Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11264, Jonathan Trescott, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Trescott, Jonathan
S. 11264
CONTENTS
carded

Reported
Date of death not on list
Increase New Hampshire 13070 Jonathan Prescott
of Trumbull Co in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Noble of the Reg t commanded by _____ in the _____ line for
8 Mo. 23 dys
Inscribed on the Roll of Concord at the rate of 29 Dollars 20 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of Feb. 1848 and sent to Simon Stevens Esq.
Airs to the 4th of Lancaster, Pension allowance ending Decr.
Deduct all former payments under this Act at the rate of $26.66 { Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by H. S. Rumballin Clerk Book E Vol. 1 Page 128

Jonathan Prescott Application for a Pension.
9915,
Filed August 24 1832

The State of Ohio } on this 22 nd day of August A.D. 1832 Summerville } personally appeared in open Court before the Supreme Court of said State for the County of Summerville now sitting - Jonathan Prescott a resident of Paris in the County of Portage & State of Ohio aged seventy two 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 act of Congress passed June 7-1832 That he entered the service of the United States under the following officers and served as here stated. In the year 1778 I think in May or June I was drafted for a term of eight months as a private soldier under command of Captain Enoch Hobbs, we marched to Danbury from thence we marched to the White Plains, where we were stationed until the fall of the same year was frequently called out in scouting parties but was in no battles. Marched from Danbury the White Plains back to Danbury for winter quarters, where had a winter discharge. After I came back to Danbury I was sick of the fever about six or seven weeks. My term of service expired before I got well - I know of no person living by whom I can prove my actual service.
Some
I have the honor to submit the following answers to the order of Court  1. Where and in what year were you born Ans - I was born in Sheffield, County of Berkshire State of Mass. in A.D. 1760  2. Have you a record of your age & if so where is it - I have no record of my age 

Ans - I have a record of my age at home in my birth
3 When were you living when called into the service When service, and where do you now live?
Ans - I lived in the County of Berkshire state of Mass. I have lived since the war in the County of Caledon, Vermont, in the Town of St. Johnsbury about thirty years, I have lived in Skaneateles in  about  one and a half years where I now live about twelve years. I have lived in Paris where I now live about four months -
4. How were you called into the service?
Ans I was drafted - I cannot recollect any of the regular officers except Col. Wood, who was my Colonel
5. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service
Ans I never did
Joseph Allen and David Brooks two of my neigh- bours can testify with regard to my character for truth & the truth of my having been in service He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Given to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Joseph Allen
We Joseph Allen and David Brooks residing in the Town of Trumbull and state of Ohio, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jonathan Siscott who has -

Subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy two years of age or thereabouts, that he is of upright and believed in the neighborhood where he belongs, to have been a soldier in the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion, & that we believe him to be a man of veracity.
George Parsons Clerk, S.C.
Joseph Allen
David his Brooks Heath
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, for the reasons, that it appears to them that Jonathan  George  Joseph Allen Mygatt and David Brooks who have signed the preceding certificate are residents of the County of Franklin & State of Ohio, and are credible persons & that this statement is entitled to credit.
I George Parsons Clerk of the Supreme Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Jonathan
Prescott for a pension
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said the Court this 29 th day of August
1832
George Parsons Clerk
_____ I George Mygatt - do hereby certify that I have been acquainted with Jonathan Prescott for ten years. That he is a man of truth.
_____ Clerk of Court
George Mygatt
1832 Warren August 21. Sworn and subscribed
Reverend Sylvanus Potter, Chap. Clerk of Supreme Court

