Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 27,492, for Elijah Thayer, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Thayer, Elijah Mehitable Mehitable
N 27,492 P.L.Wt 38827-160-55
CONTENTS

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Mehitable Mehitable Morgan, mid. Elijah Thaddeus
Leaves. King. Randall & Leonard eds. Williams & Bateman.
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Map Feb 48-5477. AD: 16000, Aug: 79/56 [Signature]
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Vial Pease.
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I, Luna Thayer of Bridland in the County of Franklin do hereby certify that I was well acquainted with my brother Elijah Thayer and have often heard him say that he was a Private in the army of the Revolution and also I have frequently heard my mother Lydia Thayer say that my brother Elijah served as a soldier in the Revolutionary War and further the aforesaid
Luna Thayer
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Franklin, ss. Bridland November 18, 1846, subscribed and sworn to this Eighteenth day of November A.D. 1846 before me & I hereby certify that I am acquainted with the said Luna Thayer and know him to be a person of good Moral Character and a Credible witness
Apollos Burnham Justice of the Peace

Nehilabel Shugart
No 45-
B.
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Ms I Abigail Woodward of Buckland in the County of Franklin and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged eighty two years depose and say; That my Brother Elijah Thayer enlisted into the Revolutionary Army from the town of Taunton in this State; That he served in several campaigns; That in one or more he went to the State of Rhode Island; That in all; he served several months, but the exact time I am unable to say; Do not know under what Officers he served; That there were they no persons of that name then living in Taunton or in any town in the vicinity Buckland Nov. 14 th 1845
Abigail Woodward
I hereby certify that the above named Abigail Woodward this day made solemn oath that the above declaration by her made and subscribed is true. And I also certify that the said Abigail is a good and credible witness
Buckland Nov 14 th 1845
Ezra Howes Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
FRANKLIN SS.
I, Henry Chapman, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Franklin, do certify, that Ezra Howes Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the handwriting of the said Ezra Howes and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said Commonwealth, this 17th day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty five.
H. Chapman , Clerk.

No 2 -
I Mehitable Thayer of Buckland in the County of Franklin & Commonwealth of Massachusetts Widow of Elijah Thayer deceased formerly of said Buckland, of the age sixty four years on oath depose and say that I have often heard my husband Elijah Thayer tell of being in the war of the Revolution & tell of being with under different officers at different times and of serving under Capt Mathew Randall, & Colonel Duggett, & I have heard him tell of going to Rhode Island on a private expedition under Captain Isaiah King, and I have heard him say a great many times of serving under Capt Patrick Eddy, & also of Capt Mathew Snow, & General Sullivan, I heard him say often times about being under him & Capt Cobb, & a Capt Leonard & Captain or a Colonel Carpenter, & many other officers which I could not now recollect, I also certify that some of the above officers I mine well acquainted, and I further certify that the said Elijah Thayer at the time of the Revolution Resided in the town of Leicester in said Massachusetts and further the deponent saith not. Mehitable Thayer Witness Rhoda B. Thayer Franklin Co. Buckland September 20. 1848. subscribed & affirmed before me the subscriber & I hereby certify that I am acquainted with the said Mehitable Thayer and know her to be a person of good moral character and a credible witness, Before me J. H. Potter Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
FRANKLIN SS.
I, Henry Chapman, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Franklin, do certify, that Apollos Barnard , Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the handwriting of the said Apollos Barnard Esq — and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said Commonwealth, this 3d day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty five
H. Chapman Clerk.

