Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13829, for John Maynard, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Maynard, John
S. 13829
CONTENTS
carded

letter to S Fleming P. agent. 25 March. 1832 Dead. See letter May 5. 1835 to Ab. P. Ag. F Lt to H R Muggatt, Sept 7 1836
New York 20379-
John Maynard of Chenango in the State of N.Y. who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Jewett of the Reg't + commanded by Col. Huntington in the Continental line for Conn.
16 Mo 24 ds.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 56. Dollars 00. Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4. day of Sept r 1833. and sent to Robt. Parker, Greene, Chenango
Arrears to the 4th of Sept r '33. 140. 00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mar 34 28. 00
$ 168.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Franciosi Clerk, Book Co. Vol. 4- Page 68

Check! & Farmers Bank Albany Pension Agency April 30. 1835.
James L. Edwards Esq. Commission of Pensions.
Sir,
Application has been made upon the enclosed Vouchers, on behalf of the Administratrix of the Widow of John Maynard, for payment of the arrear of pension due to him at the time of his decease. Being informed that the Pensioner has left several children who are now living, & having doubts whether the arrear claimed belong to the children, or to the Administratrix of the Widow, I beg leave to request your instructions on the subject -
Charles Wood, private, Mrida Co. at $40 per Ann. claims pay from 4 March 1834 - His Certificate bears date July 23. 1832 - His name is not on our Books - Be pleased to instruct us whether or not we shall pay him - Very Respectfully Yours of Genl.
Thos M c Clusky, acting Pen Ag t

John Maynard 12.17
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22
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State of New York
Chautauqua County ss. On this twenty eighth day of August One thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in Open Court before Robert Moore Vice Chancellor of the Fifth Circuit of the State of New York at a Court of Chancery now sitting at the residence of the Vice Chancellor in the town of Green County of Chautauqua John Maynard a resident of the town of Green Smithville in the County of Chautauqua and State of New York aged seventy eight 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 at the breaking out of the revolutionary war he resided in the town of Lynde State of Connecticut - That in the month of April 1775 while the British were in possession of Boston he enlisted under Capt. Joseph Swift of Lynde for the term of eight months as he thinks in a regiment commanded by Col. Huntington and served until he was taken sick and placed in the Hospital, that he served at this time he believes as long as six months when he was discharged on account of his sickness and sent home - He was discharged at Roxbury in the State of Massachussetts - The duty he did was to keep guard but was in no engagement -

That in the year 1777 he again enlisted in a company commanded by Capt William Manning in Col Charles Webb's regiment and continued to serve from the first day of April until the twenty ninth day of December in the same year and was discharged at Tolly- more - That he enlisted at Tollymore and went from there to Newry, from there to Arklow, and was at Arklow when the fort was destroyed then followed the enemy up the river and was on the opposite side of the river when Drogheda was burnt and saw it in flames - he then returned and encamped at Sligo, and went into New Jersey - he was at a place called White Marsh in New Jersey when a skirmish took place with the enemy in which he was engaged and the First Lieut. of his Company John Davis was killed -
That he was in no regular battle out in force other than skirmishes - That he has no documentary evidence and knows of no person who can prove his services -
He hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the legacy of any State -
That he made Application to the War Department in 1819, but his claim was refused on the ground that he had not performed Nine Months Service in the Continental Line at one time -
John Maynard
Sworn to before me the day & year aforesaid Robt. Morris Fin. Chas. Allen

Col Webb and Col Hille - their Service was Scouting - He has been some years in the regular Army but date recd that the regular - the general circumstances of the Service he has stated
Sixth
Did you ever receive a discharge from the Service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it?
Answer - In the last Service he received a Battle discharge for Capt. Manning - He has often been to draw his pay and has not done it since -
Seventh State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution.
Answer, Darius Lowly Esq., Lucy Fairchild, Esq., Dea. Col Read, Martha Agard, Mrs. Martha Elder Sarah Read, Elder Catherine Sillogg
Mrs. Catherine Sillogg a Minister of the Gospel
Residing in the town of Gran and county of Chenango and state of New York and Darius Lowly Esq. residing in the town of Smithville Jones County Residing in the hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Maynard who has subscribed and sworn to the above decla- ration and that we believe him to be 78 years of age that he is respected and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the

The following questions were propounded by the Comtee to the applicant
First Where, and in what year, were you born ans Was born in New London Connecticut, in the year 1754
Second Have you any record of your age and if so where is it -
Answer He has no record of his age
Third Where were you living when called into service where have you lived since the Revolutionary war and where do you now live.
Answer - He lived at Lyme Connecticut when called into service. After the war in East Haddam, for then he removed to Southville in Chenango County where he has resided for the last fifteen years and now resides -
Fourth How were you called into service were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom?
Answer - He enlisted both times into the service -
Fifth State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served such continental and militia regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service -
Answer - There were but two regiments, in his last service

Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion -
Nathaniel Kellogg Darius Dowsley
Sworn & Subscribed the 3 day and year aforesaid Robt. Alonzo Vice Chancellor
And the said Court does hereby declare his opinion, after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to him that Nathan Kellogg who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman, resident in the Town of Green, in the County of Chemango & State of New York, and that Darius Dowsley Esquire who has also signed the preceding Certificate is a resident of the Town of Smithville, in said County of Chemango, and are Credible persons, and that their statements are entitled to Credit.
Robt Alonzo Vice Chancellor
Jonathan L. Woods, Clerk of the Court of Chancery for the sixth Circuit of the State of New York, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Maynard for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this twenty eighth day of August 1832
Jonathan L. Woods Clerk

N o 12.147 John Maynard
on roll, 8 mo & 24 days
8 mo 24 days on roll
Admitted Private 16 mo & 24 days
16 ob. April 29 1833
P 363
Rob t Barton Greene Chenango N.Y.

