Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 507, for Esick Thayer, Massachusetts

Mass. R.I.
Thayer, Erick Jane
2P 507 B.L.W. 19908-160-55
CONTENTS

18.528
Pennsylvania
Erick Thayer
of Lancaster in the State of Pennsylvania who was a for Art'y H'p in the Company commanded by Captain _____ of the Reg't commanded by Col Dyke in the Off'p's m'a line for 1 yr each.
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 90 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of Sept 1833 and dated at Harrisburg Pa
Arrears to the 7th of Sept 1833. $225.00 Semi-ant. allowances ending March 34. 45.00
$270.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Wilkerson Clerk, Book 8 Vol. 5 Page 10

1785 New York Prov Pennsylvania, Phila Nine Thayer dow of Esau Thayer
to served in the Revolutionary war as a Minute Man Infantry & Artillery
Subscribed on the Roll at the rate of 90 Dollars 00
cents per annum, to commence on the 1st day of March, 1840 3rd February 1835 Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of April 1835 and sent to
L. F. Fitch Montrose Pa
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act March 3, 1831, Page 111 Vol. A
July 31/53 1835
161075

est. Mar 24/55 June 1855
Same Thayer widow of Esiah Thayer
Ab Elliott. Map: Knapp.
1805
aw. 10 ac., apt. 11:156.
Revolutionary War.
Pensioned Act Feb 2/1855
N.Y. Feb 53-1785
Vol I. page 62.
Frank Loomis Binghamton New York

State of New York County of Broome
On this Twenty Sixth day of May A.D. one thousand Eight Hundred & Fifty Five personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within & for the County & State aforesaid, Jane Thayer aged Sixty Seven years a resident of Vestal Broome County in the State of New York. Who being duly sworn according to Law declares that she is the Widow of Erick Thayer deceased, who was a private in the revolutionary war. That she is unable to state the time of his service or the names of the officers under whom he served but that he resided in the State of Vermont at the time he entered the service in the revolutionary army, & returned to Vermont after his term of service expired & for proof of his services she refers to the proofs on file in the office of the Commissioner of Pensions upon which the said Erick Thayer drew a pension in his lifetime up to the time of his decease. She further states that she was married to the said Erick Thayer, at Chenango Broome County New York, on the 5 th day of November A.D. 1827 by James Squires, a Justice of the Peace of said town, and that her name before said marriage was Jane Roberts, and that her said Husband died, at the town of Ridgewater Susquehanna County Pennsylvania, on the 9 th day of May A.D. 1851 and that she is now a Widow. And for proof of her marriage to the said Erick Thayer & of his death she refers to the proofs on file in the office of the Commissioner of Pensions upon which a pension Certificate was issued to her dated the 7 th day of September - A.D. 1853 signed by R.W. Ellland - Secretary of the Interior & recorded in Pensions Office on the

roll of Pensions under act February 3 1853 and upon which she now draws a pension. She further declares that she has never made application for Family Land under this or any other act.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Family land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3, 1855.
Her mark Jane A. Thayer
We John Coon & aged residents Rachel Coon of Broome County in the State of New York upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed & acknowledged by Jane Thayer in our presence & that we believe from the appearance & statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
John + his mark Coon
The foregoing Declaration & affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day & year above written and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be & that I have no interest in this claim.
T. B. N. Loomis
Justice of the Peace
STATE OF NEW YORK, } ss. BROOME COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE. }
I, ERASMUS D. ROBINSON, Clerk of the County of Broome, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That T. B. N. Loomis whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed Instrument, and thereon written, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the said County of Broome, duly elected and sworn, and authorized to take the same. And further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of such Justice of the Peace, and verify believe that his signature to the said Certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine. And that said instrument is executed and acknowledged in conformity with the laws of this State.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said County the 28 day of June A. D. 1855.
E. D. Robinson CLERK.

