Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16311, for Alfred Joyce, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Joyce, Alfred Abigail
N. 16311
CONTENTS

Pension Certificate returned by Hon. J. Sanford Aug. 24. 1841, and sent same day to Hon. S. N. Clarke H.R. See letter to Hon. S. N. Clarke H.R. Aug. 25. 1841
6292 Albany New York Abigail Joyce widow of Alfred Joyce, decd
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died on the 3 rd July 1824 of Cattaraugus in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Mark of the Reg t commanded by Col. Brady in the Mass ts line for 2 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany N.Y. at the rate of 80 Dollars per per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th day of July 1841, and sent Hon. John Sanford House of Representatives. Arrears to the 14th of March 1841 $400.00 Less annual allowance ending
$400.00 { Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by M c Addison Clerk, Book 4 Vol. 2 a Page 85

8158 4
New York
Alfa Joyce
of Farmington in the state of New York who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Bailey of the Massachusetts line, for the term of three Years 1777-6 wks.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 13 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 of March 1819 and sent to Stephen Phelps Esquire Canandaigua New York
Arrears to 4th March 1819 $ 85. 83 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1819 48.
133.83
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Notification sent June 20 1820 to Samuel Lake Esq. Paterson N.J.

State of New York Ontario County } ss
Alfred Sayce of the Town of Farming- ton in the County of Ontario and State of New York and formerly of Lewisborough in the County of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts being duly Sworn and deponing saith and declare he is a Native Citizen of the United States and that he Enlisted the for three years the 13 th April 1777 in the 2 nd Massachusetts Regiment under the Command of Colonel John Bailey in Captain Israel Warren Company in the Continental Service and after serving the aforesaid three years he Enlisted in the Regiment aforesaid under the Command of Colonel Sprout in Captain Robert Bradford Company in the same Line and Service as aforesaid during the war, and the deponent saith further that he received an honorable Discharge the 10 th of June 1783 from the aforesaid Service and that he Let a person by the name of Green have his Discharge for the purpose of Obtaining his bounty Land and that he has not received Land, or Discharge nor has he been able to Learn where the said Green resides and that he is 59 years old and is in great Circumstances and is unable to Labor by reason of bodily infirmities and he Therefore prays that his Name may be placed on the Pension List pursuant to an act of Congress passed the 18 th day of March 1818 Entitled an act to provide for certain persons Engaged in the Land and Naval Ser- -vice of the United States in the revolutionary war and further the deponent saith that he is
Sworn to and Subscribed this thirteenth day of April 1818 before me Stephen Phelps A Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Ontario & State of New York
Alfred Sayce

Ontario County ss
I Stephen Phelps a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Alfred Joyce did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the department of War pursuant to the aforementioned Act of Congress — Canandaigua April 13 th 1818 — Stephen Phelps
Ontario County ss
I Stephen Phelps a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify from satisfactory evidence exhibited before me that Alfred Joyce the aforementioned Applicant is in reduced circumstances and in need of assistance from his County for support Canandaigua July 8 th 1818 — Stephen Phelps

State of New York Ontario County } ss
Robert Roberson of the Town of Farmington in the County of Ontario and State of New York being sworn after oath and saith that he the deponent is personally acquainted with Alfred Joye of the Town and County aforesaid and he the deponent was acquainted with the said Alfred Joye while engaged in the Revolutionary war and that he served as a private or corporal in the same Regiment with him the deponent (viz) the 2. Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Col John Baley & Col Ebenezer Sprent from May 1777 to the close of the war and that he the said Alfred Joye received an honorable discharge and that he the said Alfred Joye ever sustained a reputable character as to truth & piety and is now reduced to indigent circumstances and unable to labor by means of bodily infirmity and in need of support from Government. and further the deponent saith not Robert Roberson
Sworn to and subscribed by the above named Robert Roberson with whom I am personally acquainted and who is a credible witness this thirteenth day of April 1818 before me Stephen Phelps A Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Ontario in the State of New York

