Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33826, William Tryon, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Tryon, William
S. 33826
CONTENTS

5729.
Massachusetts Roll
William Fryon
Capt Day Private Mass
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of January 1819.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th of Jan y 1819 and sent to Jonathan Leavitt Esq r Esq r Greenfield Mass s .
Arrears to 4th of February March 1819. Semiannual rendering H. V. H. and
2 Months to 31 — $17:3 — $12:98
7 4/31
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Not entitled
Deerfield
Verification sent February 18 th 1821 to E. Alvord Greenfield Mass. Ms.

N o 5729 William Tryon
Not entitled
Not

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
FRANKLIN ss.
At a Special Session of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Western Circuit, began and holden at Greenfield, within and for the County of Franklin, on Monday the tenth day of July  the second  November in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty, et de die in diem to the eleventh  fifteenth day of the same month,
P ERSONALLY appeared in open Court, being a Court of Record, within and for said County of Franklin, established as such by the Constitution and Laws of said Commonwealth, William
Trown aged Sixty three years, resident in Deerfield
in said County, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:
I entered the service in November 1776 in Capt. Luke Kears company in Col. Ichabod Allen's Regiment and after his death by Col. John Brooks in the Massachusetts Line where I continued to serve until June 1783 and was discharged at New Windsor near West Point. My certificate is dated Jan'y 25-1819. the pension to commence Jan'y 1-1819 and is numbered 5724.
I am by profession a farmer but am almost wholly unable to attend to my business by reason of a great injury in one of my legs received while in the service which has not yet healed. I have also lost one of my eyes and the other is much impaired so that I am very blind.
My present family consists of my wife Hannah aged about 50 years who is afflicted with the asthma and almost disabled from attending to business. my son Lemuel aged 28 years who is to leave me the coming week. my daughter Susan aged 25 who is very weakly. my son Hopkins aged 22 who is so reduced by fever and ague as to be wholly disabled from maintaining himself. My daughter Ann aged 20 and Amanda aged eleven years.

and I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818 ; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled " An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818 ; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me, nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
Agassiz " Orion
Sworn to and declared, on the sixteenth day of July  November A. D. 1820, before the said Court.
Attest, E. Alvord CLERK.
I ELIJAH ALVORD, Clerk of the aforesaid Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court ; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is
two thousand seven hundred and eighty eight dollars and sixty two cents
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this fifteenth  sixteenth day of July  November , 1820.
E. Alvord CLERK.

Schedule of the estate of William Tryon of Deerfield county of Franklin and State of Massachusetts Applicant for a pension under the act of Congress of May 1 st 1820
One hundred and forty acres of land with a house and barn on the same at ————— } $2500.00
Two poor horses 50. a — 1 pr 3 year old steers 40 a ————— 90.00
Two cows 34 a — two 3 year old heifers 20 a — two calves 6 a ————— 60.00
One pr 2 year old steers 20 a — two swine & five small pigs 18 a ————— 38.00
Two old wagons & harness 32 a — 1 sleigh & one butter 23 a ————— 55.00
Two old ploughs 1.50 — 1 hay scythe 50 a — two old barrows 4 a ————— 10.50
Four old chains 4 a — four pitch forks 1 a — four old rakes 8 a ————— 5.50
Three old hoes & four old axes 2 a — old saddle & bridle 1.50 ————— 4.50
Two old scythes & scythe snaths 1 a — one grindstone 2.50 ————— 3.50
One desk 4 a — two old chests 1.50 — two old tables 2.50 ————— 8.00
Two iron kettles 2.30 — two stone pans 1.50 — 1 pot & one tea kettle 50 a ————— 5.30
One old warming pan 50 a — one set of knives & forks 1.25 ————— 1.75
One pr old andirons 2.50 — slice & tongs 40 a — pr flat irons 6 a ————— 3.50
more old cast irons ————— 3.00
$2785.62  2788.62
William Tryon

