Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11,547, for Samuel Thayer, Massachusetts

SERVICE
Mass.
Thayer, Samuel Abigail
NUMBER _____
S. 11.547 and P. 10484
CONTENTS

See letter to the Hon G. A. Briggs Feb. 7. 1834 to E. Palfard May 17. '39 do - do - 27 - Jan '39. Berkshire
27.020 Massachusetts Samuel Thayer Berkshire in the State of Mass'ts was a Private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Cobb of the Regt. commanded by Col. Jones in the Mass'ts line for 9 months and 14 days.
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass'ts at the rate of 24 Dollars 88 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of Dec. 1833 and Sutto K. Bishop Senex.
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. '33 $62.10 Semi-annual allowance ending 1st Dec. '33 12.41 $74.51
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. Geo. Stiles Clerk.
Recorded by Book E. Vol. 2. Page 85.

9685
Samuel Thayer -
Massachusetts -
Private 7 M th 14 days
16-16 06
May 7 1883
P 379
5 ob. & signed the Certificate of Mr Thayer Augt 12.
H. W. Bishop
Lenox Mass

BRIEF in the case of  Samuel Thayer  County of Berkshire in the State of Massachusetts  (Act 7th June, 1839.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? In open Court -  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? Seventy one years  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.     Volunteered in 1777 — 3 28 139 Private Gen. Col Jones Cap n Edward Cobb   Volunteered in 1778 22 5 14 Col. Carpenter Col. Nathan Cap n Standish   Volunteered 1778 22 5 3 Col. Cary Cap n Pool -  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Abington Plymouth Co. Massachusetts  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional evidence & living witness  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct - 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Nov 18-79
John L. Watson Examining Clerk.
21 st Feb -

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss I John Nash of Abington in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, do hereby certify that it appears from the Records of said Town now in my custody and care that "Samuel Thayer and Abigail Cobb both of Abington were Married the twenty sixth day of August One Thousand Seven hundred and eighty two" I certify that the above is a true copy of the Records of said Town with the exception of the date which is expressed on the Record in fair legible figures as follows viz "Augt y 26 . 1782" —
Abington October 2 1838
John Nash Town Clerk
I John Nash above named depose and say that I hold the Office of Clerk of the Town of Abington in the County and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Town with the exception above named as certified by me John Nash Clerk of the town of Abington
Plymouth ss October 2 d 1838
Sworn
Before me Eschiel Thaxter Just of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Plymouth County.
I John B. Thomas Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Courts for the said County of Plymouth do hereby certify, that Ezekiel Thaxter Esquire before whom the foregoing deposition was sworn, was, on the day of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Plymouth, duly com- missioned and qualified to administer oaths and take depositions - And that his signature subscribed to the Imitate of the same deposition is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court this fifth day of October in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight. J. B. Thomas

25 July to 9 Sept '78
9685 Samuel Thayer Windsor Mass Application for Pension August 25 1832
H. W. Bishop Esq Lent Mass

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April 1938 New England Mass. July 35
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State of Massachusetts } ss Berkshire County }
On this tenth day of October one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight, personally appeared before the Probate Court of the County aforesaid Abigail Thayer a resident of Windsor in the County aforesaid aged seventy four 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 provision made by the act of Congress passed July seventh one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows.
That she is the widow of Samuel Thayer who was a private under several engagements in the Army of the Revolution for the term of seven or eight months I am unable to state the precise length of time he was in the Army and also the Officer under whom he served and at what place the service was performed or whether he was drafted a volunteer or a substitute that he resided in Abington in the County of Plymouth State aforesaid during the war that he was a Pensioner under the law of June 7 th 1832 that his pension was for the sum of twenty four dollars eighty eight cents per annum the evidence of his service will be found in his declaration and the affidavits accompanying it forwarded to the war department in the fall of 1832
She further declares that she was married to the said Samuel Thayer on the twenty second day of August one thousand seven hundred and eighty two and that her husband the aforesaid Samuel Thayer died on the eighth day of January eighteen hundred and thirty eight that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four viz at the time above stated Witness F. O. Sayles { Abigail Thayer Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before
William P. Walker Judge of Probate

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire ss. I Henry W Bishop Register of the court of Probate within and for the said county of Berkshire do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said court in the matter of the applica- tion of Abigail Thayer for a pension that the Hon. William P. Walker is the Judge of said court, and that the signa- ture annexed is his genuine signature In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said court, this tenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight. Henry W Bishop - Register of Probate

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Berkshire, ss. I, HENRY W. BISHOP, Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County, do hereby certify that James  Beals Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition was taken is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and have no doubt that the Signature annexed to said deposition is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this fifteenth day of September A. D. 1832.
Henry W Bishop Register Probate