Alfred Joyce
Continued
N o 8158
20

Buffalo Niagara A T a court of Common Pleas held at the Court-House in the village of Batavia , in and for the county of Genesee , in the State of New-York; on the ninth day of June of the term of June 1824 being a Court of Record, in pursuance of the 41st article of the Constitution of the state of New-York, which has unlimited jurisdiction, keeps records of its proceedings, and has immemorally exercised the power of fine and imprisonment.
Present, the Hon. Oliver Townsend. Charles Townsend. Gideon Fiske. Judges Niagara
GENESSEE COUNTY, ss.—On this ninth day of June 1824 personally appeared in open Court, (being a Court of Record,) Alfred Voyce aged sixtyone years, resident of the town of Royalton 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:—
During the war in Captain Robert Bradford's Company in the Second Massachusetts Regt. Commanded by Col. Sprout on the Continental Establishment that his Original Declaration was dated April 18 th 1818 and that his pension Certificate is numbered 8158
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, 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 eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, 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."
Inventory or schedule of the Estate Real and Personal (except necessary wearing apparel and bedding which do not exceed Forty Dollars in value) Real Estate I have none—
Personal property. 1 Common size Cow 1 Small Grind mill weigh about 70 lb 1 Iron Shovel. 1 Old ax 1. 6 Gallon Kettle Iron 1. 5 Quart do. do 1 Iron Tea Kettle 1 Spider & Gridiron 1 Flat Iron 1 Small Meat Tub 1 wooden pail 1 Small tin pail 1 Common low Chest 3 Chains 2 brown earthen milkpans

10 cups & saucers common earthen 1 sugar bowl & Cream cup do 2 pointer Spoons 4 block tin tea Spoons 6 common plates { Earthen 2 common bowls { 1, 2 quart glass bottle 1 1/2 pint Tumbler 1 pair Iron Shovel & tongs 1 Iron candlestick 1 pair small Steelyards
I am indebted to Orren Palmer. of Royalton $19.00 And the said deponent further says that he is a farmer by profession. That he is infirm and is much troubled with a Rheumatic complaint and is not able to labor, that his family consists of himself and wife Abigail aged fifty eight years who is an infirm weakly woman, that he lives in a house belonging to his son Justus Joyce on whom he is dependant for support, except the little property above mentioned and that the said Justus is a man in low circumstances
Sworn & subscribed this ninth day of June 1820
Alfred Joyce
I John E. Marshall for the county of Genesee  Niagara 
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Genesee  Niagara , do hereby certify that the foregoing oath (or affirmation) and the schedule thereto annexed, are truely copied from the record of the said court; and I do further certify that it is the o- pinion of the said court that the total amount in value of property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is does not exceed forty  3 dollars and center 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court, on this ninth  18th day of
June
1820
J. E. Marshall Clerk of the Court for the county of Genesee  Niagara

8 cups & saucers common earthen Sugar bowl & Cream cup do 2 pewter Spoons 4 block tin tea Spoons 6 common plates { Earthen 2 common bowls { 1, 2 quart glass bottle 1 1/2 pint Tumbler 1 pair Iron Shovel & tongs 1 Iron candlestick 1 pair small Steelyards
I am indebted to Orren Palmer, of Royalton $19.00 And the said deponent further says that he is a farmer by profession. That he is infirm and is much troubled with a Rheumatic complaint and is not able to labor, that his family consists of himself and wife Abigail aged fifty eight years who is an infirm weakly woman, that he lives in a house belonging to his son Justus Joyce on whom he is dependant for support, except the little property above mentioned and that the said Justus is a man in low circumstances
Sworn & subscribed this ninth day of June 1820
Alfred Joyce
Before me Ch. Frennend
Judge Court Com Pleas

FAMILY RECORD.
BIRTHS.
Betsy Joyce Born Nov 26th 1784.
Daniel Joyce, Born June 15th 1786.
Jonathan Joyce, Born May 1st 1788.
Joseph Joyce, Born March 28th 1790.
Alanson Joyce, Born Sept. 30th 1792.
Justus Joyce Born May 11th 1798.
BIRTHS.
Alfred Joyce Born Oct 28th 1758
Abigail Joyce Born Dec 27th 1762
State of New York Cattaraugus County I do hereby certify that the within copy of the foregoing is a true copy of the original now on file in my office and that the same was at the time of signing the same in the presence of the 19th day of July 1841
J. M. Gillet Subscribed and sworn to before me this 19th day of July 1841 Israel Day Justice of the Peace
State of New York Cattaraugus County I do hereby certify that the within copy of the foregoing is a true copy of the original now on file in my office and that the same was at the time of signing the same in the presence of the 19th day of July 1841
Witness my hand and seal this 19th day of July 1841. G. M. Gillet Clerk

