Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13,849, for Needham Maynard, Massachusetts

SERVICE
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Maynard, Needham S.13849
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Let. Hon S - Beardsley April 29 1834
14155
Utica N.Y.
Veodham Maynard of Oneida Co in the State of New York who was a Pr. & Sergt. in the Company commanded by Captain Niven of the Regt commanded by Col Brewer in the Mass. (Ma) line for 7 months Sergeant 16 months & 25 days private
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 91 Dollars 08 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of April 1834 and sent to E.C. Baker Whitestown NY
Arrears to the 4th of Mar '34 $273.24 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sep '34 45.54 $318.78
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Mo. Cromwell Clerk Book E Vol. 4 Page 4.

Declaration in order to obtain the Benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 1832
State of New York } Oneida County } On this the tenth day of September 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Oneida now sitting Needham May nard a resident of the Town of New Hartford in the County of Oneida and State of New York aged seventy seven 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 named Officers and served as herein stated
That he was born at the Town of Framingham in the County of Middlesex, now State of Massachusetts on the fifteen th day of August 1755. That he has a record of his age transcribed into his Bible which he took from a family record kept by his father but whether the original record is in existence he can not tell.
That he lived at all times when he was called into service as herein after stated in the Town of Framingham afore mentioned, that during  after the revolutionary war he removed in the year 1781 to the Town of St. William in the State of New Hampshire & resided there until the year 1788 when he removed to the then Town of Whitestown County of Oneida & State of New York that the part of the Town where he removed to & where he now resides has been taken from said Whitestown & is now the Town of New Hartford & that he has resided in Whitestown & New Hartford ever since & now resides in New Hartford afore- said

that he with others at the request of the govern- ment of Massachusetts, in the month of September 1774 formed themselves into a company & regiment equipped & disciplined themselves for immediate service & were called minute men, that they met about two days of each week to prepare & discipline themselves that the company to which he belonged was 4. commanded by Thomas Dine (who was afterwards a Colonel in the Continental Army) the Lieutenant was William Maynard, & he belonged to Colonel John Dine's regiment that on the 19 th of April the next year, the whole company to which he belonged were called out & went into the service & went to Cambridge & attended to regular duties until the last of May or the part of June, when he then enlisted at Cambridge aforesaid as a private soldier in the Company of Infantry commanded by 5. Captain Haynes, in which Charles Forberty was the Lieutenant in Colonel Matthew Brewer's regiment for the term in which one Gudworth was the Major, & William Buck- master was the Lieutenant Colonel, that he enlisted for the term of eight months that according to his best recollection they remain- ed at Cambridge about two weeks & then marched to Bunker Hill & that he was in the Battle of Bunker Hill & on that day acted as a writer to General Ware & also acted in the capacity of aid to him on that day until he fell, that he was a few minutes before General Warren was killed but with others to retrieve Col. Prescott in the fort that he did not see him afterwards, that he was soon after stationed at Prospect Hill in General Greene's Brigade & remained there until the term of his enlistment had expired hav- ing remained the full term of eight months & was then discharged but received no written discharge, that he then returned to Framingham

which was in February 1776,
7 That about three weeks after he volunteered at Framingham afield which was in the last of February or the head of March in Captain Edgel's Company of Militia in which John Knowbridge James was the Lieutenant in Colonel John Knowbridge's regiment & marched from Framingham to Cambridge & was attached to Gen. Putnam's Brigade & he believes he commanded the post all the time, that he remained at Cambridge at this time about two months when he was dismissed & returned to Framingham & was in the Battle in storming the British Batteries on the Boston side under Gen. Putnam & was engaged in it about 48 hours at the  the  the mouth of June thereafter 1776 he again enlisted as a private soldier for six months as a volunteer in the Company commanded by Captain Gates at Framingham afield, in which Joseph Nichols was the Lieutenant & John Mayhew was the ensign, in Colonel Brown's regiment of Infantry, that they were marched from there to Ticonderoga & staid there about three days & then went on Board the Fleet & went down Lake Champlain under General Arnold, that he went on Board, the Sloop of war "Lee" & Captain Allen had the command of the vessel that he was in the Battle between the British & American Fleets which took place on about the 11 October & lasted about 8 1/2 hours, that while on Board the Fleet & previous to the Battle he was chosen orderly sergeant & held that post until he was discharged or until he was taken sick, that after the defeat of the fleet & while on the retreat he was taken sick at Otter Creek in the state of Vermont & remained there

