Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29931, for Jesse Joy, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mass
Joy, Jesse
S 2 9 9 3 1
CONTENTS

15965
Massachusetts
Isaac Doy of Hampshire in the State of Massachusetts who was a 3rd Corporal in the (Company) commanded by Captain Emery of the Dist. commanded by Col Williams in the Mass line for 8 mos & 15 days 2 " " " Corporal 4 " 15 " " Supt.
8 Hampshire
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars 17 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of Aug 1833 and sent to Isaac Doy Bingo Southampton Mass Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $116.34 Semi-annual allowance ending Sept., 29.08 $145.42
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. Adams Clerk Book 6 Vol 20 Page 38

No 12. 844
Supra Joy
S 402.
5. 14. 16 06
(May 17 1833
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26.67
1.67
7.33
22.50
58.17
Isabel Binge Southampton Mass.

BRIEF in the case of Safer Joy of Hampshire County in the State of Massachusetts. (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? A Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 79. Years.  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     ✓ In 1775 his last residence 8 1/2 months Private Gen. Capt. Genl. Sumeroy, Col. Fellows   ✓ 1776 2 months or more Corporal " Lieut. Hurnay,   1777 six weeks, Sergeant " Lieut. Pomeroy, Maj. Genl. Clapp   ✓ 1781 3 months, same " Ebenezer Strong.  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Massachusetts.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Entirely proved as stated above — 1 st & 2 d Town by Lieut. Pomeroy — 4 th Town by Genl. Sumeroy & Lieut. Hurnay; & the 3 rd Town by John Miller  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? No 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. D. Pheasant Examining Clerk.

Yusef Joy's Declaration 12. 844
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Should a certificate issue or should further evidence be required please direct to Asahel Burge Southampton MS

DECLARATION,
IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE BENEFIT OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS OF THE 7TH OF JUNE, 1832.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss. COUNTY OF HAMPSHIRE. }
ON this Eighth day of August 18 32 personally appeared before the Hon Samuel H. Nickley Judge of the Court of Probate now sitting at Northampton a resident of Southampton in the County of Hampshire, and State of Massachusetts, aged seventy nine years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the army  enlisted the service of the United States in the year 1775 , with the following named officers:  and served in the regiment of the  three, under the following named officers: under the
following named officers, and served as herein stated.
On the twenty second day of April 1775 he entered the service as a private soldier in the Massachusetts State Troops, as a volunteer, at Norwich in the County of Hampshire in a company of which Samuel Pomeroy of Southampton was Captain - and marched, by the way of Concord to Cambridge near Boston, soon after the arrival of the company at Cambridge, the said Samuel Pomeroy returned and the company organized by the appointment of Ebenezer Pomeroy of said Southampton as Captain, Jonathan Wales of Northampton and Daniel Wirtelame of Norwich Lieutenants - The Field Officers were Colonel Fellows of Berkshire County, Lieut. Col. Eager of Worthington and Benjamin Tappan of Charlton Major - After a short stay at Cambridge the Regiment was ordered to Roxbury where it was encamped for several weeks - From that place the battle of Bunker Hill and the burning of Charlestown were witnessed by the said declarant on the seventeenth of June - The Regiment was afterwards removed to Dorchester and the company to which the declarant belonged was stationed as a guard at a place then called Preston's Point - about three miles from Dorchester Meeting Meeting House - at which place the company remained until it was regularly discharged in January 1776 having served according to his best recollection eight and one half months
Since and about a year entered the service as a volunteer in a company

