Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18,908, for Joseph Joy, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Joy, Joseph
S. 18908
New York
Sea Service
Carded
CONTENTS

18683 Vermont 1868
Joseph Jay (noncommissioned) of Windham Co in the State of Vermont who was a pr, Sgt & Lieut. in the Company comm. by Captain Bliss. of the _____ commanded by _____ in the Mass. mu. line for 5 mos. Lieut. & N.Y. 3 " Sgt } & sea service 12 " pr }
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 121 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st day of Sept. 1833 and sent to Asa Keyes. Putney Arrears to the 14th of Sept 1833. $304.16 Semi-ant. allowance ending March 31 - 60.83 $365.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk Book P Vol. 3 Page 71
Certificate payable to Anthony Mason Guardian of Joseph Jay -
6881 1868

Parry June 6, 1823
J. L. Edwards Esq
It is presumed that in the case of Mr. Jay, the same strictness will not be required as in other cases as Jay is wholly non-compos and does not even know his neighbors.
1775 It appears from the Dep. of Amos Jay that the declarant was in service each season in the year 1775 and it does not strictly appear what was the nature of the service it appears also by some Deposition that he was in the service a number of times.
1776 It appears from the Deposition of Obadiah Jay that the declarant was out six months in the year 1776.
1777 It appears from the Dep. of Clarae Hartshorn that the declarant was in the service three months & over as the declarant served with him three months & left Jay in the service. Declarant was at this time a Sergeant.
1780 It appears from Dep. of Amos Jay, John Reed, Obadiah Jay, Dr. Goodhue & the Commission that declarant was in service at this time five months reaching from middle of June to middle of Nov. The Commission July 1-1780. and Amos Jay Testifies that the commission was raised after they arrived at New York which would give least three weeks to travel from Pictou to New York which shows they must have started as Dr. Goodhue has testified early in June.
Amos Jay & Dr. Goodhue testify they returned late in the fall that snow fell before they got home which would carry it to the first of Dec as the snow sets on a frost in that region this is almost the first of Dec. The witnesses generally seem to have understood that Jay was out in the force of service five months.
Seeley & Smith are the nearest clergymen being about 2 1/2 miles distant from Pictou & the minister of Pictou being on a trip miles and settled only last February.
Parry June 6, 1823
Yours
John Jay Esq

1852 claim of Ant. Mason guardian of Joseph Loy
Adm
  5 mo  Lient.  45 28.66    3 "  Surge.  15.00    12 "  Din  40-      $121.66      2      243.33    Asa  Keyes 2  60.83      304.16  
Putney Vt

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
April, 22 o 1833
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
   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.     1775 6 Private age 75 Admiral J. B. B.   1776 6 Private Dep. of Chatham pay   1777 3 4 10 Sergeant Aaron Clinton   1780 5 Private Commision - Department of   James pay John Reed. 6. 10. 10   pay 2 Dr Jos. Goodhue   Gloucester Jonathan Hawthorne   Thomas Beckwith   General Brimble  
I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant, J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
Mr. At Mason Guardian for Mr. Jos. Jay

