Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,560, Ahimaaz Willey, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Willey Ahimaaz or Ahimaas or Ahimaz
S. 34,560
CONTENTS

4,204
Massachusetts.
Shimaas Willey, Capt Holmes private Connecticut Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of - 8 - Dollars per month, to commence on the 6 th of May, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th of Nov r 1818 and sent to Dr. Woodbridge, Esq. Stockbridge, Mass.
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818. amt 26 3/4 / 100 31.76 Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 th Mar ch , 1819. 48.00
$79.76
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Three years Windsor Berkshire Co Continued
Shimaas Willey, private of Capt Holmes Connecticut Line

Atkins Milley
May 6 th 1818

Shimna Valley
6
Admitted
any matter discharge

Albinus W. Soldier in the first Regt. having served the term of time for which he enlisted, with Reputable as he is hereby Discharged the Army of the United States
Starr Gold Command Brigade
Springfield April 17 th 1862
B. Kelley is to receive pay & Rations until the 21 st Instant

Commonwealth District of Massachusetts.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY, ss.
ON this Sixth day of May in the year of our Lord 1815 before the subscriber Samuel Putnam one of the Judges of the Supreme Judicial Court personally appeared Thomas Willey aged sixty nine years, resident in the Town of Windsor in the County of Berkshire aforesaid, 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 provisions 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 Thomas Willey enlisted in East Haddam in the State of Connecticut in the company commanded by Captain Stephen Halsey of said East Haddam of the Regiment commanded Col Benjamin the fourteenth day of April 1777
That he continued to serve in the said corps, in the service of the United States, until the fourteenth day of April 1780 when he was discharged from service in
State of New Jersey as described in the preceding declaration and that he was in the battles of Monmouth, Red Bank, Brandywine so called; -and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support; that he never had any Pension & relinquishes all claim to any other than this And that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services. Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid.
S. Putnam Just S.J. Court of Mass s
Thomas Willey
I Samuel Putnam one of the Judges of the Supreme Judicial Court do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Thomas Willey 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, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. Given under my hand, & The seal of said Court the 6 th May 1815
S. Putnam Just. S.J. Court of Mass s
I JOSEPH WOODBRIDGE, Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court within & for the County of Berkshire do certify and attest, that the abovenamed Samuel Putnam is one of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court aforesaid and that the foregoing is his signature.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court, the day and year first above written.
J. Woodbridge Clerk

2.
Alimaz Willy -
4204 Nov. '18
mar '19

District of Massachusetts, ss :
ON this 28 th day of June 1820 ; Personally appeared in open Court before the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, begun and holden at Lenox, within and for the County of Berkshire, in the Western Circuit, on the 4th Monday of June 1820, the same Court, being a Court of record for said Circuit ; proceeding according to the course of the common Law, with a jurisdiction, unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment,
Shimaz Willey — aged Sixty years, resident in Windsor in the County of Berkshire aforesaid, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath
declare, that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows ; that he enlisted in the company commanded by Captain Eliphalet Holmes — in the regiment commanded by Colonel — Prentis part of the time
part of the time by Col. Frazier in the line of the State of Connecticut on the Continental establishment. That his original declaration is dated May sixth 1818 — and that his pension certificate is numbered 4.204
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—schedule of property, necessary clothing and bedding excepted—to wit :
That I do not own or possess any property whatever except one Bed & my clothing - and about

District of Massachusetts, ss :
ON this 28 th - day of June - 1820 ; Personally appeared in open Court before the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, begun and holden at Lenox, within and for the County of Berkshire, in the Western Circuit, on the 4th Monday of June 1820, the same Court, being a Court of record, for said Circuit ; proceeding according to the course of the common Law, with a jurisdiction, unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment,
Asahel Willey - aged Sixty years, resident in Windsor in the County of Berkshire aforesaid, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows ; that he enlisted in the company commanded by Captain Eliphalet Holmes - in the regiment commanded by Colonel - Prentis part of the time  part of the time by Col. Frazier in the line of the State of Connecticut on the Continental establishment. That his original declaration is dated May sixth 1818 - and that his pension certificate is numbered 4.204 .
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—schedule of property, necessary clothing and bedding excepted—to wit :
That I do not own or possess any property whatever except one Bed & my clothing - and about six dollars in money left of the last pension money I received
That I am by occupation a Labourer - that I am so infirm that I am unable to labour except a part of my time in the summer that the number of my family residing with me is  that their names and ages are as follows  that I have no family - (sign d .) Asahel Willey
Sworn to, and declared on the 28 th - day of June 1820, before the said Court - (sign d .) Parker L. Hall Atty pro tem.
I Parker L. Hall Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Berkshire do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record 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  dollars and  cents.  said Willey has no property.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court on this ninth day of August 1820.
Parker L. Hall
CLERK OF THE COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF BERKSHIRE.

307 Mathur St. N.W.
L. Collins Colla.
Oct. 21 st 1907
Hon. T. Warner.
Commission of Pensions:-
Dear Sir,
Yours of 16 th inst. received. I thank you for the full information you have given me in regard to Ezra Warren, my great-grandfather.
Thinking perhaps my letter of inquiry had miscarried, I wrote again a day or two since.

repeating the request.
In regard to Alma an Willey . my great grandfather on my grandmother's side. you say the records fail to show him as going down there.
I have an aged aunt, living. who tells me positively that he was a Revolutionary soldier and prisoner. That she remembers when her mother went to Wil-  Watson Mass to settle up affairs at the time of his death, between the dates 1832-1836. and to see about the pension. She was an only child.
Will it be too much to ask you to look in the Conn. records? Should there be no record there. how would you suggest that I proceed in order to verify my oral statements?
Thanking you most heartily for your assistance. I remain,
Yours Respectfully, Mrs Ida M. Warren!

In reply to your request of _____, received for a statement of the military history of Abimaz Willey 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. 8 File 34560
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apl. 14, 1777 \ Eliphalet Holmes Prentiss Conn.   disch. Apl. 14, 1780 Josiah Starr   at Springfield, N.J.          
Battles engaged in, Mon. Danbury Pennsylvania.
Residence of soldier at enlistment,  Enlisted at East Haddam, Conn.
Date of application for pension, May 6, 1818.  Allowed -
Residence at date of application, Windsor, Berkshire Co., Mass.
Age at date of application, 59
Remarks: _____
In Aud: for death etc.

34 560 Rey INVALID.
1907 Oct. 31 st Hist. to Mrs. Ida M. Maren. c
File No. 34 560
Thimass Willey Pri Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 57
[Arrangement of 1870.]