Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 21496, for Samuel Payne Jones, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Jones, Samuel Payne Pamelia
W 21496
CONTENTS
In 1818 aged 59 yrs 9 mos 22 days d. May 1, 1819

4,958
Massachusetts.
Samuel P. Jones
Private 11
Massachusetts line. 1781. 2 years.
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
scribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 27 th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 th of Decem r 1818 and sent to Hon. Mr. Whitman, House of Reps: N. S.
Arrears to 4th of Sep r 1818, 34:13
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 March 1819 48:00
4 mo. 8/30 to $ 82:13
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

Massachusetts 645
Pamelia Jones
widow of Samuel P. Jones dec d
who died on the May 1 st 1819 of Plymouth in the State of Mass o who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Francis of the Reg t commanded by _____ in the Mass o line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass o at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of March 1837 and sent Hon. J. Q Adams Trinity, Vt. Present.
Arrears to the 4 th of March 1837 $480.00 Pemi-ant. allowance ending 1 st Sept r " 40.00
$520.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 d }
Recorded by N. H. Addison Clerk, Book A. Vol. Page 54

Samuel P. Jones Scituate
Samuel P. Jones Scituate Mass. July 17. 1818

I Samuel Perine Jones, of Situate, in the County of Plymouth, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, In the Sixtieth Year of My Age, depose set forth and declare, that I was a Soldier in the War of the Revolution, on the Continental establishment; That I entered the service of the Country, in One thousand Seven hundred and eighty One, in Capt d Francis' Com- pany, Col d Tappan Regiment, in Massachusetts Line. for during the War. I served out my time faithfully to the end of the war, and had an honorable Discharge, which I have since lost. I served principally in the States of New York, & New Jersey. And I further declare, that from my reduced circumstances, I need the assistance of my Country for support. Daniel Corlax, and Abner Freeman, now present before the Judge were in the same Brigade & Regiment, with me, at the time of the above stated Service. - I was in the battle of Mon- mouth. and I have no further evidence in my power of my service.
Sam l P erine Jones
Sworn to and declared before me Apr. 27. 1818
Nahum Mitchell: Judge for

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
On this 27 th  ss. day of April A 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Southern Circuit, personally appeared Samuel P. Jones of Scituate aged fifty nine years, resident in the said Circuit, who being by me first duly cautioned according to law, on his oath made the following declaration, by him signed, in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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," viz
That from 1781 he served du- ring said war in Capt. Francis' Comp y . Heel. Inf ry (10 th ) Massachusetts) Reg t . — / See his said Declaration endorsed/

Samuel P. Jones Scituate Ms
Hon. Mr. Whitman H. of Reps.
Admitted.

And I do certify that the said Jones is poor and needs the assistance of his country for support
And I, the said Judge, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Samuel P Jones did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, on the continental establishment; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
Nahum Mitchell
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
ss.
1818.
I HEREBY CERTIFY, That is one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Southern Circuit, consisting of the Counties of Plymouth, Norfolk, Bristol, Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket in said Commonwealth—that the same Circuit Court of Common Pleas is a Court of record—that the signature to the above certificate is the true signature of the said Judge, and that the seal thereunto affixed is the seal of the said Court.
} Clerk of the Judicial Court for the County of

Deposition of Charles Turner and others
Cann
McBrien

I Charles Turner of Chelsea in the county of Suffolk, and State of Mass ts , but now on a visit to Scituate Plymouth County and State aforesaid, where I resided from Seventeen hundred and seventy three to eighteen hundred and twenty four; aged seventy six years do testify, that the truth of the annexed Statement by me signed, was, at that time made satisfactorily to appear to me, by the within named Nehemiah Manson and wife Sarah, who were always in- habitants of said Town of Scituate, and with whom I was acquainted for about fifty years previous to their death, and who were soldiers in the army of the revolution, and were knowing to the facts there- -in stated; and I further testify that I was personally acquainted with the within named Sam l Payne - Jones from Seventeen hundred and eighty six, to the time of his death, which was in eighteen hundred & Wine ten; and that I have been acquainted with Sarah, of widow of said Sam l Payne Jones from 1786 to the now present time, that she lived with him as his wife, and from 1786 - to the time of his death, and had a large at family of children, I know her to have been his wife as well as I can know anything, of which I was not an eye witness; —
Charles Turner
Com th of Mass ts . Plymouth County. To November 29-1836. Then personally appeared Charles Turner and made oath to the truth of the above Deposition by him subscribed. And I further certify that I have been acquainted with him forty years, and that he is a credible Witness
Samuel C t Turner First cl Clerk