(Old case)
BRIEF in the case of John Maynard County of Schenango in the State of N.Y. (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 78.  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1776. Apr. — 8 — Private Gen. Col. Huntington, Capt. Hewett   77. Apr. 1 st to 79 Dec. 5 th } — 8 29 d o Col. Webb, Capt. Manning  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Skirmish at White Marsh  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Syracuse  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? on file in the P.B.  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
Regular
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Levin Bell Examining Clerk.

June 10, 1938
Grace I. Meola 12 Front Street Norwich, New York
John Maynard S. 13829 BA-J/AWF
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of John Maynard, who served from Connecticut, and was granted pension while living in Chenango County, New York.
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 13829, based on the military service of John Maynard in the War of the Revolution.
John Maynard was born in the year 1754 in New London, Connecticut. The names of his parents were not stated.
While a resident of Lyme, Connecticut, John Maynard enlisted sometime in April, 1775, served six months as private in Captain Joseph Jewett's company in Colonel Huntington's Connecticut regiment. He enlisted April 1, 1777, served in Captain William Manning's company in Colonel Charles Webb's Connecticut regiment, was in several skirmishes one at White Marsh, and continued in the service until December 29, 1777.
John Maynard lived in East Haddam, after the Revolution, and from there he moved to Smithville, Chenango County, New York. He applied for pension

August 28, 1832, at which time he was living in Smithville, New York, where he had lived about fifteen years. The pension was allowed.
The soldier, John Maynard, died May 28, 1833, leaving widow, Silence Maynard, and several children; names of children were not stated.
The papers on file in this claim contain no further discernible data in regard to family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Howick, N.Y. May 18th 1938.
Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir -
I would like the Revolutionary war service of John Maynard who served from Conn., and received a pension in Chenango Co., N.Y.
I would also appreciate such family data as you can secure for me.
Thanking you
Yours truly
Grace F. Meola.
12 Front St.,
Howick New York.

Proban
13829 ✓ INVALID.
1932 June 10 - birth for Grace I. Meola
File No. 13.829
John Maynard Brn. Rev. War.
Act: June 7 1932
Index: Vol. 1 , Page 239
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Be pleased to say whether the amount  arrears due in the case of John Maynard, New-York 2d act 1832, at $56 per annum, have been paid; and if so, at what time, to whom, and the amount?
Plus in office Sept 8. 1836
To Mr. Harry
He died 28 th May 1833, was paid from March 1831 to his death $125-01 c.
William Per Lee attorney for Grace Gilbert Administratrix of the Widow, Selina Maynard on the 9 th May 1835
JH

H. R. Mygatt
N Y
7 Sept 1836
Y 6
Record K 36 page 193

War Dept. Pension Office
Sept 7. 1836
Sir, In answer to your letter of the 27 th Ult o , respecting the case of John Maynard, dec d , I have to inform you that it appears from the Vouchers on file in the P o Auditor's Office, that the sum of One hundred and twenty five dollars and one cent, being the Amount due from the 4 th March 1831 to the 28 th May 1833, the day of his death, was paid on the 9 th of May 1835, to William Per Lee, attorney for Arad Gilbert, Admin- istrator of the Widow, Silence Maynard. Henry R. Mygatt, Esq., Oxford, Chenango Co. N.Y.

N o 12.147
M rs Maynard
16 th Oct.
Rob t Barker Greene N.Y.

Old case
BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of John Maynard which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes 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? yes 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? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes 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? yes

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? yes
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? on file in the P. B.
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No They are not Authenticated
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
† QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡ QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
¶ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

2/153 Mr. Maynard Myrtle
20379
FREE
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm: of Station War Department Washington City D. C.

Oxford May 27. 1856 Albany Co. N.York.
Sir.
John Maynard of Southwick in this County was an applicant for a pension under act 1832. A pension was granted, and after his death and the death of his wife, powers of attorney were executed to draw the money.
The Attorney refuses to pay any thing saying that he has not received the money. They have strong reason to believe that the money has been paid.
They request that you inform me, whether the pension granted to John Maynard has been paid to the day of his death, and if not, the reason why payment is suspended.
I am, Sir
Your obt Servt
Mary R. Mygatt
J. L. Edwards Esq Com No. 24 Washington City D. C.

Greene Chautauqua County N.Y. May 12 th 1833.
J. J. Edwards Esq.
Sir
In with return the papers of John Maynard. an applicant for a pension. They have been corrected, and correspond in all particulars with the brief which I also return.
I am Sir very respectfully yrs ob dt Serv t Robert Parker.