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) 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 in 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 Vermont
Winooski County
District of Westminster
§ 3
At a Probate Court held at Montpelier in said District on the 7th day of August A.D. 1892
Presiding Hon Peter R. Swift Judge
On this 7th day of August A.D. 1892, personally appeared in open court, before said Probate Court now sitting, (being a court of Record having by law a seal and Clerk), Anthony Mason (Guardian to Joseph Joy, a resident of Piquea in the County of Winooski and State of Vermont, a distracted person & non compos of the age of 76 years,) who being first duly sworn according to law doth make, for and in behalf of his said Ward, the following Declaration in order to obtain for his said Ward the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
That from the best information he can obtain he believes the said Joseph Joy entered the service of the United States under the following named officer and served as herein stated.
1 That immediately after the Lexington Fight in 1775 the said Joseph Joy volunteered against the British and repeatedly thereafter in pursuance of orders and the calls of his country he volunteered against the common enemy and did and performed special and meritorious services which, owing to the length of time and the total absence in capacity of the said Joseph Joy cannot be particularly set forth. But he believes that said Joseph Joy early in the Revolutionary war was engaged on board an armed vessel in service against the British from spring till autumn and was taken prisoner and afterwards exchanged, but whether he served on board of a privateer or a government ship this declarant cannot set forth as he derives his information from Amos Joy whose affidavit is herewith transmitted. He also believes
2 That in the second year of the Revolutionary war the said Joseph Joy in the month of Aug. or June of that year at Rokeby in the State of Massachusetts entered into the service of the United States under Capt Bliss and marched to Redbank and Dorchester and served his country for six months; and this while a minor and contrary to the wishes of his father, who at that time was infatuated with Loyalism but he knows of no living witness by whom he can prove said service, excepting Obadiah Joy, whose affidavit is herewith transmitted. He also believes
3 That in the year 1777 or 1778 and about the month of September in that year the said Joseph Joy volunteered and enlisted in the army of the United States for three months under Capt David Hill, Lieut Davis and Ensign Brown; that he marched to Trenton & Redbank Ferry and was not something more than said three months as will appear from the affidavit of Aaron Martin who was a fellow soldier with the said Joy and in the same company & who left him in the same service at the end of said three months. He also believes
4

That the said Joseph Jay in the year 1780 lived in the town now called Putney in the County of Windham and state of Vermont which was formerly claimed by the state of New York, and that pursuant to a call for New Levis to reinforce the American army, the said Joseph Jay volunteered with others from said county of Windham about the middle of June in that year and mustered at Brattleboro in said Windham County where the said Volunteers or new Levis chose their officers and chose the said Joseph Jay their Lieutenant that he accepted the appointment and marched under Captain Blakely over the Green mountains to Bloomsdale in the state of New York then to Fish Kill and joined a regiment under Col. Malcolm & Major Ben. Seater that he was at West- Point a few weeks and left there a few days before the treachery of Arnold came to light. That after his arrival at New York the said Joseph Jay received a commis- sion of Lieutenant from Gov. Clinton. That after leav- ing West Point he marched up the Mohawk to Fort Stone where he was discharged at Fort Hunter and returned home about the middle of November of the same year during which term of five months he served as Lieutenant and which will appear by the original commission of the said Jay when the hand of Geo. Clinton Gov. of New York which is herewith transmitted, as also by the affidavits of Anthony who served the whole of said five months under said Seater by the affidavits of John Reed & Obadiah Jay which affidavits are herewith transmitted. That he cannot find any written dis- charge among the said Joseph Jay papers nor any documen- tary evidence to prove the same and he knows of no other living witness by whom he can prove any of the above premises, than those whose affidavits are herewith trans- mitted. That the said Joseph Jay has for some time been entirely deprived of his reason and can give no rela- tion of his services in the Revolutionary war; that about a year since he was legally appointed Guardian over the said Jay that he still continues to be his guar- dian and that said Jay absolutely still exists, that said Jay has a family and is poor; and this declarant consequently believes that, if the rules of the department can ever be relaxed by special cases , that of his said ward furnishes very strong reasons for a favor- able construction of his testimony & his whole case - That the said Anthony Mason as Guardian to the said Joseph Jay hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or an- nuity except the present and declares that the said Jay's name is not, in his belief, on the pension roll of the agency of any state -
Anthony Mason
Sworn & subscribed the 21st day of June 1818 -
Peter M. Taft - Judge -

and the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and examination the official and commission proceedings that the above named Joseph Jay was a revolutionary soldier and served as above stated by his guardian with this that it is officially appear to said Court that the said Joseph Jay is non compta and totally unable to make any declaration of his Revolutionary Service & that his entirely assets at the present time are also that the aforesaid Anthony is his legal Guardian.
Peter R Taft - Judge
I Asa Phelps 2 d Clerk & Register of the Probate Court within and for the district of Washington of course hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Joseph Jay by his Guardian for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this seventh day of August A.D. Eighteen hundred & thirty two
Asa Phelps 2 d
Make return to me Asa Phelps 2 d Putney Vermont