William Jennings
Admitted

District of Massachusetts, ss.
ON this first day of Jany 1819 before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Western Circuit in the State of Massachusetts, which Circuit includes the Counties of Worcester, Hampshire, Hampden, Franklin, and Berkshire, personally appears William Gage a citizen of the United States, aged sixty two years, resident in Deerfield
in the said District, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war:" That he the said William Gage, in Novr. 1774 enlisted in Scarsdale in the state of New York in the company commanded by captain Luther Day of the Regiment of Col. Ichabod Aldin, who was killed in 1776. That said Regiment was commanded by Lieut. Col. Amos D. Jones Brooks -
that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States, until the 5th of Jany 1783 - when he was discharged from service at New Windsor in the state of New York -
that he was in the battles of
and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services. And no pension has ever been allowed him by the laws of the United States. Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
first subscribed by him the Wm Gage Wm Gage Jon A. Peavitt
To the Secretary of the Department of War.
I Jon A Peavitt Judge, &c. as aforesaid, certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said William Gage did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy: and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court aforesaid, this first day of Jany A. D. 1819
And I further certify that, on due examination had, it appears to my satisfaction that the above named William Gage by reason of his reduced circumstances is in need of assistance from his country for support
Jon A Peavitt, Judge as aforesaid

Medford ms 2 Nov 1781
12 1/2
M c William Tryon, a Serj t in the Revolution, Deerfield Mass t

Medford, Mass. ts Dec. r 15. th 1818.
This is to certify that William Troyon was a soldier enlisted to serve during the war in the late 7. th Mass. ts regiment - that he enlisted on the 15. th of Nov. r 1776 - that he received two honorary badges as a Serjeant for six years faithful services, and on the 8. th of June 1783, was discharged by General Washington.
J. Brooks, L. t Col. Com. for regt.

March 5, 1931
Mrs. H. S. Gray 706 Pipestone Street Benton Harbor, Michigan
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section MCS:MLB em
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 33826, that William Tryon enlisted in Ticonderoga, New York, November 15, 1776, and served as sergeant with the Massachusetts troops, in Captain Luke Day's company in Colonel Ichabod Alden's regiment, and at the death of Colonel Alden in 1778, said regiment was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel John Brooks. William Tryon was discharged June 8, 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application executed January 1, 1819, while a resident of Deerfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts.
In 1820 he was sixty-three years of age and referred to his wife, Hannah, aged about sixty years, and to the following children:
Lemuel aged 28 years Susan " 26 " Hopkins " 22 " Ann " 20 " Amanda " 17 "
In 1828 he was living in Manlius, Onondaga County, New York.
One Timothy Hopkins of Hampshire County, Massachusetts, appeared as witness in 1828, but the relationship to soldier or to his wife was not shown, and there are no further data relative to the family of the soldier.
The Revolutionary War records of this bureau fail to afford any information in regard to William Tryon who was the father of

the above noted soldier.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner

HUMPHREY S. GRAY LAWYER BENTON HARBOR, MICHIGAN
February 2nd., 1914.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
I desire a certified copy of the pension application of William Tryon, whom, as I am informed, was granted a pension in 1820.
I am advised that he was a private in Capt. Leonard's Company, Col. Woodbridge's Regiment, also was again in Capt. Dickenson's Company in the same Regiment.
I also desire a certified copy of any information that you may have as to the place and date of his birth, his marriage and his death. I am,
Very truly yours,
H. S. Gray
833826

706 PIPESTONE STREET BENTON HARBOR, MICHIGAN
Pension Dept.
Washington, D.C. -
Dear Sir: -
Will you kindly send me copy of Revolutionary War Pension of William Tryon (1757-1840 B. Sunderland, Mass) 1 st wife Susanna Spofford 2 nd wife Hannah Hopkins also did William Tryon's father William Tryon who married Catherine Codner have pension and advise me as to charge -
Yours truly
Eleanor Goodenough Gray
Mrs. H. S. Gray 706 Pipestone St. Benton Harbor, Michigan

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Wm Tryon , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. S. 33,826
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Nov. 15, 1776 June 8, 1783 Sgt Yusef Day. Ichabod Alden John Brooks Mass          
Battles engaged in, None stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enl at Scituate, N.Y.
Date of application for pension, Jan. 1, 1819. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Deerfield, Franklin Co. Mass.
Age at date of application, 62 years.
Remarks: In 1820 soldier referred to his wife Hannah, 60 years of age, Children Samuel 28 years, Susan 26 years, Hephzibah 22 years, Ann aged 20 years, Amanda aged 17 years. There is no further data as to family or service on file and the above noted is the only Wm Tryon found on the Rev War records of the Bureau.
Respectfully,
Commissioner
J. W. Foster  Advised July 29. 19

