Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22,359, for Jonathan Lewis, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Lewis, Jonathan
S 22,359
CONTENTS

Revolution
22 359 INVALID.
File No. 22,359
General Louis 1812
Act: June 7th 1812
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 219
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Vermont
758.
Jonathan Dyer
of Cornwall in the State of Vermont who was a private in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the Reg't commanded by Col. Russell Dether in the Mass. Militia line for 14 months as a private
Entered on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 14 6 Dollars 66 Cents per to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of Oct 1832 and sent to Amos Paine Pawlet, Vermont.
  Arrears to 14th of Sept 1832  69: 99    Pension allowance ending 4 th }  23: 33    March 1833      $ 93: 32.  
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by O. T. G. H. Clerk, Book D Vol. 4 Page 70

No 1007.
Admitted.
Private. 14. months.

BRIEF in the case of Jonathan Lewis of Caledonia County in the State of Vermont. (Act 7 June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  In a Court of Probate.  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 74 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 May " 8 " private Gen. Putnam  Col. Grafton   1 Aug t 1777 " 1 " ditto Mass. State troops, Capt. A. Merrill  Major Bryan   1777 " 1 " ditto "by solicitation"   Aug t 1778 " 1 " dito Mass troops, enlisted in Capt. Fullings Co. but name unknown.  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  Bunker Hill. Ticonderoga. Saratoga. Burgoyne's Surrender.  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Pepperell. Massachusetts.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  By Tradition.  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?  Papers perfect. 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
O. H. Hymn Examining Clerk.

State of Vermont } 18. (District and County of Caledonia)
On this 18 th day of July A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Hon. Benj. F. Downing Judge of the Court of Probate for the District aforesaid, now sitting Jonathan Lewis a resident of Kirby in the District and County aforesaid aged seventy four 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 7, 1832.
"That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
That at the commencement of the American revolution he resided at Pepperill in the State of Massachusetts and upon the first alarm of the British having left Boston he marched from home on the xxxx nineteenth day of April 1775 marched to Cambridge Mass. where he arrived immediately after the British had returned to Boston where he with his comrades remained under arms for four or five weeks until listing orders was came out when in the month of May 1775 he enlisted in the Massachusetts troops for eight months and was stationed at Cambridge near the meeting house and there served for the said term in the company of Capt. Asa Lawrence of Groton Mass. Jas. Spalding Lt. who was killed at the battle of Bunker hill and was succeeded by his brother, Thomas Spalding John Williams Ensign. In Col. Wm. Prescotts Reg t P t Col. Robinson. Major Henry Stodd. Was in the battle of Bunker hill - marched on to the hill the preceding evening and assisted in throwing up the breast work during the night. The troops were discharged Dec. 31. 1775 this declarant remained three days longer.
"That at said Pepperill about the first of August 1777 he enlisted for four months in the Massachusetts troops

in the Company of Cap t Aaron Sewell of Littleton Mass. of the Col's name he is not confident but he thinks it was M c Intosh. His Major's name was Bryant with whom he principally served. Marched by the way of Northampton Mass and Bennington Vermont - arrived at Bennington a few days after the battle at that place and saw the wounded Hessians in Bennington Meeting house.
From thence by way of Castleton and Hubbardton 4 th to M c Intosh's Independence on Lake Champlain - crossed the Lake with about two hundred and fifty of his regiment under Maj. Bryant - and from thence to Lake George made an ineffectual attempt on Dinwiddie Island - afterwards marched to the south by way of Fort Edward to Stillwater - was present at the surrender of Burgoyne after the surrender of Burgoyne marched down North River by way of Albany passed Sopris which had been burnt by the British - went down as far as East and West Chester, at one of which places he was at the end of his engagement - when and where he was solicited to remain in the service another month and did so remain and was discharged on the first day of January 1778.
That at said Pepperill on the first day of August 1778 he enlisted in the Massachusetts troops for one month - marched to Rhode Island, went on to the Island was stationed a short time at Brattle hill - then at Snaker's hill - thence down the Island to near Newport - remained there a few days - thence retreated to the upper end of the Island thence to Providence and from thence to Pawtucket where he was discharged having served one month.
The above service was in the Company of Cap t John Cutting L t Col. Abijah Perkins - he does not know the Colonel's name.
Was born at Mass. Billerica on the 20 th March 1758 - has a record of his age in his family Bible - Lived at Pepperill Mass. at the commencement of the war,

Mass Moved to Harvard in 1779 where he resided 80 or 90 years from thence moved to Concord V t where he resided about eighteen years and then removed to Kirby his present residence. He never received a written discharge. That he has no documentary evidence and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure by whom he can prove his services.
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.
Jonathan Lewis
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Before Benj F. Dunning
Judge of Probate
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matters 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 said Court that Luther Wood who has signed the accompanying certificate is a Clergyman resident in the said town of Kirby and that Josiah Goddard and Seth Burroughs who have also signed the same are to the Court well known as among the most respectable and reputable inhabitants of said town of Kirby and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Amos Pail Register of the Court of Probate for the District of Caledonia aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original

proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Jonathan Lewis for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 20th day of July A. D. 1832
Amos Paul Register
for a Pension Declaration
July 28 1832
758

We Luther Wood a clergyman residing in the town of Kirby in the County of Caledonia and State of Vermont and Josiah Goolyn and Seth Burrough, residing in the same Kirby hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jonathan Lewis residing in said Kirby who has made an application for a pension - that we believe him to be seventy four years of age - that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a revolutionary soldier and that we concur in that opinion. We further certify that said Lewis is reputed a man of truth and veracity.
Luther Wood Josiah Goolyn Seth Burrough
Sworn to and subscribed this 19 th day of July A. D. 1832 -
Before me Merit Newhall Justice of Peace
State of Vermont } Caledonia County ss. } I Benj. H. Deming Clerk of the County of Caledonia aforesaid do hereby certify that Merit Newhall who has subscribed the foregoing certificate is a Justice of the Peace for said Caledonia County and that I believe the above signature to be genuine. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 20 th day of July A. D. 1832. Benj. H. Deming Clerk.