Sep - 26.
Eseck Thayer
Pension Application
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18883

State of Pennsylvania
Susquehanna County
On this eleventh day of September A.D. 1833. personally appeared in open court before Hon. Edward  Smith William Thomson and Denis Dimock and his Associates, Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said county, now sitting, Esick Thayer of Bridgewater township, in the County of Susquehanna and State of Pennsylvania, aged sixty nine 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 th 1832, to wit, That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated, that is to say. He went into the service in the month of November 1776 as a substitute (for whom he does not now recollect) at the town of Uxbridge in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, for the term of five months, in a company commanded by Captain — Baldwin. Marched from Uxbridge to Dorchester Heights, where the company was attached to a Regiment commanded by Colonel — Dyer, — was stationed at Dorchester until the expiration of his term of enlistment — when he (with others) volunteered to serve a further term of one month as no recruits had come in to fill up the regiment to which his company was attached — his company was

then ordered immediately to Boston, he lay at Boston during the months for which he engaged - was there discharged, in the month of April 1777, and returned to Hopkridge.
And the said Esick Thayer, on his oath further saith - That sometime in the month of May 1777 - at the town, county and State aforesaid, he enlisted in a company of Volunteers, commanded by Captain - Martin, for the term of three months, and immediately marched to Providence in Rhode Island, remained at Providence about three days, - marched to a place called "Obeykes Newton", near Quidnesset Point, was stationed at that place during the remaining part of the term for which he enlisted - his company was not attached to any regiment that he recollects, was stationed there for the purpose of guarding the coast, on the west side of Providence River - a party of British having landed, a short time previous to his arrival, - burnt a house, and carried away several of the citizens, prisoners. Two prisoners were taken away, by the name of "Tillotson" which he recollects. He was discharged at "Obeykes" Newton sometime in the month of August and returned to Hopkridge. - And the said Esick Thayer, on his oath further saith - That in the month of November, 1777 - at Chestnut Hills, (a Parish set off from Mendham) in the County and State aforesaid, he enlisted in a company of State troops, under the command of Capt. - Craghan, for the term of five months, - marched to Providence in Rhode Island, and from thence to Obeykes Newton where he was stationed until sometime in the month of April 1778 -

and was discharged - That he immediately returned back to Providence, and there joined a company of Volun- teers under the commands of Capt. Charles Keene - remained on duty as one of the "Row Guards" for the term of one month - and was discharged and immediately enlisted at Providence aforesaid for the term of one year, which year was to com- mence on the 16 th of March preceding. The com- -pany to which he belonged was commanded by Captain "Garze" and was attached to a Regiment of Artillery commanded by Colonel - Elliott - under the commands of General Sullivan - he marched to Warwick Neck, where the Company was stationed until the latter part of July - Then marched to Providence, passing thro, a place called Pawtucket, and from Providence, through Pawtucket and see- -brook, to Scituate; - lay at Scituate four or five days, and then crossed over to "Butts Hills Fort" on the north end of Rhode Island - which fort had been occu- -pied by the British the preceding night - remained in the fort during a violent storm - then marched down, and took possession of the lower works, near the enemy - retired back to Butts Hills and there made a stand - and on the 30 th of August 1778 - the American army under the command of Ge- -neral Sullivan evacuated the Island and crossed over to Scituate - the company to which he belonged marched back to Warwick Neck - was there divided in two parts - and he with a part of the com- -pany under Lieutenant Oliver Corey marched to Greenwich - and there joined a company under

17 Under the command of Captain Snow - Their business was to guard the fort - and watch the motions of the enemy on Rhode Island - Colonel Hite's Green's Regiment of Blacks quartered at Greenwich during the same winter - He remained at that place until the 16 th of March 1779 - and was then discharged - and returned to Providence.
And the said Esick Thayer on his oath, further saith - That he recollects that all or a part of General Glover's Brigade - Colonel Coan's Regiment of Artillery - and General Green's Division were all on Rhode Island during the time he was stationed there, - all the commanders of which he frequently saw and knew - and the said Esick Thayer further saith - That during the action on Rhode Island, he was put in charge of two 4 lb field pieces (not engaged with the ammunition cart & four horses) - but was in full view of the engagement.
And the said Esick Thayer on his oath further states that he has no documentary evidence - and that he knows of no persons whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his services. - He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any state -
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open court
Esick Thayer
Asa D. Mocke to Pres