Dear Sir,
New York.
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There is no further data on file as to his family.
The two histories enclosed are those of the only two soldiers named William Tryon found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
Date of death not in D.B.
Acting Commissioner.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section mmh
January 21, 1925
Mrs. Charles R. Folsom Hawthorn Lodge Fayetteville, N. Y.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 33826 it appears that William Tryon enlisted in Ticonderoga, New York November 15, 1776 and served as Sergeant in Captain Luke Day's Company, Colonels Ichabod Alden and John Brooks' Seventh Massachusetts Regiment and was discharged June 8, 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application executed January 1, 1819 while a resident of Deerfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts.
In 1820 he was aged sixty-three years and referred to his wife Hannah aged about sixty years and children Lemuel aged twenty-eight years, Susan aged twenty-six years, Hopkins aged twenty-two years, Ann aged twenty years and Amanda aged seventeen years.
In 1828 he was living in Manlius, Onondaga County,

33 826 Rev INVALID.
File No. 88 826
William Bryan Dr Rev Wm
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 235
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1914. Feb 10: hist to Mr.
Humphrey S. Gray. M.B.H.
1921 July 5 Hist. to Mrs. Ralph B. Harmon
1925 Jan 21 Hist. to Mrs. Chas. P. Tolson. Her letter in claim 36257 of Henry Gray - M.B.H.
1931 Mar 5 Hist. to Mrs. A. D. Gray. M.B.H.

450.
W. Tryon
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33.826

405.
450.
no. of orig. payment 405- REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
July 29. 1828
William Tryon, - of Manlius - in the County of Onondaga - in the State of New York - has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Sergeant in captain Day 's company, in the seventh regiment of the Massachusetts line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing ."
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary, A. Dickinson.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
2 nd August 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to William Tryon in the Massachusetts line
It further appears that William Tryon is now on the pension list of any - - - - - agency, and has been so since the 3 d March 1826 at the rate of  dollars per month.
Rank & pay per mo
See #33.826 Alt. Frow " $36.354 " "
OK 33826 8
Allowed act 1828.

For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the Act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution" passed on the 15 th day of May 1828. I William Fryon of Manlius in the County of Onondaga and State of New York now on a visit at Hadley in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts and formerly a resident at Bloody-Brook in Deerfield in the County of Franklin and Commonwealth aforesaid do hereby declare that I enlisted in the continental Line of the Army of the Revolution for and during the war and continued in its service until its termination, at which period I was Sergeant in Captain Luke Day's company in the regiment of the twelfth Massachusetts Massachusetts Line. And I do declare that I afterwards received certificates for the reward of eighty dollars to which I was entitled under a resolve of Congress passed the fifteenth day of May 1778. And I further declare that I was not, on the fifteenth day of May 1828. on the pension list of the United States. Witness my hand this seventh day of July in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and twenty eight. William Fryon
I further state that I received a pension during about one year under the pension law of 1818 and that it was discontinued on account of my being possessed of more than was permitted by the subsequent law. Wm Fryon
Sworn to before me the subscribers a justice of the Peace within the County of Hampshire etc. this 7 th day of July A. D. 1828. C. R. Lockes justice of the peace

Hampshire ss.
Before me Charles E. Forbes one of the justices of the peace within & for the county of Hampshire Commonwealth of Massachusetts duly empowered to administer oaths in the county and Commonwealth aforesaid personally appeared Timothy Hopkins and Ebenezer Barnard of said County who did this day, severally make oath that William Tryon by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been a soldier in the Army of the Revolution, in manner as therein stated. Witness my hand this seventh day of May in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and twenty eight.
C. E. Forbes justice of the Peace
I Solomon Stoddard clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court and Court of Common Pleas within & for the county of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts do hereby certify that Charles E. Forbes before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn was at the time a justice of the peace and duly empowered to administer oaths in said county
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Courts this seventh day of July in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred twenty eight
S. Stoddard clerk of said Courts

The Secy of the Treasury will confer a favour by forwarding the amt. of the Dubocachys pension to the Post Office in Hadley. Hampshire Co. Mass. All the documents which he possessed evidencing the truth of his statement above made were sent to Washington in in 1818. and as he supposes still remain in that place -
William Troyon
July 7. 1828.