. Edwards Comr of Pensions
Sir The enclosed Letter from Genl Rep contains some enquiries, which will be best understood at your Department. If you can furnish me with the informa- tion asked for, you will much oblige me by so doing
Yours most respectfully
H. Palmer

State of New York County of Essex
3
On this fourteenth day of January in the year of our Lord 1835 Personally appeared Open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County and State aforesaid Timothy Winslow of Essex in the County of Essex and State of New York Who being duly sworn on his said Oath makes the following unsworn Declaration for the purpose of Explaining and Correcting a former Declaration made by Declarant for the purpose of Obtaining the benefits of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
1 st That at the time he made or subscribed to the former Declaration he did not intend to be understood that he served in the Con- tinentals Troops or Line, and did not so construe the language made use of in his Declaration which was drawn up & Read by Judge Charles Hatch; but Distinctly stated & meant so to be understood that he served in the Massachusetts line of Militia or State Troops & which he could not then nor does he now recollect! that in saying he was in (served) in the Continental Establishment he supposed it only meant at the time or time of the Revolutionary War which by all old Revolutionary soldiers is generally called the Continental War. Declarant did not serve in the regular Army, but under Militia Officers Wholly during the period of his service which was from May 1778 to Nov. 1780. and all of his officers or those under whom he served which he can recollect are Col. Charles Sturtevant, Major Earl Clapp Captain John Paige & Lieut Charles Church. that all the Other officers which he can recollect were Lieut Samuel Church & Capt John Doty - does not recollect that an Officer as Col. John Clark & does not recollect his meaning such a person in his former Declaration! He served under Captain Paige about nine months and it is now his belief that at that time Paige left the service & went home being sick & the Company was then commanded by Captain Nath Hammond of the same Regiment

It
See two Certificates of the Service
And the said Captain Hammond Commanded until he was Discharged. Declarant was a Volunteer & when he retired the Army he signed an Instrument or what was called an Instrument for three years & he served faithfully & suffered many privations! And while in the Service received an injury while in New Haven assisting to drag Cannon on the Carriage in the fort at that place Fort Trumbull in Massachusetts about sixty miles southerly from Boston which injury is incurable and has caused declarant great pain & suffering as well as to deprive him of his bodily service & faculties to pursue his common avocations to gain a livelihood Declarant has taken great pains to find some of his old Companions in Arms to prove his service but has as yet been unable to find any one of them who served with him he has also taken the pains to have search made by Duty Bangs in the Office of the State of Massachusetts for proof of his service by the Rolls but No Rolls are found in said Office as will appear by the annexed Certificate Declarant's natural poverty connected with his bodily infirmity by reason of his said wound and old age deprives him from seeking for the means of earning search further to be made for living without & he has no alternative but to trust to the opinion of his Neighbors of his sincerity & of his character as to truth & veracity to substantiate his just claim on Government under the act passed for the Little Patten which a generous People have so nobly awarded to the remnant of the worn out Veterans who suffered so much for their Country For Evidence of his character he would refer to the Court to Hon. John Gould Genl King & Col Edw. Hovey & Col James S. Whallon and would refer the Department to Hon. Ruben Whallon our Representative in Congress.  Subscribed & sworn in open Court January 14th 1835 Jan 15th 1835 Edw. Hovey Clerk Mark

We Elisha L. Rice of Essex county state of New York, James S. Phalon and another of Essex aforesaid Certify that we are well acquainted with Benjamin Stafford and Elias Bartwell who have signed the fore- going affidavit and certificate and we certify that they are men of good character as to truth and Veracity
Given this 26 day of September 1832 in open court J. Stow Clerk of Essex Co. Pleas
Elisha L. Rice 1796 J. S. Phalon
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 certifies that it appears to them that Elias Bartwell and Benjamin Stafford who has first signed the fore- going certificate that they are residents in the town of Essex in said Essex county and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit Signed by our clerk Leonard Stow Clerk of Essex Co. Pleas
I Leonard Stow Clerk of the court of Common Pleas of Essex county do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding of the said court in the matter of the application of Timothy Winstow for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 24th day of September A 1832
Leonard Stow Clerk