We Davis Dimock a clergyman residing in in the Borough of Montrose  the township of Bridgewater, in the County of Susquehanna and State of Pennsylvania and Isaac Post — residing in the Borough of Montrose, hereby certify that we are acquainted with Elias Thayer, who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration: That we believe him to be about sixty nine years of age, — that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and, that we concur in that opinion.
affirmed Sworn and subscribed the day 3 Davis Dimock and year aforesaid, in open court Isaac Post Asa D Dimock & Post
And the Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrog- atories prescribed by the War department. That the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states, And the court further certifies by that it appears to them that Davis Dimock who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman residing in the township of Bridgewater, — and that Isaac Post — who has also signed the same is a resident of the Borough of Montrose  Borough of Montrose and is a credible person — and that their statement is entitled to credit.
By the Court Asa D Dimock & Post

State of Pennsylvania Susquehanna County, ss.
I Asa Dimock Jr. Prothonotary of the court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contained the orig- inal proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Esack Thayer for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hands and seal of Office, at Montrose, the eleventh day of September A. D. 1832.
Asa Dimock Jr. Pro

State of Pennsylvania Susquehanna County Y s
Personally appeared before me David Post
Esq r a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Susquehanna aforesaid - Esack Thayer of Bridgewater township, in said County, was an applicant for a pension under the Act of Congress of the 7 th June, 1832 - and being due sworn according to Law - in answer to the interrogatories proposed in the regulations of the War Department, under the Act of Congress aforesaid. Doth depose and say -
 1 st That he was born at the town of Hopkridge in the County of Worces- ter and State of Massachusetts in the year 1762 -  2 d That he has no record of his age, at present, but has frequently exam- ined the record of his age, in the family Bible of his father, a copy of which this deponent had in his possession, which is now mis- laid or lost -  3 d That he lived in the town of Hopkridge, in the County of Worcester - Mass - when he first entered the service under Capt. Baldwin for 6 months, as a substitute and served as a private - That he resided at the same place, when he entered the service as a private for the Company under the command of Capt. Martin for the term of three months. That he was at a place called "Shioneb Hills" (a Parish set off from Mendham) in the County and State aforesaid, when he entered the service as a private in a Company under the command of Capt. Craghan - for the term of three months, and That he was at Providence, Rhode Island both when he entered the service as one of the "Row Gunes" under Captain Heun, for the term of one month, and also when he enlisted under Capt. Garze for the term of one year as a private -  4 th That about the close of the Revolutionary War - he removed with his father from Providence R. Island - to Guilford (now in the County of Windham and State of Vermont, and resided in said County, until the year 1808, at which time he removed to the town of Warren, (Then) in Luzerne County, Pa a where he resided until the year 1811 - when he removed from that place to Susquehanna County, Penn a That he now resides in the township of Bridgewater in the said County, in which township he has resided for the last sixteen years -  4 th That in his first term of duty as a private in the Company com- manded by Capt. Baldwin, he entered the service as a 