FAMILY RECORD.
MARRIAGES.
Alfred Joyce Born Married to Miss Abigail Lamb. Feb- 2 d 1784
Josiah Booth married to Miss Betsey Joyce June - - - 29-1806
H. S. N. Clarke A2
MARRIAGES.
Myranda Booth Married to Mr. Freeman Date January 1 st 1824
Alfred J. Booth Married to Miss Cynthia Smith March - 1830
Adaline Booth Married to Mr. Joseph W. Hursh May the 22- 1831
Joseph Booth Married to Miss Abigail Holdridge February
M Abigail L Booth Married to Mr Harry H. Brink April the 23 - 1840

V (7528)
Abigail Joyce
NY
act 7. July '38
m 84 d 24
Adm d
2 yrs Pri.
804
No deduction
Hon John Sanford W.R.

State of New York
Cattaraugus County ss. On this twenty second day of June 1839 personally appeared before me Israel Day one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County Abigail Joyce (the said Abigail being unable to appear in open Court in consequence of infirmity & ill health) a resident of the town of Oatapoli in said County aged seventy five 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 4 th 1837 and the act passed July 7. 1838 That she was married to Alfred Joyce who was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War. That her husband the said Alfred Joyce served during the war in Captain Robert Bradfords Company in the 2 nd Massachusetts Regiment Commanded by Col. Sprout on the Continental Establishment. She further declares that her said husband drew a pension and that his original declaration was dated April 13. 1818. She further declares that she was married to the said Alfred Joyce on the 2 nd day of February 1784 that her husband the aforesaid Alfred Joyce died on the twenty third day of July 1824 and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Sworn and Subscribed on the day and Year first above written
Israel Day Judge
Abigail Joyce mark
Thomas L. Parsons

State of New York
Cattaraugus County Clerk's Office
§ I Francis E. Buellet Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that Israel Day whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Jurat of the foregoing declaration was on the 22 nd day of June 1839 one of the Judges of the said Court duly authorized to administer oaths &c. and that his signature subscribed to the same is genuine
Witness my hand & the seal of the said Court hereunto affixed this 22 nd day of Sept. 1840
Francis E. Buellet clk

State of New York Cattaraugus County ss. Joseph Booth of the Town of Napoli in said County, being duly sworn, deposeth & saith that he became acquainted with Alfred Joyce and Abigail Joyce the wife of the said Alfred named in the annexed application for a pension in the Year 1803. and that he remained from the said Year 1803 personally acquainted with the said Alfred till the time of his death which took place on the 23 rd day of July 1824. and that he has been personally acquainted with the said Abigail from the said Year 1803 till the present time. And this deponent further says that in the Year 1806 he married a daughter of the said Alfred Joyce and Abigail Joyce that she was then twenty two Years of age. And this deponent further says that from the time he first became acquainted with said Alfred and Abigail they cohabited together as man & wife till the said Alfred died. And this deponent further saith that the said Abigail has remained a widow ever since the said Alfred died as aforesaid - from & subscribed before me the 13 th day of July A D 1839 Joseph Booth Israel Day a Judge of Cattaraugus County Common Pleas Courts
State of New York Cattaraugus County ss. I Francis E Bailet clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that Israel Day whose name is subscribed to and before whom the above affidavit was taken, was at the time of taking the same a Judge of the said Court and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and believe the same to be genuine Witness my hand and the seal of the said Court hereunto affixed this 22 nd day of Sept. 1840 Francis E Bailet clk

State of New York
Montgomery County ss. Be it known that on the first day of July 1840 before me John T. Van Alstine a justice of the peace of the town of Canajoharie in the said county duly authorized to administer oaths etc. personally appeared Susannah Stafford to me personally known who being duly sworn by me deposes and saith that she was present at the marriage of Abigail Lamb with Alfred Sayce. That she was well acquainted with said Abigail and with said Alfred and knows that the said Abigail married said Alfred. That said marriage took place at the town of Cheshire county of Berkshire state of Massachusetts same time in the month of February in the year 1784 as near as this deponent can recollect. That deponent now resides in the town of Palatine & county of Montgomery aforesaid and that her age is Seventy four years
Subscribed and sworn this 1 st day of July 1840 before me J. T. Van Alstine Justice.
Susannah her Stafford mark
I certify that I am personally acquainted with Susannah Stafford the witness above named and that she is a credible witness and entitled to full credit and that she made her mark because she cannot write
J. T. Van Alstine Justice
State of New York
Montgomery County
Clerk's office ss. I do hereby certify that John T. Van Alstine whose name is subscribed to the first of the foregoing affidavits &c was on the day of the date thereof a Justice of the peace in and for the said County and duly authorized by Law to

