Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15,466, Jonathan Wales, Mass.

SERVICE
Wales, Jonathan Beulah
NUMBER
W. 15.466
Mass.
CONTENTS
2

Let to H. Hanchett, 18 April 1844
77 Hampshire
15.832
Massachusetts
Jonathan Wales
of Hampshire in the State of Massachusetts who was a for. Lieut. in the Company commanded by Captain Lyman of the Regt. commanded by Col May in the Mass. line for 8 mo. for S 1. Sgt
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 31 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of July 1833 and sent to C. P. Huntington W Hampton
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $63.32 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept. 15. 83
$79.15
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book E Vol. 2 Page 92

6478. Massachusetts
Boulah Wales, widow of Jonathan Wales, who was a Private & Corporal, in the Mass ts Line,
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 29 Dollars 20 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 day of December 1844 and sent to S. L. Hinckley, Northampton, Mass.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 40.
Lt to S. L. Hinckley Dec 18 '44.
2 Certs:
1838 1843
} repo.
Paid at Treasury, under act 6 April 1838, from 4 March 1844, to 4 Sept. 1844. Agent notified 15 April, 1845.
Date of death not on AB

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
January 15 th 1846.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The child ren Beulah Waley, acc d a Pensioner on the Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of Twenty nine Dollars and 20 Cents per annum, under the law of the 17 th June 1844, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1844, to the 4 th Sept. 1844.
Respectfully, yours,
W. L. G. [Signature]
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

9291 Jonathan Wales
Photo 8 Mrs Sept 1 9
10 & 14 ob
March 9 1833
For J. C. Bates
P. 291
4020.270
C. P. Huntington Northampton Mass

929!  BRIEF in the case of Jonathan Wales of Hampshire Co in the State of Mass (Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? absent
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? yes
3. How old is he? 75
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.     June 70? In 17 1 5 Private Gen. Coapt Lyman Col Woodbridge   May to July 1777 2 " Coapt Clapp Col. May   77 middle of Augt. 1 " Coapt Lyman no Regt.   77 September 1 or more Sergeant do Col. May  
5. In what battles was he engaged?
Burgoyne's Surrender
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
Nathampton Mass
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
3 living witnesses
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
papers not properly authenticated
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
H. C. Easton
Examining Clerk.  16 July 1833

Declaration 11144
Beulah Mules Maw of Jonathan Mays
Act 7 July 1838 -
a 23 Feby 39. m: 81 -
Adm d -
5 mo 404 p u
3 - 904 Corp e
29. 20 from 23 Feby '39 the day of her husband's death -
Also
act 3 march '43
A 29. 20
No 6758
S. S. Hinkley Northampton Mass -

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7 th July 1838 entitled "An Act granting half pay pensions to certain widows" (also for the benefit of the joint resolution of 1842)
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Hampshire ss
On this same the day of May A.D. 1844 personally appeared before the Hon. Nathan Cooksey Judge of the Probate of Wills &c in for said County Beulah Hales, a resident of Northampton in s d . County, aged eighty one years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed July 7 1838 entitled an "Act granting half pay pensions to certain widows" (also the benefit of the joint resolution of 1842) That she is the widow of Jonathan Hales, who was a private & sergeant in the Massachusetts militia for the period of nine months viz. eight months as a private some months as a sergeant at two or three different times, the names of the officers she cannot remember under whom he served. She further declares that she was married to s d . Jonathan Hales on the fifth day of December A.D. Seventeen hundred & eighty one; that her husband the aforesaid Jonathan Hales died on the twenty third day of February A.D. Eighteen hundred & thirty nine; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, eighteen hundred & thirty four, viz at the time above stated. Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above written before me Nathan Cooksey Judge of Probate Beulah Hales

I Samuel H. Lyman Register of said Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Beulah Waldo for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this seventh day of May 1881
S. Lyman Reg. of Probate

Am J. L. Edward Comm ~ Pensions Washington

Mass ts - Northampton July 3 d 1844 Hon J. L. Edward Comm ee of Passions Washington Sir
I herewith send to your office the declaration of Beulah Hales widow of Jon a Hales with such evidence to sustain the declaration as can be obtained. There is no record of her marriage that can be found. Rev d Sol o - mon Williams former pastor of the church in Northampton recorded the marriage in his parish records, but afterwards it was crossed out probably with his own pen because it was not solemnized by himself.
She was married to Jon a Hales by Rev d . Mr. Hale of Northampton, the pastor at North- ampton the being out of town -
Mrs Hales & her late husband have always been highly reputable & there is no doubt in the minds of her townsmen that she was married as stated by her declaration.
Very respectfully
Your obt. serv t
Saml D. Hinckley

