Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30163, for Thomas Tirrill, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Tirrell, Thomas
S. 30163
CONTENTS

10069 Massachusetts Thomas Firill
of Hampden in the State of Mass who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Snow of the Regt commanded by Col Boileau in the Mass line for 10 Days.
Widow
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 50 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th day of Mar 1833 and sent from 36 State Street Hampton
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $100 — Semi-annual allowance ending Sept " 25 — $125 —
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J H S P Blair Clerk Book 8 Vol. 27 Page 83.
79 Hampshire

N o 4352
Thomas Tillill
Twat
15 Months
Alb
Retraces Not Cabled
to be Cabled
Mar 24 1872
$ 50
Hon H Bates
Northampton
Mass
C. P. Huntington
Northampton
Mass

BRIEF in the case of  Thomas Tirrell of the County of Hampshire in the State of Mass.  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court,  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 72 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 Dec r — — 1 15 Private Gen. Col. Bailey, Capt. Snow   "76 May — 7 — Volunt r Capt. Truant   "77 May — 1 15 d o Col. Burbeck   "79 July — 5 — d o Col. Jacob, Capt. Gole  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none—  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Abington  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Depositions  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?  No clergyman's certificate 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Levin Belt Examining Clerk.

No 4352 Thomas Smith
Declaration
Map

DECLARATION, in order to secure the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
COUNTY OF Worcester  Hampshire , ss.
ON this 20 th day of August in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty two
personally appeared in open Court, before me Samuel Hinckley Judge of Thomas Tirrell a resident of Cummington Probate , now sitting in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged Seventy two
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 act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832.
THAT he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
I was born in Abington in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts on the seventeenth day of December 1759 I lived in Abington and Bridgewater a town adjoining until I was twenty four or twenty five years old when I removed to Cummington where I have since resided In the Month of December 1775 I volunteered in a Company Commanded by Nathan Snow and Regiment Commanded I think by Col Bailey and marched to Roxbury and served for the term of six weeks when I was discharged In the Month of May 1776 I again volunteered in the State Service for the term of seven Months in an independent Company Commanded by Capt Truant and marched to Nantasket (now called Hull) and served the term for which I enlisted and was discharged In the Month of May 1777 I again volunteered to go on to East William now Fort Independence for one and a half months under the Command of Col Burbeck and continued there the term for which I engaged About the first of July 1777 I again volunteered in the State Service in a Company Commanded by Capt Pole and Regiment Commanded by Col Jacob for the term of five Months to go to the State of Rhode Island we marched by way of Taunton to Providence from thence to East Greenwich Staid at East Greenwich three or four Months then returned to Providence and Staid until our terms of enlistment expired and we were discharged I have no record of my age but suppose it may be found in the records of the town of Abington where I was born I never received a discharge and have no documentary 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.
Before me Thomas Tirrell Samuel Hinckley Judge of Probate for S. County

Wa X a Clergyman residing in the  and residing in  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 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 above mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that  Samuel Hinckley Judge of Probate who signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the    and that who has also signed the same is a resident in the credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Samuel F. Lyman Register , Clerk of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Thomas Turrell for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said Court this twentieth day of August in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty two
Samuel F. Lyman Register

N o 4352
Thomas Firill

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Thomas Tinell 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 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 XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? no 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 has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? no And is the official character and signature of the magistrate certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? 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 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 the 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.
†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 authenticated 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 end 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.

William Pratt affidavit Inu

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
HAMPSHIRE ss. I, SAMUEL F. LYMAN, Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County, do hereby certify that Eliphalet Packard Esquire, before whom the annexed depositions (2) were 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 twentieth day of August A. D. 1832.
Sam d F. Lyman Register of Probate.

I Whitcomb Pratt of Plaistow in the County of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts having arrived at the age of seventy one years testify and declare that I was personally knowing and served with Thomas Tirrell in the following times viz in the month of May 1776 the said Tirrell and myself entered in the independence company Commanded by Joseph Fount and went to Nantasket as it was then called but since called Hull and served at said Hull seven months in the Massachusetts service we had no regiment or were attached to none that I ever recollect In May 1777 the said Tirrell and myself entered in said States service for the purpose of fortifying what was then called Castle William and served for the term of one month and a half under the command of Col Burbank about the first of July 1777 or directly after our discharge from Castle William the said Tirrell and myself entered for the term of five months in a Regiment commanded by Col Burbank Col Jacobs and a company under the command of Capt Joseph Cole we were marched from the County of Plymouth to the state of Rhode Island and served the time out on the shores below Providence the principal part of the time at a place called East Greenwich Whitcomb Pratt
Newport J August 16 1832 Personally appeared Whitcomb Pratt and made solemn oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed before me Elizabeth Parkhurst Justice of the Peace Newport J Dec 13 1832 I hereby further certify that Whitcomb Pratt the above deponent is a credible person Elizabeth Parkhurst Justice of the Peace

Remon Curtis
affidavit
Small

I Vinson Curtis of Plainfield in the County of Hampshire a State of Massachusetts having arrived at the age of Seventy one years testify and declare that I was personally known to Thomas Tull entering the service of the State of Massachusetts in the month of December 1775 and serving at Roxbury near Boston for the term of six weeks in the Regiment Commanded by Col Bailey and the Company commanded by Capt Snow
Vinson Curtis
Cheyenwyton August 10 1832
Hampshire ss August 10 1832 Personally appeared Vinson Curtis and made solemn oath to the truth of the above statement by him subscribed before me Elephat Parkara Justice of the Peace
Hampshire ss Dec 13 1832 I hereby further certify that Vinson Curtis the above deposition is a credible person Elephat Parkara Justice of the Peace

Mr Hawkes - se
Full

We Roswell Hawkes a clergyman residing in the town of Cummington and Darius Ford residing also in the town of Cummington hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Farris an applicant for a pension and who has subscribed and sworn to a declaration exhibited to us before the Hon Samuel Hinckley Judge of Probate within and for the County of Hampshire that we believe him to be seventy three years of age that his reputation and belief in the neighborhood where he resides to be a soldier of the Revolution and are concur in that opinion  Roswell Hawkes Darius Ford  Cummington Dec 17 1832
Hampshire ss Dec 17 1832 Personally appeared before me Roswell Hawkes and Darius Ford and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing certificate by them subscribed and I further certify that Roswell Hawkes is a clergyman residing and settled in the town of Cummington and Darius Ford also resides in said Cummington and is a credible person  Olphalet Packard Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire ss - Court of Probate held at
Northampton within said County Dec 21 - 1832. The said Court further certifies that it appear to them that Roswell Hawkes who signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in the town of Cummington & that Darius Ford who also signed the same is a resident in the said town of Cummington and that their statement is entitled to credit -  Samuel Hinckley Judge of Probate
I Samuel Lyman Register of said Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the amended proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Thomas Farris for a pension & also that Olphalet Packard is a Justice of the Peace & the foregoing testimony is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.  A.D. 1832 Samuel Lyman Register

30163 Rev INVALID.
File No. 30163
Thomas Linn
Dis Rec Mar
Act: June 7 th 39 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 419
[Arrangement of 1870.]