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire Ss. Windsor Aug. 28 th 1833
Personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace for the county of Berkshire Samuel Mayer an applicant for Pension who being duly sworn deposeth & saith that he served in the Army of the United States three months under his third enlistment mentioned in his declaration
James D. Wells Justice of Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Berkshire, ss. I, HENRY W. BISHOP, Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County, do hereby certify that Noah Green Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition was taken is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that I am well ac- quainted with his hand writing, and have no doubt that the Sig- nature annexed to said deposition is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affix- ed the seal of said Court this fifteenth day of June
A. D. 1833
Henry W. Bishop Reg r of Probate

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire ss Windsor June 4 th 1833
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace for the County of Berkshire Samuel Thayer an applicant for a pension residing in Windsor in the aforesaid County of Berkshire who being duly sworn deposeth & saith that as he before stated in his declaration that he knows of no living witness to prove his services at Bristol in the state of Rhode Island but has produced the affidavits of Amasa Bates & Nehemiah Richards to prove his services at Schoharie in the state of New York and on the Island of Rhode Island or Newport Island — In answer to the second interrog- atory of the war department he says that he has a record of his age in a family register which he has kept in his own house for more than more than fifty years ————— Noah Green

1 - This may certify that we the subscribers have been acquainted with Samuel Thayer of Windsor County of Berkshire which now is his place of residence. We also testify that the s d Thayer has been, and now is, considered as a Revolutionary Soldier. - We also testify that the s d Thayer in our opinion was out with the Revolutionary War - and served - in the several campaigns - which he will relate. We also testify that we consider the s d Samuel Thayer as a man of integrity, truth and veracity.
Hinsdale August - 4 th 1832
Moses Hallock minister of the gospel
John Hamlin 84
Ebenezer Daves
Samuel Daves
John Daves Samuel Daves Jr.
Amos Ford
Lyman Bine
Joseph Hall
Leander Coleman
Lori M c Winslow
Henry Winoburn
That we saw Samuel Thayer We hereby certify that the person named in the above instrument in the light in which he is there set forth; & that those names which are affixed as witnesses are men of integrity & truth.
Coreston Dorrance Minister of the Gospel
James Bull's Justice Peace
Windsor, August 16, 1832

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Berkshire, ss. I, HENRY W. BISHOP, Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County, do hereby certify that James Beals Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition was taken is at the time of the taking thereof was one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and have no doubt that the Signature annexed to said deposition is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this sevent day of June A. D. 1832
Henry W. Bishop - Register of Probate
Ms.

Imera Bala for General Shyams

I Amasa Bates of Windsor, in the county of Berkshire Commonwealth of Massachusetts do certify that I knew Samuel Shayen of Windsor in the time of the Revolution a soldier war and know that he was at Schoberry - belonged to the company of Capt Jacob Pool of Col Hays Regiment and that he enlisted in the month of June in the year 1779 for the term of three months. I also certify that I was with the said Samuel Shayen the whole time of the said service Amasa Bates
Berkshire ss Windsor August 23 rd 1882 Then the above named Amasa Bates personally appeared before me and made Oaths to the above Deposition by him subscribed. I also certify that I consider the above Deposition a true and veracity D. Holbrook Justice of the Peace

Return at husband's for Saint Mary

I Nehemiah Richards of Rumnington in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Mass- achussetts do testify and say that from early acquaint- -ance with Samuel Thayer of Windsor County of Berk- -shire in said Commonwealth and from accurances that transpired which I witnessed myself and that he relates being at Rhodisland myself in the war of the Revolution in a company commanded by Capt. Nathan  Capt. Lewis  Infantry  First Regiment by Col. Carpenter. in the year 1778. for I think six weeks. have not the least doubt but he the said Thayer was in the same company at the same time. And from long acquaintance with him believe him to be a man of truth and veracity. Altho cannot recognize his identity have not the least doubt but he was in the same company with myself and performed the services as above stated Nehemiah Richards
Boulsham So. Windsor August 3 rd 1832 -
Then the above named Nehemiah Richards personally appeared before me and made Oath to the above Deposition by him subscribed
I also certify that I have read the above Deposition to be a man of truth and veracity D. Halbrook Justice of Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Berkshire, ss.
I, HENRY W. BISHOP, Register of the Court of
Probate in and for said County, do hereby certify that
Holbrook Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition was at the time of taking thereof was taken is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said
County, duly and regularly appointed, and that I am well ac- quainted with his hand writing, and have no doubt that the Sig- nature annexed to said deposition is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affix- ed the seal of said Court this seventh day of June
A. D. 1833
Henry W. Bishop Register of Probate