Town Clerks Office Northampton County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Oct 21 st 1844
I hereby certify that no marriages were registered on the records of the town aforesaid prior to the year 1816 having been previously to that period recorded in the parish records which parish records were destroyed by fire with the house of Rev d Enoch Hale then pastor & keeper of said records in the year 1816, I know that the house of Rev d Hale was burned in the year 1816 & was informed at the time that the records of marriages, with most of the private papers of Rev d Hale were also burned. I have never entertained a doubt that said records & papers were burned with the house late in the Fall or early in the winter of 1816, I was present at the fire, I am forty six years of age & was born & always have lived in Northampton & never heard a doubt expressed that Rev d Hales late wife - a revolutionary pensioner of the United States & Buelah his wife were legally married; from the earliest of my recollection they lived together in the relation of husband & wife & their children were all well known to me the most of them being men & women grown so early as I can remember.
I further certify that the following is a true copy of record of births, which record appears to have

have been made by Gideon Clark, being in his hand writing, who was clerk of said Westhampton from A.D. 1779 to 1813 inclusive
"Elihu Wales son to Mr. Jonathan Wales & Bulah his wife was born August 25 th 1782 (twenty fifth, Seventeen hundred eighty two) Elihu Wales " " June 7 th A.D. 1784 (seventh Seventeen hundred eighty four) Silva Wales " " September 17 th A.D. 1786 (seventeenth, Seventeen hundred eighty six) Chester Wales " " January 19 th A.D. 1789 (nineteenth Seventeen hundred eighty nine) Jonathan Wales " " October 2 nd A.D. 1791 (second, Seventeen hundred ninety one) Bulah Wales " " February 24 th A.D. 1794 (twenty four, Seventeen hundred ninety four) Joseph Wales " " October 22 nd A.D. 1796 (twenty two, Seventeen hundred ninety six)
John A. Fudd - Town Clerk -
I John A Fudd above named depose & say; that I hold the office of town clerk in the County, town and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town, with the addition however of the date expressed above in letters, being only expressed in figures on the records of the town.
John A. Fudd - Clerk of the -
- town of Westhampton
Westhampton ss
Sworn before me by John A. Fudd, who is personally known to me
Oct 21 st 1844
Sam l L. Hinckley Justice of the Peace

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Hampshire ss.
I, Samuel Wells, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Hampshire, do certify, that Samuel L. Hinckley Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Samuel L. Hinckley and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said Commonwealth, this twenty first day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty four.
Samuel Wells
Clerk.

9291
Jonathan Wales
State Troops.
1 st Term proved by application of Timothy Edwards & enclosed affidavit.
Has proof of each term of service.

DECLARATION,
IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE BENEFIT OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS OF THE 7TH OF JUNE, 1832.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, } COUNTY OF HAMPSHIRE. } 88.
ON this Twentieth day of August 1832 personally appeared in open court, before Samuel Hinckley Judge of the court of Probate now sitting, Jonathan Wales a resident of Northampton in the County of Hampshire, and State of Massachusetts, aged 75 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 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
In 1776 he enlisted as a private at Northampton in said County in the month of June for six five months from first of July or thereabouts to go to Ticonderoga. He marched thither through Charlemont, Worthington Williamstown Bennington Shaftsbury Pownal where they drew provision to Skeenesboro' thence by water to Ticonderoga, there stationed & served five months in Capt Joseph Lyman's company, Lieuts Bascom & Dickinson, Col Woodbridge's regiment, Gen Gates & Arnold. Was dismissed but not in writing.
In 1777 said Jonathan enlisted at said Northampton as a private for two months from the first part of May to the first part of July to go to Ticonderoga & marched thither the same route & was stationed on Mount Independence & there served two months till the evacuation of the fort in the company of Capt Simeon Clapp's, in Col May's regiment. Lieut Col. Whittmore, Gen H Blair commanding. Retreated by land & his time was out on the retreat. In the same year about the middle of August he went into said service as a volunteer at the time of the Bennington alarm, marched to Williamstown, when they heard that the battle had been fought, then went to Lanesboro' & assisted in guarding prisoners thence through Northampton to Worcester, thence back to Northampton having served one month in Capt Oliver Lyman's company, Lieut Hunt- Lieut, no regiment. Soon after, about, or a little after the middle of September he again volunteered to go Stillwater & reached there just after the first battle, stationed there & followed Burgoyne towards Saratoga, & served till he surrendered a month or more in Capt Oliver Lyman's company, Lieuts Seth Hunt & Asahel Pomeroy, in Col May's regiment, being at that time a sergeant. He was born in Randolph formerly Braintree Mass, Sept 23, 1756, & has lived in said Northampton since 14 years old, but Northampton was a part of Northampton when the above services were performed - He never received a written discharge & expects to prove each service by a living witness -
He hereby relinquishes every claim 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.
By me Samuel Hinckley Judge of Probate  Jonathan Wales for said County
We, _____ residing in _____ and 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 neighbor- hood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
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 abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Samuel Hinckley Judge who has signed the preceding certificate, is resident in  of Probate and that _____ who has also signed the same, is a resident in and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Sam F. Lyman Register of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jonathan Wales for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this thirteenth
day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
thirty two
Sam F. Lyman Register

