Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16,336, for Jonathan Lynde, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Lynde, Jonathan Molly
W. 16, 336
CONTENTS

3,842
New York Roll
V Jonathan Lynde Private - Massachusetts line - 1779. 9 mo. In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 8 th of April 1818 -
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 d of October 1818. and sent to Dean Edson Esq. Judge Essex N.Y.
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818 4 \text{ mo. } 27 \text{ d.} \times \frac{27}{30} - 39:20 Semi-annual all ee ending 4 th March 1819 - 48:
Brewer $ 87:20
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Jonathan Lynde, New York Private, Mass. line 1779-9 mo. Revolutionary War

Albany New York.
50574
Molly Lynde widow of Joseph Lynde, decd.
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died on the 25th Decr 1829 of Cuyahoga in the State of Ohio who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Henry of the regt commanded by Col Smith in the Mass. line for 16 mo 10 ds.
Inscribed on the Roll of Pittsburgh at the rate of 54 Dollars 44 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of Febry 1840 to and for Molly Lynde House of Reps.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1839 $190.54 Semi-annual allowance ending 1 March 27.22
$217.76
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by D.M. Curran Clerk, Book 4. Vol. 2, Page 218.
Letter to W. D. Rofs. & Co to Pen age 21. Aug 1840
To Albany at S. from 4 March 1840. - 2 Sept 1840. - Modifications to W. D. Rofs - Essex etc etc
Date of death not on A.B.

V1233 Molly Lynde

State of New York Assessment of Pensions 19 th day of January 1884 personally appeared before the County of New York Commissioner of Pensions for the County of New York in the said State. Witnesseth a resident of the town of Wallkill in the County of New York State aforesaid aged seventy two years who being first sworn on 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 4 1836. That she is the widow of one John Sykes who was a private in the company of the Revolution or the Continental Col. Regiment and as such received a Pension as will appear from the Records on file in the War Office - being Pension N o 3842. That after the regular term of service of the said John Sykes had expired went on the 24 th day of May 1818 she was married to the said John Sykes. That the marriage ceremony was performed by the Rev. William P. Gifford at Wallkill in the County of Dutchess Co. State of Massachusetts. Just after their inter- marriage as aforesaid the said John Sykes was called into the service in the last of September or first of October of the same year and proceeded to the State of Massachusetts to be mustered for temporary service as she believes - and that the alarm which occasioned the call having subsided the said John Sykes returned home in about three days - That she does not recollect the name of the Captain of the company in which he served nor any other Officer That he went on a forward & volunteer

That the said Jonathan Synge died on the 25 th day of December 1829 of consumption brought on by exposure and miserably the infirmities of old age at Millstompye aforesaid — That he has not since been married but now remains a widower —
Sworn to in Open Court this 19 th day of Jan y 1834
Holly Synge
Ed d Hughes Clerk.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion and certify, after investigation of the matter and putting such interrogatories as occurred to them, to be proper — that the above affidavit is the widow of Jonathan Synge late of Millstompye deceased. And that she is now sole & unmarried — and that she is a person of good character & entitled to full credit. In witness whereof, I the Clerk of the said Court by order of the said Court have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 19 th day of January A.D. 1834
Ed d Hughes Clerk

State of New York 18th January 1831
Thomas Stowe of Milbourn in the County of Essex and State of New York hereby doth depose & saith that he was well acquainted with Jonathan Sykes late of Milbourn aforesaid deceased and with Molly Sykes of the same place. That he said Jonathan Sykes died in December 1829 at Mil- bourn aforesaid of Consumption occasioned by a fall and aggravated by the infirmities of old age. That the said Molly Sykes then widow and that the said Molly Sykes has since remained single & unmarried - and further this deponent saith that he is the only brother of the said Jonathan Sykes and that the said Jonathan Sykes was a private in the Army of the Revolution or the Continental Establishment as this deponent severely believes - that his first service was performed at Bunker's Hill and at White Plains in this deponent has heard & was at the time informed & verily believes and further this deponent saith that he formerly resided at Washington in the County of Berkshire & State of Massachusetts and from thence removed with his parents to Schoharie in the State of New York that in the Spring of 1781 he visited Washington aforesaid and then & there saw the said Jonathan Sykes & was made acquainted with the said Molly Sykes then Molly Franklin and was told that she was about to be married to the said Jonathan Sykes & that the intended marriage had been published - and that in the first part of the Summer of the same year he again visited Washington and then & there saw the said Jonathan

Lydia & Molly Lynde & was when they were married I have no doubt that they were that they then lived together and continued to live together since that time to the time of the death of the said Jonathan Lynde or afterwards. And further this deponent saith that he has heard the said Jonathan Lynde say that after his marriage as aforesaid he has been out with the said Molly or one or two occasions - but the length of the journey or any particulars relating to the same this deponent does not know. And further this deponent saith that the said Jonathan Lynde was at the house of his son as he was infirm and very feeble. Subscribed & sworn to this 30 th day of January 1837 before me
Thos Flower
M c Guire Judge Esqr Common Pleas
Affidavit of Thomas Flower
I the said Judge do further certify that the above named Thomas Flower is a man of good reputation & respectability and entitled to credit Jan 30 1837 -
M c Guire Judge

