Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33073, for Benjamin Mc Allaster, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass N-26-
McAllaster, Benjamin
S 33.073
CONTENTS

4,042
Massachusetts Rolls
1880
Benjamin McAllister Mass V.M.H.
Mass. Col. Jackson's Brigade
then  at  the  time  of  the  Revolutionary  War 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 5 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 of Octo 1818 and forwarded to Jonathan Leavitt Grenfield, Franklin Co. Mass.
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1818 40.00 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Mar 1819 48.00
5 Mo.
$ 88.00
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
5 Years
Continued Colerain, Franklin Co. Mass.
Notification sent to E. Wood. Sep 23 rd Sep 1820
Grenfield
date of death not on a R

4.042
Benjamin M c Allaster
4042
2400 1815
Low 23 ft
1820
BM
Mar 19

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 the second Monday the eighth day of  of  July  August , in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty, et de die in diem to the eigh 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, Benjamin
McAllister aged Sixty six years, resident in Colrain
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: re I entered into the Continental Service in the year 1776 under Capt Daniel Wilkins. Commanded by Col. Beller. I served in the Army four years & four months till I was honorably discharged at Baskins Ridge about five miles from Morristown by Col. Henry Jackson; I am a laborer by occupation. I am unable to labor by reason of inability of body and the Rheumatism in my limbs that I made application for a Pension on the 5th. day of April 1818 & obtained a certificate dated Oct. 29, 1818 the number which is U.O. 42 I have no family—
He has no property real or personal except his wearing apparel

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.
Benjamin McAllister
Sworn to and declared, on the fourteenth  August day of July 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  said Benjamin McAllister no income or property required by the law to be exhibited
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 21st  fifteenth day of July, 1820,  August 1820
E. Alvord CLERK.

Benjamin M c Master
Private Massach ts line
5 th April, 1818.
found on the rolls.
Admitted.
Jonathan Leavitt, Esq; Judge, Greenfield, Franklin Co. Massachusetts. received 30. April, 1818.

Benjamin M c Allister of Cohrain in the County of Franklin in the State of Massachusetts, a citizen of the United States, do hereby declare that I belonged to the Army of the United States in the revolutionary war. I entered the service in the year 1773, as a Militiaman & served four months in the Company commanded by Capt. Breyar Olds of the State of New Hampshire. Afterwards, in 1774, I enlisted for one year, & served, during that term, as a soldier in the company commanded by Capt. Daniel W. King in the Regiment commanded by Col. Beattle, of the New Hampshire line. And at the expiration of said year I was dismissed, together with the rest of said Company at Mount Independence. Afterwards in the year 1777 I enlisted again for three years, and served as a soldier during that term. The company in which I served was commanded, a part of the time, by Capt. Nathaniel Davis, & a part of the time, by Capt. Lieut. Patrick Solan, & belonged to the Regiment of the Massachusetts line commanded by Col. Henry Jackson. At the expiration of said three years I was honorably discharged. But the discharge which I then received is lost, & I cannot find it. I was sixty five years old the last day of May last. I am extremely poor, & by reason of my reduced circumstances in life am in great need of assistance from my Country for support. For nearly thirty years last past I have lived in China from whence I now reside.
Dated this fifth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Benjn M c Allister
Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Franklin ss. April 5 th 1818 - The above named Benjamin M c Allister made

Oath that the foregoing Declaration by him subcribed is true.
Before me John L. Hewitt , a Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas. —
I John M. Hanley of Clinton County testify & say that the before named Benjamin McEllister is, & for many years past, has been a very poor man, & that, by reason of his pecuniary circumstances in life he is in great need of assistance from his Country for support
John M. Hanley
Sworn to the day & year last aforesaid Before me John L. Hewitt , Judge etc.
To the Secretary of the Department of War
The subscribed Oath of the Circuit Court
of Common Pleas for the Western Circuit in
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania which includes the
Counties of Franklin, a brief recital of which is that from
the testimony aforesaid it appears to my satisfaction that the
deponent Benjamin McEllister is, & for many years past, has been a very poor man,
and that, by reason of his pecuniary circumstances in life, he is in great need of assistance
from his Country for support.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the Court aforesaid this sixth day of April A.D. 1818 — John L. Hewitt