State of Vermont Windham County ss District of Westminster
I, John Hays D o Clerk & Registrar of the Probate Court in and for said District do certify that Anthony Marce within named is legal Guardian to Joseph say within named as an intested person since non compos that said Marce has given bonds as according to law and is fully empowered to act as such
Witness my hand and seal of office at Brattleboro in said District this 14th day of August Anno Domini 1832
John Hays D o
1832

n o 1852.

The affiant of Aaron Martin of Brookline in the County of Windham and state of Vermont aged 75 who testifies and says that in the year 1777 or 1778 he was acquainted with Joseph May then of Rehoboth in the State of Massachusetts now of Pitsburg in said County of Windham that some time in that year and about September of that year this affiant and the said Joseph volunteered and enlisted in the service of the United States for three months that we marched to Brimfield and Holaburn Ferry in the State of Massachusetts and were stationed there during the siege the British were then in the possession of the Island that said Joseph served as a Sergeant that said Joseph and this affiant both served in the same Company under Capt David Hill, Lieut David & Ensign Brown. Major William Barton was then a General Officer near there as I understand that this Defendant & said Joseph May served until the full term of said three months when this Defendant went home & left the said Joseph in service.  Brookline Aug 6, 1832 Aaron Martin
State of Vermont
Windham County ss I Scream and subscribe that said the day of August 6th 1832
Before me Levi Hays Justice of the Peace
I certify that Aaron Martin who has signed the above affidavit is a man of truth and veracity to whom testimony full faith and credence ought to be given
Am Dyer Justice of the Peace
For county clerk write on Alvan Dyer clerk

The affiant of Obadiah Joy of Putney in the County of Windham and State of Vermont aged 64 who testifies and says that in the second year of the Revolution, say near the 1st of Joseph Joy - now of said Putney lived at Rehoboth in the State of Massachusetts, that he very well remembers that in the month of May or June of that year the said Joseph Joy entered into the service of the United States as a private in a company commanded as this deponent thinks by Capt. Bliss and marched to Brattleboro & Dorchester and served six months that his father was inclined to be a Tory and at first the said Joseph going into the army and particularly did not like to have him go under Capt. Bliss. That the deponent very well knows that the said Joseph went into the service at other times but cannot explicitly state the time or length of the period of service.
That the said Joseph about the middle of June 1780 went with others from the County of Windham into the service as Continentals and marched at Col. John Sargent's house in Brattleboro where this deponent was then living. That said Joseph Joy, Captain's name was Blakely and his sergeants was Gileson with others. That they went to the west and were gone five or six months that he understood they served on the Hudson & Crook's River -
Obadiah Joy
Witness A. Dyer
State of Vermont
Windham County ss. I solemnly subscribe this second copy of August AD 1832
Before me Asa Kings & Justice of the Peace
I certify that Obadiah Joy who subscribed the foregoing affidavit & made oath thereto is a man of truth and veracity in whose testimony full faith & credit may be given
Asa Kings Justice of the Peace
Long Charles certificate see Abiah Folsom case