Jonathan Swift for a temporary his pension

County of Grafton ss
On this eleventh day of January 1842 before me the Subscribers a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Graf- ton personally appeared Jonathan Prescott formerly of Ohio who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly be- longed to the Company commanded by Captain Enock Nobles in the regiment commanded by Colonel Moad, Massachusetts Militia in the service of the United States; That his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of Ohio from which he has lately removed; that he now resides in the state of New Hampshire where he intends to remain and he wishes his pension to be then payable in future -
The following are his reasons for removing from Ohio to New Hamp- shire - He wishes to reside with Mary Holmes his son in law who lives in Bath in the state of New Hampshire She agreed to keep him during life
Sworn & Subscribed to Jonathan Prescott before me the day of year aforesaid M. G. Grafton

I Moses Holman of Bath in the County of Grafton State of New Hampshire - do hereby say that I have known the within named Jonathan Inverness for over thirty years past he is now eighty two years old his my wife Father I do know that he is the same person who draws the pension of twenty Six Dollars & Sixty six cents on the pension roll of the State of Ohio as he states within that he lately removed from there to my house in Bath N.H. I expect he will stay with me during his life - Moses Holman
Grafton ss. January 11 1842 Then the said Moses Holman personally appeared with said Jonathan Inverness before me and made oath that the above affidavit by him signed as to said Inverness his identity is just & true & I do certify that he is a person of good standing as a citizen & a person of veracity before me - Israel Goodall Justice of Peace

State of New Hampshire
Grafton County set.
I Nathan Belton, clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Ira Goodall is an acting justice of the Peace in and for said County of Grafton duly com- missioned and qualified, that his commission was dated on the twelfth day of June AD 1841, and will expire on the twelfth day of June AD 1846, and that his two signatures above written (on the first & third pages of this sheet) are genuine Given under my hand and the seal of said County this 22 day of January AD 1842 N Belton clerk

13.070 Jonathan Prescott Ohio.
To for 8 Months from 1778.
770.5
George Parsons Clerk Warren Trumbull Co Ohio

BRIEF in the case of  Jonathan Prescott  County of Linnuball  in the State of Ohio  (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? 72  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. As a Gen.     In 1798. drafted 8 Private Capt. Nobles  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none mentioned  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? County of Dunkirk 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? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Taylor
Examining Clerk.

May 11, 1932
Jonathan Trescott-S.11264
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BA-J/EEL
Mrs. Zeno S. Waterman 8 Mt. Pleasant Street St. Johnsbury, Vermont
Dear Madam:
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.11264, based upon the military service of Jonathan Trescott in that war.
Jonathan Trescott was born in 1760, in Sheffield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
While residing in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, he enlisted in May or June, 1778, and served eight months as a private in Captain Enoch Noble's Company, Colonel Ezra Wood's Massachusetts Regiment.
After the Revolution, he lived in St. Johnsbury, Caledonia County, Vermont, for about thirty years; then moved to Newton, Trumbull County, Ohio, where he lived for twelve years, then moved to Paris, Portage County, Ohio.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 22, 1832, while residing in Paris, Ohio.
In 1842, he had moved to Grafton County, New Hampshire, and was living in Bath, that county, with a son-in-law, Moses Holman, whose wife's name is not given. In 1847, soldier was residing in Caledonia County, Vermont.
The name of his wife is not shown and there is no further reference to children.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

Rev. Pres.
14264 INVALID.
File No. 14264
Jonathan Prescott Pris New War
Act: June 7 th 82
Index:—Vol. A , Page 303
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Apl. 2-1900 Mrs. W. G. Roberts, Eldred Pa
Mrs. W. H. Levin add- cess of photos. See Rev. War. b. 7 Wm. Prescott,
A. 20096 MNVS 1929, July 24. Photos to Mrs. William H. Levin & Finkel- ntf. Q.W.Y. See Wm. Prescott 20096, Rev. War.
1931. Aug 12. Hist. to Mrs. A. D. Marvin. Letter in case Naphtali Streeter - A. 3617-66h
1932 - May 11. Hist to Mrs. J. S. Waterman Elk