BOUNTY LAND DECLARATION.
State of  Massachusetts } ss. County of  Franklin
ON THIS second day of May A. D. one thousand eight- hundred and Fifty Five personally appeared before me, Deacon W. Pierce a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County and State aforesaid, Mehetabel Thayer aged Eighty four years, a resident of Buckland in said County in the State of Massachusetts - who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Elijah Thayer deceased, who was a private in the company commanded by Captain King & Capt Randall & Capt Leonard in the regiment of Militia commanded by Col William & Col Hathaway in the in the war with Great Britain, declared by the United States on the 18th day of June, 1812, War of the Revolution
that her said husband was drafted at Taunton Massachusetts on or about the year 1774 day of _____ A. D. _____ for the term of several different drafts and continued in actual service in said War for the term of one year or over in all and was honorably discharged at on the _____ day of _____ A. D. _____
She further states that she was married to the said Elijah Thayer in Hadley on the Twenty Six day of April A. D. 1772 by one Ebenezer Warren Esq. a Justice of the Peace and that her name, before her said marriage, was Mehetabel Pratt that her said husband died at Buckland on the Eleventh day of July A. D. 1820 and that she is now a widow. - and to said Mehetaabel Thayer refers the Commission to her certificate of Pension which she now draws a Pension at the Massachusetts agency becoming due July 23 rd 1850 and certificate in number act No 1438 for $ 26.66
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "act approved March 3d, 1855." And as to the evidence of Service - Marriage & death, she refers to the proof on which her pension certificate was issued under said act of 1838 and authorizes Mr. Pierce to receive my Warrant - and I further say that all answers were made before signing Sworn to & subscribed by the said Mehetabel Thayer this second day of May 1855  Mehetabel Thayer
Before me Deacon W. Pierce We, Abigail Thayer  the sister of and Elisha Smith residents of Buckland in the State of Massachusetts upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Mehetabel Thayer in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Elisha Smith + Abigail Thayer +
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and 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, and that I have no interest in this claim. I further certify that the claimant's husband in her life time was well known to me  Deacon W. Pierce
Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Franklin, ss.
I, GEO. GRENNELL, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Franklin, do certify, that Jerulon W. Field Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the Certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Jerulon W. Field — and believe his signature to said Certificate is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said Commonwealth, this twenty first day of August in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fifty five .
Geo. Grennell Clerk.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston;
June 5, 1845.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Elijah Thayer is borne as a private upon a muster roll of Capt n Josiah Kings Comp y . marched from Taunton on a secret expedition to R.I. under the command of Col. George Williams, from Sept r 29 to Oct r 29, 1777 — including allowance for travel, — 1 month, 2 days; — Upon a pay roll of Capt n Matthew Randall, Col. John Daggott, from Jan y 7 to April 1, 1778, — 2 mo s 26 days — service at R.I. Nathan Hack was 1 st Lieut. of this comp y ; — Upon a muster roll of Capt n Nath l Snows Comp y . from Col. George Williams' reg t . which served under Gen l Sullivan in Col. Wades' reg t . at Providence, and marched from Raynham and Taunton June 22, 1778 — 23 days service; — As a private from Taunton, upon a pay roll of Capt n Ichabod Leonard, Col. Thomas Carpenter, for service at R.I. from the — day of July 1778, — 1 month 9 days; — Upon a pay roll of Capt n Pilatiah Eddys Comp y . in Col. John Hathaway's reg t . detached for service at R.I. and

marched from Taunton, term of service from March 29, 1779 to April 18 days; — Upon a pay roll of Capt s Simeon Cobb's comp y , detached to do duty at R. I. under Capt s Samuel Fisher, from Augt. 14. 1779, 1 month, 7 days; — No name of town or County is stated upon this roll, but the names of a number of individuals are also borne upon it, whose names are likewise upon the two rolls preceding the last described, under Capt s Snow & Leonard, and who were from Taunton; Capt s Cobb, from another roll , appears to have belonged to Taunton; — the name of said Elijah Thayer is further borne upon a muster roll of Capt s Edward Blake's Comp y . (Nathan Hack s detached for service at R.I. from July 28, 1780, 14 days (4 miles travel only allowed upon this roll.) — And upon a muster roll of Capt s Ichabod
And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
Leonard's Comp y in Col. Abial Mitchell's reg t . marched from Taunton to River on an alarm from Augt. 1, 1780 8 days — 26 miles travel
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Peryman; Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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Application for Certificate of Revolutionary service made by the Widow of the party who rendered the service
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office of the service of my husband Elijah Thayer in the War of the Revolution
He enlisted from the Town of Taunton in the County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts in the Company of Capt. Riddell, Lieutenant Hovey as a Private
I am now seventy four years old and my memory does not enable me to state my husband's services more fully than stated above
witness my hand this first day of April in the year eight hundred forty five
Mehetable Thayer
Signed in my means
Justin Reuel
Justice of the peace

Elijah Hays / 12086
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts Franklin ss
I Geo. Grinnell Register of the Court of Probate in & for said County hereby certify that Richard E. Newcomb, whose signature is affixed to the certificate to the affidavit of Michael Mayen on the first page of this sheet, is Judge of Probate for said County. that his said signature is in his own hand writing & was duly made in open court
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of the said court this sixteenth day of July A D 1845
Geo. Grinnell Register of Probate

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
FRANKLIN SS.
I, Henry Chapman, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Franklin, do certify, that Stephen J. W. Tabor Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the handwriting of the said Stephen J. W. Tabor and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said Commonwealth, this 23 rd day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fortyfive .
H. Chapman , Clerk.