H. N. Allen N. R.

A copy of the Record of the marriage of Jonathan Lynde and Polly Franklin in the Town of Washington County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Viz - Married by the Rev. W m Gay Ballantine
Jonathan Lynde and Polly Franklin May twenty second one thousand seven hundred and eighty one
Attest Stephen H. Newton Town Clerk
I Stephen H. Newton Town Clerk do hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the Record with the exception of the Date which is expressed in the Record in fair legible figures as follows
Married by the Rev. W m Gay Ballantine Jonathan Lynde and Polly Franklin
May 22 - 1781
I Stephen H. Newton above named Depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the Town of Washington in the County of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts aforesaid and that the above is a true Extract from the Record of said Town Clerk's office with the exception above named as certified
By me
January 21. St. 1840
at a ... S. Newton Town Clerk
near
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Berkshire, ss.
I Charles Sedgwick, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Berkshire, do certify, that W m G. Ballantine Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereunto 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 are 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 W m G. Ballantine 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 twenty third day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty.
Chas Sedgwick
CLERK.

A copy of the Record of the marriage of Jonathan Lynde and Polly Franklin in the Town of Washington County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Viz - Married by the Rev. W m Gay Ballantine
Jonathan Lynde and Polly Franklin May twenty second one thousand seven hundred and eighty one
Attest Stephen H. Norton & Town Clerk
I Stephen H. Norton Town Clerk do hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the Record with the exception of the Date which is expressed in the Record in fair legible figures as follows
Married by the Rev. W m Gay Ballantine Jonathan Lynde and Polly Franklin
May 22 - 1781
I Stephen H. Norton above named Depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the Town of Washington in the County of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts aforesaid and that the above is a true Extract from the Record of said Town Clerk's office with the exception above named as certified By me January 21. St. 1840
Made Subscribed & sworn to before me H. B. Ballantine Justice of the Peace this 23 rd Day of Jan - 1840
Stephen H. Norton & Town Clerk

South Lynden
R
3842
Conex City
Col
Oct 18
Dr Fwd $0.50

State of New York Essex County
On the twenty sixth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty personally appeared in open court living the court of common pleas for the county of Essex and a court of record for said county, Jonathan Lynde aged sixty four years resident in the town of Millersborough in the said county who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows, to wit in Colonel David Brown's Regiment of Massachusetts troops and in Captain Malcomb or Michael Henry's company in the same Regiment from the date from the twenty sixth day of June one thousand seven hundred and ninety five to the first day of January one thousand seven hundred and ninety six and in Colonel Smith's Regiment of Massachusetts new levies & Captain Aaron Rowley's company in the same Regiment from July to December in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety six - And in Colonel Joseph Vose's Regiment in the Massachusetts line and Captain Stoddard's company in the same Regiment from the twenty sixth day of July in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety seven to the first day of May in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety eight - And the date of his original declaration is the eighth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen - And that he has received a pension and the number of his pension certificate is three thousand eight hundred and forty two and that the date thereof is the twenty second day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen - And I Jonathan Lynde do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner whatever disposed of any 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 eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and that I have not here has any other 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 hereby cited to wit - one cherry table with stand, knife, one trunk, one two-gallon pot, one one-gallon pot one skillet, one dish-kettle, one pair tongs, two pails, the kitchen chairs one churn, one wash tub, one bread tray, one gridiron four milk pans, one tin pan, one tin pail, two small earthen plates, one white earthen plate one tin basin, one blue pitcher, one decent white mug, one tin pint cup, six knives and forks, two 1/2 pint tumblers, three silver table spoons, present from my aunt one decanter, one vinegar cruet, three coffee cups, saucers, six tea cups and saucers, one decent white bowl, one pint white bowl, two old coarse table cloths, one fine table cloth, three old coarse towels, two tin scoops, one 1/2 pint tin dipper, one milk skimmer, six iron teaspoons, etc., two pepper boxes, one salt cellar, one crain straining hook, one small looking glass, etc., one small map of the United States, one tin toast pan, six old iron table spoons, one small percolator, one Gill Cup.
Jonathan Lynde
And I the said Jonathan Lynde do further swear that I have a wife, aged  eighty five years & a son, George  thirteen years old lame by having his leg put out of joint by a fall and that my occupation or employment is to labor on a farm
But I am so troubled with a rheumatic affection and the infirmities of age that I have not been able to perform a day's labour for the last two years. My wife is also considerably infirm.