until it was regularly discharged in June having served according to his best recollection eight and forty months
Said declarant again entered the service as a volunteer in a company of militia of which Seth Murray of Haffield was Captain, John Kirkland of Norwich and Jonathan Warner of Williams- burgh Lieutenants - John Mosely of Westfield was Colonel of the Regiment, - May of Chesterfield or Goshen Major, The Lieut. Colonel he does not remember - served as a Corporal in said company - Marched by the way of New Haven to the Army under General Washington - was at Fort Castle, White Plains, Valentines Will come down nearly to King's Bridge, - The night after the British landed at Hoog's Neck, said declarant commanded a small guard at a mill near that place - in the battle at White Plains the declarant was, with the company and Regiment to which he belonged, formed in line, expecting to be called into the action but was not - This term of service was in the year 1776, the particular day of entering and of being discharged he cannot ascertain - believes it commenced in the month of September and that it was late in November when the Regiment was regularly discharged - Knows the term of service was two months or more -
Said declarant again entered the service the twelfth of July 1777 as a Sergeant in a company of Militia of which Samuel Pomeroy was Captain, David Scott of Norwich and Samuel Root of Southampton Lieutenants, The Regiment was commanded by Major Jonathan Clapp of Northampton, does not remember any other Field Officers - Marched by the way of Greenbush to Saratoga, thence to a place called Moses' Creek, about four miles below Fort Ebenezer - The Regiment remained at the last mentioned place until, a short time before it was discharged when it separated to settle there where it was regularly discharged about the last day of August, having served, according to the best recollection of the declarant, the term of six weeks. Several Continental Regiments...

from Miles below Fort E. Ebenezer. — The Regiment remained at the last mentioned place until, it was regularly discharged about the last day of August, having served, according to the best recollection of the declarant, the term of six weeks. Several Continental Regiments were at Hoosic Creek, near Little Poor's and Nipen's, the whole commanded by General Schuyler.
Said declarant again entered the service as a volunteer in a company of Militia or new levies commanded by Ebenezer Strong of Northampton as Captain, Asa Luddon of Williamstown and Richard Sylvester of Chesterfield were Lieutenants — The Regiment was commanded by Colonel Barnabas Sears of
the other field officers do not remain. He entered as a Sergeant, and after a short time, did the duty of Orderly Sergeant, during the Campaign. He entered in the month of July 1781 and was regularly discharged in the month of November following, the particular day he is unable to recollect, and has no means of ascertaining — but is certain that he served the full term of three months. —
The service commenced by marching to Albany where the Regiment remained two or three weeks, then to Saratoga where it remained until discharged. Parties were frequently sent out as scouts — General Starks commanded the Post —
Several weeks previous to our being discharged, several Continental Regiments arrived at Saratoga, the whole commanded by Lord Sterling. The names of the Colonels of said Regiments, the declarant does not remember — Some time previous to being discharged, intelligence of the surrender of the Army of Lord Cornwallis was received, and a day of rejoicing was had upon the occasion.

the whole commanded by Lord Sterling - The names of the Colonels of said Regiments, the General does not remember - Some time previous to receiving intelligence of the surrender of the Army of Lord Cornwallis was received, and a day of rejoicing was held upon the occasion -
The said declaration was done in the County of Suffolk, now County of Norfolk, March 6 th 1753. Knows of record of his age, unless it be in the records of the town of Weymouth, of which however he has no knowledge.
In the spring of the year 1775 he went to live in Norwich in the County of Hampshire where he lived when he was called into service and where he afterwards lived until the year 1817 when he removed to the town of Southampton in said County of Hampshire where he has ever since lived -
The foregoing years represent the town of Norwich in the General Court of this Commonwealth.
He always entered the service as a volunteer. Never received a written discharge. He would state the names of Deacon Russell Strong & Asahel Birge Esq. to whom he is known in his present neighborhood who will testify to as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier in the Revolution - He doubts if further state, that the only Clergyman now residing in his town is a young man, recently settled, and who knows nothing upon the subject -
He hereby relinquishes every claim 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 so,) only on that of the agency in the State of
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Before Samuel Hinckley Judge of Probate  Jesse Joy  Asahel Birge  Roswell Strong  Jesse Joy residing in the town of Southampton and residing in said town hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Jesse Joy who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be sixtyseven 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 day and year aforesaid.
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 abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Roswell Strong who has signed the preceding certificate, is resident in Southampton and that Asahel Birge who has also signed the same, is a resident in Southampton and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Samuel Hinckley Judge of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jesse Joy for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this eighth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two - Samuel F. Lyman Register
Bureau of Pensions

