Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44,998, for Peter V Mayhew, New Hampshire

SERVICE
Mayhew Peter Jr
NUMBER _____
NUMBER D. 44.998.
CONTENTS

Cut to the date 12 1849.
Note of the sent to George Woodward, Hanover, N.H.
17th July. 1820.
Date of death Nov 21/3
Transferred to New Hampshire 5 Jan'y 1830. from N.H. Sept 1829
16020 R From 1st Reg't New Hampshire to New York thence to New Hampshire Peter Mayhew of Conway in the state of New Hamp. who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Battle of the 1st  Hamps. Recd, for the term of 1 year described on the roll of New Hampshire at the rate of $8 Dollars per month, to commence the 4th of August 1818 Certificate of Pension issued the 7th of August 1818 and sent to Ezara Bartlett Esq.  Haverhill New Hampshire Arrears to 4th of March 1819  $6.25 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep 1819  48.. 7 mo / 31 $104.25

Peter Mayhew
Bedell's Reg t of N Hampshire Rangers was not on the Con- tinent Estab- lishment but ordered for the defence of "The Western front".
Grandfather
Admitted
Haverhill, N. H.

I Peter Mayhew last resident in Rumney in the County of Grafton in the State of New Hampshire of any of the United States having through necessity not choice been obliged to absent myself about nine years ago from said Rumney into the States of Vermont & New York & a part of the time in Canada & being now determined to make the United States my permanent residence during the residuum of my life, depose & say that I am sixty five years of age, that on the first day of February A.D. 1776 I enlisted at said Rumney into the Continental service in the revolutionary war into the company commanded by Cap t Edward Everett in Col o Timothy Bedel's Regiment raised for the defence of American Liberty & for repelling every hostile invasion thereof: in which company & Regiment I marched to Canada & continued to serve therein as a pilot & interpreter until the last of January 1777 when said company was disbanded at Saratoga in the State of New York; that I was in no general battle; that I am in indigent circumstances & stand in need of assistance from my country for support, & that I have no other evidence now in my possession or power of my said services.
August 24 th 1818.
Peter Mayhew
Grafton J's Aug 5 24 th 1818. Sworn to before me
Ezra Bartlett Just. Peace

I Jonathan Clark of Rumney in the County of Grafton State of New Hampshire of 66 years of age depose and say that in the month of January or Feby. D 1776 I enlisted as a private soldier in Capt Edward Dwrith's Company in Col Timothy Buel's Regiment raised for the defense of American Liberty and for repelling every hostile invasion thereof under the continental establishment in the revolutionary war for one year. That I am well acquainted with Rev. Mayhew whose last residence in the united States was in Rumney aforesaid & that S d Mayhew enlisted at said Rumney at the time first mentioned into said Company & Regiment for the period of one year and that he faithfully served therein as a pilot & interpreter in our expedition against Quebec in the year 1776 & in our return to Saratoga until the Month of Dec r 1776 when I was discharged from the Service at the late place at which time I left said Mayhew still attached to the army I further depose and say that the adjutant attached to this Regiment in making returns thereof in writing the name of Mayhew wrote it Maloney by which name he was then called I further say that said Mayhew about nine years ago owing to misfortune in business was obliged to leave  his residence in  the State of New Hampshire to reside in  the and that he is at this time in very indigent circumstan- ces and stands in need of assistance from his Country for support.
Jonathan Clark
Grafton State of New Hampshire August 21 1818 personally appeared Jonathan Clark signer of the above affidavit and made solemn oath that it was just & true
Before me David Gibson Just Peace