Sworn to and declared on the 26 th day of September A.D. 1820 In open court Thos Stover Clerk
None than Lynde
State of New York Essex County ss
I Ashley Pond Deputy Clerk of the court of common pleas of the county of Essex do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is thirty four dollars and four cents—
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this thirteenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty In the absence of Thos Stover Clerk
Ashley Pond Deputy Clerk

Jonathan Synder of Millerstown in Essex County New York
Correct -
For his inheritance of 9 months
with APO 80
on roll vol 15 - 1775 f - 20 May - 7 - 10

State of New York
Ebenezer 3
Jonathan Lynde of Williamstown
in the County of Essex & State of New York being duly sworn saith that his his place of nativity is Leicester in the State of Massachusetts & is by two years of age according to the best of his knowledge and belief - And this deponent further saith that as as about the tenth day of June in the year one thousand seven hundred & seventy five he entered as a private soldier at Leicester in the State of Massachusetts in a company of Infantry commanded by Captain Melanch Henry in a Regiment commanded by Colonel David Brewer in General Thomas  Brigade Brigade - that said Company & Regiment was enlisted & held duty in the Cantonment establishment in the Massachusetts line in the Revolutionary war between the United States & Great Britain - that he this deponent was immediately after his said enlistment as aforesaid joined his company & Regiment held duty therein as a private soldier till the first of January thereafter then received his discharge and this deponent further saith that in the month of June or July in the year one thousand seven hundred & eighty six he this deponent again enlisted as a private soldier for five months in Captain Nathan Rawley's Company of Infantry, Colonel Smith's Regiment and General Williams Brigade in said Cantonment establishment in the Massachusetts line in said war & that he this deponent joined his Company & Regiment held duty therein as a private soldier for said term of five months then received his discharge from the service - And this deponent further saith that in the campaign in one thousand seven hundred & eighty seven he was out
5 2nd

and with the Militia in said War did duty as a private soldier & and this deponent further saith that in the year one thousand seven hundred & forty seven since he again entered as a private soldier for the term of nine months in the first Massachusetts Regiment of the new levies of Infantry & joined his Regiment on the twenty six th of July in said year & did duty in said Regiment as a private soldier at the fortification establishment for the said term of nine months & then here in an honorable discharge from the service -
And this deponent further saith that his dwelling house in said Middleborough was some years since consumed by fire & with it his discharge & that from the reduced circumstances of this deponent he needs the assistance of his country for support & further saith not -
Jonathan Lynde
Sworn this 28 th day of April 1818 before me
Eden one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Essex. New York
State of New York - Essex County ss: Be it Remembered that on the eighth day of April 1818 personally came before me John Estlin one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Essex in said State the above named Jonathan Lynde to me personally known to be such to the truth of the above affidavit by him signed & that I am satisfied that the said Jonathan Lynde performed the duty in the war of the Revolution

as is stated by him in his said affidavit
D. Edson
State of New York } Clerk's office I certify Essex County } that by virtue of the under the Great Seal of the State of New York remaining in my office and on examining the Rolls it appears that on the eighth day of April 1818 Dean Edson was a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Essex and duly authorized to administer oaths and that the signature of D. Edson to the above affidavit and oath is the proper hand writing of the said Dean Edson In testimony whereof I have caused the Seal of the Court of Essex to be hereunto affixed this second day of October 1818 —
No. Hovey Clerk

July 18, 1933
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Mrs. Thomas D. Watkins 1521 Kemble Street Utica, New York
Joseph Howe, S. 45373 Jonathan Lynde, W. 16336 BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of July 8, in which you request the Revolutionary War records of two pensioners named Joseph Howe and Jonathan Lynde.
Their records follow as found in claims for pension on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War.
JOSEPH HOWE, S. 45373
The data contained herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 45373, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Joseph Howe.
The date and place of soldier's birth and names of his parents are not shown in the claim.
He enlisted March 1, 1782, at Plainfield, Connecticut, served as a private in Captain John Durkee's company, Colonels Durkee's and Thomas Grosvenor's 1 st Connecticut Regiment and was discharged the last of December, 1782.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 27, 1818, at which time he was aged fifty-five years and a resident of Stockbridge, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
In 1820 the soldier was still living in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, and referred to the following family residing with him:- his wife, Hannah aged fifty-nine years, Eliza Howe aged thirty-three and Hannah Howe aged twenty-three years

