Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19647, John Wirs, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
mass.
or Wirs, John Wyer
N 19647
Miriam
CONTENTS

Miriam Wire 3855 Declaration
Miriam Wire widow of John
act 4 July 36 m 70. a 1803 Rolls
Mass
Act. 4 July 36
m 70. a 1803.
vol 20. 129. last Kirtland in 1777- on 3 mo. 228 vol 11. 129 Boney 3 mo
adm
6 mo. 220 3/4
$ 22 34/100
no deduction
J. L. Hinkley Northampton Mass.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the third section of the act of H ts July 1835 and of the first section of the act of S ts March 1837
State of Massachusetts } ss County of Hampshire } ss
On this second day of October Eighteen hundred & thirty eight personally appeared before the Hon. Nathaniel Cooke Judge of the Court of Probate of Will's in & for said County now in session Mrs. Miriam Wins as resident of Williamburg in the County & State aforesaid aged eighty eight years, She being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by act of Congress passed July 4 1835 and the act explanatory of said act passed March 3 1837: That she was married to John Wynn (who was a private in the War of the Revolution and served in the Comp y - commanded by Capt. Lyman in the tanks. Col o : Cobb's Regiment, she is not sure as to the Col o : of the Reg t three months in the Fall & Winter of (1776) Seventeen hundred seventy six, she cannot tell the day when  when her husband entered the service nor the time he left the service except it was in the winter that is the last of 1776 or first of 1777 he was a volunteer and was stationed at Tiendroya during this service. He also served in the fall of the year Seventeen hundred & seventy seven three months in Capt. Kirkland's Company in Col o : Woodbridge Regiment in the Brigade of Gen l : Warner  Warner he left for Northampton where he lived & so into service this last period in September 1777 Seventeen hundred seventy seven & was discharged in December of the same year. He was volunteer in this last service and was present at the capture of Burgoyne) that she was married to John Wynn as aforesaid on the fifteenth day of December A. D. Seventeen hundred & seventy; that her husband the aforesaid John Wynn died on the sixteenth day November A. D. Eighteen hundred and three; and that she has never since been married, but still remains a widow as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed. She has no documentary proof of the service of her husband aforesaid, nor does she know the exact day when her husband aforesaid entered the service or was discharged.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day Miriam Wins and year above written - mark Before Nathaniel Cooke Judge of Probate -

I, Samuel F. Lyman Register of Probate within and for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Miriam Wits for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of Office this Second day of October A.D. 1838—
Sam l F. Lyman Register of Prob.

July 16
Ms. B:
Brookfield
William Lee
Ware
Oct 1836
W. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington
98 p 36
not yet received

July 16
Ms. B.
Brookshof
Minam St
Wore
261836
W. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington
not yet required

I Asa French of Northampton aged eighty years depone say that in my deposition recently made in the case of Miriam Hirs, widow of John Hirs, an applicant for a pension under the Act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836, I stated it as my opinion that said John Hirs served four months under Capt Lyman at Ticonderoga. It was then my impression s d Hirs did serve under Capt. Lyman as therein stated, but on further reflection I am satisfied that I was mistaken as to as to the name of the Capt, and I now de- pone say that said Hirs served under Capt Luke Bonney, or Capt Benjamin Bonney I think it was Capt Luke Bonney of Christfield in Col. Ruggles Woodbridge Regiment. I was personally acquainted with s d Hirs. He was in the service I think four months with me at Ticonderoga I believe in the year 1777. I enlisted for six months but served seven months at Ticonderoga & returned in the Fall of the year and left John Hirs still then in the service at Ticonderoga. How long Hirs enlisted I cannot say, nor can I say how long he staid at Ticonderoga after I left, but I do say he served with me at Ticonderoga as above specified four months. Gen l Gates was chief commander of the Fort. ASA FRENCH
Hampshire County ss Northampton July 11 th 1839 Then Asa French above named personally appeared & subscribed & made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit, and though his mind is much impaired, full credit may be given to him as a person of truth & respectability. Before me Sam l L. Hinckley Justice of the Peace

Worthington Mass 10 July 11-1839
Am J. L. Edwards Comm ee of Pensions Washington D.C.
Sir
I inclose the deposition of Asa French to be used in the case of Mrs Miriam Fins declarant for a pension under The Act of Congress of July 4 th 1836
The deponent as well as the widow are very infirm and their minds are much impaired. It is difficult to obtain the facts as the case with the pension required.
Respectfully your obt. serv t
Sam l L. Hinckley

Massachusetts 3004.
Miriam Wirs, widow of John Wirs,
who died on the 16 th November 1803 of Hampden in the State of Massachusetts who was a P er in the County commanded by Captain Boney of the Reg t commanded by Babb - in the Mass s line for 6 m th 22 dy
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 22 Dollars 34 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd day of Aug t '39, and sent to S. L. Hinckley, Northampton, Mass.
Arrears to the 4 th of Mar. - $178 72
Semi-annual allowance ending 11 17
$189 89
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the }
Recorded by R Benion Clerk, Book A Vol. 2 Page 63.