DECLARATION,
ORDER TO OBTAIN THE BENEFIT OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS OF THE 7TH OF JUNE, 1832.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss. COUNTY OF BERKSHIRE } ss.
ON this twentieth  twenty eighth day of August 1832 personally appeared in open court, before Wm P Walker Judge of the court of Probate  now sitting, Samuel Thayer a resident of Windsor in the County of Berkshire,  Berkshire, and State of Massachusetts, aged seventy  seventy one 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 provision made by 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.
I was born in the town of Abington in the County of Plymouth State of Massachusetts on the second day of January 1761 and a resided in said Abington aforesaid until I was forty  thirty three years old when I removed to Plainfield in the County of Hampshire and State of said and have resided in Plainfield and Windsor in town adjoining ever since As near as I can recollect in the Month of August or Sept 1777 I volunteered in a Company Commanded by Capt Edward Cobb and Regiment Commanded by Col Jones for the term of three months to go to Bristol in the State of Rhode Island we marched to Bristol thro Taunton as the Enemy had possession of Rhode Island our duty was to guard the shores in the vicinity of Bristol from their depredations was in no engagement and served out the term of enlistment I again volunteered as near as I can recollect in the month of August 1778 to go to Rhode Island for term of six weeks in a Company Commanded by Capt Peabody and Regiment Commanded by Col Carpenter we marched by way of Taunton to Howland Ferry where we crossed to the island was not in the engagement but was taking care of the sick in the Hospital was sent home to Abington with a sick soldier and taken sick myself and continued sick until the term of my engagement expired. In the month of June 1779 I again volunteered with the expectation of going to New York in a Company Commanded by Capt Pool and Regiment Commanded by Col Pary marched from Plymouth County thro Worcester Northampton Pittsfield to Haverick in the State of New York where our Company was ordered to Schoharie as the Tories and Indians were doing mischief in that region we marched by Albany to Schoharie was there at the time it was burnt afterwards followed the enemy to Fort Plain but did not overtake them when our term of service expired I have no documentary or other evidence before to prove my service at Bristol
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State, or (if any,) only on that of the agency in the State of
S.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Samuel Thayer
W. P. Walker J. Probate
We, Gordon  Gordon Dorrance a Clergyman residing in the town of Windsor and Abiel Wright residing in Windsor hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Samuel Thayer who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy  seventy one years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbor- hood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
S.
Sworn, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Gordon Dorrance
W. P. Walker J. Probate
Abiel Wright
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Gordon  Gordon Dorrance who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman resident in Windsor and and that Abiel Wright who has also signed the same, is a resident in Windsor and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
W. P. Walker J. Probate
Henry N. Bishop Register
of the Court of Probate for the County of Berkshire hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Thayer for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this twenty eighth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
Henry N. Bishop - Register of Probate

Rekey
1154 1/2 INVALID.
File No. 1154)
Samuel May Jr. Priv. Rev. war.
Act: June 1 st 1832.
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 374
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
10.484
P. O.
Abigail Thayer
Service: widow of Samuel
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
REJECTED
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

104 E. 4th

free Edwards Esq son of Pensions of Washington D. C.

Cummington Hampden Sep. 20/1838
J. S. Edwards Esq
In enclosed I forward to the Pension Department the Declaration of Abigail Thayer Widow of Samuel Thayer a Pensioner of the United States under the law of June 7 1832. her Pension Certificate has been surrendered to the Agent for paying Pensions in Boston with the certificate of the Judge of Probate of his decease.
Yours Respectfully Elizabeth Packard

Cummington Hampshire P. Mass June 20 1839
J. L. Edwards Esq
Sir
Your note of the 17 th May last respecting the claim of illegail Thayer widow of Samuel Thayer deceased that the first and third terms of service were verified by the rolls and that the other term of six weeks in 1777 under Capt Nathan Parkard was not found on the rolls. According to his declaration the service under Capt Parkard was in the year 1778 at the time our forces were driven from the island in August or September I have been acquainted with Mr Thayer for a number of years previous to his decease and at the time he applied for a pension in 1832 heard him with other old soldiers relate incidents that took place at that time, and no man had a fairer character for truth although he was hardly up to the majority of people for abilities By turning to his declaration you will see that his first term of service in 1777 was under Capt Edward Cobb in Col Jones Regiment for three months his second term in 1778 for six weeks was as before stated his third term was in 1779 in Capt Pools Company and Col Carya Reg t for three months I have no doubt but the Old gentleman's declaration is strictly true Once at this late period it is I believe impossible to find a person living who was in the service with him. If you have found the roll of Capt Parkard Company in 1777 it is not the year according to his declaration that he was under that Officer, a review of our case may probably satisfy you that the old soldier was right There is no probable chance of his obtaining any further proof in his case and must rely on what is already at the department She is in rather straitened circumstances and the small pension if she could obtain it would be very acceptable in her declining years
Yours Respectfully
Elizabeth Parkard