The soldier moved from Stockbridge, Massachusetts, date not stated, to Berkshire, Tioga County, New York, where he lived for one year. In August, 1824, he was living in Solon, Cortland County, New York, and stated that he had lived there about four months. At that time he gave his post office address as Cincinnatus, Cortland County, New York, in care of Barak Niles (no relationship stated). In 1827 he was still living in Cortland County, New York.
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JONATHAN LYND, W. 16336
The record of Jonathan Lynde follows as found in claim for pension, W. 16336, based upon his Revolutionary War service.
Jonathan Lynde was born in Leicester, Massachusetts; the date of soldier's birth and names of his parents are not stated.
He enlisted about June 10 or 17, 1775, at Westfield, Massachusetts, served as a private in Captain Malcolm Henry's company, Colonel David Brewer's Massachusetts regiment, and was discharged January 1, 1776. He enlisted in June or July, 1776, and served five months as private in Captain Aaron Rowley's company, Colonel Smith's Massachusetts regiment. He served in the campaign of 1777, names of officers and length of service not given. He enlisted July 26, 1779, and served until May 1, 1780, as a private in Captain Stoddard's company, Colonel Joseph Vose's 1 st Massachusetts Regiment. He volunteered the last of September or October, 1781, as a private on an alarm which subsided in three days and he returned home, names of officers not stated.
Jonathan Lynde was allowed pension on his application executed April 8, 1818, at the age of sixty-two years, while residing in Willsborough, Essex County, New York, where he was still living in 1820.
He died December 25, 1829, in Willsborough, New York.
Jonathan Lynde married Molly, Molley or Polley Franklin, on May 24, 1781, as stated by soldier's widow in her application for pension, or May 22, 1781, as shown by a copy of the records of the Town Clerk of Washington, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, where they were married at her father's home. Her name appears in the marriage records as Polley, which was the nickname given her when she was very young.

Jonathan Lynde's widow, Molly, Molley or Polley, was allowed pension on her application executed December 13, 1839, at which time she was aged seventy-four years and a resident of Willsborough, New York.
In 1839, soldier's widow was living in Rockport Township, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. In August, 1840, she had moved back to Willsborough, New York, to live with a son whose name she did not give.
The only name of children designated in the claim was George W. Lynde, aged thirteen years in 1820, and who in 1840 was living in Rockport, Ohio.
In 1818, one Thomas Stower was Clerk of Essex County, New York. In 1837, Thomas Stower, half brother of the soldier, Jonathan Lynde, was residing in Willsborough, New York, and stated that he had formerly lived in Washington, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. It is not stated whether they were the same man.
In 1840, one Michael N. Stower was living in Essex County, New York; relationship to Thomas Stower not stated.
In 1837, Mrs. Hannah Messenger, aged sixty-seven years and a sister of soldier's wife, Molly, Molley or Polley, was a resident of Windham, Portage County, Ohio.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Jonathan Lynde soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension or file in this Bureau. W. F. 16,336.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     June 10, 1775 to Jan 1, 1776. Pri. Malcolm Henry David Brewer Mass.   June or July, 1776. 5 mos. Aaron Rowley Smith   1777 " names of officers not stated.   July 26, 1779 to May 1, 1780. " Joseph Vose.  
Battles engaged in, _____ Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enl. at Westfield, Mass. Date of application for pension, Apr 8, 1818. His ch. was al. Residence at date of application, Willstorough, Essex Co. N.Y. Age at date of application, 62 yrs. Born at Leicester, Mass.
Remarks: He mar. at Washington Berkshire Co. Mass., May 22, 1781 Molly or Polly Franklin. He died Dec. 25, 1829 and she was allowed pension on her appl. dated Jan. 19, 1837, while 72 yrs. old and a resident of Willstorough, N.Y. In 1820, their son George, was 13 yrs of age.
Very respectfully, Commissioner.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS, WASHINGTON, D. C.,
Sir
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Jonathan Lysle , a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you will please find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     June 1775 6 mos pri Malcoms Henry Brewer Mass   June 1776 5 " " Aaron Rowley Calvin Smith "   July 1779 9 " " not stated 1st Mass Regt "  
Battles engaged in, None mentioned. Residence of soldier at enlistment, Westfield Mass. Date of application for pension, April 8, 1818. Residence at date of application, Leicester Mass Age at date of application, Sixty two years of age.
Remarks:
Very respectfully,
G. Palmer Esq.  Plattsburgh  N.Y.
Commissioner.

President WILLIAM C. WRIGHT UTICA, N. Y.
1st Vice-President RALPH M. JONES UTICA, N. Y.
2nd Vice-President SAMUEL H. BEACH ROME, N. Y.
3rd Vice-President G. LINNEMANN PRESCOTT ROME, N. Y.
Executive Committee RT. REV. EDWARD COLEY CAPT. WILLIAM G. MAYER DR. JAMES W. W. DIMON PRENTISS BAILEY EARL WIDTMAN
Librarian MRS. THOMAS D. WATKINS 1521 KEMBLE STREET UTICA, N. Y. TELEPHONE 4-9088
Treasurer JAMES H. ROLLINGS UTICA, N. Y.
Recording Secretary WM. PIERREPONT WHITE UTICA, N. Y.
Corresponding Secretary ABIGAIL C. DIMON
FOUNDED 1876 BY HORATIO SEYMOUR TO SECURE STATE RECOGNITION OF THE CENTENNIALS OF THE REVOLUTION. WE NOW SEEK NATIONAL RECOGNITION FOR THEM
THE ONEIDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUNSON-WILLIAMS MEMORIAL BUILDING PARK AVENUE AND ELIZABETH STREET UTICA, N. Y.
July 8th 1933
Veterans Administration Bureau of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Please send the record of Joseph Howe, a Pensioner, private in Connecticut Line, on Cortland Co. Pension list May 27-1820, was transferred from Berkshire Co. Mass, in 1820 his age was given as 67 yrs, pension commenced Apr. 27, 1818. We would also be very glad of any information which would help in locating or enumerating his family at that time.
Also please send the record and any other information, of JONATHAN LYNDE, a pvt in the Massachusetts line, He obtained his pension in 1818 at which time he was living in New York State aged 73- He died 12-25-1829.
Thank you for the trouble this makes you.
Yours truly
Mrs. Thomas D. Watkins
Mrs Thomas D. Watkins, Librarian