I Amos Joy of Putney in the County of Windham was State of Vermont aged 71. testify and say that I was well acquainted with Joseph Joy of Reho- beth in the State of Massachusetts during the early part of the Revolutionary War & a very well recollect that the said Joseph Joy volunteered in the service of the United States against the British immediately after the Lexington fight and I recollect that the said Joy turned out a number of times per annum for alarms but cannot say positively how long he served at any one time. Was in the fore part of the rear the said Joseph Joy was ahead of an armed corps (as he thinks a perambulator) that said Joseph served the principal part of one season from spring to fall near Totten prison and was afterwards exchanged That in the month of June 1780 he with the said Joseph Joy there lived in Putney Vermont that some time in that month he & the said Joseph turned out as volunteers pursuant to the summons of Genl. Green and mustered at Brattleboro in said County and saw officers the said Joseph Joy was chosen Lieutenant and these men led over the mountain to Glencoe in the State of New York & there to the river called Hudson & went where a ship & sailed to Schuylkill & joined a Regiment under Col. Mason & Major Ben- Scampter - was at West Point about three weeks - while at West Point he saw a spy or spy hung - that they knew him from West Point a few days before Arnold deserted - that they went up the Mohawk to Fort Stanwix - and soon discharged at Fort Hunter & returned home - that during all this service the said Joseph Joy was in company with him - that the said Joseph received his commission from Genl. Clinton after he arrived at New York - that they returned home after their discharge immediately & arrived some time in November - that the snow fell the winter at in winter a few days after we arrived home
Amos Joy
State of Vermont
Windham County ss I do hereby certify that I, Amos Joy, who subscribed & swore to the above affidavit is a man of truth & veracity & his testimony full faith & credit ought to be given
See page 2 of the same
Amos Joy, Lieutenant Colonel in Abiah Folsom's regt

I John Reed of Putney in the County of Windham & State of Vermont aged 75 years testify and say that I lived as a neighbor to Joseph Joy of Putney aforesaid in said Putney in the years 1780 & I have since never neighbor to him since since, that in the month of June 1780 about the middle the month there were Joseph Joy with a number of other gentlemen pursuant to a call from New Series and as I understood were chosen Centinel & mounted to watch around the Old house in the town of the Revolutionary war and were gone five months & returned here in the fall - & Jonathan Nutt -
John Reed
State of Vermont
Windham County
Second Subscription this second day of August A.D. 1832
Before me Asa Kings 2 d Justice of the peace
I certify that John Reed who subscribed & swore to the above affidavit is a man of truth and recently to whose testimony full faith and credence ought to be given
Asa Kings 2 d Justice of the peace
For James Elliot's certificate see Abiah Fuller case -
The Warrant Windham County Clerk's office
Given the June 8. A.D. 1833.
I James Elliot Clerk of Windham County Court certify that Asa Kings 2 d , who has certified the oath upon the annexed affidavits was at the date of his certificate a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned & qualified & that his signature to said certificate is genuine - also I certify that several Kings who certified the oath, Aaron Buckley Jonathan Huntly & Samuel Brannan, whose affidavits are hereto annexed were on the 25 th day of May last a Justice of the peace in and for said County of Windham and duly qualified & their signatures to said Certificate purporting to be his were genuine - Witness my hand and the Seal of said Court -
James Elliot, Clerk.

I, Hosea Beckley, Clergyman of Danneaston in the County of Windham and State of Vermont, certify, that I am well acquainted with Joseph Joy of Putney in said County, a non compos , an applicant for a pension - that I believe him to be seventy five years of age - that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution: and I concur in that opinion. Hosea Beckley.
State of Vermont ss Subscribed and sworn to Windham County ss this 28 th day of May A.D. 1832.
Before me
Samuel Knight Justice of the Peace
I further certify that the above named Hosea Beckley is a respectable Clergyman of our Sion of Danneaston of the Congregational order and being about 2 1/2 miles from said Joseph Joy and that the Clergyman of Putney has been settled less than a year and his price is six miles from said Joy.
Samuel Knight Justice of the Peace

I, Jonathan Huntley Clergyman of Drummenston in the county of Windham and State of Vermont, certify, that I am well acquainted with Joseph Log of Putney in said county a non compos , an applicant for a pension, that I believe him to be seventy five years of age - that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and I con- -cur in that opinion. - Jonathan Huntley
State of Vermont } Subscribed and sworn Windham County ss } to this 28 day of May - A. 1832.
Before me -
Samuel Knight Justice of the Peace
I further certify that the above named Jonathan Huntley is a respectable Clergyman of said Town of Drummenston of the Baptist order residing about two & half miles from said place
Samuel Knight Justice of the Peace