That he with others at the request of the govern- ment at Nabsborough in the month of sick & unable to be removed until about one month after his his time had expired after the company to which he had belonged had been discharged, making the whole time he was in the service including his sickness at that time of 11 about seven months, that he then returned to Framingham in the month of January 1777 that in consequence of his sickness & ill health he remained until for service for about one year & an half.
In the latter part of the month of November 1778 to his now best recollection as to the time, he again volunteered in the militia as an orderly sergeant for the term of five months at Framingham afterwards, in Cap- tain Burbanks Company in which John 12 Eells was 1st Lieutenant, in Colonel Dyer's regiment, marched from there to Providence & from there to East Greenwich & went from there to Rhode Island all in the State of Rhode Island & was there the greatest part of the time, that in the latter part of the month of March they had a skirmish with the British when they attempt- ed to land between Tower Hill & Point In- dians, Colonel Perrys commanded at the time that they prevented the British from landing, 13 that he remained in the service until he was discharged in April at Rhode Island his term of service having expired & returned to Framingham, having served the full term of five months.
That in the month of June of the same year 1779 he volunteered as an orderly sergeant in Captain Lawson Buckmaster's Com- pany, in which John Trowbridge Junior

was the Lieutenant in Colonel Knowlidge's Regiment of Infantry, at Framingham aforesaid & went from there to Liviston aforesaid in the State of Rhode Island & was there in the service about twenty days & then returned to Framingham aforesaid
In the month of July thereafter he again volunteered as an orderly sergeant in the same company & regiment & went to Liviston aforesaid & went to the Island of Rhode Island & remained in the service at that time for about twenty five days.
That the whole time he was in the actual service as a soldier including the one month's time he was sick at Otter Creek & unable to return & excluding the time he served as a minute man is upwards of two years. That for upwards of (9) months of said time he served as an orderly sergeant. That he does not recollect many other officers or regiments with whom he served other than he has above mentioned. That he has no documentary evidence of his services. That he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service except Captain Jonathan Maynard of Framingham who knows something about his services in 1776 when he served at Ticonderoga & on Lake Champlain & Elizabeth Champlin of Milford who knows something about his services when in the State of Rhode Island.
That he is known to the following persons in his present neighborhood who can testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his

services as a soldier of the revolution viz, Rev. John Frost, Clergyman, Lewis Berry Inn Keeper, Doctor Silas Moreley, Merchant Captain Amos Smith Farmer, John Savage Esq. Farmer, all of Milertown aforesaid except Esq. Savage who resides in New Hartford
He hereby relinquishes every claim what- soever 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
Needham Maynard
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Geo. Brown Clerk
We John Frost, Clergyman residing in the town of Milertown County of Herk Co. & State of New York & Theodore Sill residing in the same place
hereby certify that we are well ac- quainted with Needham Maynard Esquire who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be about seventy seven years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion & that he is a man of truth
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Joseph Read Dly Clk
Theodore Sill John Frost, Clergyman
And the said Court do hereby declare their opin- ion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department, that the above named ap- plicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served

as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that John Frost who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the Town of Whites-town County aforesaid and that Theodore Sill who has also signed the same is a resident in the same place and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
By the Court C. Hayden, first judge
I George Brown Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Oneida do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Needham Maynard for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this Eleventh day of September A D 1832.
Geo. Brown Clerk
I hereby certify that I am & have for more than ten years last past, been well acquainted with Needham Maynard Esq. who signed the foregoing statement; that he is a man of great respectability & unquestioned good character in all respects, & that the foregoing statement of said Needham Maynard, is, in my opinion, entitled to full credit and belief.
S. Beardsley J. P.
Utica Sept 18 th 1832.