Jesse Gray Milled Dec 11
Jesse Gray Amended Oct 11

Hampshire ss.
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Hampshire, Jesse Joy, who being first 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 eight months and fifteen days I served as a private soldier — For two months I served as a Corporal — For four months and fifteen days I served as a Sergeant; and for such service I claim a pension.
Jesse Joy
Sworn to this twenty seventh day of May A.D. 1833
Before Asahel Birge , Justice of the Peace
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Hampshire ss.
I, SAMUEL F. LYMAN, Register of the Court of Probate within and for said County of Hampshire, do hereby certify that Asahel Birge Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that the signature thereto annexed purporting to be his, I know to be his.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this fourth day of June A.D. 1833.
Sam F. Lyman Register of Probate.

Hampshire Jo. May 23 d 1833, I certify that Jacob Pennycuick the within named deponent, is a credible witness — Arthur Borge Justice of the Peace
Jacob Pennycuick of the within for J. P. G. J.

Hermschill Jo. May 23. 1833, I certify that Jacob Pennycuick the within named defendant, is a credible witness — Wm. O. Burge Justice of the Peace
Jacob Pennycuick d. b. m. th. m. For J. G. G.

Hampshire Co. May 23 d 1833. I certify that John Miller, the within named defendant, is a credible witness —
Samuel Binge Justice of the Peace
John Miller John Miller John Miller

I, John Miller of Southampton in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being sixty seven years of age, do testify and say, that in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty one, I entered the service of the United States, as a volunteer, in a company of Militia, of which Ebenezer Strong of Northampton was Captain and Asa Suddon and Richard Sylvester were Lieutenants, and in a Regiment of which Barnabas Sears was Colonel - The other field officers I do not remember - That Jesse Joy, then of Norwich in said County, now of Southampton entered the service with me, in the same company, as a Sergeant, and served as such, and during the most of the time as Orderly Sergeant, until we were regularly discharged - We commenced our tour of service in the month of August, the particular day not recollecting, and were discharged in the month of November following, having served, as I well remember the full term of three months - We were first marched to Albany where we remained about two weeks, thence to Saratoga where we were stationed during the remainder of our term, being occasionally absent on scouting parties - While at Saratoga we received the news of the surrender of the Army of Lord Cornwallis.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Hampshire ss.
I, SAMUEL F. LYMAN, Register of the Court of Probate within and for said County of Hampshire, do hereby certify that Isaac Birge Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition (3) was taken, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that the signature thereto annexed purporting to be his, I know to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this fourth day of June A. D. 183 3 .
Sam F Lyman Register of Probate.

I, John Miller of Southampton in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being sixty seven years of age, do testify and say, that in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty one, I entered the service of the United States, as a volunteer, in a company of Militia, of which Ebenezer Strong of Southampton was Captain and Asa Ludden and Richard Sylvester were Lieutenants, and in a Regiment of which Barnabas Sears was Colonel - The other field officers I do not remember - That Jesse Joy, then of Norwich in said County, now of Southampton entered the service with me, in the same company, as a Sergeant, and served as such, and during the most of the time as Orderly Sergeant, until we were regularly discharged - We commenced our tour of service in the month of August, the particular day not recollecting, and were discharged in the month of November following, having served, as I well remember the full term of three months - We were first marched to Albany where we remained about two weeks, thence to Saratoga where we were stationed during the remainder of our term, being occasionally about as scouting parties - While at Saratoga we received the news of the surrender of the Army of Lord Cornwallis and had a day of rejoicing upon the occasion - Some Continental troops arrived from West Point, before our being discharged, but the names of their officers I do not remember - and further saith not. John Miller

St. Louis Mo. May 23. 1833 - I certify that Theodore Parker Esq. the within manuscript is a credible witness of the things of which he has personal knowledge.
Frederick J. Miller Dep. Attorney for J. P. Gay

Hampshire. May 23. 1833 - I certify that Frederick J. F. Esq. the within named deponent is a credible witness. A. M. B. Justice of the Peace.
Frederick J. F. Esq.
for J. F. G.