administer Oaths and that his Signature subscribed to the same is genuine
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of my office this 2 o day of July 1840
A. J. Bonnie clk

In reply to your request of _____, received for a statement of the military history of Alfred Joyce a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. W. F. 16,311
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. 13, 1777. 3 yrs. Pri. Isaac Warren. John Bailey Mass.   Immediately after - to June 10, 1783. Robert Bradford Sprout.  
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated.
Date of application for pension, Apr. 13, 1818. His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Farmington, Ontario Co. N. Y.
Age at date of application, B. Oct. 28, 1758; at Cheshire, Berkshire Co. Mass. He died July 23, 1824.
Remarks: Soldier mar. Feb. 2, 1784, Abigail Lamb  who was born Nov. 27, 1762. * Children: Betsey, b. Nov.  26, 1784; Daniel, b. June 15, 1786; Jonathan, b. May 1, 1788;  Joseph, b. Mch. 28, 1790; Hanson, b. Sept. 30, 1792; Justin,  b. May 11, 1798. * He died July 23, 1824 and she was all'd pension  on an appl. ext. June 2, 1839 while a resident of Cattaraugus Co. N. Y. Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Bible leaf heredity

Mr Day Sir
Yours of 8 Inst has been rec d & contents noticed respecting the proof you want as to the marriage of Widow Price there is but one of the persons now living in town which you mention in your letter - that person is Widow Brown, wife of Nicholas Brown she states she was present at the wedding she also states there is one Susanah Stafford who lives or has lived with Joshua Read in Pallantine, N.Y. who was present at the wedding I cannot find any town records as far back as you mention
Chatham Mch 20 th 39
Yrs Respectfully in haste R.C. Brown
P.S. any farther commands will receive prompt attention R.C.B.

State of New York Cattaraugus County ss.
Josiah Booth of said County being duly from report and faith that he was sixty one Years of age last November that he was personally acquainted with Alfred Joyce said also with Abigail Joyce the from the Year 1806 until he died which was in 1824. That he was also personally acquainted with Abigail Joyce the wife of said Alfred from the said Year 1806 till the present time (That the said Alfred and Abigail being the same persons named and mentioned in an affidavit heretofore made by this deponent and annexed to the application of said Abigail for a pension qua forwarded to the pension office) And this deponent further says that on the 29th day of June 1806 he married a daughter of the said Alfred and Abigail that his said wife was born as appears from the family record on the 26th day of November 1784 and that she is now dead and this deponent further says that he knows that the said Alfred and Abigail lived together as husband and wife from the said Year 1806 until the death of the said Alfred and that after the death of the said Alfred the said Abigail came to reside with him this deponent and has resided with him ever since And this deponent further says that the said Abigail brought with her when she came to reside with this deponent the family Bible of said Alfred and Abigail and that the same has been in the family of this deponent ever since And this deponent further says that in said Bible there is an entry of the marriage of said Alfred and Abigail in the words and figures following to wit- "Marriage
Mr.
Alfred Joyce married to Miss Abigail Samb Feb y 2 nd 1784"
And this deponent further says that not to exceed one Year from the time of his marriage to the daughter of the said Alfred and Abigail he recollects