State of New York } ss: Elizabeth Champlin of Whitesboro County Medea County } of Medea & State of New York aged sixty- seven years being duly sworn says that she has heard the annexed declaration of Weedham May- nard read & knows the contents thereof. That she is well acquainted with the said Weedham Maynard that she first became acquainted with him at North Kingston in the State of Rhode Island about the year 1778 that he was then stationed at that place & was in the service of the United States & was an orderly sergeant in Capt Burbank's company. That this deponent well recollects that he came there in the fall & remained there until spring but the precise time this deponent can not tell that she recollects that in the habit nearly all the time he was stationed there the said Maynard had com- =mand of the company, that he quartered in a house which belonged to the father of this deponent, that this de- =ponent had two Brothers by the names of Stakeley Hill & Caleb Hill who were in said Maynard's company having taken the place of two other soldiers that belonged to said company. That she has lived in the same town with him for about thirteen years past until within about two months, that although this deponent never saw the said Maynard in the service except at North Kingston aforesaid, yet this deponent then understood it was then said & believed that he had been in the service as a sol- =dier previous to his being being stationed at North Kingston & that she afterwards understood he was in the service for some time, that at the time the said Maynard was stationed at North Kingston he bore the reputation of a good soldier,
Elizabeth Champlin
Before me Uriah Stevens a Justice of the peace in the Town of Whitesboro in the County of Medea in the State of New- =York personally appeared this day Elizabeth Champlin to me well known who being by me duly sworn saith that the facts set forth in the foregoing affidavit by her subscribed are true, & I further certify that the said Elizabeth is a person of good character in whose statements full reli- =ance can be placed, Witness my hand this 3 d day of July 1832. Uriah Stevens Justice of the peace

State of New York Clerk Off. - Onondaga County ss. George Brown Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Uriah Stevens Esq. before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn on at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and duly authorized by Law to act as such Justice and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe the signature of Uriah Stevens subscribed to the same to be his proper hand writing Witness my hand and seal of office at the City of Utica this sixth day of July A.D. 1832 Geo. Brown Clerk
Nedham Maynard

Tramming hang January 6 th 1830
This may certify that I have been intimately acquainted with Sedhame Maynard Esq r a family of this Town, but for many years past an
Inhabitant of Whitesboro in the State of New York, from his Youth to the present time, and well knows he took an early part in the commencement of the Revolutionary war by engaging in the first eight man the service at Cambridge, in the year 1775. and that he was in the memorable battle on Bunker's Hill where he assisted in bringing off his wounded brother, at great risk and danger, and in the month of June (I think) 1776 he engaged in a company of Militia to reinforce our Army then in Canada, we marched for that purpose but on meeting our retreating Army at Ticonderoga he engaged with me as a Machine Gunner on board one of the vessels of the fleet then lying out on the Lake. and was in the memorable battle fought between two fleets, which was sharply contested for about eight hours & a half, during which contest his conduct was that of a brave & good soldier, the next day, we were totally defeated & drove on shore, where we had to make the best of our way for Ticonderoga by land, & on reaching a small settlement on Otter Creek, he with two or three others were obliged to be left sick, through excessive fatigue, and was not able to join the Regiment again until we were discharged, he remained sick a long time after he got home, & has always thought he never entirely recovered that sickness - at the end of this campaign I joined the lines of the continental Army & was personal knowing to any further services he performed, but ever understood he performed several other short terms of duty with the Militia in course of the war.
To whom it may concern
Sedhame Maynard a Captain in the 7 th Massachusetts Reg t in the lines of the Army of the Northern Army