I Submit Clark of Westhampton in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, widow of Paul Clark, late of said Westhampton, deceased, do depose and say, that I was eighty two years old on the twelfth day of January now last past, that in the year seventeen hundred and eighty one - being then of the age of nineteen years, I was personally present at, and witnessed the marriage of Jonathan Males of Westhampton to Beulah Clark of Northampton - that they were married by the Reverend Hale of Westhampton at the house of Benjamin Clark in said Northampton, and lived in said Westhampton from the time of their marriage to the time of his the said Jonathan's decease in 1839 - and the said Beulah has to this time, continued to reside in said Westhampton, and has never married a second time, but remains the widow of the said Jonathan Males - She is a sister of my deceased husband - Paul Clark -
Having lived within sixteen  the a mile or two of sister Males ever since the time of our marriage - more than half a century - I am intimately acquainted with her, and with the foregoing facts respecting her -
And further the deponent saith not.
Westhampton } Witness.
May 24, 1844 J. A. Juddey
Henry Clark
Submit Clark mark
Hampshire ss. May 24 th 1844. Then the above named Submit Clark personally appeared and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by her subscribed, before me.
John A. Juddey, Justice of the Peace
And I further certify that the deponent aforesaid is well known to me as a person of the strictest integrity and unimpeachable veracity.
John A. Juddey

Hampshire ss.
I, Samuel Ellis, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Hampshire, do certify, that Wm. H. Pierce
Copies, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Wm. H. Pierce and believe his signature to said certificate
is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas, for said Commonwealth, this thirteenth day of July , in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty four.
Samuel Ellis
Clerk.
Robert Clark Deputy
time of marriage of Bathsheba Bates

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Hampshire ss.
I, Samuel Wells, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Hampshire, do certify, that John A. Suddell Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said John A. Suddell and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth, this tenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty four
Samuel Wells
Clerk.
John A. Suddell Justice of the Peace Hampshire ss.

December 3, 1932
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BA-J/KEI aw Jonathan Wales-W.15466
Laural B. Hobbes 3322 De Mere Street Jacksonville, Florida
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to several soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon military service of soldiers of that war.
A careful search of the Revolutionary War records has been made in your behalf and no record found of such claims having been made on account of the services of Moses Parsons, as described by you, or of Ariel Bragg, Jonathan Beckwith or any Aaron Beamon.
It is suggested that as a possible means of obtaining information in regard to the military service of soldiers of that war, you apply to The Adjutant General, War Department, this city.
The history of Jonathan Wales is given below:
Jonathan Wales was born September 23, 1756, in Braintree (later Randolph), Massachusetts. His father served as captain in the Revolutionary War; his name was not given.
Jonathan Wales, while residing in Northampton, Massachusetts, enlisted and served with the Massachusetts Troops as follows: from July 1, 1776, five months as private in Captain Joseph Lyman's Company, Colonel Woodbridge's Regiment and was stationed at Ticonderoga; from early in May, 1777, two months as private in Captain Simeon Clapp's Company, Colonel May's Regiment, marched to Ticonderoga and was stationed at Mount Independence until its evacuation; from about the middle of August, 1777, one month as private in Captain Oliver Lyman's