I, Abijah Thayer, of Buckland, in the county of Franklin, & commonwealth of Massachusetts, viz. aged thirty-six years do testify & say, that I am the son of Elijah Thayer late of said Buckland, deceased, & Mehitable Thayer, his widow, that the said Elijah, who was my father, died at said Buckland on the eleventh day of July, eighteen hundred & twenty, & the said Mehitable (has not since married but) still continues the widow of said Elijah Thayer, deceased. I was present at his death & funeral
Abijah Thayer
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Franklin County, ss. July 23, 1845
Personally appeared Abijah Thayer & affirmed (he having conscientious scruples about taking an oath) to the facts stated in the foregoing affidavit, by him subscribed, are true. I certify that the said Abijah is a credible witness.
Before me, Stephen J. W. Labaree,
Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Norfolk County, Town of Foxborough, ss. I hereby certify that, from the records of marriages it appears that, Mr. Elijah Thayer of Mansfield was joined in marriage to Miss Mehitable Pratt of this town, by Ebenezer Warren Esq t , on the twenty fifth day of April, in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety two.
The above is a true copy from the records of Marriages in the town of Foxborough, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair, legible figures as follows — "April 25 1792" attst. Warren Bird, Town Clerk.
I Warren Bird above named depose & say that I hold the office of Clerk of the town of Foxborough aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town of Foxborough, with the exception above named, as certified by me — Warren Bird, Town Clerk.
Norfolk ss. June 24. 1845. sworn to & subscribed by the said Warren Bird, before me. And I fur- ther certify that said Warren Bird is known to me to be the Town Clerk of Foxborough
Henry Hobart Justice of the Peace

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK ss.
Ezra Sampson
I, JAIRUS WARE , Clerk of the Judicial Courts, being Courts of Record, within and for the County of Norfolk, hereby Certify that
Henry Hobart Esquire,
is a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Norfolk aforesaid, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified to discharge the duties of said office, and that his signature to the annexed certificate is genuine and true.
In Witness Whereof, I have subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of said Commonwealth hereunto at Dedham, this fourth day of July , A. D. one thousand eight hundred and
thirty forty five
Ezra Sampson Clerk

Wt
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin Co;
In this fifteenth day of July in the year one thousand Eight hundred and forty five Personally appeared before the Judge of Probate in & for said County Mehitable Thayer a resident of Buckland in said County aged Seventy four years who being duly sworn according to law — On her oath making the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and Pensions to certain Widows — That she is the Widow of Elijah Thayer late of said Buckland deceased who was a Soldier in the War of the Revolution and served as will appear by the accompanying proofs to which she refers for the particulars of his services the same having taken place prior to her Marriage to him, — She further declares that she was Married to the said Elijah Thayer on the twenty sixth of April Seventeen hundred and ninety two. That her said husband the aforesaid Elijah Thayer Died on the eleventh day of July Eighteen hundred and twenty — That she was not Married to him prior to his leaving the Service; but the Marriage took place prior to the first day of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four Viz at the time above stated — She also declares that she has not intermarried since the Death of the said Elijah Thayer but still continues his Widow —
Mehitable Thayer
Prove and certify
July 65. 1845
Subscribed & sworn to in
open Court before me
N. E. Burroughs
Jud. Prob.

8857 Massachusetts Mehitable Thayer widow of Elijah who was a Private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of July '57 and sent to J. J. Combs Present
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 37

10743.
Massachusetts.
Mehitable Thayer
Widow of Elijah Thayer who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 1820
of in the State of who was a in the commanded by Captain of the commanded by in the line for
Inscribed on the Roll of Boston at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of July 1857 and sent to Gerome P. Smith
Total amount, $
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Book
Vol.
Page
71

P. 38827
5 Her ans.

FREE
Minist. Campispium & Pension Washington City D. C.