Substitute, for whom he is now unable to state. He was living with his grandfather, at the time a man in a remote part of the neighborhood was drafted - who applied to this deponent's uncle to his grandfather for this deponent (then a boy not quite fourteen years of age) to take his place. The bargain was made, and this deponent immediately joined the company. In all his other services, he was a volunteer -
5 th That at the time he served in Captain Martin's company the American forces for the greater part of the time were stationed at different places on each side of Providence River, from Providence to Newport, generally a company at a place, so that he does not now recollect of meeting with the other companies in Regiment until meeting with the Army in General Sullivan's expedition, on Rhode Island. - That he then recollects seeing General Sullivan, General Green, General La Fayette and General Hancock on Rhode Island - Genl. Fayette and Hancock went on to Boston to endeavor to prevail on the Admiral of the French fleet to return to Rhode Island - They failed, which circumstance was the cause of great complaint among the American Army - For the names of regular officers and the general circumstances of his services, he refers to them as set forth in his declarations.
6 th That he never received a written discharge - In all his tours of service, up to the time of his enlistment for one year, he does not now recollect of hearing anything said about a written discharge - That at the expiration of each tour of service, he was dismissed - Viva Voce - That at the expiration of his term of enlistment for one year under Captain Gage he was stationed with a part of the company at East Greenwich under the immediate command of Lieutenant Oliver Corey - while Capt. Gage with the other part of the company was stationed at Warwick Neck - That he called on Lieutenant Corey for his discharge - who refused to give any at the time - he having just been put under arrest by Col. Christopher Green - for earning a shilling -

7 th That, in addition to the names of Rev d Davis Dimock and Maj r Isaac Post, who have testified to his character for veracity, and their belief of his services, as a soldier of the Revolution, which testimony accompanied his application, he also states the names of Dennis Bush, Abijah Bush, John Franch, Elisha Griffith, David Post & James Wapt. Elias West. Asa Dimock Jr, Davis Dimock Jr and Samuel Warner - all whom he verily believes would testify to the same -
Sworn and subscribed before me, by the said Erick Thayer, to me well known as a man of veracity, and whose statement is entitled to full credit, this thirtieth day of May A.D. 1833 -
Erick Thayer
David Post
State of Pennsylvania
Susquehanna County
I Asa Dimock Jr. Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, do certify - That David Post Esquire, whose signature in his own proper hand writing appears subscribed to the attestation of the foregoing Affidavit of Erick Thayer, was, on the thirtieth day of May last, and now is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Susquehanna, aforesaid; duly commissioned and qualified as appears of record.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said County, at Montrose, the sixth day of June A.D. 1833 -
Asa Dimock Jr. Pro.

16/11/13
Epick Thayer Susquehanna Co - Penn
Admit
1 year Priv. Artists
1 " " Eng.
Asa Dimock Montrose Susquehanna Co. Penn.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Esick Thayer  Susquehanna Co. Penn.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Sublt Nov 1776 1 Privt Col. Dyke 69 years - Uxbridge Gratuitary   Col. May 1777 3 " — — Worcester Co.   enlist Nov 1777 5 " — — Moap -   " 1 Non-comd — —   March 1778 1 Privt Col. Elliott. Genl. Sullivan -   - On rolls of Elliott's Artillery  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ 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 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers; the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) 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 _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____, who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B., who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 that 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 shown 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule is note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

State of Pennsylvania } Susquehanna County } ss
On this twenty eighth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty three personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas of the county and state aforesaid Jane Thayre, a resident of Bridgewater town- ship in the said county and state aged seventy four years who first being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed the 3 d February AD 1833 granting pensions to widows of persons who served in the Revolutionary war; that she is the widow of Esdr Thayre who was a private soldier and musician a portion of the time that he was in the service, as she now thinks from the state of Vermont, but the name of the Captain of the Company or the Colonel in which he served she frequently heard him tell but has now forgotten - she does not now recollect the place where he resided when he entered the service, or the time when he entered and left the same - though of these she in former years has frequently heard him speak - That her said husband Esdr Thayre deceased was a pensioner under the Act of 7 th June AD 1832, inscribed upon the rolls of pensioners for the state of Pennsylvania at the yearly rate of ninety dollars, payable semi annually at Philadelphia