Needham Maynard
14750 ✓

State of New York } } Oneida County } Bascal C. D. Angelis of the town of Trenton County of Oneida & State of New York being duly sworn Deposes and Says that is well acquainted with Judge Needham Maynard of Newhartford in the County Aforesaid and has been for twenty years, that from the Statements of the Said Needham of Events that took place on Lake Champlain on board of the fleet under the Command of Generals Arnold & Watersbury and the Battle fought between the British fleet, Commanded by Lord Carleton and the Said American fleet on the Aforesaid Lake in the month of Oct. 1776 and that the Sloop Lee one of the Vessels of the American fleet was there This deponent remembers the Circumstance of three boats being sent to Watch the Indians and that one of the boats Did not leave the ground So Soon as the other 2 boats (each boat being Commanded by a Sergeant) the Indians fired upon the hindmost boat and Killed the Sergeant and a number of the party, this deponent has been Informed that the Said Needham had the Command of the three boats which he verily believes to be true and that the boat in which the Sergeant was Killed Was behind by reason of his the Said Sergeant disobeying the positive orders of the Said Needham to Whom the Command of the fleet was confided by General Arnold, from all the Circumstances related by the Said Needham concerning the Said battle and the position of the Said fleet this deponent verily believes that the Said Needham was there and was a Sergeant and had the Command of the Said three boats
Bascal C. D. Angelis
I William Hubbard a Justice of the peace residing in the town of Trenton County Aforesaid hereby Certify that Bascal C. D. Angelis who subscribed the foregoing Affidavit personally appeared before me this 13 th day of Sept. 1832 and being by me duly sworn Deposed and said that the facts set forth in said Affidavit by him subscribed are true and I further certify that I am well acquainted with the Said Bascal C. D. Angelis and that he is a man of truth and veracity and in whose testimony full reliance can be placed
William Hubbard Justice of the Peace

State of New York } ss    I George Brown Clerk of said County Niagara County do hereby certify that William Hubbard before whom the within affidavit of Pascal L & de Angelis pur- ports to have been sworn was at the date of the same a Justice of the peace in and for said County and duly authorized by law to act as such Justice and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing & verily believe the signature of "William Hubbard" subscribed to the same to be his proper hand writing.
Attest my hand & seal of office this fifth day of October Eighteen hundred & thirty two. Geo Brown Clerk Joseph B. Read Dep Clerk

14. 750 Neahkah Bay Oregon 6 th York
admitted
7 mo. orderly sergeant 16 mo. 25 days Private
$91.11
35.
10 00 33 2 75 56.08
J C Baker AM Whitestown N.Y.

BRIEF in the case of Nehemiah Maynard of Meriden Ct in the State of N York (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? 77 years  4. State his service as directed in the act annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     19 th April In 1775 1 10 Private Gen. Washington Col. Wilson   June 1775 8 " Capt Hayne Col. Bremer   Feby 1776 2 " Capt Eagle Col. Trumbull   June 1776 x 6 at 1st at 1st Capt Gates Col. Brown   Novemb 1778 5 at 2nd at 2nd Capt Bonbank Col. Perry   June 1779 20 " Capt Backmaster Col. Trumbull   July 1779 " Some officers - some   5. In what battles was he engaged? Bunker Hill - 25   23 25  
 6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Framingham Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
x Six months more, half pay - Nine months - about 2 mo only
Michael Atte Examining Clerk.

November 10, 1938
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BA-J/MCS
Needham Maynard, S.13849
Mrs. G. Harry Swancott 11 Greenwood Court Utica, New York
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for information relative to Needham Maynard who served in the Revolutionary War.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S.13849, based on the Revolutionary War service of Needham Maynard.
He was born August 15, 1755, at Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. The names of his parents are not given.
In September, 1774, he joined Captain Thomas Nixon's company of minutemen in a regiment under Colonel John Nixon formed at the request of the government of Massachusetts; William Maynard (relationship not shown) was the lieutenant. On April 19, 1775, said company was called out and marched to Cambridge where remained until late in May or early in June, 1775, when Needham Maynard enlisted as private in Captain Hayne's company in Colonel Jonathan Brewer's Massachusetts regiment, was in the battle of Bunker Hill, acting as waiter to General Warren on that day, and he was in service eight months. He enlisted late in February or early in March, 1776, and served two months in Captain Edgel's company in Colonel John Trowbridge's Massachusetts regiment and was in the battle at "Lechmere's Point, under General Putnam, in storming the British batteries on the Boston side. He enlisted in June, 1776, as private in Captain Gates' company in Colonel Brown's Massachusetts regiment, went to Lake Champlain and served as orderly sergeant on the sloop of war, Lee, commanded by Captain Allen, was in the battle between the fleets on October 11, 1776, this service amounting to seven months. He enlisted late in November, 1778, and served five months as orderly sergeant in Captain Burbank's company in Colonel Perry's Massachusetts regiment,