Willsboro, Essex County, N. Y. March 7, 1913.
U. S. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
The name of Jonathan Lynde, then of Essex County, New York, appears in the List of United States Pensioners, issued in 1836, by the U. S., as a pensioner for services in the Massachusetts Continental Line, in the War of the Revolution. Can you from the records in your custody, give me a statement of the service of Jonathan Lynde, as above. I wish this for historical and genealogical purposes, and not for the purpose of preferring a claim against the Government.
Respectfully,
Lynde L. Kiley -

Plattsburgh, N.Y., Feb. 16, 1894.
Sir,
My son, Francis Sterne Kaliner, private Secy. of the Collector of the Port of New York, desires to join the "Society of the Sons of the Revolution of the State of N. York," and he wants an official record of the service of one of his ancestors in the War of the Revolution. Two of  Both his great-grandfathers were revolutionary soldiers. One of them, Jonathan Lynde, enlisted at Westfield, Mass., June 10 th , 1775, in Capt. Henry's Co., Col. Smith's Mass. Reg't, and served until Oct. 20 th , 1776.
He was pensioned by the United States for such service, and on his death, at Wellsboro, Essex Co., N.Y., his widow, Mollie Franklin Lynde, drew a pension, as such widow, until her death in 1842.
May I ask you to cause to be sent to me an official statement of the service in the War of the Revolution of the said Jonathan Lynde, & of the pension granted to him & to his widow?
Apologizing for troubling you with such a

small matter,
I am, Very Respectfully,
Your ob. t Servt,
G. W. Palmer,
Representing in the 35. th & the 36. th Congress. —
The Honorable
D. S. Lamont,
Secretary of War.
FEB 19
560383
1894

Address: "Chief of the Record and Pension Office, War Department, Washington, D. C."
Record and Pension Office,
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington, Feb'y 19, 189 4.
Respectfully returned to referred to
The Commissioner
of Pensions
and Hon. Mr. Palmer so informed.
BY AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR:
J. H. Williams
Colonel, U. S. Army, Chief of Office.
(300a) Per HC
IR FEB 19 353095 1894
Plattsburgh, N.Y.
Feb'y 16, 1894.
Jonathan Lynde of Capt. Henry's, Col. Smith's Co. , Reg't Mass. 1775
Hon. G. W. Palmer
Asks for an official statement of service of above named man, and of the pension granted to him and to his widow.
WRAPPER.
(515)

Feb 24 Hist Mrs Palmer Plattsburgh NY
1913, Mch. 20, History to Lynde C. Hilsy. For
1933 July 18 - Stock to Mrs. Rhos D. Watkins - NLE
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 16886
Mrs Lynde
Widow of
Jonathan Lynde
Rev War
Act July 7 th 1838
Index: Vol. A , Page 449
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Hon. Dudley Starlin
March 1 1837
O. G.
Rec. Vol. 45. pa. 168

War Department Pension Office
March 1. 1837
Sir The papers of Molly Lynde widow of Jonathan Lynde have been examined and found on file. Applicants under the 8 th Section of the act of July 4 th 1836 are required to produce record evidence of their marriage. If no such evidence can be found, the testimony of a credible witness present on the occasion is admitted to prove  necessary to establish that fact - It is necessary To sustain her application  claim it is necessary to show clearly that the claim- ant husband was married before her husband left the service or before the end of the last term thereof - In view of a satisfactory investigation as to the time said to have been made after the marriage the names of the Captain & Col. of the regiment should be given Hon Dudley Pickens House Reps, N.H.

6531
Molly Lynde of Jonathan Ohio.
admitted
Pa Inf 16 mo. 10 d $54.44 Col Henry Col Smith, M.D.
died 25 Dec. 1829
Act 9 July, 1838
Hon John W. Allen N.R.