I, Moses Smart of Brumley in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire of 62 years of age do hereby certify that in the month of January or Febry D 1776 I enlisted as a private soldier in Capt Edward Smith's Company in Col. Smith's Rifle Regiment served for the defence of American Liberty and repelling every hostile invasion then of under the continental establishment in the revolutionary war for one year that I am well acquainted with Peter Mayhew whose last residence in the united States was in Brumley aforesaid that P. Mayhew enlisted at said Brumley at the time first mentioned into said Company & Regiment for the period of one year and that he faithfully served therein as a pilot & interpreter in our expedition to Quebec in the year 1776 & in our return to Saratoga until the Month of December 1776 when I was discharged from the service at the late place at which time I left said Mayhew still attached to the army. I further Depose and say that the adjutant attached to this Regiment in making return thereof in writing the name of Mayhew wrote it Malony by which name he was then called. I further say that about nine years ago owing to suffering in business the P. Mayhew became poor and in indigent circumstances and stands in need of assistance from this County for support Moses Smart
Grafton State of New Hampshire
August 21 1818
Personally appeared Moses Smart known to me to be the person described in and who executed the above affidavit and made solemn oath that it is just & true Before me David Gibson

I James Ramsay of Rumney in the County of Grafton & State of New Hampshire of 56 years of age depose and say that in the Month of January or Febry. 1776 I enlisted as a private Soldier in Capt Edward Eovett's Company in Col Timothy Biddle's Regiment raised for the defence of American Liberty and repelling every hostile invasion thereof under the Continental establishment in the re- -volutionary war for one year that I am well acquain- -ted with Peter Mayhew whose last residence in the United States was in Rumney aforesaid & that S. Mayhew enlisted at said Rumney at the time first mentioned into said Company & Regiment for the period of one year and that he faithfully served therein as a pilot's inter- -preter in our expedition against Quebec in the year 1776 & in our return to Saratoga until the Month of December 1776 when I was discharged from the Service at the late place at which time I left said Mayhew still attached to the army I further Depose and say that the adjutant attached to this Regiment in making returns thereof in writing the name of Mayhew wrote it Maloney by which name he was then called I further Depose & say that about nine years ago owing to misfortune in business the said Mayhew became poor and in indigent circumstances and stands in need of assist- -ance from his Country for support
James Ramsay
Grafton ss State New Hampshire Aug 21 1818 Personally appeared the above Nasus Smart signor of the above affidavit and made solemn oath that is to just & true Before me David Gibson Just Peace

STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
Grafton ss.)
ON this twenty fourth day of August - 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for
said County personally appears Peter Mayhew aged 65 - late years, resident in
Rumney in the said State, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, 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:" That he the said Peter Mayhew enlisted in Febry 1776 at Rumney
in the State of New Hampshire in the company commanded by Captain Edward Everett of the regiment commanded by Col: Timothy Bidel
; that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States, until the last day of January 1777
, when he was discharged from service in Saratoga State of New York ; that he was in the battles of
and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Ezra Bartlett
I, Ezra Bartlett Judge of the Court of Common Pleas
as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Peter Mayhew is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of assistance from his country for support & did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy; 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.
August 24 th 1818.
Ezra Bartlett

Peter Mayhew
Hamble 10.020
14.020 - 7 Aug 1819.
Continued
66 old
Sept 1819
2.000 per day for all the work of the day.
1819

State of New Hampshire
Grafton ss At the Court of Common Pleas holden at Haverhill within and for said county of Grafton being a court of record by law established, on the first Tuesday of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty
Present the honorable
Ezra Bartlett } Esquires Justices Daniel Blaisdell }
Personally appeared in Open Court Peter Mayhew aged sixty six years resident in Haverhill in said county who being duly sworn according to law doth on his Oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows viz in Capt Edward Coates Company & Col. Sim c Bedels regiment in the New Hampshire line that his Original declaration is dated fourth day of August 1818 and that he has received a pension and his pension certificate is numbered 14,020 - And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revo- lutionary war passed on the 18 th day of March 1818" And that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income or property whatever except my clothing and I owe above one thousand dollars I have no wife & have no particular place of abode and have no children with me, I have

two sons and three daughters who live scattered in the world and are under no legal obligations to sup- port me I am by occupation or formerly was a tavern keeper but having lost all my property I do what I can by labour to support myself. My health is good for a man of my age and am able to do something but if should be taken sick would be entirely destitute Attest John Pynchard — Peter V Mayhew
Sworn to and declared on this fourth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty W. Woodward Clerk
State of New Hampshire
Grafton ss
I George Woodward Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said county of Grafton do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath is truly copied from the records of said Court. And I do further certify that it is the Opinion of the said Court that the said Mayhew is destitute of all property as he has declared & Sworn —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said court on this fourth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty —
W. Woodward Clerk

