Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8074, for Giles Lyman, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Lyman, Giles Mary
N. 8074.
CONTENTS

- 1795
Nov 10 Giles Lyman of Belcher (Massachusetts) and Mary Durbard of Middletown.
This certifies that the above is a true copy of an entry contained in a Book among the Records of the First Ecclesiastical Society in Middletown and following a statement in these words "A Record of Persons joined together in marriage from Jan'y 1 st 1788 by Enoch Huntington Pastor of the First Church and Society in Middletown." John R. Brane
Pastor of the Church in the First Soc in Middletown

To New York Massachusetts
Giles Lyman
Shelburn in the State of Mass.
who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Woodbridge of the Regt. commanded by Col. Tyler in the Mass for 6 months
See letter 20 May 1835
to Pension Agent - do. to C.P. Huntington Sept 30. 1833
See letter to J. S. C. Simpson Esq. April 9. 1834
Suspension removed. See letter to P. Agt. June 12. 1834
Transf. to N. York from 4 March 1834. Oct. 2. 1834
Letter 4 Feb. 1835 to Jn. Folsom
 11 Feb. " To E. Ames  16 " To G. N. Skinner  27 Aug. - Mt Fleming  do. to T. W. Doot P. Agt.  Dec. 4. 1835 
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 20 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st day of March 1833 and Rev. Hon. Sec. General Howe of Ohio
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1832 $30.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 1 Nov 33 10.00 $40.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by N. K. Adair Clerk Book D Vol. 2 a Page 97 6 — 4 — 120

New York H. Albany Mary Lyman widow of Giles Lyman M aj who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
let Hon. B. Russell Jan. 21. 1832 To Comm ee for 4. March 1831. now to J. Barnes. Middletown Ct, Sept 20, 1832
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848. 3 rd May 1848
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th day of March 1831 and sent to
Hon S. D. Hubbard Middletown Count
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1848, Page 78 Vol. A

State of Connecticut County of Middlesex } ss. Middletown
I Seth Crowell of Middletown aforesaid being duly sworn depose and say that I shall be sixty nine years of age if I live until the fifth of April next according to family records, that I was born in said Middletown according to said records and have resided here uniformly since my recollection, that Mary Lyman widow of Giles Lyman of Fowlerville Livingston County & State of New York is a sister of my mother, that her maiden name is Mary Hubbard, that I have no doubt she is the same Mary Hubbard whose record of marriage is found in the record books of the first Ecclesiastical Society of Middletown a copy of which I have seen which is in these words as follows. Seventeen hundred and ninety five November tenth Giles Lyman Belcher Massachusetts and Mary Hubbard of Middletown except that the dates are in figures That Giles Lyman then of Belcher Massachusetts has been here with my aunt many times and always acknowledged by all our family which is large as our uncle Lyman and his children as our own cousins.
Seth Crowell
Sworn to and subscribed this 26th day of March 1850 at Middletown, Before me C. S. Hubbard Justice of the Peace

State of New York County of Livingston 3 p:
On this tenth day of February Eighteen hundred & fifty one, personally appeared before the undersigned, County Judge & Judge of the County Court of the said County of Livingston, Mary Syman, a resident of the Town of York in the said County, age eighty two years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 29, 1848, entitled "An Act for the Relief of certain surviving widows of officers & soldiers of the Revolutionary Army."
That she is the widow of Giles Syman, who as she has been informed & verily believes was a private in the Army of the Revolution, & served in Col. Nathan Tyler's Regiment, & in the Company of which Joshua S. Woodhull was Captain; but whether in the Continental line, State Troops, Volunteers or Militia she cannot state; that when he entered the service, he resided in Belchertown Hampshire County, Massachusetts; that she does not know & cannot state the particular time when he entered the service, or the time when he left it, nor the Battle, if any, in which he was engaged, nor the Country through which he marched; that she has no documentary evidence in support of the claim; but that on the first day of March Eighteen hundred & thirty three, a pension was granted to him in conformity with the Act of Congress of June 7, 1832, (he then residing in Shelburne in the State of Massachusetts,) as appears by the Certificate thereof under the hand of Lewis Cass, then Secretary of War, the seal of his office bearing date on the said first day of March 1833, which was in her husband's possession in his life time & is now in her possession; and that on the second day of October 1834, he was transferred from the pension Roll of Massachusetts to that of New York, as appears by a notice thereof to him signed by J. S. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions, likewise now in her possession; and that her said husband received said pension from the time it was so granted till the time of his death; and she therefore believes that the Evidence of all the particulars relating to his service, required to be known for the purposes of this application