Essex N.Y. July 24. 1837
file
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Pension Office
Washington
July 28 1837

Essex N.Y. July 21. 1837
Sir
Your favour of 17 th inst. relating to the application of Mr. H. Moore for a Pension was received - in due time - It seems that a Rule has been adopted at the Pension Office requiring a certificate or record of marriage to entitle the applicant to her Pension. One branch of the rule is impracticable so far as regards application from this State and the other at this time nearly so.
1 st There is no law or usage in N. York providing for the Registry of either births - marriages or deaths - Nor is it customary to give certificates - I never saw or heard of one - It seems to me that the only equitable rule is to ask for such proof as would be sufficient to establish the fact in a Court of Justice - and you have this proof in both the case of Mrs. Sybil Moore -
It is sufficient in our Courts in an ordinary case to prove cohabitation as man & wife - and public reputation - Cohabitation as man & wife is sufficient in our Courts to entitle the widow to her dower -
You have proof that they were reported to have been married on a particular day and have since lived together - & many let up a family - Nor is there any circumstence calculated to excite any suspicion -

Altho the time is not clearly marked out. It is sufficiently so in the purpose of this application as the oaths show that the marriage was antecedent to the expiration of the last term of service.
Mrs Moore is a respectable woman of good reputation - as is evidenced by the bond. She is poor - and unable to go or send about to hunt up further proofs if any should survive the lapse of time -
I trust that on a further inspection of these papers you will find them satisfactory as also those of Mrs Dyar - Altho the latter rests mainly on her own oath.
I can assure you that these women are neither of them imposters - If I had any suspicion that they were I would not collect in their behalf -
Mr V. Lane who is in your office will be able to inform you what reliance may be placed on my own statements -
I will be gratified by an early answer which I hope may be a favourable one as these women are really in much need of the pittance which it is the intention of the Government to award to them.
I am with respect
your obedt Servt
Henry W. Chap
J. L. Edwards Esq

New York
Molly Lynde
Widow of Jonathan Lynde
Suspended
Let to the Hon Dudley
Harkin March 1. 1837
- De. to H. H. Rep July 29. 1837 -
to Hon. Palmer 7. April 38.

Wally Lynde of Jonathan Ohio Suspended Feb 30 Dec 1839 Hon. John W. Allen
Act 7 July 1838

Aug 29. 40
Newbury
1839
Edwards Cope Summit. of Peapack Washington City

Merchants & Manufacturers Bank Pittsburgh August 25 th 1840.
Sir In compliance with Yours of the 21 st Inst. I beg leave to inform you that Morley's Syndicate, with Premium under the Act of 7 July 1838. at the rate of 50. H. per annum. was last paid up to the 1 st March 1840.
Very Respectfully Yours affec d Serv t Frank Rake acting Pro. Agent
J. P. Edwards Esq r Counselors of Pro. Washington.

3 Augt 20
R178. Aug 20. 40. Penson office.
Mr Wray.
Secretary of War Washington D.C.
Mad,
Henry A. P. Smith

Dear Sir,
Brattle St. Sept. 15 th 1840
I send you inclosed herewith an application from Molly Lynde the Widow of Capt. Lynde deceased, a Revolutionary pensioner) to be transferred from the Pitts- -burgh Penn. agency to that of Albany N.Y. - please have the good office in- -close certificate of transfer to me by mail at your earliest convenience as the poor Widow wishes to make her pension available on 4 th Septm. which is near at hand.
I am with great respect Yr. obedt. Servt.
W. B. Closs
Honble J. L. Paine Secretary of War

Hon J. M. Allen
Nov. 30. '89
P.C.

War Dept., Pension Office Dec 30, 1839
Sir,
I herewith return the letter of G. W. Lynde Esq. in the case of Mrs. Polly Lynde widow of Jonathan Lynde, decd. and have to state that before a final decision can be had it should be shown what proof the records of the Town or Church where she was married afford of the marriage, as required in the enclosed printed regulations.
Hon. John W. Allen H. R.
6531 Oct 7 July 1838

House of Representatives
March 23 rd 1838.
To J. Edwards Esq.
I enclose you Mr Woodwards Memorandum. I suppose the cases mentioned must have been referred by me to your Office.
There were also two cases forwarded to me by Gen. Rice one in favor of Mrs Moore & the other in favor of Mrs Lynde for Pensions for revolutionary services. I sent to your Office in which I wish also to draw your attention
I am very respectfully
your obed t Serv t
Joshua Palmer

Hon. J. Palmer
7 April 1838
OL

War Department Pension Office
April 7, 1838
Sir The papers of Mrs Molly Lynde have a query to your request been re-examined. The evidence in regard to the date of the marriage claimants, is not satisfactory If no record of it can be found produced, the affidavits of a credible witness who can specify the date should be produced. It is stated by the applicant that she was married in May 1781, by the papers of her husband it appears that she left the regular service in April 1780. The claimant says that her husband was out in the militia after the marriage on one occasional occasion during but the names of his officers which are indis- pensably necessary, in view of further  should be given in order to more satisfactory investigation should be specified The title of H. H. Rep Esqr, is character internal —
Hon John Palmer Home Reps US

Feb. 10. Dear Sir,
Col. J. L. Edwards
Pension Office
Washington
Mr. Palmer H.R.