August 25, 1936
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Mrs. Clarence Hutton 127 Prospect Drive Wollaston, Massachusetts
STEWART HAZARD, S. 13262 BENJAMIN McALLASTER, S. 23073 BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Stuart Hazard who served as a minuteman in Mohawk Valley, New York, lived in Connecticut for a time, returned to New York, and died at the age of ninety-six years in Lisle, Broome County, New York, and of Benjamin McCollister or McAllister, a pensioner who, you state, died at Colrain, Massachusetts, August 24, 1822.
You are furnished herein the records of the only soldiers named Stewart Hazard and Benjamin McAllaster, under any spelling, found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Stewart Hazard S. 13262
The data herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 13262, based upon service of Stewart Hazard or Hazzard in the Revolutionary War.
Stewart Hazard was born May 11, 1745 (Old Style), in Glasse which was later Blandford, Massachusetts; the names of his parents are not given.
While residing in Caughnawaga, Tryon County which was later Montgomery County, New York, he was captain of a company of minutemen held in readiness to serve any time and in 1776 he served a tour of fourteen days as private under Colonel Dayton in the New York troops at Johnstown and was in the attack on Fort Johnson. He enlisted about April 1, 1776, and served three and one half months as private in Captain John Davis' company, Colonel Fisher's New York regiment. He afterwards served three weeks as private in Captain John Davis' New York company. In August, 1777, he moved from Caughnawaga, New York, to Southington, Hartford County, Connecticut, where he joined

his family, and after remaining at home two or three days, volunteered and served three months as private in Captain Ambrose Sloper's Connecticut company, and was discharged the last of November, 1777. He volunteered in June, 1778, served three months as private in Captain Elijah Seymour's company, Colonel Wells' Connecticut regiment, stationed at Horsemeek, and after being discharged returned home. He volunteered in June, 1779, served as private in Captain Ambrose Sloper's company, Colonel Wells' Connecticut regiment, and was discharged after having served three months. He again volunteered about the following year and served four or five weeks as private in Captain Ambrose Sloper's Connecticut company. He volunteered at the time the British entered New Haven and served seven or eight days as private in Captain Clark's Connecticut company and assisted in driving the British from New Haven.
Stewart Hazard continued to reside in Southington, Connecticut, more than twenty years after the Revolutionary War, then moved to Oxford, Chenango County, New York. About 1810, he moved to Lisle, Broome County, New York, where he was a deacon in the Baptist Church and where he remained until the fall or in December, 1831, when he moved to New Berlin, Chenango County, New York, to reside with his relatives.
The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed September 8, 1832, at which time he was a resident of New Berlin, Chenango County, New York. He signed Stewart Hazard but his name was borne on the pension roll as Hazzard. He was still a resident of New Berlin, New York, in 1833.
Reference was made to Stewart Hazard's wife and family but no names in the claim were designated as such.
In 1832, one James Hazzard was a resident of New Berlin, New York, and stated that he had known the soldier, Steward Hazzard, eight or nine years, and that when the soldier and his wife moved from Lisle to New Berlin, New York, they lived in his (James') home for about three months, then moved into a house of James', no relationship between them shown.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the date of death of Stewart Hazard, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following: Stewart Hazzard, Certificate No. 20913, issued October 21, 1833, rate, $39.74, commenced March 4, 1831, Act June 7, 1832, New York Agency.
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Benjamin McAllaster S. 33073
The data which follow were found in the papers on file in claim for pension, S. 33073, based upon service in the Revolutionary War of Benjamin McAllaster.
Benjamin McAllaster was born May 11, 1752; the place of his birth and names of parents are not given.
Benjamin McAllaster enlisted in 1775, place not stated, served as private in Captain Reynolds' New Hampshire company, and was discharged after having served four months. He enlisted in 1776, served as a private in Captain Daniel Wilkins' company, Colonel Bedel's New Hampshire regiment and was discharged at the expiration of one year, the term for which he enlisted. He enlisted in 1777, served as private under Captain Nathaniel Jarvis and Captain Lieutenant Patrick Phelon in Colonel Henry Jackson's Regiment and was discharged after having served three years.
The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed April 5, 1818, at which time he was a resident of Colrain, Franklin County, Massachusetts, where he had lived nearly thirty years and was still living in 1820. He signed Benjamin McAllaster.
No reference was made to wife or children.
In order to obtain the data of last payment of pension and name and address of the person paid, you should address the Comptroller General, as directed in the preceding record, and furnish that official the following data:
Benjamin McAllaster Certificate #4042 Issued October 29, 1818 Rate, $8 per month Commenced April 5, 1818 Act March 18, 1818 Massachusetts Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Abigail Phillips Quincy Chapter Wollaston, Massachusetts
127 Prospect St Wollaston Mass. Aug. 6 - '22
The Comm. of Pensions Bureau of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir - Please send me the record of Benjamin the Collector or the allister, a Revolutionary pensioner who died at Cohain Mass. Septs 24 Aug. 1822. Have you a record also of Stuart Hazard who served as a minute man in the Mohawk Valley New York during the Revolution? Thanking you for any information. Hazard lived in Conn. for a time & returned to & died in Little, Broome Co. New York, aged 96. Very truly yours. Ethel M. Norton (Mrs. Clarence) Ch. Register.

1936 Aug 25. Hattie Mrs. Clarence Hutton — m.p.
33 073 Recy INVALID.
File No. 88,078 McAllaster* Benjamin McAllaster Rev Rev no
Act: 18 th March 1818 th
Index: — Vol. 2, Page 268
[Arrangement of 1870.]
* W.W.H. June 17, 07.