13.070.2. Hampshire Ohio Pittsburgh
Jonathan Prescott of Trumbull in the State of Ohio. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Nobbles of the Reg't commanded by Col.  on the  line for 8 months.
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio, Pitts. H. at the rate of 26. Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 day of May. and  to  Parsons. C. C. Women, No Ohio.
Arrears to the 4th of March 53.32 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. 33. 13.33
$66.65.
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by  Clerk, Book E. Vol. 8. Page 129.
Wid to Pen Agent 28. Jan'y 1842 To Leonard N. H. from 4. Sep 1841. 2 March 1842. - Notification to Mrs Goodale Esq Balth. N. H. J. Stevens, Jan. 20/48 -
Ques

August 12, 1931
Mrs. D.D. Marvin Cortland Ohio
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section EEL
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.11264, that Jonathan Trescoott was born in 1760, in Sheffield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
While residing in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, he enlisted in May or June, 1778, and served eight months as a private in Captain Enach Noble's Company, Colonel Ezra Wood's Massachusetts Regiment.
After the Revolution, he lived in St. Johnsbury, Caledonia County, Vermont, for about thirty years; then moved to Newton, Trumbull County, Ohio, where he lived for twelve years; then moved to Paris, Portage County, Ohio.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 22, 1832, while residing in Paris, Ohio.
In 1842, he had moved to Grafton County, New Hampshire, and was living in Bath, that county, with a son-in-law, Moses Holman, whose wife's name is not given. In 1847, soldier was residing in Caledonia County, Vermont.
The name of his wife is not shown and there is no further reference to children.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLIER Assistant to Administrator.
Note of death not in AB

All inquiries regarding this job should refer to Requisition No. 33722
Requisition for Duplicating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR WASHINGTON
CHIEF, Division of Publications, Room G 137.
July 13, 192 9.
Please furnish work specified below.
Bureau ordering Pension Deliver to Room No. 5033
(ALL COPY FOR DUPLICATING WORK SHOULD BE PLAIN AND WRITTEN IN ELITE TYPE, EXACTLY LINE FOR LINE AS IT IS TO APPEAR ON FINISHED JOB.)
Title and description of job photostatic copies of 14 pages from Revolutionary War pension claim of Jonathan Trescoott, Mass. Troops, S.11264.
No. of copies 1 of each Shall form be kept standing?  days
For further information see Mrs. M. M. H. Finch  5033  541 Room No. Phone No.
Approved: AD Wilkinson Chief Clerk of Bureau.
Margaret M. H. Finch Chief of Branch of Division
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SWW
St. Johnsbury Vt. May 5-1932
War Department.
Commissioner of Pensions - Washington - D.C.
I am anxious to learn the War Service, Revolutionary, of the follow- ing names -
Jonathan Trewcott - Born about 1760 and died May 27 - 1848 - He is mentioned in our local histories as a "Revolutionary Soldier" and in the census of 1790 is the "Seventh inhabitant of St. Johnsbury Vermont.
John Stiles - Capt - was one of our early settlers and was from Keene - N.H. - No military record is given in our local histories -
St. John de Crèvecoeur chapter - D.A.R. - would greatly appreciate any

information you can give in regard to these two names - We are anxious to place - Revolution- ary Chapter markers - by Memorial Day. Enclosed please find - Stamped & addressed envelope for a reply -
(Mrs. Z. S.)
Sarah M. R. Waterman. 800 S. Pheasant St - St. Johnsbury Vt.
Historian of St. John de Crèvecour Chapter - D. A. R. -

Pension Agency Pittsburgh Feb 3 1842 J Edwards Esq Commis r of Pensions Sir
As directed in your letter of 28th ult o I have marked Jonathan Siseott, a pensioner under Act June 7th 1832. transferred to New Hampshire to take effect from the 11th Sept r 1841. the date of his last pay- ment at this Agency
I am very Respectfully Your obed t Serv t
Y m Robinson Jr Pension Agent By H S Thaine

Jonathan Trescott, M.D. act 7 June 1832 $26 66 / 3 for Ann
To what time was he last paid K.C.A.
Pension office July 16 483
Paris 4 th Mar. 1847.
BFB
Ans.