Rev  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 18647
Miriam Wirs
Widow of John Wirs Priv. Rev. War
Act: July 7 th 1836
Index:—Vol. M , Page 344
[Arrangement of 1870.]

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Hampshire ss.
I, SAMUEL F. LYMAN, Register of the Court of Probate within and for said County of Hampshire, do hereby certify that Saml D. Hinckley Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that the signature thereto annexed purporting to be his, I know to be genuine.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this Eleventh day of July A. D. 1839
Sam F. Lyman Register of Probate.

FREE
July 1 from Hon. J. L. Edwards
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington

Northampton 27 th June 1839
Rev J. L. Edwards Pursuing Officer Washington
Sir
In reply to your communication of 19 th Apr. last respecting the widows in the case of Miriam Wine, widow of John Wine, I have the repeated assurance of Mr. Ara French, deponent in the case - that John Wine aforesaid was at Terni deposited with him assisted in his deposition but he is not certain that Lyman was the Capt. He thinks the name of the Capt. may have been Wales, or Boney - The widow now informs me that her husband was out at two different times - once under Capt. Wales and again under Capt. Boney, or Capt. Kirtland.
In the case of Mrs. Sally Utley, widow of Samuel Utley a pension has been granted for six months less than the period of service declared on by the widow. The widow wishes to obtain an increase of pension and offers the deposition of one Jonah Cushman of the following purport: viz: That he J. Cushman served in the same company with

with S d Samuel Utley (as near as he can recollect) six months, in the year 1780 under Capt Dorrance in Col o Swift's Regiment. The Reg t were selected troops, called light infantry . La Fayette was the Gen l Officer. Cushman states that he first enlisted into the First Connecticut Regiment. He thinks Mr. Utley was a soldier in the same Reg t , but did not know him until they were taken out to make a corps of infantry. He says they were selected by Baron Steuben in person. They were taken out soon after they enlisted & were stationed on the west side of the North River most of the time in the Jerseys, perhaps some of the time in New York. He is positive the service was performed in the year 1780.
Will you have the goodness to inform me, if the rolls in your possession will sustain the statement the statements of Mr. Cushman and if an increase of pension can be granted to Mrs Utley, on such deposition of Mr Cushman being duly made and forwarded to your department?
Very Respectfully Yours &c J. L. Hinckley

3855 Civ Sta. Oct 6.
4 July 1836
J. L. Edwards
Pension Office Washington

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Hampshire ss.
I, SAMUEL F. LYMAN, Register of the Court of Probate within and for said County of Hampshire, do hereby certify that Samuel D. Hinckley Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition (3) was taken, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that the signature thereto annexed purporting to be his, I know to be genuine.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this second day of October , A. D. 183 8
Sam. F. Lyman Register of Probate.

Vol 10. 129 - on 3mo 27 days
76. Cap Lyman 3mo
77. Kirtland - Woodbury 3mo

Death (Eighteen hundred and three A. D.) John Ginn formerly of New Salem found dead near his house in the highway the jury summoned were of opinion y t he perished in the night by accident in the storm of rain and wind in his 56 th year left a widow & 6 ch d 3 sons & 3 da rs in his 56 th year Nov r 8 th (eighteenth)
The above is an extract and true copy of the record of death of John Ginn above named taken from the records of the First Congregational Society in Northampton in Mass s with the exception of the date which is expressed as the record in fair legible figures, as follows: "1803 Nov r 18"
Chas. Wiley Pastor of the 1 st Cong. Society of Northampton
"Marriages - (A. D. Seventeen hundred and ninety December sixteenth) John Wyer & Miriam Kentfield"
The foregoing is a true extract from the record of marriages preserved in the First Congregational Society of Northampton in Mass s of which record I have now the custody with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures, as follows: "1770 Dec 16"
Chas. Wiley Pastor of the 1 st Cong. Society of Northampton
I Charles Wiley above named depose and say that I am pastor of the First Congregational Society in Northamp- ton in Massachusetts and that both the above are true extracts from the records of said Society with the exception above named as certified by me.
Sworn before me Sam l L. Hinckley { Justice of Peace Oct. 2 1838 The 12 th line was made before signing - Chas. Wiley Pastor of the 1 st Cong. Society of Northampton