was in a skirmish in the latter part of March when the British attempted to land between Tower Hill and Point Judith, Rhode Island. He enlisted in June, 1778, and served twenty days as orderly sergeant in Captain Lawson Buckmaster's company in Colonel Trowbridge's Massachusetts regiment. He enlisted in July, 1779, and served twenty-five days as orderly sergeant in same company and regiment as past enlistment.
In 1781 Needham Maynard moved from Framingham, Massachusetts, to Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire, where he lived until 1788 when he moved to that part of Whitestown which later became New Hartford, Oneida County, New York.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 10, 1832, at which time he was living in New Hartford, New York.
In 1832, Needham Maynard stated that he had a brother, "Captain John Maynard", who was wounded in the battle of Bunker Hill and that he (Needham Maynard) aided in carrying said brother from the battle field. Jonathan Maynard who served as captain of the 7th Massachusetts Regiment during the Revolution was living at Framingham, Massachusetts, in 1830, relationship to Needham Maynard not shown. There are no further data relative to the family of Needham Maynard.
There is no widow's claim for pension on file on account of the Revolutionary War service of Needham Maynard. This office has record only of pension claims made to the United States. In the event that a claim for pension was made to the state of New York by the widow of Needham Maynard, it is suggested that you consult the archives at Albany, New York.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

MRS. G. HARRY SWANCOTT ONEIDA CHAPTER 11 GREENWOOD COURT, UTICA, N. Y.
Sept. 27, 1938.
Mr. A. D. Hiller Veteran's Administration Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly send me the pension record of Needham Maynard ?
He lived in New Hartford, Oneida Co., N.Y. in 1832, at the time of his pension.
His wife Hetty, received a pension (widow's) in 1838. May I have that record also
The New Hartford church records say that they she came from Fitzwilliam, N.H.
Sincerely
Edith B. Swancott.

BANKERS LIFE COMPANY
GERARD S. NOLLEN, PRESIDENT
DES MOINES, IOWA
200 THOUSAND CLUB 1927
DISTRICT AGENT
GEORGE D. CURRY PHONE 408
FALLS CITY, NEBR.,
Jan. 22, 1928
United States Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs: Will Will you kindly send to me any record of a pension drawn by Needham Maynard , who served in the Revolutionary War from the State of Mass. I am attempting to locate the State of his residence during the later years of his life for D. A. R. purposes.
Thanking you for your kindness in the matter,
I am
Yours very truly,
Mrs Francis Maynard Curry.

1912 May 25. Hist. to Clara A.
Maynard. P
1928 Oct 26 - Hist. to Frances M.
Curry awg.
1938 Nov. 10. Hist. to Mrs. G.
Harry Swancott, M.D.
Purvis
13849
INVALID.
File No. 13 849
Weedham Maynard
Sergt Rec. V.M.
Act: June 7 th 1932
Index: - Vol. 1 , Page 244
[Arrangement of 1870.]

14155
14/50
New York
Needham Maynard of Onida Co in the State of New York who was a for d Ser t in the Company commanded by Captain Dixon of the Reg t commanded by Col Brewer in the Mass s m ia . line for 7 mo Ser t : 16 " 25 d. for
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 5 1/4 Dollars 8 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of May 1833 and sent to J. C. Baker Watertown
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $112.16 Sem-ant. allowance ending Sept. 28. 04
$91.11 $140.20
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. Williams Clerk, Book C Vol. 4 Page 17
Let. J. C. Baker Feb 22 Watertown NY
New Certificate issued 24 April 1834 for $91 8/100 per Ann m & sent to J. C. Baker

Neahkah Bay 11 and
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Nicholas Maynard alias B'Nyah which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? uy II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? uy 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? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? uy 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? uy VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? uy VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? uy VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? uy IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? uy 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? uy

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?
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? no
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? no
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? no
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? no
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.