I Frederic Guel of Southampton in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Esquire, being in the twenty third year of my age, do hereby certify that in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty seven, I served as a private soldier, in the service of the United States, in a company of militia of which Samuel Pomery of Southampton was Captain, David Scott of Norwich and Samuel Root of said Southampton were Lieutenants - Major Jonathan Clapp of Northampton commanded the Regiment or Battalion to which the company belonged, I remember no other field officer - we marched to Greenbank, then to Serravago - and afterwards to a place called Moses Creek, about four miles below Fort Edward - where we were regularly dismissed the latter part of August, having served, according to the best of recollection the term of six weeks - above I further testify that Jesse Joy of Norwich, now of Southampton, entered at the same time as a Sergeant and served as such, in said company, during the term of service and was regularly discharged - Frederic Guel
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire ss. - On this twenty first day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two the above said deposition was examined and sworn to the truth of the foregoing disposition by him subscribed - taken at the request of Jesse Joy and to be used in an application for a pension from the Government of the United States under the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 and that is the sum of taking this deposition

I, Jacob Pomeroy of Southampton in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts being years of age do testify and say that in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy five Ysef Joy of Northwick in said County, now of said Southampton served with me as private soldier in a company of militia, in the service of the United States, which company was commanded by Samuel Pomeroy as Captain at the commencement of our service - but afterwards by Ebenezer Pomeroy of said Southampton - Our Regiment was commanded by Colonel Fellows of Berkshire County - We commenced our tour by marching to Cambridge about of the twenty second of May - from Cambridge said Regiment was soon ordered to Roxbury, thence to Dorchester, from whence our company was detached to Boston's Point in said Dorchester, where it remained until we were discharged in January following, having served according to the best of my recollection eight or a half months - said Joy served during the whole of said company and was regularly discharged -
In the month of September following, 1776, the said Ysef Joy again entered the service, with me, in a Company of militia of which Seth Murray of Hartford was Captain and in a Regiment commanded by Colonel John Moseley of Westfield - Marched by the way of New Haven to General Washington's Army near New York - Was at North Castle, White Plains, Valentin's Hill and various other places - were discharged late in November or beginning of December having served two months or more - said Joy served as a Corporal in said Murray's Company during the whole of said tour and was regularly discharged -
In the month of July 1781 the said Ysef Joy again entered the service and served with me in a company of militia commanded by Ebenezer Strong of Northampton as Captain - and in a Regiment commanded by Colonel Sears - We were marched by the way of Albany & Saratoga where it was stationed until discharged in the month of December having served the

ordinarily Sergeant during said time and was regularly discharged & now further said deponent knoweth not — Jacob Perry
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Worthington ss. On this eight day of August in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty two the above deponent was examined and cautioned and sworn, according to law, to the truth of the in written disposition by him subscribed. Taken at the request of Josiah Joy and to be used in an application for a pension from the Government of the United States under the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 — and that is the cause of taking this deposition — Abel Briggs Justice of the Peace

12844
Jepe Joy
Anahel Birge E. Southampton
MP

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Joseph Gray which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes. II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes. III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes. V. * Has he mentioned 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? yes. Not friendly VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes. VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes. VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes. IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes. X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes.

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? no clergymans - but two respectable citizens XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? yes. XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? yes. If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? yes  NO Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes. XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes. XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes  NO XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes.
 EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 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 shewn 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.
† QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
‡ QUERE XVI.  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 paper 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.
¶ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.

29931 Rev INVALID.
File No. 29931
Jesse Jay Sergt Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1891
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 215
[Arrangement of 1870.]