I did not use Reet Col Chapin a witness said which as Col. said he had no Colonel's did on this tour & Lyman not find Chapin until 1778. so thought witness was wrong
Company and from sometime after the middle of September, 1777, one month as sergeant in Captain Oliver Lyman's Company, Colonel May's Regiment. It is not stated that he ever served as captain.
Jonathan Wales was allowed pension on his application executed August 20, 1833, while residing in Westhampton, Massachusetts.
He died February 23, 1838 or 1839 (both dates appear in the claim) at Westhampton, Massachusetts.
The soldier married December 5, 1781, Beulah Clark. She was then of Northampton, Massachusetts, and he of Westhampton, Massachusetts, and they were married at the home of Benjamin Clark in Northampton, Massachusetts; no relationship of said Benjamin Clark to Beulah was shown.
Soldier's widow, Beulah, was allowed pension on her application executed May 7, 1844, at which time she was aged eighty-one years and resided in Westhampton, Massachusetts.
Jonathan and Beulah Wales had the following children:
   Elihu Wales  born  August  28, 1782.    Electa Wales  "  June  7, 1784.    Silva Wales  "  September  17, 1786.    Chester Wales  "  January  19, 1789.    Jonathan Wales  "  October  2, 1791.    Beulah Wales  "  February  24, 1794.    Joseph Wales  "  October  22, 1796.   
The above dates of birth were recorded on the records of the town clerk of Westhampton, Massachusetts.
In 1844, a grandson of the widow, was residing in Westhampton, Massachusetts; his name was not given nor are the names of his parents designated.
The widow had a brother, Paul Clark. He was deceased in 1844. In that year, Paul's widow, Submit Clark, resided in Westhampton, Massachusetts, and stated that she "was eighty-two years old on the 12th of January now last past". One Gideon Clark was Town Clerk of Westhampton, Massachusetts from 1779 until 1813; no relationship to Beulah Clark Wales was shown.

Date of m'dor's death not on AB
The above is the history of the only soldier named Jonathan Wales, that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of Beulah Wales, widow of Jonathan Wales, W.15466, you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, citing all of the following data:
Beulah Wales, widow of Jonathan Wales, Certificate No.6478, issued December 5, 1844, rate $29.20 per annum, commenced March 4, 1843, Act of March 3, 1843, Massachusetts Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 15466
Rebecca Wales Widow of Jonathan Wales Dech Rev War
Act: March 3 d 43
Index:—Vol. M , Page 310
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1916 Mch 13: History to Mrs. A. B. Reed. M. 13.16
1932 - Rec 3 - History to Laural B Hobbs Eld

11144
Brulah Nales
Map
letters S. L. Hinckley gift Octo: '44 - Do Oct: 18: '44
act 7 July 1838

April 18 1844
Rev. Mr. Nale, Cedarvale Commissioner of Pensions Washington

Northampton Mass ts Apr 13 th 1844 J. L. Edwards Esq r Comm r of Pensions Washington Sir
The widow of Jon s Hales, (late a revolutionary pensioner of the United States) who died on the 23 d Feby. 1838 at Northampton) has evidence of his marriage & death, but can find no evidence of his services in the Army, except such as may be filed in the Pension Office at Washington on his original application & except such as may appear on the rolls in the office of the Secretary of this Commonwealth. As you require that some clue should be given to the Secretary of this Commonwealth, to the names of the officers under whom soldiers served, she cannot do so without referring to her husband's original application and the evidence which accompanied it. He was a pensioner under the Act of 1832. She believes that her husband was a private, during the most of his services, under his father, Capt Hales. If you can give her information, that she may apply to the Secy. in due form, you will greatly oblige her.
Respectfully your obt serv t S. L. Hinckley

Mr. Orren Kingsley
Wethersfield
Mr. Clapp
Mass

Boston May 10, 1864
Mr. Eben Kingsley
Dear Sir,
I have in my possession, the greater part of my father's Diary from the period of his first settlement in Northampton. But on examination I am sorry to find that the portion of it from June 14, 17 1881, to the end of that year, consisting apparently of one of the small books in which it was kept, is missing, including of course the portion of it in which it is probable the marriage of the daughter was recorded. It is barely possible that this portion of the Diary may have been accidentally mislaid, among my papers, & that I may yet find it, but this is not probable. I will make search for it, & should I find it, it will give me pleasure to comply with your request, & I will immediately transmit to you a certificate attesting your visits by mail, very respectfully
Yr. Obed Servt
Matthew Hale