is in the possession of the Department having charge of such business, & she respectfully refers thereto.
She further declares that she was married to the said Giles Syman on the tenth day of November in the year Seventeen hundred & ninety five; that her husband the said Giles Syman died in the said Town of York where he last resided, on the third day of May Eighteen hundred & forty eight; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the year one thousand eight hundred, viz: at the time above stated.
She further swears that she is now a widow & that she has never before made application for a pension -
Mary Syman
Sworn to & subscribed before me the said County Judge on the day & year first above written, & I do hereby certify that the said Mary Syman is from bodily infirmity unable to attend the said Court.
Scott Lord County Judge of Livingston County
State of New York County of Livingston } ss: I Israel D. Root Clerk of the said County, & of the County Court thereof do hereby certify that the said County Court is a Court of Record, & that Scott Lord whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Jurat & certificate, to the Jurat of the affidavit of Eliza Miller heretofore is the County Judge of the said County & was at said Court; and I further certify that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Judge & do truly believe that his name subscribed to the said Jurats is in his own proper hand writing -
In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & the seal of the said County & the said Court this Twelfth day of February 1859. -
Israel D. Root Clerk

State of New York County of Livingston 3 p:
Eliakim Wellen
of the Town of York in the said County being duly sworn doth depose & say that he was well acquainted with Giles Symon, mentioned in the annexed dec- laration of Mary Symon, in his lifetime, & had been acquainted with him for about fifteen years previous to his death; that he the said Giles Sym- on died on, or about the third day of May eighteen hundred & forty eight, at the said Town of York, where he resided & that this deponent was present at the time of his death.
Eliakim Wellen
Subscribed & sworn to before me the tenth day of February 1857. by the above named Eliakim Wellen who is a reputable & credible person The words or about were interlined before signing —
Scott Lord County Judge of Livingston County.

19509 Giles Lyman V
Shelburn
6 months Private Adm'd
Cap: Woodbridge Co. G. 1st Regt Mass. Inf'ty
Giles Lyman

I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Giles Lyman within named. I have been so acquainted with him many years, and I know him to be a man of truth and of unblemished integrity and such he is reputed where he is known June 1858 34. Geo. Grennell Jr
19509 Giles Lyman V Shelburn
Omaha Private Adm'd
Col. Woodbridge Col. Giles Lyman The officer -
Giles Lyman

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
FRANKLIN COUNTY ss.
ON THIS fifteenth day of august A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the said Commonwealth, now sitting at Greenfield within and for the said County of Franklin,
Giles Lyman a resident of Shelburn in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, aged sixty seven years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
I enlisted as a soldier of the revolution, in the last part of the month of June (I can not tell the day) in the year 1779, for six months. I served my full six months. I never had a written discharge. I got home about the first of January following after my discharge. I lived at the time of my enlistment in Belchertown County of Hampshire & State of Massachusetts. I was in the State service. I marched direct from Belchertown to Providence Rhode Island. General Gates had the command at Rhode Island. The names of the officers of my Regt. were Col. Nathan Tyler. Lt. Col. Putnam. Maj. Josiah Lyman. The names of the officers of my company were Capt. Joshua L. Woodbridge. Lt. Sackett. and Lt. Daniel Smith. No Ensign. I have no documentary proof of evidence of my service.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Attest E. Alvord Clerk
Giles Lyman
WE, Theophilus Packard a Clergyman residing in Shelburn aforesaid and Joseph Severance
residing in Shelburn aforesaid. — hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Giles Lyman — who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be sixty seven 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.
Attest E. Alvord Clerk
Theophilus Packard Joseph Severance
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 Theophilus Packard who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman resident in said Shelburn ; and that Joseph Severance , who has also signed the same is a resident in said Shelburn and is a credible person; and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Attest E. Alvord Clerk
I, ELIJAH ALVORD, Clerk of the said Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Giles Lyman for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court, this fifteenth day of august in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
E. Alvord
Clerk.

