Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33192, for Zachariah Thayer, Massachusetts

bontic SERVICE Mass
Thayer, Zachariah  NUMBER  S. 33192
CONTENTS

10,080
Massachusetts 4
Zachariah Thayer
of Chelsea in the state of Massachusetts who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Grafton of the Massachusetts line, for the term of one year
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the first of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st of May 1819 and sent to Sarah W. Wetmore Boston Massachusetts
  Arrears to 4th of Mar ch 1819  88.00    Semi-ann. all ce ending 1 st Sep r 1819  48.00     $136.00  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Confineer.
Deposition of Sarah W. Wetmore dated 10th March 1819 State of Massachusetts

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Zachariah Thayer
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State of Massachusetts
I Zachariah Shayer a Citizen of the United States, now resident at Noddles Island in Chelsea in the County of Suffolk in the State aforesaid, do on oath testify and declare, that in the War of the Revolution, on the nineteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy five
I entered and was engaged in the Land service of the United States on the continental establishment, and served accordingly from that time to the month of January Anno Domini one thousand seven hundred & sixty seven in the Massachusetts line of the army .
as a Musician against the common enemy, without any interruption or absence: that I belonged to Captain Silas Wilds Company in Colonel John Greatons Regiment for eight months and to the Company of Capt McMillan in Colonel Jonathan Wards Regiment during one year .
and that I left the service on the expiration of the term aforesaid being then honourably discharged , but the certificate of such discharge being lost the loss of time and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life and poverty, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support, being now of the age of sixty four years.
And I hereby relinquish all claim to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, if any may be or hath been so allowed.
Zachariah Shayer
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this first day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen Pursuant to a law of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," made and passed on the 18th of March, A. D. 1818, personally appeareth before me the subscribers one of the Associates Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit within the State aforesaid & presiding pro vice
the abovenamed Zachariah Shayer and after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, he maketh oath to the declaration aforesaid, and subscribes the same in my presence; and, on examination duly made by me the said Judge, it appeareth to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true. In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my name & the seal of this day & year aforesaid .
Wm Wetmore
June 22 d 1818 I also further certify that the within

within named Deponents are credible & disinterested witnesses & have been duly sworn
Wm Wetmore

I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Mr Zachariah Thayer & knew him during the Rev- olutionary war as a drummer in Col John Graytons Regiment, & that he served faithfully upwards of a year in the said Regiment. I know also that he is in needy circumstance, without property & obtaining his living by labour. —
Abraham Gould
I Debah Thayer of Boston, tradr & steward, do testify & say that I will remember that my brother Zachariah Thayer the within named declarant enlisted in April or May 1775 into the regiment of Col. Grayton, & in the company of Capt Silas Wild served for eight months as a drummer, & then into Capt McMillans company and Col. Jonathan Ward's re- giment for one year. I frequently saw him in camp & was with him at Prospect hill , & he marched with his regiment to New York when the British troops left Boston in March 1776 , that he did not return but served faithfully as I have always heard & understood till his term of service which was one year & eight months expired I was then a lad, & entered as a fifer, but was too young to continue in the service.
Debah Thayer
I the subscriber of Boston testify that I well knew Zachariah Thayer, the within named declarant, and that he served as he has declared, & that he was a drummer for as much as one year & eight months, in the regiment above mentioned. I was a private in Capt Williams company, 1st Col Graytons regiment, at the time & knew the above to be true. John Washington
Sworn to by all the above-named Deponents before me W m Wetmore Judge within named

Schedule No 1 Nashville, Tenn.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
NORFOLK, ss.—CIRCUIT COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, SPECIAL
September
Term A.D. SESSION JULY 1820.
On this Nineteenth day of September 1820 personally appeared, in open Court, being a Court of Record for said County, proceeding according to the course of the Common Law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a Record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Leahuriah Thayer aged Sixty five years, resident in Randolph in said County, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: I served
in Col. Jonathan Ward's Regiment of the Massachusetts Line in the Revolutionary Army. I enlisted in Capt. Williams Company in said Regiment, on or about the first day of January 1776 and served one year and was regularly discharged at a place called Peak Hill Hollow, State of New York. I have a Pension certificate dated May first A.D. 1819 and numbered 10,080.
And 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.
Leahuriah Thayer Seal
Sworn to and declared, on the 19th day of September A. D. 1820 before
James Ware Judge of C. C. P. S. G. Crammond
I, Horatio Townsend Clerk of the said Court do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedule hereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of 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 _____ dollars and _____ cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this fifth day of December 1820
Horatio Townsend Clerk.

Schedule of my property is as follows, I have no property either real or personal except the clothes on my back
Zachariah Hayer (Test)

March 9, 1933
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Zachariah Thayer-S.33192 BA-J/AWF
Miss Carrie F. Wetherby 602 South Clark Street Iowa City, Iowa
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Zachariah Thayer of Massachusetts.
You are furnished herewith the history of the only Zachariah Thayer found on file in the Revolutionary War records of this office; and the data given below were obtained from the papers on file in his claim for pension, S. 33192, based upon his military service in that war.
The names of his parents, and date and place of birth are not stated.
Zachariah Thayer enlisted in April, 1775 and was a musician in Captain Silas Wild's company in Colonel John Greaton's Massachusetts regiment and in Captain Millan's company, Colonel Jonathan Ward's Massachusetts regiment, and served until January 1, 1777.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 1, 1818, then aged sixty-four years and a resident of "Noddles Island", Chelsea, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
In 1820 he was living in Randolph, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
There is no reference to wife or children.
The soldier's brother, Zebah Thayer, in 1818 was
no mc millan in mass. Troop - Capt. James millan in Jonathan Ward's Mass. Reg See Hellman Page 391

living in Boston.
In order to obtain the date of the last payment of pension, the name of person paid, and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Zachariah Thayer, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., citing all of the following data-
Zachariah Thayer Certificate No. 10080 Issued May 1, 1819 Rate $8.00 per month To commence April 1, 1818 Act of March 18, 1818 Massachusetts Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

33192 INVALID. Rev
File No. 33192
Zachariah Thayer Rev Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 31
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1933-mch 9-licor. Rev. Carrie S. Wetherby Carr

Carrie Wetherby 602, South Clark St. Powa City, Powa.
Powa City, Iowa
2/18, 1933.
Commissioner of Pension.
Can you give me any information on this.
Office. Zachariah Thayer . Born. Dec 26. 1719
died in January 1812. Married
Lydia Pray in 1738. and his son
Zachariah Thayer. Born March 9. 1754
Married Mary Arnold, August 19. 1775.
I have a record but cannot tell which service was performed by the man Born in 1719, and which by the one born 1754.
Service
of Braintree, Musician. Capt. Wilds Com- pany with the eight months army at the siege of Boston in 1775. [1776]
Private, Capt. Whiter Company. 1 day in 1
Sergent. Capt Wilds Company. 4 months
+ 30 days, in 1777 and 1778.
Private. Capt. Bapton's Company. 1 month.
13 days in 1778.) Carrie Wetherby 602 S. Clark St. Powa City, Iowa

These notes are from "Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War"
Miss Carrie F. Wetherby 602. South Clark St. Iowa City Iowa