Northampton Mass Oct 14/44
Hon J. L. Edwards Comm ee Pensions
Sir
In your letter of the 9 th inst just rec d - you say "It is very remarkable that Jonathan Hales, who lived several years after the passage of the Act of 1832, should not have applied for a pension during his life time, had he thought himself entitled to the benefit of the pension laws" -
If I am correctly informed, Mr. Hales did receive a pension under the Act of 1832 of between 30$ & 40$ & his widow drew the arrearage to the day of his decease 23 rd Feby 1838
The widow of Jon th Hales is very infirm and is dependent on her grandson with whom she lives. It was discouraged in urging her claim for a pension by the difficulty of procuring record evidence of her marriage and this will account for her delay in making application.
No record can be found of their marriage, but of the fact of their marriage prior to 1794 no one who knows Mrs Hales entertains a doubt so far as I can learn.
They were married on the 5 th Dec r 1781 at Northampton by Rev d Enoch Hale of Northampton, the pastor of the church at Northampton Rev d Solomon Williams being there about

absent. Sylvester Judd Esq 3 one of our oldest & most respectable citizens, & a son of the predecessor of Rev d E. Hale informs me that Rev d Sol o Williams recorded Mr Hale's marriage in the parish records, but afterwards made several crosses on it with his pen, probably (as he infers) because it was not one of his own marriages.
I can procure a certificate of this from our present clergyman, but have not done so as I presumed such a certificate would not be received by you in evidence.
Mr Judd further informs me that Mr. Hale entered Mr. Hale's marriage in his diary Dec r 5 1781, that the diary was sent to his (Mr. Hale's) son at Boston some years since & cannot now be found.
I have applied to Mr. Hale of Boston and he informs me that search has been made for the diary & it cannot be found.
I can send you the affidavit of one or more respectable persons setting forth their acquaintance with Mr. and Mrs Hale prior to 1794 who were then living together & sustaining the relation of husband & wife.
The certificate required from the Secy. of this State shall be applied for without delay.
Very respectfully your ob t serv t
Sam l L. Hinkley

Subj. Mass ss —

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office: Boston, May 11, 1847
Sir,
In the case of the widow of Jonathan Wales it is necessary that she state the name of the officers under whom he served, as stated in the certificate returned to Washing- ton, as the only sure way of obtaining a certificate of his services, which can probably be obtained by applying to the Commission of Pensions at Washington
Resp d , your obed Servt for the Secy C. S. Lane
Genl Shipp Boston

19291 Matthew Wale,
each term proved C. P. Huntington agent Northampton Mass.
C. P. Huntington Northampton 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 Wales which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Y II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Y 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? Y IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Y 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? Y VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Y VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Y VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Y IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Y 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? No seal attached to the declaration

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
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?
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?
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?
No
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
Yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
Yes
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
No
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.
I take these objections to be waived, as the applicant has affidavits of each term of service, I suppose they should be - C.P. Huntington Agent

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.

8917
Massachusetts
Beulah Wales widow of Jonathan Wales, who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 23 February 1839 of Hampshire in the State of Mass a who was a Pri t Co y in the Co y commanded by Captain Lyman of the reg t commanded by Col May in the Mass a line for 5 mo. 4 da. Pri 3 " 9 da Co y
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass a at the rate of 29 Dollars 20 Cents per annum, to commence on the 1th day of March, 1836. 23 Feby 1839.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of Decem r 1844 and sent to S. L. Hinkley, Northampton, Mass a
Total amount, $
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by J. L. Swan Clerk, Book 2 Vol. 1 Page 73

Dec 16 44
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6478
Bulah Walla
NSW 243
Mr
Sturminster
Home of Pansy
Northfield
S.C.

Northampton Mass Dec r 10 1844
Hon J. L. Edwards Comm ee Pensions Washington Sir
In the certificate of Mrs Bowditch Wales No 6478 under the Act 3 rd Mar 1843 the stipend or annuity is made to terminate on the 4 th Mar 1844. Presuming you intended it should read as terminating on the 4 th Mar 1848 I venture to ask your advice in the matter
Very respectfully
Your obt serv t ,
Sam l L. Hinckley