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
State of Connecticut
County of Middlesex
ss. Middletown
On this eleventh day of September 1852, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Middlesex personally appeared Mary Lyman who, on her oath, declares that she is the same person who was placed on the pension roll as the widow of Giles Lyman formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain a private in the the in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Revolutionary War in the service of the United States; that her name was placed on the pension roll of the State of New York whence she has lately removed; that she now resides in the State, (District, or Territory,) of Connecticut, where she intends to remain, and wishes her pension to be there payable, in future. The following are her reasons for removing from the State of New York to Middletown in the County of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, that she may live with her son-in-law, Ebenezer G. Hubbard of said Middletown, and receive those attentions from her daughter, which she requires at her advanced age.
Mary Lyman
Sworn and subscribed to before me, } the day and year aforesaid. }
Jonathan Barnes Justice of the Peace.
The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official character and signature must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The County Clerk, Secretary of State, or some other officer, must certify, under his seal of office, that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the pensioner's identity. He must swear that the person who has taken the above oath is the person described in the affidavit. The Magistrate must certify that the witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above directed.
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 be sent with 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 which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or small 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.

State of Connecticut } ss: I. Elisha Spencer Clerk of the County County of Middlesex } ss: Court in & for said Middlesex County. Do hereby certify that Jonathan Barnes Esq. whose signature known by me to be his genuine handwriting is subscribed to the within certificate, is a Justice of the Peace in & for said Middlesex County, duly elected & qualified by law authorized to administer oaths.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the S d County Court this 17 th day of Sept r 1882
Elisha Spencer Clerk of S d County Court

M. C. sent to Mass. P. Agt. Sept. 24. 1834—

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 8074
Mary Lyman
Widow
Giles Lyman
Brct Rev Rad
Act: July 29"  B48
Index:—Vol. 81 Page 449
[Arrangement of 1870.]

No 878
Mary Lyman widow of Giles
M
Act 29 July 1848
Married 1795
Hus d died 3 May 1848
Adm d 6 mos 1/2 in p 20 per Ann Cony 3 May 1848
Albany
Hon S. L. Hubbard Middletown Ct

Midleton Feb 22 d 1881
SL
Knowing you dear to serve your constituents I send you the accompanying paper Mrs Lymon the applicant resides in York in the village of Foslerstown. You will find a certificate from the Rev d Dr Brown the clergyman of the First Congregational Society of the marriage of Giles Lymon with Mary Hubbard the applicant; also an affidavit from Peter Bracken to the marriage or rather to his Aunt Mary being acknowledged by Lymon as his wife & recognized as such by the family which I presume will be sufficient to establish her claim to the pension as the widow of the Giles Lymon who drew a pension for war services & must have proved service to have obtained it If the Commission requires further proof of the identity of the aforesaid Mary Hubbard with the applicant Mrs Lymon I will vouch for it & further the proof Col Edward and other my word in war could I presume that the present Commission will yours & also that the Rev d Dr Brown is as he subscribed himself the regular ordained portion of the First Congregational Society of this place. The pension had not been paid for six months previous to Mr Lymon's death I presume that the heirs can obtain that on application at the agency in Albany. Please in your kind me Your truly S. D. Hubbard Hon Robert L. Ross Washington City D.C.