M I John Harvey of Taunton in the County of Bristol and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged Eighty one years, do testify and say, that I was formerly acquainted with a man by the name of Elijah Thayer, who lived in the same neighborhood, and not far distant from the place where I resided; said Thayer was a few years older than I was. His Father's name was Elijah Thayer, who was infirm on account of lameness, occasioned I believe by rheumatism and was not liable to be called into the war of the Revolution; and I never knew or heard of any other person by the name of Elijah Thayer in said town of Taunton. I further testify and say, that the first mentioned Elijah Thayer married a person by the name of Mehitable Pratt, and afterwards removed from said Taunton to the town of Buckland in the westerly part of said State of Massachusetts, as I believe, and has been absent from Taunton about fifty years, as near as I can recollect, since the said Thayer has since visited Taunton as I have understood, but I do not recollect that I have seen him since he removed.
I further testify and say that the said Elijah Thayer was of sufficient age to be in the service of the United States in the War of the Revolution, I have always understood by common report, and I verily believe that the said Elijah Thayer was in said Service, almost every young man in the neighborhood, who was old enough was in the service, I do not recollect the particulars of said Thayer's service, I think it is probable he might have been in several short campaigns, and that I might have heard of it or known it at the time; but from the long time that has since elapsed, and my memory being impaired, I cannot now state particulars about it. I have understood that the said Elijah Thayer is now deceased, and that his widow is still living.
John Harvey
Witness Salmon Harvey

State of Massachusetts
County of Bristol ss. Farmton September 9th. 1846.
Then personally appeared the within named John Harvey, who is a credible witness, and is personally known to me, and made oath that the within affidavit by him subscribed is true.
Before me. Lem l Morse Justice Peace.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Bristol ss.
I James Sproat Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Bristol, do certify, that Samuel Morse Esq o whose signature is affixed to the above certificate is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County of Bristol and duly qualified to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this fourteenth day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred forty six.
J. Sproat

22 I Rachel J Allis of Buckland in the County of Franklin & Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged seventy nine years, on oath depose and say that I was born in Bristol County in said State - and that I was well acquainted with Elijah Hovey - who resided in the Town of Fenton in said State - and that the said Elijah was of sufficient age to be in the Army of the Revolution, and it is the common report that he was in the service of the united States in said Revolution war, and this is my full belief & opinion, & I have never known of any other person by the name of Elijah Hovey except the father of the said Elijah Jr. who resided in the vicinity of the said Elijah Jr. and that the father of the said Elijah Jr. was at the time of the said war, more so infirm that it was not possible for him to have said war. Rachel J Allis
Franklin ss: Buckland November 18. 1846 Subscribed and sworn to this Eighteenth day of November A.D. 1846 before me & I hereby certify that I am acquainted with the said Rachel J Allis, and know her to be a person of good moral character & a Creditable witness.
Asaph D. Dorrand Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
FRANKLIN SS.
I, Henry Chapman, Clerk of the Judicial Court of the Commonwealth, for the County of Franklin, do certify, that Rollins Barnard Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the handwriting of the said Rollins Barnard and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said Commonwealth, this twentieth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and 88 .
H. Chapman Clerk.

Lewist Feb y 6 th 1856,
I Minot Commissioner of Pensions
Sir I send you the Application of Mehitable Thayer for Bounty Land under act of 3 March 1855, said Mehitable is the Widow of Elijah Thayer a Revolutionary Soldier
Respectfully yours Nial Pease

Department of the Interior July 3. 1839.
Sir,
I herewith return the papers in the case of Mehitable Thayer widow of Elijah Thayer under the Act of July 7 th 1838, and I am of the opinion that a pension should be allowed for 8 months service. The certificate of pension to be sent to J. J. Coombs Esq., Washington City.
I am very respectfully Your obedt Servt (Signed) J. Ewing Secretary
J. L. Edwards Esq Comm. of Pensions

Mahitable Thayer widow of Elyon Nap.
admitted
Pa - 8 m of 26, \frac{66}{100} com 4 mch 1836 to 41 for 43 to 48, for 48 for life.
Act. 7 July 38 &c
J. G. Gould Pat

I, Thomas Hewett of Taunton in the County of Bristol and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged about Eighty nine years, do testify and say that I am a Pensioner of the United States for services in the Revolutionary War, that I served several campaigns on and about Rhode Island, That I was personally acquainted with Elijah Thayer late of Taunton in said County and Commonwealth before, during and since the revolutionary war until he removed from the town of Buckland in the westerly part of the state of Massachusetts.
I further testify and say that I well recollect that I saw the said Elijah Thayer in the service in said war, as a private on Rhode Island during one of my campaigns, he did not belong to the same company that I did, a circumstance that makes me recollect more distinctly, was that the said Thayer and I were on the lines as sentries during one night, and we occasionally met. I do not know how many campaigns the said Thayer served, nor the Officers he was under. I have always understood and verily believe that the said Elijah Thayer was in the service of said several campaigns or alarms, his father's name was Elijah Thayer and I believe he never served in said war, I am confident he did not, and I never knew any other person of the name of Elijah Thayer.
Thomas x Hewett mark
Witness Eliza S Chapman
State of Massachusetts Bristol County ss. April 28th. 1846.
Then the above named Thomas Hewett who is a credible witness, and is personally known to me, personally appeared and made oath before me That the above affidavit by him subscribed is true. Lem. Morse justice of peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Bristol -
I, James Spratt, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Bristol, do hereby certify that Edmund Mear Esq., whose signature is affixed to the within & several certificates, is a Justice of the peace, in & for said County of Bristol, and duly qualified to administer oaths.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, at Taunton this twenty-eighth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five - J. Spratt