That Bennet of Putney in the County of Windham State of Vermont, aged seventy five years, testify and say that I am well acquainted with Joseph Say of Putney in said County, an applicant for a pension that I believe him to be seventy five years of age. That I have lived a near neighbor to said Say more than fifty years - and he has ever during that period, been considered by his neighbors to have been a soldier of the Revolution. and I concur in that opinion -
Samuel Bennett,
State of Vermont ) Subscribed and sworn to Windham County ss 3 this 28th day of May A.D. 1833
Before me Samuel Knight Justice of the Peace
I certify that Samuel Bennett who has subscribed and sworn to the above affidavit, is a man of unquestioned morals - a person to whom tes- timony full faith and credit ought to be given
Samuel Knight Justice of the Peace

I Joseph Goodhue now resident at Putney in the county of Windermere and state of Vermont, late Post- Surgeon in the United States Army, situated at Fort Constitution Portsmouth New Hampshire aged Seventy years offer and make testimony & say that in the year 1780 I resided at said Putney, that at that time the state of New York claimed the south part of the State of Vermont to Connecticut River, and that Genl Clinton sent an army to this part of the state to raise a Voluntary Company to fight the Enemy that Joseph Joy then and still of said Putney together with myself, Amos Jay and others volun- teered and marched at Brattleboro under Capt Blakely said Joseph Joy was then Lieutenant. That we marched from Putney early in June passed thro Halifax to Glencoe New York & thence to West Point and Fishkill and joined a Regiment under Genl Malcom near at West Point about three weeks While at West Point I saw a Spy Executive Thence we went down the River to Kings Ferry thence up the River, the Indians having burnt & destroyed Cherry Valley, went to Skaneateles & Schoharie where we remained some days - then to Fort Hunter & to Fort Plain - I went with Lieut Joy to Cherry Valley & was discharged at Fort Har- ber & returned late in the fall - there was snow on the ground when we passed Green Mountain That said Joseph Joy served all the time as Lieutenant and this deponent (then 17 years of age) served as waiter to said Joy -
Putney June 5. 1823.
Joseph Goodhue
State of Vermont,
Windermere County ss
I subscribe and swear this 5th day of June A.D. 1823 Before me Chauncy 2 d Justice of the Peace
I certify that Det Joseph Goodhue the above deponent is a Respectable Physician now resident at said Putney and is a man of truth and veracity to whom testimony full faith and credit ought to be given
Amos Jay 2 d Justice of the Peace

The People of the STATE of NEW-YORK, By the Grace of GOD, FREE and INDEPENDENT;
To Joseph Joy Gentleman — GREETING.
WE reposing especial Trust and Confidence, as well in your Patriotism, Conduct and Loyalty, as in your Valour and Readiness to do us good and faithful Service; HAVE appointed and constituted, and by these Presents, DO appoint and constitute you the said Joseph Joy Lieutenant of Company of the Levies of this State to reinforce the Army of the United States — — — — —
YOU are therefore, to take the said Company into your Charge and Care, as Lieutenant thereof, and duly to exercise the Officers and Soldiers of that Company — — — in Arms, who are hereby commanded to obey you as their Lieutenant — — — and you are also to observe and follow such Orders and Directions, as you shall from Time to Time receive from our General and Commander in Chief of the Militia of our said State, or any other your Superior Officer, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, in Pursuance of the Trust reposed in you; and for so doing, This shall be YOUR COMMISSION, for and during our good Pleasure, to be signified by our Council of Appointment. IN TESTIMONY whereof we have caused our Seal for Military Commissions to be hereunto affixed. WITNESS our trusty and well beloved George Clinton Esquire our Governor of our State of NEW-YORK, General and Commander in Chief of all the Militia, and Admiral of the Navy of the same, by and with the Advice and Consent of our said Council of Appointment, at Kingston — — — the first — — — Day of July — — — in the fourth — — — Year of our INDEPENDENCE, and in the Year of our LORD, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty .
Passed the Secretary's Office,
11th Sept. 1780
By His EXCELLENCY's Command,
Robert Harper Deputy Secretary.
George Clinton