House Repres s Feb y 24 1857
Sir
Herewith I send the papers of Mrs Lyman Will you please give them your attention - and inform the Hon S D Hubbard of Middle town Count of the result.
Yours Truly
Roll Rose
Mr Alastor } C. C. Perkins }

MECHANICS AND FARMERS BANK,
Albany Pension Agency.
April 30. 1852.
J. E. Heath
James L. Fenton Esquire, Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 26 th inst. I have to state, that Mary Lyman widow of Giles Lyman a Pensioner under the Act of 26 July 1848 at Twenty Dollars per annum was last paid to the 4 th day of March 1851.
I am, Sir,
Very Respectfully,
Your ob't serv't,
Thomas W. O'Leoth.
President PENSION AGENT.
By Cor. V. D. Brock. na

Middletown, Conn t . Sept. 17. 1852.
Sir,
I inclose the application of Mrs. Mary Lyman to be transferred from the agency of New York to that of Connecticut. She requests that communications in regard to the application may be addressed to me.
Very respectfully
Your Obt. Serv.
Jonathan Barnes
Hon. J. E. Heath Commissioner of Pensions.

Order given to the Albany agent to pay Giles Lyman from the 4 th of September 1834 , not 4 March 1833.
J. D. Wilson Clerk. Pensions Office Sept. 2. 1835

Comm. Bank
Andrew Agto off. Boston 29 Apr 1834.
Sir
Yours of 24 inst is rec. d
Giles Lyman a former under act of 7 June 1832 at $20 per annum has never been paid anything since his certificate was granted
10,561
Very Respectfully
Your obed Servt
E. H. Brooks & Co. for J. G. In the absence of the Agt
J. L. Edwards Esq Comm. P. Vans

20 th Nov. 1832 To what time was Giles Lyman paid by the Mafeth agency under act of 7. June 32! 20 th Nov. 1832.

Feb 2 nd New York N.Y. 3 Jan 24
Free
Miss
J. Edward Egan Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.
Miss Agnes

York Livingston County N.Y. Jan 26 1835
J V Edward Esq. Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
Mr Giles Lyman is entitled to receive a Pension from United States of $20 per annum in conformity with the Law of 7th June 1832 and acknowledged in a certificate from the Department dated 1st day of March 1833 and numbered 64401. He then resided in Massachusetts and was directed to receive his pension in Boston — By a letter from the Commissioner of Pensions of the 2nd Oct 1834 Mr Lyman was transferred from the Roll of Massachusetts to that of New York to take effect from and after the 4th March 1833. Dec 8th 1834 I made out the necessary papers for drawing his pension and forwarded them to Sylvester Spencer Esq. New York properly authen- ticated including in the Justices Certificate the transfer from the Massachusetts agency to that of New York. They were returned by Mr S. Spencer as incorrect in that particular. I then made them out again and forwarded to Mr Spencer and they were again returned with this remark — that he had stopped pay- ing pensions for certain counties including Livingston and directing me to the Mechanics and Farmers Bank Albany. I then forward to the cashier of the said Bank the papers duly authenticated and corrected in every particular as directed by Mr Spencer and they were returned from Albany with this ominous declaration that "The name of Mr Giles Lyman is not inscribed on the list of this Agency." Now Sir what is to be done? Mr Lyman is in need of of the money due him from the Government and I have used every effort in my power to obtain it but in vain. Your obed Servt George C. Skinner

Greenfield Mass. Sep 17. 1834
J. L. Edwards Esq
Sir
I enclose the papers of Giles Lyman, requesting a transfer of his pension to N. York agency - Will you have the goodness to inform me at what place in that state he will receive his money? -
I am Sir
respectfully
Yours etc
Geo. Spencell Jr

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
HAMPSHIRE ss. I, SAMUEL F. LYMAN, Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County, do hereby certify that Charles P. Huntington Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition was taken is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and have no doubt that the Signature annexed to said deposition is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this eleventh day of August A. D. 1832.
Sam d F. Lyman Register of Probate.