66p
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston;
Nov 9 1811.
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 Jonathan Wales is borne upon a pay roll of Capt Simon Clark from May 10 1777 Col Wells as Colonel Quarters days; upon a pay roll of Capt Oliver Lyman as Col from Sept 20. 1777 - 30 days; upon a pay roll of Capt Sam Denny, Col McCulloch from March 23. 1778 - 14 days; upon a pay roll of Capt Sam Denny from May 14. 1777 - 30 days; upon a pay roll of Capt Ralph Thompson Castle Island from Oct 12 1777 - 1 mo 20 days. There are no rolls of Capt Lyman in 1776 in this Office.
2.9 1 - 9.9 14 3 1.20 28 41 3/4

And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Parris; Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Hampshire Town of Northampton The Secretary of the Commonwealth aforesaid is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office of the service of my late husband Jonathan Hales a revolutionary pensioner of the U.S. States due -
He enlisted in the year 1776 from the town of Northampton in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth aforesaid in the Com- pany of Capt d Oliver Symonds I have been informed Regiment and served as a private as I have been informed eight months & as a sergeant one month and how much longer if any I am unable to state We were married in the year 1781 5 th Dec r He died on the 23 d Feby. 1838
The only other facts which I recollect, are as follows that my husband for his service a pension under the Act of Congress of 1832 granting pensions of about thirty doll s pr. annum
I am now eighty one years old and my memory does not enable me to state any thing further material to the search required
I have empowered Geo. W. Phipps of Boston to act in the premises as my attorney - Witness my hand this eighteenth day of October A.D. 1844 signed in my presence by said Buelah Hales John A. Sield - Jus. Peace Buelah Hales

Oct 25 1844
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Bulah wals majs.
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Edward Ag 3
Comm. & Pensions
Hastings

Northampton Mass Oct 22 1844
J. L. Edwards Esq Comm ee Pensions Washington Sir
The certificate of the Secy. of State in relation to the services of Jon s Wales the husband of Mrs. Bridah Wales will be sent to you from Boston in the course of a few days. Rev d . Enoch Hale died several years ago & no certificate of course can be had from him. His son the editor of the Commercial Advertiser in Boston will confirm by affidavit the fact of the burning of his fathers house & papers as stated in the inclosed affidavit by the town clerk, if you requisitioned will to save the widow all expense possible, but if the affidavit of Mr. Judd giving an extract from the record of births of the children is unsatisfactory I can obtain affidavits of the oldest inhabitants of Metham p t n that they knew the applicant & her husband & Jon s Wales to have maintained that relation to each other prior to 1794 - I have seen the records of Metham p t n & the first record of marriage is 2 d Jan y . 1817. There is no family record in the handwriting of the applicant or her husband Very respectfully, Y r O bed Serv t S. L. Hinkley

Thomas Smith for David Strong - Isabel Pomeroy for Jonathan Walis.

I Elisha King of Northampton. Mass, a now pensioner aged 72 do testify depose & say that I know Jonathan Wales ever since the breaking out of the revolutionary war before. In the year 1777 we both served in the Northern campaign at Saratoga from the fore part of May to the fore part of July two months in Capt Simeon Clapp's company Col Mays regiment, stationed on Mount Independence, I know said Jonathan Wales well in said service & have no hesitation in testifying to said 2 months service - August 9 th 1832. We were both privates -
Elisha King
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Hampshire ss Aug 11 th 1832.
Then personally appeared the above named Elisha King & made oath to the truth of the foregoing instrument by him subscribed before me
Chas. P. Huntington
Justice of the Peace -

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
HAMPSHIRE ss. I, SAMUEL F. LYMAN, Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County, do hereby certify that Charles D. Huntington Esquire, before whom the annexed depositions (3) were taken, is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and have no doubt that the Signatures annexed to said depositions are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have, hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this fourth day of September A. D. 1832.
Sam. F. Lyman Register of Probate.

Hampshire p. April 15 th 1833.
I hereby further certify that the above named Elisha King & the within named Asahel Wright & Asahel Pomeroy are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit & that said Asahel Pomeroy very lately deceased was up to the time of his decease a person of truth & veracity & that the above named persons gave these three affidavits before me.
Charles P. Huntington Justice of the Peace

I Asahel Pomeroy of Northampton Mass aged 82 do testify depose & say that I have always known Jonathan Wales of Northampton Mass. I was Lieutenant of the company commanded by Capt Oliver Lyman, Seth Hunt the other Lieut. Chapin Colonel, & served five or six weeks at the time of the capture of Burgoyne at Stillwater, & following the British army to Saratoga. Said Jonathan was a member of said company & served said length of time in the same service with myself from about the middle of September - a private - & further say not - Sept 3. 1832.
Asahel Pomeroy
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Hamshire ss Sept 3. 1832. Then personally appeared the above named Asahel Pomeroy a man of truth & veracity to me known & made oath to the truth of the foregoing instrument by him subscribed before me Chas. P. Huntington Justice of the Peace.