The People of the STATE of NEW-YORK, By the Grace of GOD, FREE and INDEPENDENT;
To Joseph Joy Gentleman — GREETING.
W E reposing especial Trust and Confidence, as well in your Patriotism, Conduct and Loyalty, as in your Valour and Readiness to do us good and faithful Service; HAVE appointed and constituted, and by these Presents, DO appoint and constitute you the said Joseph Joy Lieutenant of Company of the Levies of this State to reinforce the Army of the United States — — — — —
YOU are therefore, to take the said Company into your Charge and Care, as Lieutenant thereof, and duly to exercise the Officers and Soldiers of that Company — — — in Arms, who are hereby commanded to obey you as their Lieutenant — — — and you are also to observe and follow such Orders and Directions, as you shall from Time to Time receive from our General and Commander in Chief of the Militia of our said State, or any other your Superior Officer, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, in Pursuance of the Trust reposed in you; and for so doing, This shall be YOUR COMMISSION, for and during our good Pleasure, to be signified by our Council of Appointment. IN TESTIMONY whereof we have caused our Seal for Military Commissions to be hereunto affixed. WITNESS our trusty and well beloved George Clinton Esquire our Governor of our State of NEW-YORK, General and Commander in Chief of all the Militia, and Admiral of the Navy of the same, by and with the Advice and Consent of our said Council of Appointment, at Kingston — — — the first — — — Day of July — — — in the fourth — — — Year of our INDEPENDENCE, and in the Year of our LORD, One Thousand Seven Hundred and eighty .
Passed the Secretary's Office,
11th Sep r 1780
By His EXCELLENCY's Command,
Art h H. Murphy Depy. Secretary.
Geo h Clinton
18908

The People of the STATE of NEW-YORK,
By the Grace of GOD, FREE and INDEPENDENT;
To
Joseph Joy Gentleman
GREETING.
WE reposing especial Trust and Confidence, as well in your Patriotism, Conduct and Loyalty, as in your Valour and Readiness to do us good and faithful Service; HAVE appointed and constituted, and by these Presents, DO appoint and constitute you the said Joseph Joy Lieutenant of Company of the Levies of this State to reinforce the Army of the United States
YOU are therefore, to take the said Company into your Charge and Care, as Lieutenant thereof, and duly to exercise the Officers and Soldiers of that Company in Arms, who are hereby commanded to obey you as their Lieutenant and you are also to observe and follow such Orders and Directions, as you shall from Time to Time receive from our General and Commander in Chief of the Militia of our said State, or any other your Superior Officer, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, in Pursuance of the Trust reposed in you; and for so doing, This shall be YOUR COMMISSION, for and during our good Pleasure, to be signified by our Council of Appointment. IN TESTIMONY whereof we have caused our Seal for Military Commissions to be hereunto affixed. WITNESS our trusty and well beloved George Clinton Esquire our Governor of our State of NEW-YORK, General and Commander in Chief of all the Militia, and Admiral of the Navy of the same, by and with the Advice and Consent of our said Council of Appointment, at Kingston the first Day of July in the fourth Year of our INDEPENDENCE, and in the Year of our LORD, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty.
Passed the Secretary's Office,
11th Sept. 1780
By His Excellency's Command,
Robert Harper Deputy Secretary.
George Clinton

18908 INVALID.
File No. 18,208
Joseph Joy Lieut Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 385
[Arrangement of 1870.]