Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33184, for Asa Thayer, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Thayer, Asa
S 33184
CONTENTS

13.943 P  Massachusetts  Asa Thayer
of Ashfield in the state of Massachusetts who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Wara of the Massachusetts line, for the term of One year
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 14 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 of June 1819 and to  Elijah Daine Esq.  Ashfield Massachusetts
  Arrears to 4th of  Mar 1819.  85.56    Semi-ann. all'ce ending  Sep 1819.  48.00    10 17 4 30 31   $133.56  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued.
Notice of continuance sent the 9 th June 1823 to Elijah Daine, Esq.  Greenfield, Massachusetts.

Declaration & Oath of Asa Thayer 76-14 th Ward Map to Regt
Proof of service wanted
Admitted
14 th Ap l

I Asa Thayer a citizen of the United States resident in the Town of Hawley in the County of Franklin and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do on Oath declare that I belonged to the Army of the United States in the revolutionary war I enlisted into the service of my Country the latter part of April in the Year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and Seventyfive as a private Soldier to serve until the January following which was more than eight months into a company commanded by Captain Abiel Thayer in a Regiment of the Massachusetts Line commanded by Colonel Tullows. and I continued during the said Term in the service of my Country, and faithfully discharged the duties of a private Soldier and was honorably against the common enemy, and before the expiration of the specified Term I again enlisted into the service of my country as a Corporal for the term of One Year from the first day of January in the Year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and Seventy six into a company commanded by Captain Millers in a Regiment of the Massachusetts Line commanded by Colonel Ward, and the Regiment to which I belonged Marched from Dorchester in Massachusetts to the City of New-York in the month of April in the Year forward and we arrived in the City of New York on the twenty second day of April in the Year of our Lord Seventy six hundred and Seventy six. and I continued in the service of my Country during the said Term of one Year, and I faithfully discharged the duties of a corporal during the said Term of One Year against the common enemy and at the expiration of the said one Year I received an honorable dismission. I believe I had no Written or printed discharge. If I had it is not in existence and I further declare that I staid in the Army about two months after my Term was out, until the three Years men should come into camp by the request of my Officers And that I by reason of my reduced circumstances stood in need of Assistance from my Country for support
Dated at Ashfield in the County and Commonwealth of Massachusetts this fourteenth day of April in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and eighteen
Asa Thayer

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin Is April 14. 1818
The within named Asa Thayer personally appeared and made Oath, that the within Declaration, is true, by him subscribed
Before me Elijah Paine a Session Judge of the circuit Court of Common Pleas for the County of Franklin
To the Secretary of the Department of War
I the subscriber a Session Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the County of Franklin in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts do hereby certify, that from the testimony given, it appears to my satisfaction that the said Asa Thayer served in the revolution and was against the common enemy as he has set forth in his Declaration of Service Dated at Northfield this day and sealed with the seal of the Court of Common Pleas this fourteenth day of April in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and eighteen
Elijah Paine Judge as aforesaid Franklin Is May 31. 1818
I hereby further certify that I have annexed the depositions of Samuel Sheldon and Randal Thayer to this sheet, and I am fully satisfied that the said Asa Thayer the Claimant stands in need of the assistance of his country for support and as did at the time of his Declaration a Session Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the County of Franklin

Norfolk ss. Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
I Horatio Townsend Clerk of the Judicial Court, in the County of Norfolk, do hereby certify that Elizabeth Lewis Esquire is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned by the Executive authority of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and that the signatures to the within Certificates are in the hand writing of the said Lewis,
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this twenty eighth day of April, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
Horatio Townsend