Henry Hooper Depositor
Sum of Dues of Joint Notes
16.66 17.44 11 1.10 29.20

I Henry Hooker of Northampton, County of Hampshire Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged fifty eight years before say, that I was present at the house of Jonathan Hale late of Northampton deceased a revolution ary soldier, on the day of his death, which occurred on the twenty third day of February A.D. eighteen hundred thirty nine, the date of his death I fix in my mind from the fact of an error being made at the time the notice was sent to the editor of a newspaper in North- ampton stating that his death occurred on the 13 th instead of the 23 rd . February as it should have been, also from the fact that his death occurred on the day following the anniversary of the birth of Washington. I have been intimate with the family of Jonathan Hale deceased and his widow Sarah Hale is still living at Northampton and is the identical person who has this day made her declaration before the Hon. Nathan C. Crosby, Judge of Probate for the benefit of the provisions of the Act of Congress of the 7 th July 1838 granting pensions to certain widows.
Henry Hooker
Hampshire County ss On this nineteenth day of May A.D. 1844 personally appeared Henry Hooker subscribed and made solemn oath to the truth of the above affidavit, and I hereby certify that I. Henry Hooker is personally known to me to be a person of credit and veracity
Before me -
S. L. Hinckley Justice of the Peace

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Hampshire ss.
I, Samuel Wells, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Hampshire, do certify, that Samuel L. Hinckley Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Samuel L. Hinckley and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth, this Thirteenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty four.
S. Wells
Clerk.

282 Lexington Ave Sec Buffalo, N.Y. Mar. 2, 1916.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D.C. Dear Sir:-
Will you please send a complete pension record of Jonathan Wales - Hampshire Co. Mass. soldier of the Revolution? Also record, if possible, of Isaac Paris, Sr. who was killed at Bunkerville, Rev. War - (New York.) and Daniel Paris, 15th Regt.

3322 De Mere St.
Jacksonville, Florida Oct. 28, 1932
Director of Pensions Washington, D.C. Dear Sir:
On account of compiling family records for D.A.R. I am very anxious to secure the following information - Wives' names, dates of births & marriages of:
o Beaman - Reamar (1) Two Aaron Beamans of Vermont (2) Moses Parsons - 1731-1814 - ~ 1814 Northampton, Mass. (3) Capt. Jonathan Wales ✓ Westhampton, Mass. (4) Ariel Bragg Wrentham, Mass. (5) Jonathan Beckwith probably from Vermont.
I shall be most appreciative as it is very difficult to trace these ancestors in any books we have in local libraries
Thank you, Laura B. Hobbes

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 Jonathan Hales , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. W. 15466
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     July 1, 1776 5 mos. Pvt Joseph Lyman Woodbridge Mass.   Early in May 1777 2 mos Pvt. Simeon Clapp May   Aug. 1777 1 mo. Pvt. Oliver Lyman   + Sep 30 1777 1 mo Dgt. Oliver Lyman May.  
Soldiers filler was a Captain in the Rev War, name not stated
Battles engaged in, Was at the evacuation of Mt. Independence.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Northampton Hampshire Co Mass.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 20, 1832. This claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Northampton, Hampshire Co Mass.
Age at date of application, 76 in Randolph, formerly Braintree Mass Sept. 23, 1756.
Remarks: He married in Northampton, Mass Dec. 5, 1781 Beulah Clark, he died Feb. 23, 1839 and she was allowed pension on an application executed May 7, 1841 while a resident of Northampton Mass aged 81 years. Children. Elihu b Aug 25, 1782, Electa b June 7, 1784, Silas b Sept 17, 1786. Chester b Jan. 19, 1789; Jonathan b Oct 2, 1791; Beulah b Feb 24, 1794. Joseph b Oct 22, 1796. In 1844 he resided with a grandson, name not stated.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
3-2856
{ There were evidently two Jonathan Hales; soldier distinctly says he served as Pvt in Capt Simeon Clapp's Co. Mass Regt in May 1777. Sir, I did not take dates from Secretary's report of a Capt. J. W.