Massachusetts Hampshire County ss on this second day of October 1838 Personally appeared before me the widow of John Wins named in the foregoing document who is personally known to me to be the widow of said John Wins and to be still unmarried and who is known to me to have remained his widow since the decease of said John Wins and to be the identical person with the Miriam Kentfield who has this day made application or declaration before the Hon. Stearns Conkey Judge of the Court of Probate for said County now in session to obtain a pension under the act of Congress of July last
Given under my hand James L. Hinckley Justice of Peace in and for said County
Mass s - Northampton Oct. 3 d 1838
There is a discrepancy in the day of the death of John Wins as declared by his widow and as certified by the pastor of the Church or Society in this town. There are only two days number difference in this state- ments. The widow has no guide, but her memory in the matter. The death of Mr. Wins is a fact of general notoriety - to the citizens of this place from its peculiar circumstances, but no one can fix the date from his memory except that it was in the fall of the year about thirty years ago - I have applied at the Sec y of the Commonwealth's office in Boston for evidence of service and am infor- -med that the rolls are at Washington Dear J. L. Edwards, Esq. Respectfully yours &c. - Washington James L. Hinckley

I Elisha King of Northampton in the County of Hampshire in Massachusetts a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States aged seventy eight years do on oath depose & say that I was personally acquainted with John Wins now deceased when said Wins was a young man & when I was a boy about fifteen years of age; that said Wins was about eight or ten years older than myself; that he resided at Northampton from which place I first knew him, that he always after resided till his death which occurred about thirty five years ago; that in the year 1777 said Wins & I were enrolled in the same Company as privates under the command of Capt. Kirkland till he was wounded & after that under the command of the first Lieutenant Abner Pomeroy for the term of three months in all; said Company was in Col. Woodbridge Regiment, in the Brigade of Gen. Warner; It was in the early part of September in the year 1777 that we entered the service together and said Wins & deponent continued together in said service till we were discharged in the early part of December the next following; the Regiment in which said Wins & deponent were enrolled was not called into an engagement, but were on the ground when Burgoyne was taken; at the time Wins aforesaid entered the service he was a resident of Northampton aforesaid; deponent cannot say whether John Wins aforesaid was drafted or was a volunteer; said Wins was married before he entered the service aforesaid to Marianna Keatfield, she is still living at Williamstown in said County and she has never since been married since the decease of said John Wins.
Test G. L. Hinckley Elisha King Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire County ss. Northampton August 31 1838 Then personally Elisha King appeared before me & made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed. I am personally acquainted with said Elisha King & know him to be a man of veracity. Samuel L. Hinckley Justice of Peace

I asa French of Northampton in the County of Hampshire in Massachusetts a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States aged Eighty years do on oath depose and say that I was personally acquainted with John Hiss who died at Northampton aforesaid thirty years ago or more. I first became acquainted with him in the army where he served with me three months as a private under Capt. Lyman of this town in the Regiment commanded by Col. Cobb (I think I cannot say positively what Col.) Capt. Lyman's company was then stationed at Ticonderoga it was in no engagement. I was in the service at that time seven months; but John Hiss was in the service under Col. Lyman only three months to my knowledge. He was discharged the same time that I was in the winter of 1776 or in Jan'y. 1777, either in the month of December 1776 or in the month of January 1777. I know that Hiss served three months for I had not served out my seven months by three months when I first knew him & we were discharged at same time. I then lived at Williamstown the next town to this. Hiss lived at that time in Northampton aforesaid; he was a volunteer. said Hiss was married before he entered the service as I afterwards learned to Maria's Keetfield who is still living and remains unmarried and resides at Williamstown aforesaid.
Witnesses
Mary J. Gould Sam L. Hinckley
Asa French Mark
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire County ss. Northampton August 24 th 1838 Then personally appeared Asa French deponent aforesaid above, warned and whose signature by his mark is subscribed to the dep- osition above, known to me to be a credible and disinterested witness, and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration. The word "appeared" interlined and "appear" erased before my signature hereon.
Sam L. Hinckley
Justice of Peace
N. B. The words "as a private" in the above deposition were interlined after the signature of the deponent with his assent, confirmed by oath of the deponent August 24 1838 Sam L. Hinckley Justice of the Peace