This may certify that we the subscribers, are knowing that Samuel Payne Jones was a revolutionary soldier and was a recruiting sergeant in the company commanded by Capt n Thomas Francis in the sixth United States regiment and was enlisted as a soldier during war man in which he served until the army was disbanded. his present widow Parole Jones was the lawfull wife of the s d Samuel Payne Jones & was married in the town of Watertown in the state of Massachusetts on the 16 th of March A D - 1780 and the s d widow Parole Jones is now a resident in the town of Scituate in the state of Massachusetts
May 1 st 1829
Nicholas Manson Esq e (Dunbar) (Justice of the Peace in the county of Plymouth Mass.)
Charles Turner, late of Scituate, in said State, now Resident, in, & Acting Steward of U.S. Marine Hospital, in Chelsea, Mass —

1090 Declaration of Pamelia Jones
1881
Declaration of Pamelia Jones for pension.

State of Massachusetts
Plymouth County ss. — On the eleventh day of October Eighteen hundred and thirty six, personally appeared before the Hon. Wilkes Wood Judge of the court of Probate for the County of Plymouth, Remelia Jones a resident of Scituate in the County of Plymouth, and State of Mass ts . aged Seventy three years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the pro- vision made by the act of Congress, passed July fourth, eighteen hundred and thirty six. That she is the widow of Samuel P. Jones, who was a sergeant in a company, commanded by Capt. Thomas Francis in the sixth United States regiment and was enlisted as a during War man, in which he served until the army was disbanded, I cannot state the precise time of his enlistment but I was acquainted with him from one to two years before we were married, and knew that he was a recruiting sergeant in the above named company.
She further declares that she was married to the said Samuel Payne Jones in Walborton on the sixteenth day of March Seventeen hundred and eighty, that her husband the aforesaid Samuel P. Jones, died on the first day of May eighteen hundred and nineteen; and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed. after the peace of 1783 said Sam l P. Jones resided in the Town of Scituate, and County aforesaid to the time of his death, and that he drew a pension under the act of 1818 to the time of his decease. — her
Witness Samuel D. Turner
Pamelia X Jones mark
Turner

I sworn to and subscribed the day and year first above written before me: And I further certify that the aforesaid Permelia Jones is a credible person but by reason of age, infirmity & poverty is unable to travel to a Court to make her aforesaid declaration
Willis Wood Judge of the Court of Probate for said County of Plymouth
Plymouth J. Jacob H. Lord Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Willis Wood Esq. is Judge of Probate for said County of Plym- outh & that the foregoing is his true & genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the Probate Court for said County, this sixteenth day of January A.D. 1837
Jacob H. Lord

Chester Peaks Deposition

I Eleazar Peakes of Scituate in the County of Plymouth and State of Mass ts aged eighty years, do testify that, I was acquainted with Samuel Payne Jones formerly of this Town, (and who was a soldier in the Revolution more than two years,) from about Seventeen hundred and seventy eight to eighteen hundred and nineteen, the time of his death, and that I have also been acquainted with Amelia Jones Widow of said Samuel Payne Jones from her childhood to the present time, and that she was married to said Samuel Payne Jones in the Town of Watertown near Boston in this state in Seventeen hundred and eighty, her maiden name was Amelia Hayden.
Eleazar Peakes
Com th of Mass ts Plymouth County, ss Dec r 3 - 1836
Then personally appeared Eleazar Peakes and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed, and I further certify that I have been acquainted with him forty years, and that he is a credible witness. Samuel H Turner Just e Probate
Plymouth ss. I Jacob H Lourd Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Samuel H Turner is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County & that the signatures to the annexed papers purporting to be signed by him are his true & genuine signatures.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the Probate Court for said County this sixteenth day of January 1837 Jacob H Lourd

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., Aug. 12, 1920
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Samuel Payne Jones a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his and (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. W. 21496
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1781 He cl. of Sgt. war. Francis Tipper Mass.       
Battles engaged in, Monmouth.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated.
Date of application for pension, Apl 27/1818. His cl. al.
Residence at date of application, Scituate, Plymouth Co., Mass.
Age at date of application, 59 yrs.
Remarks: He married Mar. 16, 1780 in Watertown, Mass. Pamela Hayden. He died May 1, 1819. She was al. pen on her ap. of Oct. 7, 1836 while residing in Scituate Mass. aged 73 yrs. A large family of children is referred to, no names stated. No further family data.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Reg. WIDOW, &c.
File No. 21496 Pamelia Jones widow of Sammel P Jones Pr. Stev War Act July 4 th 36 Index: Vol 14 , Page 382
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1920, Aug. 12 Histo Georgiana E. Jones-Ev

Sam Phillips 37 1/2 24
To What time was Samuel P. Jones of Mass. paid under the act of March 1818.
H. H. S. Per Off Mar 22. 37
Died May 1. 1819. and paid