Giles Lyman Edward Hooker Aff.
9
G. Lyman

I Edward Hooker of South-Hadley in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts being duly sworn, make oath and state that it appears by the Muster Roll, now in my possession, of Col B. A. Woodbridge, Muster Master, deceased, that the name of Giles Lyman of Belchertown in said County was entered on said roll as mustered July 3. 1779 for six months service at Providence, Rhode-Island. - Said Muster Roll at the decease of the said Woodbridge came into the possession of Joseph Strong, late of said South-Hadley, now a resident of the State of New-York, as heir and executor of said Woodbridge, and has been placed in my hands by said Strong - and I verily believe that, from a comparison of handwriting, said Muster Roll is in the handwriting of said Woodbridge - Edward Hooker
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire ss - August 11 - 1832 -
Then personally appeared Edward Hooker, signer of the foregoing affidavit, a credible witness, and made oath to the truth of the facts therein stated - Sworn before me -
Jeriah Barstow } Clerk of the Levers
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
HAMPSHIRE ss. I, SAMUEL F. LYMAN, Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County, do hereby certify that Josiah  Bardwell Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition taken, is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and have no doubt that the Signature annexed to said deposition is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this Eleventh day of August A. D. 1832.
Sam. F. Lyman Register of Probate.

Giles Lyman Jos. Naramore Aft G. Lyman

Joseph Naramore of Goshen in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts being duly sworn make oath I state, that I am well acquainted with Silas Lyman formerly of Belchertown in said County, now a resident of Shelburne in the County of Franklin & Commonwealth of Georgia, and now present, that said Lyman about the first day of July 1779 enlisted for the term of six months as a private soldier in the company commanded by Capt. Joshua L. Woodbridge, and in the Regiment under the command of Col. Nathan Tyler, of the Massachusetts State Troops - that said Lyman went to Providence and Newport, Rhode Island, and in the army served his term of six months, and was dismissed about the first day of January 1780 - that I have a personal knowledge of the service of said Lyman as I served in the same Company, at the same time & for the same term - that said Lyman at the time he entered the service resided in said Belchertown -
Joseph Naramore
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire ss August 11. 1832
Then personally appeared Joseph Naramore, a credible person, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed - Sworn - Before me - Chas. P. Huntington Justice of the Peace

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
County of Livingston ss.
On this third day of July 183 2
before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Livingston personally appeared Giles Lyman who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Woodbridge in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Nathan Lyman in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Massachusetts from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State (District, or Territory,) of New York where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. The following are his reasons for removing from Massachusetts to New York to wit: I remond. for the purpose of finding a situation more agreeable & where I could more easily support my family.
Giles Lyman
Sworn and subscribed to, before me, } the day and year aforesaid. }
E Clarke Justice of the peace of said county.
□ The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrates, whose official character and signature must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The county Clerk, Secretary of State, or some other officer, must certify, under his seal of office, that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
□ The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the Pensioner's identity. He must swear that the person who has taken the above oath is the person described in the affidavit. The Magistrate must certify, that the witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above directed.

Livingston County ss
Timothy Rice of Dook in said County being duly sworn says that for twenty years he has been acquainted with the witness named Hilly Lyman and that he knows him to be the person described in and who has subscribed the within affidavit Subscribed & sworn before me July 3 d 1834 Timothy Rice
E. Clarke Justice of the peace of said County
Livingston County ss I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Timothy Rice the person making the above affidavit and that he is a man of strict truth and veracity
July 3 d 1834 E. Clarke Justice of the peace of said County -
State of New York
Livingston County ss
I certify that Elias Clarke before whom the within and above affidavit purports to have been sworn to, and also whose signature appears to the above certificate of credibility was at the dates of the same a legally authorized Justice of the Peace in and for said County And that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name to the first of the said affidavit
And to the said certificate is his own proper hand writing And signature
Witness my hand And seal of office this 3 d day of July A.D. 1834
The words "and above, intimated" by me. J. G. Haven Dep. Clerk. }
Chauncy R. Bond, Clerk of Livingston County By J. G. Haven Dep. Clerk