We Hiram Chase a Clergyman and Charles B Hatch both Residing in Westport, N.Y. County and State of New York hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Timothy Hinstow who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we Believe him to be about seventy years of age that he is reported and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion  Hiram Chase
Subscribed and Sworn to before me this 13 th day of August 1833  Charles B. Hatch M.A. at West Port, N.Y.
John H. Low Justice of the Peace  I, John H. Low a Justice of the peace of West Port do hereby certify that Hiram Chase a Clergyman and Charles B Hatch M.A. at Westport are Persons well known to me and that they are men of truth and veracity  August 13 th 1833 — John H. Low Justice Peace  1333 Mission
State of New York Essex County ss  Edward Shaw Clerk of the County of Essex do hereby certify that John H. Low Esq. whose name is subscribed to the above Certificate of the credibility of Hiram Chase & Charles B. Hatch Esq. was at the time of the said Certificate a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Essex duly qualified to act as such and further that his signature to the said Certificate is his genuine signature and that the said signature is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office this fourteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three  Edward Shaw Clerk

We John Gould one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Essex County. Edw S Kenyon Clerk of said Court. James S Whallon one of the Superintendents of the poor of the said County. Do hereby Certify that we have for many years past been acquainted with Timothy Winslow who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration or amendment of declaration. And have ever considered him entitled to credit as being a man of truth & veracity & that it is the general belief in the neighborhood where he resides & in the town among those who know him that he was a soldier of the Revolution & we fully concur in that belief. We believe him to be at least seventy years old & know him to be very infirm & unable to gain a livelihood.
Dated January 15 1835. Subscribed & sworn to by. Hon. John Gould & James S. Whallon Esq. this 16th day of Jan'y 1835 before the Court in open Court.
John Gould James S. Whallon Edw S. Kenyon
Sworn to. & Subscribed by Edw S. Kenyon in open Court the day & year aforesaid.
Walcott Dyer, Judge
State of New York Essex County ss. I. Edw S. Kenyon Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Essex do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the proceedings of the said Court in the matter of Timothy Winslow's second or amended declaration for a pension.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 16th day of Jan'y
1835
Edw S. Kenyon Clerk

WESTPORT, N.Y. Nov. 20
Replied Nov 10 1831 24/14 Pension Office
Rejected Nov. 11. 1831
see
Honourable Isaac Secretary of War. Senior officer City of Washington District of Columbia
94-150-1-1 1831

West Front Essex County W.P. Oct 31 st 1831-
Inclosed is the Application of Timothy Slinglow a Revolutionary Soldier he is poor & unable to labour & the Court before which he made his affidavit have no doubt of his being entitled to a pension & I have no doubt of it from his account he served more than six years of that war which account appears intelligent & correct
I have the honour to be your most obedient humble Servant
Charles Tuttle 63
Honourable — W m C. Clegg Secretary of War —
As I saw the same that applied for a pension for Daniel Matthews which was granted the 30 th of Sept r 1831 Registered in Book D 106 5 th page 28.

Timothy Mearns Pineon papers.
10
Commission of Washington Columbia
See

Aug 31. 1861
Free
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Revenue city of Washington Columbia
West Point N.Y. August 31st
Anthony Merlino P.O. Unionville Pa.

Westport Essex county N.Y. August 22 d 1833
I enclosed is the claim of Timothy Winslow you noted in Red Ink that perhaps the alleged service may be proved by applying to the Secretary of Massachu- etts I have applied but yet have no answer and after waiting so long have thought it probable that the certificate is sent to your office & having myself no doubt of the with the proper acknowledgment  validity of the claim forward said claim for your final answer
I have the honor to be
Your obedient servant
Charles Platt Esq
L. Edwards, Esq. Commissioner of pension

Henry Wilson
Issued for E.D. Bang Certificate