House of Representatives Feb 9 th 1838-
To Col. J. L. Edwards
Sir you will perceive by the enclosed letter of Gen. Rop. that I am requested to call your attention to a reconsideration of the claims of Huldah Moore & Molly Lynde both widows of Revolutionary soldiers - formerly presented by Gen Rop when  to Mr. Rop. It seems by Mr Rop's letter enclosed, to which I refer you, that record evidence of the marriage does not exist. & it seems to be his impression that the evidence is as difficult, otherwise, as can reasonably be required. The Cases are both meritorious applications and I should be much gratified if their Pensions could be allowed on the papers furnished & now on file.
An answer at your earliest leisure is desired. yours with much Esteem
J. H. B. Palmer

Ms. No. 1120 New York July 29. 1837
War Dept Pension Off July 29. 1837
Sir,
Your letter of the 21 st inst. relative to the cases of Molly Lynde, widow of Jonathan Lynde, and Huldah Moor, widow of Elias Moor, has been received.
This Dept. adheres to its decision in requiring further proof as to the time when the marriage took place. You seem to mistake the point upon which misapprehend the object of this Dept. in requiring the evidence called for by my letter to the Hon. Mr. with and Farlin. and The point upon which we want record proof is the date of the marriage, not so much the fact the parties lived in lawful wedlock, but the period when the union actually took place. In a great number of cases arising under the act of July 4. 1836 it is important to ascertain the precise day; otherwise the Dept. may reject a just claim, or admit one which should be rejected. If, for example, the soldier was discharged on a given day  particular of a certain month in a particular year, and the witnesses who were at the wedding should swear that in that very month the parties were married, would it not be of the indispensably necessary to a due investigation of the claim to determine on what day the marriage took place, whether before

or after the soldier left the military service? The law provides for no case in which the marriage took place after the termination of the service on account of which the claim is exhibited. Hence the indispensable necessity of direct, proof as to positive and unequivocal proof as to the time of the marriage.
I agree with you that to prove cohabitation is all that ought to be required, if the fact of marriage only were to be proved. In the case of Mr. Lynde it will I have no doubt be easy to obtain record proof that the marriage was published, if not proof the as to the time when the marriage took place. By the laws of Massachusetts when she was married, every one who intends marriage is required to have the same  public the banns of matrimony published, and there and the Town Clerk Clerk records the publication. Mr. Lynde was married in Massa- character.
I
Henry H. Ross, Esq. Essex, N. York
Enter this Mrs. M o or's case no. 1234 Mrs. Lynde, no. 1233

6531 Molly Lynde Ohio

State of Ohio } On this thirteenth day of December Cuyahoga County ss } A D 1839 personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas of Cuyahoga County and State of Ohio Molly Lynde of Rockport Township in said County and State aforesaid and lately a resident of the town of Willsborough in the County of Essex and State of New York, aged seventy four years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declar- -ation in order to obtain the benefit of the Pension made by the Act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to Certain Widows. That she is the Widow of Jona- -than Lynde deceased, who was a private Soldier in the Revolutionary Army in the American Service. That she has no means of ascertaining the time when he entered the service, but she thinks that he left the service about thirteen months before deponent was married to him; she does not recollect nor has she any means of knowing in what Regiment or Company he served or under what Officers he went - But thinks she has heard him say that he served in the Revolutionary Army in the American Service at least two years in all; and that during said service he was a part of the time at or near Boston in the State of Massachusetts and some part of said time he was at or near New York. She thinks that some or all of his service was performed in the troops called the Massachusetts Line. For proof of service she would refer the department to the application of her husband the said Jonathan Lynde made as she thinks in one of the years eight- -een hundred and eighteen or eighteen hundred and nineteen (as she believes) under which application the said Jonathan Lynde received his Certificate as a pensioner at the rate of eight Dollars per month and that afterwards under the application of the

Said Molly Lynde widow of the said Jonathan Lynde deceased to draw the back pay from the fourth day of September A.D. 1829 to the twenty fifth day of December A.D. 1829 of the same year on which application the original Certificate of the said Jonathan Lynde was returned to the war department.
She further further declares that she was married to the said Jonathan Lynde on the twenty fourth day of May in the year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty one. She further says that she does not know of any record evidence of the marriage. - That her husband the aforesaid Jonathan Lynde died on the twenty fifth day of December in the year eighteen hundred and twenty nine. - That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January in the year seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz at the time above stated and that she still remains his widow.
Subscribed & sworn to in Open Court this 13 th day of December A.D. 1839 W Rice Clerk.
Molly Lynde
The State of Ohio, Cuyahoga County ss.
I Harvey Rice Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County do hereby certify that Molly Lynde the signer of the foregoing declaration, appeared in open Court, this thirteenth day of December A.D. 1839, made solemn oath to the truth of the facts and statements contained in said declaration, & the Judges of the said Court declare their opinion that the said facts and statements, so sworn to, as aforesaid, are true and entitled to full credit, and the Court express their entire satisfaction therewith.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Court at Cleveland this thirteenth day of December A.D. 1839. W Rice Clerk