and she respectfully refers to the proofs and records now on file in the Department, for the proof of the service performed by her said husband, the officers under whom he served and the amount of pension paid to him. She further declares that she was married to the said Essek Thoyre second legally on the third day of October in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight by one James Squires Esq. a justice of the Peace in and for the County of Broome in the state of New York, and that there is no record of the same now in existence to her knowledge but several witnesses whose affidavits are hereto attached were present at the time of said marriage. That her said husband died at Bridgewater Luzquehanna County Pennsylvania, on the ninth day of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-, that she was not married to him prior to the second of January eighteen hundred but at the time above stated. She further declares that she is now a widow and has remained such since the death of her said husband at the time above mentioned:
Attest { F. A. Ward, G. F. Hiteh
Jane her X Thoyre mark
Sworn to and subscribed before David Wilund President judge and Davis D Warner his associates in open Court on the day and year aforesaid, and we hereby certify that satisfactory evidence was produced and examined before us in said open Court that the said Jane Thoyre was

during his life time and At the time of his death the wife of the said Esack Shayne deceas- ed, and that she is his widow and still unmarried, and that the said Esack Shayne died on or about the 8 th day of May A.D. 1850, as before represented by her - April 28 th A.D. 1853-
D. Willett P. Judge J. J. Warner A. Judge
State of Pennsylvania Susquehanna County ss.
I J. M. Ward Prothonotary of the court of Common Pleas in and for said county do hereby certify that David Wilmet, Asst. Davis & Warner his associates before whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed and sworn to, are Judges of the court of Common Pleas in and for said county of Susquehan- na, duly commissioned and qualified according to law, and that said court is a court of Record in this Commonwealth, and that their signatures thereto are genuine; And further, that Elisha Griffith and William L. Post were sworn and examined before said court, who deposed and said, they knew Esack Shayne during his life time, who died on or about the 9 th day of May A.D. 1850; That they have know the said Dau r Shayne, for a long number of years, as living with the said Esack Shayne, as his Wife, and as such acknowledged, and reputed in the neighbor- hood, and that she is still a Widow; And I further certify that I am well acquainted with the said Elisha Griffith & W. L. Post and consider them credible and respectable witnesses, and I believe that they have no interest in the application of Dau r Shayne for Pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said court at Montrose the 13 th day of May A.D. 1853. J. M. Ward Proth. Per J. M. Williams

State of Pennsylvania Susquehanna County } ss
On this fifteenth day of Aug. AD 1853 before me a justice of the Peace within and for said county & state personally came John Fancher aged sixty seven years and Adrian Bush aged fifty five. Residents of Bridge water township in said county and state who being duly sworn according to law do say that they knew Esch Thayer late of said township deceased for the last thirtyfive years of his life, and also know Jane Thayer his widow whose application for pension is now suspended in the Department at Wash- ington for want of satisfactory proof of her identity as the widow of said Esch Thayer deceased. That the said Esch Thayer died at Bridgewater township aforesaid on or about the ninth day of May AD 1850 and that for more than fifteen years previ- ous thereto the said Jane Thayer lived with him the said Esch Thayer as his wife and was then ac- cepted & known in the community up to the time of his decease at the time before named - and that since that time she has been and still is a widow and known and called the widow of Esch Thayer deceased. They further swear that they have no interest in her application for pension.
John Fancher Adrian Bush
sworn to and subscribed before me the day & year herein first before written, and I hereby certify that the said John Fancher and Adrian Bush are credible witnesses and to me well known as such
Charles Avery S.P.