Rev. and 1818 Wars Section MHP:MLB
June 30, 1930
Mrs. Guy Underwood 3819 - 51st Street San Diego, California
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 44998, it appears that Peter V. Mayhew enlisted in February, 1776, at Rumney, Grafton County, New Hampshire; served as pilot and interpreter in Captain Edward Everett's Company, Colonel Timothy Bedel's New Hampshire Regiment; was in the expedition to Quebec and was discharged January 31, 1777.
About 1809 he left Rumney, New Hampshire and lived in the states of Vermont and New York, and in Canada.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 24, 1818 while a resident of Rumney, New Hampshire, aged sixty-five years, the date and place of birth not shown.
In July, 1820 he stated that he then had no wife, but that his two sons and three daughters were living in different parts of the world. He did not give any names.
In 1825 he was living in Jefferson County, New York, but in December, 1829 had returned to Grafton County, New Hampshire.
About 1859 he moved from Haverhill, New Hampshire to Corinth, Orange County, Vermont, where he was living in 1848.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner

44998 Key  INVALID.
1930- June 30 - Nist. to Mrs. Karl E. Carter - MMVF 1930- June 30 - Nist. to Mrs. Guy Underwood - MMVF.
File No. 44998
Peter Mayhew Pris Rev War
Act: 18 th March 1818
Index: —Vol. 3 , Page 308
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of New York
Jefferson County ss
On this 25 day of April 1825 before me Calvin McKnight Esq. a Justice of the Peace in the County aforesaid personally appeared Peter Mayhew, late a private in the Army of the Revolution, who, on his oath, deposes that he is the same person, who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Capt. Edward Eavitt in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Timothy Dapple in the service of the United States, that his name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of New Hampshire, from which he has lately removed that he now resides in the County of Jefferson & State of New York and wishes his pension to be payable in the city of New York, in future.
P. Mayhew
Sworn & subscribed to the 25 th of April 1825 before me
Calvin McKnight J.P.

STATE OF NEW-YORK.
CLERK'S OFFICE, } JEFFERSON COUNTY, ss. }
I, HENRY H. SHERWOOD, Clerk of the county of Jefferson, and Clerk of the court of Common Pleas, in and for the said county,
DO HEREBY CERTIFY, THAT  Calvin M c Knight Esq.
whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the acknowledgment of the annexed instrument in writing and endorsed thereon, was on the day of the date of the said certificate a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Jefferson, dwelling in the said county, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorised by law to take such acknowledgment
And further that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe the signature of Calvin M c Knight subscribed to the said certificate is the proper hand writing of the said Justice
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, this 27. th day of April 182 5
H. H. Sherwood

Rev. and 1818 Wars Section
MSF:MLB
June 30, 1930
Mrs. Karl E. Carter East Corinth, Vermont
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 44998, it appears that Peter V. Mayhew enlisted in February, 1776, at Rumney, Grafton County, New Hampshire; served as pilot and interpreter in Captain Edward Everett's Company, Colonel Timothy Bedel's New Hampshire Regiment; was in the expedition to Quebec and was discharged January 31, 1777.
About 1809 he left Rumney, New Hampshire and lived in the states of Vermont and New York, and in Canada.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 24, 1818 while a resident of Rumney, New Hampshire, aged sixty-five years, the date and place of birth not shown.
In July, 1820 he stated that he then had no wife, but that his two sons and three daughters were living in different parts of the world. He did not give any names.
In 1825 he was living in Jefferson County, New York, but in December, 1829 had returned to Grafton County, New Hampshire.
About 1839 he moved from Havatsill, New Hampshire to Corinth, Orange County, Vermont, where he was living in 1848.
In reference to a stone found in an old wall in Corinth, it is suggested that you consult the curator of some museum or some reliable jeweler for information.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner

EAST CORINTH, VT.
May 26, 1930
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
Peter V: Mahew was Karl E. Carter's
great great great grandfather. I have been told that he was an interpreter to Laffayette. Could you send me a record of his service as a Revolutionary soldier. He was a resident of Corinth, Vermont. In remodelling the homestead here, in the partitions, we found a transparent lavender stone, about a half inch square, on which is engraved or pressed a profile of Laffayette. It looks as tho it might have been in a scaripin. It also carries the words: Marquis de Laffayette visited United States August 15 1824. Could you give me any information in regard to this stone? Or refer me to a museum that could:
Gratefully yours,
Mrs. Karl E. Carter.