State of New York Essex County ss
On this third day of August A.D. 1840 before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Essex personally appeared Mother Synde who on her oath declares that she is the same person who was formerly the wife and is now the widow of Jonathan Synde deceased who was a Private in the Roughlegion and died on the 25 th day of Dec r 1826 - and to whom a Pension certificate was issued from the War Office dated on the 18 th day of February 1830 - pay at the Pitts- burgh Arsenal - on the roll of which he was as placed as a Pensioner, and that at the time of receiving said Pension, she resided at Rock- port in the State of Ohio from which place she has recently removed and that she now resides in the town of Wiltsborough in the said County of Essex & State of New York and intends to reside there and within her Pension to be paid at the Arsenal in Albany That her reason for removing to the State of New York & in the said town of Wiltsborough is that she has a son residing in said town and whom she wishes & intends to spend the remainder of her days - besides she is in firm and having no means of sufficient support the said Pension -
Sworn & subscribed this
3 rd day of August 1840
before me
Malley Synde
Wm Arnold Justice Peace

State of New York Essex
ss Michael Stower of Essex in his said county being duly sworn says that he has been acquainted with Michael Stower in the within affidavit mentioned for several years and knows him to be the same person described in the said affidavit with
Given this 3 rd day of August 1840 before
Michael Stower
Wm Arnold Justice Peace
I certify that I have been acquainted for several years with Michael Stower and know him to be a person of good moral character and as a person of truth and veracity was never doubted Wm Arnold Justice Peace
State of New York ss 3 rd R 178
I Edmund F. Williams Clerk in and for the said County of Essex, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do certify that William Arnold whose name is subscribed to the foregoing affidavits and who signed the foregoing Certificate was on the day of the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Essex & dwelling in said County and duly elected and qua- lified and that his Official term commenced on the 1 st day of January 1838. and will expire on the last day of December 1841. and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and hereby believe the Signature "Wm. Arnold" to be genuine
In Testimony Whereof I have signed my name and affixed my Official Seal at the Office of Clerk of said County at Elizabethtown this 24 th day of August 1840.
E. F. Williams Clerk

Hannah Messinger of the age of sixty seven years now resident in the town of Windham Portage County Ohio, being duly sworn doth depose and say, that Molly Lynde was duly and lawfully married to Jonathan Lynde on the twenty fourth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty one - The said Molly Lynde's maiden name was Molly Franklin. the said Molly and Jonathan Lynde were married at my fathers house in the town of Washington Berkshire County, State of Mass- achusetts, by the Reverend William G. Bollenine Pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Washington. - That I was present and witnessed the matrimonial ceremony of my Sister whose name was then Molly Franklin to Jonathan Lynde  who was then married to Jonathan Lynde - The said Jonathan and Molly Lynde within a few years after their marriage moved to Willsborough Essex County State of New York where they lived until his death - Hannah Messinger
I Robert M. Neigley a Justice of the Peace of the township of Windham in the County of Portage State of Ohio do hereby certify that the above affidavit was subscribed and sworn to before me & that I am personally acquainted with Mrs Hannah Messinger who subscribed the above affidavit and that her statements are entitled to full credit as a person of undoubted truth & veracity. Dated Windham Portage County Ohio - April 11 th 1837 R. M. Neigley Justice of the Peace

The State of Ohio Portage County ss.
3. I George Kirkum Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Portage do hereby certify that Robert M c Higley Esq r . who in his own proper hand writing has subscribed the within Jurat was at the time of taking the within affidavit a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly com- missioned and qualified - and authorized by law to take such affidavit. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Ravenna this eleventh day of April A. D. 1837. Geo. Kirkum Clerk -
Notary Public

Stockport Feb 4
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Honorable John W Allen Member of Congress Washington City D.C.

Rockport July 4 th 1840
Honorable J. W. Allen
Dr. Sir after receiving your favor in relation to the record of marriage of my Mother, Molly Lynde in her application for a Pension, and that it was required by the department I wrote to the town where she was married and have obtained it, though we was not aware that there was any in existence - And in the Record we have obtained, her name is recorded as that of Polly Franklin as having been married to Jonathan Lynde, she having been called by that name when she was young, as a kind of nick name for Molly Franklin her real name, which is the reason, that her name is recorded Polly in the marriage record - There seems to be another slight difference between the declaration and record of marriage, on the record of marriage it appears that she was married on the twenty second of May 1781 and in the declaration it stated as having took place on the 24 th day of May 1781 making a difference of two days, which I presume the department will deem as immaterial - and in relation to the Christian name it seems that, that will not amount to an objection, when on reflection it will be recollectd that Molly and Polly are both one name and the mistake would be very likely to occur - Please to let me hear from you soon - from your esteemed friend
This is a suspended Case Jonathan Lynde was a Pensioner -
G. W. Lynde
J. W. Allen