Pamela Jones widow of Samuel P. Jones
Mass. who died May 1 1819 Mar 2 16 March 1780
Allow pri. $80 per ann. ex g 4 mo '37 1819
Hor. M c Adams

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
By His Excellency EDWARD EVERETT, Governor and Commander in Chief in and over said Commonwealth.
To all whom it may concern:
Edward Everett
Know Ye, That Charles Bemis Esq r is a Justice of the Peace, for the County of Middlesex,
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commission- ed, and that to his — Acts and Attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court.
In Testimony Whereof, I have caused the Public Seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto affixed, this sixth — day of January A. D. 1836, and in the sixty first Year of the Independence of the United States of America.
By His Excellency the Governor.
John P. Bicknell Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Linn Clarks Certificate

I hereby certify that I have examined the Records of Marriages in the Town of Watertown Mass, from the year 1770 to the year 1790 - and the marriage of Samuel, Payne, Jones and Pamela Hayden does not appear on said Records.
Witness my hand at Watertown this 24 th day of October A.D. 1836.
Isaac Robbins Town Clerk.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss. November 1. 1836
Then the above named Isaac Robbins personally appeared and made oath that the above certificate by him subscribed is true
before me Charles Bemis Justice of the Peace
I certify that Isaac Robbins who signs the above certificate is now, and was at the date of said Certificate, the Town Clerk of Watertown, and that he is a credible witness
Charles Bemis Justice of the Peace

Cob o Swimer Sup t Int l Marine Hospital, Charlestown

Col. Turner,
Boston November 28, 1836.
Sir,
Since I saw you I have again search'd & found the name of Samuel Jones borne in an Account in the Continental Army Books (which I have access to) that was not taken to Washington with the others, as Mr. Edward, the Commissioner, did not want them, having a Copy that answered his purpose, "Also where he has Credit, in the Account as follows. Viz -
D r Samuel Jones Serg t , in Capt. for Ashby Ashby's Comp y , Col. Vose's Reg t , Cr.  There is charges in his acc t . By his Service from Jan y 1, 1777. amongst which is a charge to Dec r . 31. 1779. 17 at 48/ is 40.16.0 of Bounty paid by The Town of Becket or Hartwood in 19 " 60/ - 57.6 April 1778 of £15.0.0 36 m o is £97.16.0
1779 Dec. 31. & Certificate for Balam. . . . April 7. 1780. Certified
1780 - Samuel Jones Serg t , of Weston in Col. Vose's Inf ry B y . - Cr.  By his Service from Jan y 1, 1780 to Dec r . 31. 1780. 12 @ 60/ is 36.0 48. m o is £133.16.0
It is entered in the Alphabetical List, of the above Account. (Viz) - "Samuel P. Jones S t Reg t , Cap t , Ashby's Comp y , of Weston. . . 48 months also a mem o in said Alphabet "Rec d . Certificate of Lot N o 7 Mars Hill." - There is another name of "Samuell Jones, of the 11 th Reg t , for 47 & 16 days of Berwick in France C o . You will have to get a living evidence to prove the facts to obtain the Certificate at Washington, and you may make use of the above if necessary, to send on with your Papers. It may facilitate Y r search at Washington Office. if the same or I can give you a Certificate of Copy from the Books, if you wish it, and can't find a living evidence.
Yours Respectfully, Eleazer Homer.
Samuel Payne Jones, private enlisted in 1787. - see his acc t : 188 - no rolls H.H.H.

Rev. Sec C.W.
12¢ stamped envelope received. J.B. 7/21/20
105 Tremont St., Malden, Mass., July 19, 1920.
Department of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:-
Is it possible for me to obtain through your office at this time the record of a soldier of the Revolution who drew a pension? The inscription on his tombstone at Scituate, Mass., reads:
SAMUEL PAINE JONES (husband Pemelia) died May 1, 1819 A soldier and pensioner of the Revolution.
I have endeavored for some months to trace this ancestor through local town records and the New England Genealogical Rooms. While I can find in the archives of Massachusetts any number of volunteers who bore the name of Samuel Jones, I have failed to identify any one of them as the Samuel Paine Jones who married Pemelia Hayden. In addition to the above inscription on the gravestone is a verse, one couplet of which reads:
"From my native home I strayed And mixed in war's alarms,"
which leads me to believe he may not have been a native of New England, or even of this country. It occurred to me that, as he received government aid after the war, there must be somewhere a record of the services which rendered him eligible for a pension, which pension was doubtless continued to his widow, Pemelia Hayden Jones, who survived him until 1838.
If you can furnish me from your files with the above data, I shall appreciate it greatly.
Trusting it may be possible for you to give me the desired information, I am,
Respectfully,
Georgia Jones