State of Pennsylvania Suzukanna County } ss
This may certify that J Davis D Warner one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Suzukanna and state of Pennsylvania was sitting in due discharge of my duties as such judge at the last April term of said Court on or about the 28 th day of April last past 1853. When Jane Thoyre widow of Esau Thoyre late of Bridgewater township in said county and state deceased, came into the said Court in open session, and made her application for a pension, or her declaration therefor, and made oath to the truth of the facts in said declaration contained - and among other things set forth in said declaration was the fact that she was the widow of the said Esau Thoyre who lately deceased in the said township of Bridgewater - Now this may certify that the said Esau Thoyre deceased in his life time was to me personally known, and for a long period, and the said Jane Thoyre as his wife - and from personal knowledge of them I believe and have no doubt, that she was the wife of Esau Thoyre deceased and that she is his widow and still unmarried - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand on this 19 th day of August AD 1853 -
David D. Warner

State of Pennsylvania Susquehanna County, ss.
I T. A. Ward Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, do hereby certify that that Charles Avery Esquire before whom the foregoing Declaration Sufficient was signed and sworn to is and acting Justice of the Peace of said County, duly Commissioned & qualified to administer Oaths according to the Laws of this Commonwealth. This Signature thereto is genuine, and further that Davis L. Warren Esq. whose genuine Signature is attached to the foregoing certification  before whom the same was signed and sworn to is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, aforesaid duly Commissioned and qualified as such, and that said Court is a Court of Record of said County.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court, at Montrose the 19 th Day of August A. D. 1853.
T. A. Ward, Proth. & Clerk P. T. M. Williams

Rev WIDOW, &c.
Am
File No. 507
Jane Thayer, Widow, Essex Thayer, Priv. of Infantry & Artillery.
Act: Feb. 3. 1853.
Index — Vol. In Page 268
[Arrangement of 1870.]

19.908
J The Camp

1843 Jane Thayer widow of Pur.
Let to L. J. Welch 29 July 1853
Not likely 2/53

Mid Oct 15 th . N.Y.
By [unclear]

Monitross Pa. Aug 30. /33
Hon L P Waldo } Comr &c } Sir
Enclosed I send you additional proof in the case Mrs Thayer widow of Esdr Thayer deceased - an applicant for pension under the act of Feb. 3 1833. -
This I think must fill all the requisites of your very particular rules - as in your letter to me of July 29. ult. you stated you wanted more satisfactory proof of the identity of the widow - I furnish you here a certificate of that fact by one of our presiding judges over his own hand - and also the affidavits of two of her old neighbors -
I trust this is enough and that we shall soon receive the certificate - which when issued you will please forward without delay to me & much oblige
Yours Respectfully — L. H. W. etc
Monitross Pa

Hon Sir
Enclosed herewith please find the Application for Pension of Sarah Thayer wid- ow of Ezek Thayer deceased, under act of 3 d Feb- 1833 — Mrs Thayer is now con- siderably advanced in years and much bro- ken down & impaired in body & mind and does not now remember the names of any of the officers under whom she served or the time or the place that he was in the service — But as his name is on the list of Pensioners for this state. May still be at Philadelphia occasionally — I presume you will readily find the necessary records to substantiate his service and I think send you proof sufficient of his death and of her identity as his widow.
I have learned since drawing the original ap- plication that the Certificate of pension was forwarded to the Department or to the paying office at Philadelphia by the widow after  at his death and that upon that being sur- rendered — she drew the arrears, due from

The last Semi Annual payment to the sum of his death - By reference to that, if the evidence I send is insufficient his death and the fact that she is his widow will I think be satisfactorily shown - If there should be anything further wanted as proof in this case please inform me; if not when the certificate is issued send the same to my address -
J P Waldo } born }
E. H. Fitch
Monrose Pa.

Pension Agency Philadelphia Sept 8. 1854.
Sir,
Dane Thayer, widow of Essek, a Pensioner on the Roll of this Agency Act July 3 1853 sec 2 o . at ninety dollars per annum, has been paid to 4 th March last (1854)
Very Respectfully Yrs
David Sturgis Pension Agent
S. Cole Esq Actg Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Pa
Jane Hanger of Esopus
for transfer to N.Y. transfer when due
B. N. Looni Binghamton Broome Co N.Y.