Nov. 14 1845 2320
Elizabeth Harrington
July 7. 1838.
No papers
J. Edwards Esq. Commissary General Washington City D.C.
20
6

Lenox Nov. 8, 1895
Mr. Edwards Esq.
Sir
I send you the Declaration of the Widow of Elizabeth Harrington of Shaftsbury Vt formerly of Connecticut & is the Widow William Harrington of the Revolutionary War lived in Voluntown Mansfield & in R. Island some as he had no family he lived at his connections his Brother thinks he served more than we find any record of
Respectfully yours Abiel Pease

12081. Jul 30, 1845.
Nicholas Thayer.
Jul 31 1838.
1
PAID
20 3/4
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. C.

Lenox July 28 th 1845
J. L. Edwards Esq
Sir I send you the Declaration of the widow Abigail Thayer the widow of Elisha Thayer & the accompanying Proofs of the Service & the Marriage
Respectfully yours Abiel Pease

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Nov. 25/45
Memoranda Secretary of War
L. L. Edwards Esq. Commissary of Pensions Washington City D. C.
20

Lenox Nov. 27, 1835,
L. L. Edwards Esq
Sir
I send you the Deposition of Mehitable Thorne & Abigail Woodard Both of Buckland Franklin County Mass,
Respectfully Yours
Abiel Pease
P.S. The Widow of Ebenezer Taylor Late of Stephenstown New York is very important to hear from her Eliza I think the old lady is in needy circumstances
Abiel Pease

May 15. 1846
Proof of service
of Elizabeth Hagen
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. C.
20
5.

Lenox May 13 th 1846.
S. S. Edmonds Esq.
Sir
I send you the Deposition of Thomas Kenett of Danton, Mr. Morse writes me that the old soldiers are mostly Dead & gone; the younger boys were too young to state any particular Service & Elijah Thayer or any other Soldier
Respectfully yours
Nial Pearce

Nov 27. 1846
Clarendon Square
J. S. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. C.
20 c

Lenox November 23 rd 1846, J. L. Edwards Esq, Sir
I send you the Deposition of John Harvey of Downton, it is impossible to find any person about Downton that is living that lined with Elijah Thayer except the one I sent you before the old soldiers are mostly dead & gone but all agree that that Elijah Thayer the son was out in the Service & his father was not in the War of the Revolution but say that he served in the French War, but not in the Revolution, as he was lame, and could not get out of his house but very little & I also send you the Deposition of Rachel Ellis and Sumner Thayer and all agree with Mr Harvey that there was no other Elijah Thayer except the two & Mr Harvey says he always lived there his whole life & he is sure that there never was any other Elijah Thayer
Respectfully yours Asahel Pease

Mahitable Thayer
July 22/50
Alia
J. S. Housley

I Benjamin Farley of Buckland in the County of Franklin and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age do depose and say that on this eleventh day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty Mehitabel Thayer, a resident of said Buckland appeared before me, that she is well known to me and alive and is the same person who made a declaration in the year of our Lord 1845 for a pension, under the act of Congress of 7th July, 1838 as the widow of Elijah Thayer late of Buckland aforesaid deceased, on account of services rendered by said Elijah Thayer in the war of the Revolution
Benjamin Farley
Franklin ss } On this eleventh day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty Benjamin Farley to me well known, personally appeared and in my presence subscribed his name to the foregoing declaration and made solemn oath to the truth of said deposition by him subscribed and is a credible witness, and I further certify of my own knowledge that the said Mehitabel Thayer is alive and is well known to me as the widow of said Elijah Thayer and is unmarried
Before me Zebulon W. Field } Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Franklin, ss.
I, HENRY CHAPMAN, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth , for the County of Franklin; do certify, that Leviathan W. Field Esquire , whose signature is affixed to the Certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Leviathan and believe his signature to said Certificate is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said Commonwealth, this fifteenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty .
H. Chapman , Clerk.