October 26, 1928
Frances Maynard Curry Falls City, Nebraska
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 13849, it appears that Needham Maynard was born August 15, 1755, at Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
While residing at said Framingham, he served with the Massachusetts Troops as follows:
He was called out April 19, 1775, and marched to Cambridge in Captain Thomas Nixon's Company and enlisted there the last of May or first of June, and served as a private in Captain Hayne's Company, Colonel Jonathan Brewer's Regiment, was in the battle of Bunker Hill and served eight months; from the last of February or first of March, 1776, two months in Captain Edgel Edgel 's Company, Colonel John Trowbridge's Regiment and was in the engagement at Lechmere's Point; out from June 1776, prt in Captain Gates' Company, Colonel Brown's Regiment; went to Lake Champlain and served as orderly sergeant on the sloop of War, "Lee", commanded

by Captain Allen, was in the battle between the fleets on October 11, and served seven months; from the latter part of November 1778, five months as orderly sergeant in Captain Burbank's Company, Colonel Perry's Regiment, and was in a skirmish; in June 1779, twenty days as orderly sergeant in Captain Lawson Buckmaster's Company, Colonel Trowbridge's Regiment, and in July, twenty-five days as orderly sergeant in the same company and regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 10, 1832, at which time he was living in New Hartford, Oneida County, New York.
There is no reference to wife or children.
Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.

May 25, 1912.
Mrs Clara A. Maynard, 1251 Vinewood Avenue, Detroit, Mich.
Madam:
In response to your letter dated the 18" and received the 20" instant, you are advised that Needham Maynard Surv. File No. 13849 Rev. War, was allowed pension on his application executed Sept. 10, 1832, at which time he was a resident of New Hartford, Oneida Co., N. Y.
He stated that he was born August 15, 1755, at Framingham Middlesex Co., Mass. where he resided when he served in the Mass. troops as follows.
Called out Apl. 19, 1775, in Capt. Thomas Nixon's co., Col. John Nixon's regt. , and went to Cambridge, where he enlisted about the last of May or first of June, as Private in Capt. Wayne's co., Col. Jonathan Brewer's regt., was in the battle of Bunker Hill; returned to Framingham in Feb. 1776: 8 mos.
Volunteered last of Feb. or first of Mch. after, in Capt. Edgel's co., Col. John Trowbridge's regt. and was in the engagement at Lechmere's Point: 2 mos.
Volunteered in June 1776, in Capt. Gates' co., Col. Brown's regt.; went to Lake Champlain and served as Orderly Sergt., on OK

the sloop of war "Lee", commanded by Capt. Allen, and was in the battle between the fleets on Oct. 11: 7mos.
Volunteered the latter part of Nov. 1778, Orderly Sergt., in Capt. Burbank's co. Col. Perry's regt., and was in a skirmish between Tower Hill and Point Judith the latter part of Mch.: 5 mo
Volunteered in June 1779, Orderly Sergt. in Capt. Lawson's Buckmaster's co., Col. Trowbridge's regt.: 20 days, in July 285 days Served 22 years in all, 9mos. as Orderly Sergeant.
In 1781 he removed to Fitzwilliam N. H., there until 1788, then to Whitestown (New Hartford) N. Y., and in 1834 he resided within 3 miles of Utica.
There is no reference to his wife or children.
Very respectfully,
J. C. H. [unintelligible] Commissioner.

Detroit, Mich., May 18, 1912.
The Hon. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D. C.
Dear Sir:-
In the Census of Pensioners in 1840, page 96, there is record of the pension of Needham Maynard, (my Great died-1844 Grandfather), aged 85 years, living at that time in the house of Lyman Dodge in Waterloo, Seneca Co., N. Y.
Captain Needham Maynard was born in 1755 in Massachusetts, married Hitty Eames in 1785, removed to Whitestown, N. Y. in 1790. Attached is a copy of his military record taken verbatim from vol. X, p. 400, Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution.
Will you please have sent me at your early convenience a copy of his statement at the time of application including any information regarding his children, places of residence or any other matter of which you may have record, and greatly oblige
Yours respectfully,
Clara A. Maynard.
1251 Vinewood Ave., Detroit, Mich.