Binghamton Broome N.Y. Sept 4 th 1834
Hon L. P. Waldo Sir
Widow Jane Thayer has removed from the State of P. A. into N.Y. and desires that her pension be paid at the Albany N.Y. Agency Enclosed are the necessary proofs for that purpose Please direct to me the Certificate of transfer Yours Respectfully B. Blooming

Brief in the case of Jane Thayer, widow of Enoch Thayer Susquehanna County and State of Pennsylvania. act 3 d February 1850.
Claim, ("original," or for increase )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the Act of June 7. 1832
Marriage proved by parol evidence - witnesses only certified to be credible.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
S. F. Fitch Esq. Montrose,
Name and residence of Agent
Penn a
R. G. Dyer
Examining Clerk.

State of New York Broome County } ss
On this Sixth day of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty three personally came before me a justice of the Peace in and for said county William M Brown and Dorcas W. Brown of Chemung — in said county and state who being duly sworn accor- ding to law do say that on the third day of October A D one thousand eight hun- dred and twenty eight, they were pres- ent at the marriage ceremony of Jane Thayre and Esack Thayre now deceased and saw them lawfully united in marriage by one James Squires Esq. a justice of the Peace in the county of Broome State of New York, — at Binghamton That they knew them & by the occasional visits made between the parties, at their different places of residence to live to- gether in Susquehanna County Pennsylvan- sia, as man and wife, from that time on till the time of the death of the said Esack Thayre, which occurred, as they now recollect and verily believe in May A D 1850. They fur- ther declare they have no interest in the application of the said Jane Thayre for pension —
William M. Brown
Dorcas W. Brown
Sworn to & subscribed before me the day and year first above written, and I hereby certify that the said William Brown and Dorcas Brown are credible witnesses
J. B. N. Loomis Justice of the Peace

State of New York } County of Broome } ss
I E. L. Palmer clerk of the County Court in and for the county and state above mention- ed do hereby certify that B. N. Loomis Esq whose genu- ine signature appears within is, and was at the time of signing the same an acting jus- tice of the Peace in and for the county & state afore- said, duly commissioned and sworn as such ac- cording to law and that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit, and that the afore- said County Court is a Court of Record having gener- al jurisdiction — As witness my hand and seal of office at Binghamton this Sixth day of May, AD 1853 E. L. Palmer Clerk

State of New York
Broome County ss: On this 4th day of September A D 1854 before me the Subscriber a justice of the Peace in & for the said County of Broome personally appeared Jane Thayer who on her oath declares that she is the same person described as the Widow of Asa Thayer, who was a private of Infantry and Artillery in the Revolutionary War, that her name was placed on the Pension roll of the State of Pennsylvania from whence she has lately removed that she now resides in the town of Vestal Broome County New York where she intends to remain and wishes her Pension to be there payable in future and that she left the State of Pennsylvania & came to reside in New York for the purpose of living with her daughter who resides in the State of New York
Subscribed & sworn to before me this 4th day of September 1854
Jane Thayer her mark
B N Loomis
Justice of the Peace
State of New York
Broome County ss: John Coon of Vestal Broome County N Y being duly sworn says that he is well acquainted with Jane Thayer and that he knows the person who has taken the oath to the above affidavit to be the same person described in the said affidavit
Subscribed & sworn to before me this 4th day of September 1854
John Coon his mark
The said John Coon is a person of veracity & is entitled to full credit
B N Loomis Justice of the Peace

STATE OF NEW YORK, Broome County Clerk's Office. } ss.
I, ERASMUS D. ROBINSON, Clerk of the County of Broome, Do HEREBY CERTIFY, That Thos. A. Loomis Esq. whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the proof or acknowl- edgment of the annexed Instrument, and thereon written, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the said County of Broome, duly elected and sworn, and authorized to take the same. And further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of such Justice of the Peace, and verily believe that his signature to the said Certi- ficate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine. And that said in- strument is executed and acknowledged in conformity with the laws of this State.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said County the
4 day of September
A. D. 1854.
E. D. Robinson CLERK.