Lancaster Penn o Feby. 10 th /48.
Sir
Enclosed herewith I send as directed, the original Certificate of Jonathan Prescott, and desire a new one may issue in its stead with an increase of 23 days as per certificate from the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, which I enclosed to you some time since.
Mr. Prescott now lives in Vermont. Therefore he desires the Certificate to be made payable in that State.
Hoping that an early reply will be given.
I am Sir
Most Respectfully, Simon Stevens
To J. L. Coombs Esq. "Commissioner of Pensions" Washington City D. C.

Increase Matthew Prescott N.H.
act 7 June 1832
At 8 mo 23 days per $29.20 per Anm
from 4 March 1831. deducting what has been paid at the rate of $21 66 per Anm previous time
Simon Stevens Leicester Pa

Lancaster Penn a Nov. 13 th 1847
Sir
Enclosed is a Certificate of the Military Services of Jonathan Treadwell, from the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for eight months and twenty three days.
Mr Treadwell's name is on the Pension list of the State of Ohio at the rate of $26.66. being for only eight months services. Mr. Treadwell has since removed to Vermont, and this Certificate was furnished him specifying the precise days of his services, and he now wishes, an increase for the 23 days , may be allowed him - which will be about $2.56 pr. annum since 4 th March 1831. I therefore wish you would have the kindness to inform me, (or send a blank form suitably adapted to this case) how to proceed in the matter. Treadwell's Original Pension Certificate bears date 9 th May 1833. - N o 13,070 - under act of 7 th June 1832.
I am Sir Very Respectfully - Simon Stevens
Hon. J. L. Edwards. Com r of Pensions.

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 Prescott  which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yy II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yy 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? yy IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yy 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? yy VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yy VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yy VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yy IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yy 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? yy

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? Certified by three Citizens
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? Yes
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
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?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
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?
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.

Jan a . 1840
Payments to be made at Pittsburgh - by J. W. B. Danks. Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Ohio Pittsburgh.
171 J W D
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E Vol. 8. Page 129 by W. A. Palmer. Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
David I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Jonathan Prescott of the State of Ohio, who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution, is entitled to receive Twenty-six dollars and Sixty-Six cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this Ninth day of May , one thousand eight hundred and thirty- three .
Lewis Cass
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. §
J. L. Edward
Commissioner of Pensions.
Col. David Noble Col. Wood
State warrant = 20 years to 1839
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston:
July 20 1847.
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 Frishett (so Spelt) is borne upon a Pay Roll of Capt Enoch Noble's Company, in Col Ezra Wood's regt, for Eight Months Service from their arrival at "Picks Hill" beginning May 15 1778 and ending February 7 1779 inclusive. 8 Months and 23 days. — Said roll was sworn to in Berkshire County.

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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. Perry;
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Quid

Barnet County of Caledonia State of Vermont
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the rolls in his office of the service of Jonathan Prescott. The said Prescott was born in Sheffield Massachusetts and resided there until I was adopted into Capt Enoch Nobles Company Col Wood Regiment and served in the United States Army eight months during the Revolutionary War and I believe I was discharged near White Plains. I am now near Eighty Eight years of age and my memory does not enable me to state any thing further material to the search required.
I have empowered Henry Stearns of Barnet County of Caledonia and State of Vermont to act in the premises as my Attorney. Witness my hand the 23 d day of June 1847 in presence of.
Oliver S Hatch his Susannah Holman Jonathan F Prescott Mark
Signed and witnessed in my presence Oliver S Hatch Justice of the Peace
Sent to
Henry Stearns
Barnet, Vt.

Rev J A Edmunds
Sir
An old man
Jonathan Inness has come back to lay his bones with his Fathers in New England from Ohio - He wishes his pension transferred to New York State - I believe the funds are right -
Please return me an envelope when done Sincerely Truly
Frederick of Bath Vt.