Vol. X, p. 400, Mass. Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution: Official.
Needham Maynard, Framingham , Private, Capt. Micajah Gleason's company of Minute-men, which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Concord; service 6 days.
Also, Private in Capt. Aaron Hayne's Company, Col. Jonathan Brewer's Regiment; muster roll dated August 1, 1775; enlisted May 7, 1775; service 86 days. His name appears on an order for a County coat or its equivalent in money dated "Camp of Cambridge" Oct. 25, 1775.
Also, Sergeant in Capt. Lawson Buckminster's (2d) company, Col. Abner Perry's Regiment; engaged July 28, 1780; discharged August 7, 1780; service 14 days, including 3 days (70 miles) travel home. Company marched to Rhode Island on an alarm.
This soldier appears in Oneida Co., N. Y. as Capt. Needham Maynard, p. 620, Hist. Oneida Co., N. Y. by Wager; pub. in 1896.

Needham Maynard
Pension Certificate
Payments to be made
$56.08
at New York
by Fred. U. S. Br. Bank
Agent for paying Pension-
ers, in the Agency of New York
Served in Capt. Haynes Comp y of Infantry in Col. Jonathan Brewers Regiment
55
53 87
2 75
91.98
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E Vol. 4
Page 17 by W. L. Williams
Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Needham Maynard of the State of New York who was a Private and Sergeant in the war of the Revolution is entitled to receive Twenty Five dollars and Eight cents per annum during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1832 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 11 day of May one thousand eight hundred and thirty- Three
Secretary of War.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
Commissioner of Pensions.

March 31. 1831
New York.
a certified
for
James A. Edwards Son of Francis Washington
Free

Whitestown Post Office N.Y. 24 March 1834
Sir Enclosed I send you Needham's May- nard's pension Certificate to have the new one issued for $91 instead of $56 08.
Mr. Maynard was absent when I recd your letter and I should send it immediately on the reception of your letter.
He desires the new Certificate if conni- -dent to be made payable at Utica as he resides within 3 Miles of Utica.
Yours Respectfully
J. D. Edwards
H. C. Baker P.M.

Needham Maynard.
He was allowed 56 - a year in advance, thinks he should have more
Samuel Bartley Esq. City of Utica ———
for Raven Mayor Greene

Whitestown 18 Novr 1899
Dear Sir I intended to have called on you but the weather being unfavourable & I am so lame I cannot my auto friend Major Greene will hono you this he has been acquainted with me 40 years has frequently heard me state the Service I have performed & the battles I have been in Sir you will be pleased to call on the Service at war & see my papers that I sent in for a pension give my respects to him inform him I was in the Battle of Bunker Hill on the 17 June 1775 & according to Mr Even's adops to the precedent year Sept 11 I was with his father or brother of Stormes Bridgement were stationed in the fort where they took the hotest of their fire there was the most killed & wounded as we retired from Col. Bruns fort the British was inclose where Major Genl Gage with Col. Callender to shut us in & make us prisoners as was ordered to retreat & had to pass thro' the Col. army when they was within 10 rods of meeting here we lost a number of men I got thro' unhurt but found my brother in a bout 18 rods after we passed the Col. army shot thro' his leg & broken Spurs to his assistance took him on my back carried him a midst a ashower of Bullets saved his life This was Sept. John Maynard in Saratoga later afterwards the year 1777 in Oct I was in a hard fought battle with  in the fleet with the British we was on the West day of Oct. tably defeated them near Peter's ashore I set our Vessel afire & took me to the woods on the same night side we was out 2 days & 2 nights without provision the men became so weak they could not board the Vessel a little before we got in to starve in I barked river & I found some others was able to assist we all got in safe the West day I could not get near a boat with the Rheumatism which I think was the cause of my lame ness which I have never fully recovered from it prevented me from going into the Service for one & half year I had the offer of an Ensign's Commis- ion in Col. Knowles Regt but the Rheumatism prevented I only state these facts that you may know my situation that you mite be the better able to assist me I am poor & old & need assistance pleas do the best for me in duly bound I will ever pray your friend Richard Maynard
J B Bardsley Esq M.P.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Maynard, Peter GRADE Private LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 4683 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED July 22, 1789 to — not shown —
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.