I Randal Thayer of Hingham in the County of Plymouth & Commonwealth of Massachusetts yeoman Testify & declare that I enlisted into the United States Service at Dorchester about the first of January 1796 & was enrolled in Capt. James Mullins Company & Col. Jonathan Ward's regiment & about the first of April we Marched to Providence, from thence took passage to New-York, & from New-York to the White-Plains, & then to the Peaks-Kills where I was discharged, all which time, Asa Thayer, now of Hawley, in the County of Franklin & Commonwealth of Massachusetts was in the same Company & regiment with me & performed the duty of a Corporal, the term of twelve Months, & on the first day of January 1797 he was discharged with me at the Peaks-Kill. So called, & further the deponent saith not Randal Thayer
Porfok ss. Weymouth April 23 d 1819 personally appeared Randal Thayer & made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed before me.
Elizabeth Lord Justice Peace
Porfok ss. Weymouth April 23 d 1819. These certify that the Testimony of Randal Thayer is not to be doubted in this place, in my humble Opinion Elizabeth Lord Justice Peace

I Samuel Sheldon of Hadley in the County of Hampshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts testify and say that I served as a Lieut. in the Company commanded by Capt. James Miller in the Reg t commanded by Col o Jos n Ward from January 1776 to Jan y 1777 in the Revolutionary war, and in the Massachusetts Line, and that Asa Thayer, who the the  filed his applies for his Pension, served the whole of the year aforesaid as a Private Soldier and was at the end of the term of his enlistment in Jan y 1777 aforesaid honorably discharged.
He served the term aforesaid under me in the same Company aforesaid - and further saith not
April 19 th 1819
Samuel Sheldon
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire ss April 19 th 1819 Lieut. Samuel Sheldon above named, known to me to be a credible and disinterested witness, personally appeared, and in my presence subscribed the above deposition, and made solemn oath that the same deposition aforesaid, contains the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Before me
Sam l Porter Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire ss. I Josiah Dwight Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of said Commonwealth in said County of County of Hampshire certify that Samuel Porter is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County & that his signature to the within Certificate is his proper hand writing. In testimony whereof I have subscribed my name & affixed the seal of said Court the seventeenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & nineteen — Josiah Dwight

Asa Thayer
Schedule
1 st Sched.
N o 13943.
Sept. term 1819.
Cont d
Elijah Alvord, Esq r Greenfield. Mass s

Schedule of the estate of Asa Thayer of Hawley, County of Franklin and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, applicant for a pension under the act of Congress passed May 1 1820 1 Cow $22. 1 Pig 5.25. 1 1/2 bushels of corn 2.25      $29.50 1 Old Loom 2.50 1 Old Chest .37 3 Old Chairs .37      3.24 1 Old table .40 Old Plow irons 1.00                              1.40
Asa Thayer
$34.14

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COUNTY OF FRANKLIN ss.
ON this first day of April 1823, personally appeared in open court, before the Court of Common Pleas, being a court of record for the county of Franklin, established as such by the Constitution and Laws of said Commonwealth. Asa Thayer resident in said county, aged seventy one years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress, of the 18th March, 1818, and the 1st May, 1820, that he, the said Asa Thayer enlisted for the term of one year about the tenth day of December in the year 1775 in the state of Massachusetts in the company commanded by captain James Melvin in the regiment commanded by colonel Jonathan Ward in the line of the state of Massachusetts on the continental establishment; that he continued to serve in the said corps until the expiration of the said term when he was discharged from the said service, in Picks Hill in the state of New York that his name has been placed on the pension list, and dropped therefrom on account of his property.  June 28 1819 as will appear from the date of the certificate which is numbered 13.9113.
And, in pursuance of the act of the 1st of May, 1820, I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. That since the exhibition of my first schedule, the following changes have been made in my property viz.
I have been for several years lame and unable to do any labour. I was formerly a laborer, but cannot support myself by labor. I have an aged wife who is afflicted with a cancer and is unable to do any thing to support herself
Asa Thayer.
Sworn to, and declared, on the first day of April before the Court aforesaid.
Attest E. Alvora Clk
I, Elijah Alvord Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify, that it appears, to the satisfaction of the Court, that the said Asa Thayer did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, under one engagement, on the continental establishment. I also certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is thirty four dollars and thirteen cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this first day of April 1823
E. Alvord Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Franklin.

33 184 Rev INVALID.
File No. 33, 184
Asa Thayer Rev Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: Vol. 2, Page 31
[Arrangement of 1870.]