3819 - 31 st St. San Diego, Calif. June 18 - 1930
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions, Rev. soldiers.
Would you kindly send me as soon as you can the Revolutionary War pension record of Peter Mayhew or Mihew . He served in New Hampshire, and is said to have moved to Corinth, Orange Co., Vermont, and was living there in 1840.
I greatly desire all genealogical data regarding him, his wife, and also his children. I hope this record will give place of birth, and name of wife with dates.
Very truly yours Mrs. Edy Underwood 3819 - 31 st St. San Diego Calif.

Corinth. Orange County Vermont 6 th September 1848.
Hon. J. L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C. {
Sir. Mr. Peter Mayhew, recently of Haverhill, Grafton County, State of New Hampshire, and now a resident of Corinth, Orange County, Vermont, a pen- sioner of the United States, of the New Hampshire Agency, makes application to me for assistance in procuring a transfer of his pension from the New Hampshire Agency to the Vermont Agency —
Mr. Mayhew is in possession of a pension certificate issued 7 th August 1819 — commencing 4 th August 1818 for the sum of ninety six dollars p r annum —
Mr. Mayhew has resided in Corinth aforesaid nine years last past, and during said time has traveled to New Hampshire and received his pension, and now the time has arrived, by reason of old age and infirmities, he is unable to perform the journey, & will be deprived of the benefits of his pension, unless a transfer is made as hereby requested —
If you grant his request, please forward the transfer to me at West Topsham, Orange County, Vermont —
Yours very Respectfully
Moses Wallen Justice of the peace for Orange County The above application for transfer of pension is made at my special instance & request — Charles Bickford Paul Bickford his Peter X. Mayhew mark

State of New Hampshire
Grafton ss
Court of Common Pleas Clerks Office
This certifies to whom it may concern that John Nelson Esq whose name appears within under his own proper hand with which I am well acquainted as a Justice of the peace within & for said county of Grafton duly qualified to take affidavits
Witness my hand & the seal of said
Court this 9 th day of December
anno Domini 1820
Goldwoodward Clerk

State of New Hampshire
County of Grafton ss
on this ninth day of December 1829 before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Grafton personally appeared Peter Mayhew who on his oath declared that he is the same person who former- ly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Edward Everett in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Timothy Bedel in the Service of the United States, that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of New Hampshire and afterwards transferred to roll of the State of New York from whence he has lately removed that he now resides in the State of New Hampshire where he intends to remain and wishes his pension to be then payable in future and that his reason for removing to the State of New Hampshire is to be in a country near his friend where he has lived for a number of years P. Mayhew
Sworn and subscribed to before me the day and year aforesaid
John Nelson Justice of the Peace
I certify that I am personally acquainted with Peter Mayhew the Subscriber to the above affidavit and he is the same person therein named and is a pensioner on the rolls of the State of New York and has lately removed to the State of New Hampshire
Benj Merrill
Sworn and subscribed to this ninth day of December 1829 before me
John Nelson Justice of the Peace
I certify that the above is a true and correct copy of the original John Nelson Justice of the Peace

How 18th Dec 10 ce
Pension Office 16th Dec. 1829
To the Hon ble Secretary of War Washington City
on pension business

Haverhill Dec. 9 th 1829
Sir enclosed is Capt Peter Mayhew's petition for a transfer of his pension from New York to New Hampshire which when done you will please to remit to me at Haverhill A. K.
To the Secretary of War
Most Respectfully Yours obedt Servt Benj Merrill