of seeing and reading the Entry of said marriage of the said Alfred and Abigail in the said Bible and that from that time till the death of the said Alfred he has often seen and read the said Entry in the said Bible that he knows that the said Bible which he has in his possession from which the above Entry is copied is the identical Bible belonging to said Alfred and Abigail that he saw as first above stated which contained the said marriage of said Alfred and Abigail further swears that he cannot tell to be written to Cheshire Berkshire County Massachusetts the town in which the said Alfred and Abigail were married for the purpose of ascertaining if there were any town records of such marriage and who were present at the said marriage if such fact could be ascertained And this deponent further swears that the answer to said letter is hereto annexed. And this deponent further says that in June last he was started to go to Cheshire aforesaid for the purpose of obtaining the affidavit of Mrs Brown the person named in the said letter hereto annexed showing the marriage of the said Alfred and Abigail that he went by the way of Palatine in the State of New York for the purpose of seeing Susannah Stafford the other person who as was stated in said letter was present at said marriage. That his object in going to Palatine was to obtain the affidavit of said Stafford so that there might be two affidavits of the fact of the marriage. And this deponent further says that on arriving at said Palatine he was informed which information he believes to be true that the said Mrs Brown aforesaid was dead that she died a few months before recd further this deponent saith nor
Subscribed & sworn to before
me the 19th day of April 1841 Israel Day Justice of the Peace
Joshua Booth
words "as first above stated" "must" "have" erased, and also with Abigail Joyce the Erased before signing
Israel Day J P

State of New York
Cattaraugus County, Clerk's Office
Sp. I George W. Gillit Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, do hereby certify that Israel Day whose name is subscribed to the jurat of the affidavit annexed before whom said affidavit was taken was at the time of taking the same an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said County, duly authorized to administer oaths &c and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and that his name subscribed thereto is genuine
Witness my hand and the seal of the said Court hereunto affixed this 20th day of April 1841 G. W. Gillit Clerk
0 p - in some signed and all signed here collected

J. L. Edwards
Pension Office
A. Joyce
... to morning Pension Office

Sir During the Session of Congress a Year ago I forwarded to the Hon R P Marvin the plaint of the Enclosed papers being the aff idavit of Betty Scott for a pension they were returned to me as being indefinite or in other words no status under which her husband served I know forward to you a subsequent declaration as far as to the fact together with what other evidence I have been able to collect which I sincerely hope will be sufficient I send you her former declaration together with the aff idavit accompanying the same one of which you will see is the aff idavit of Betty Scott marriage. This is some aff idavit originally made & sent to as you will see from my own aff idavit - As this aff idavit was made before her last declaration I did not know but what a question might arise with you whether this could would apply to her last decl. to as away any doubts that Betty is the same person referred to. I made my aff idavit - In Dec r last I forwarded to Mr Marvin the application of Abigail Joyce to be presented to your office You returned an answer to him that the marriage was not as satisfactory as it should be - What the evidence is I do not now distinctly recollect but believe it to be the aff idavit of a person who was present at the time of the marriage - You did not state in what particular it was defective - I would state here that on ascertaining where she was married I said which was in Chester Mass. I wrote to the P.M. of that place to ascertain whether there was any record of her marriage in the proper office of the town and also if any of the persons who were present when they were married were living - so where they resided - He informed that there was no record of the marriage and that the minister who married them was dead. That there was but one person

residing there who was present at the marriage but the others were dead or moved away, I communicated this fact to distant connexion of Mrs Loyce, who went to Cheshire for the purpose of obtaining the affidavit of the person. (a distance from this place of 400 miles) on his arrival he found her dead - he then found the person who made the affidavit which you have and this is the only person who can be found alive to testify to the fact of marriage - I fear that I can obtain the Certificate of the Town Clerk of the Town of Cheshire that there is no Record of the marriage but I suppose you will not require this fact to be shown - I wish you would return the papers to me with your particular objection that the same may be supplied if possible
Yours &c Daniel Reed Wheeler
Ellieville Cattaraugus County N.Y. March 12th 1841.
To J. S. Edwards Pension Office
1841

free
Hon. S. N. Clark
Member of Congress
Washington City

Ellicottville July 19th 1841
Sir
I send to you a leaf (taken from the family Bible which contains the Record of the marriage of Mrs Joyce. I hope this will be sufficient without sending the bible itself as it is a large one as it will appear from the size of the leaf and also that the family do not wish to spare it supposing if it is sent it must remain in the Pension office as part of the Evidence. I wish you would deliver it on its receipt to the Comr. of Pensions. If this is not enough the Bible can be sent.
Yours &c
Daniel Reed Colburn

Apr 29 1841
21
Miss Abigail Joyce
D. L. Edwards
free
Comr. of Pensions Pension Office Washington City D.C.

Ellersville Callaway Co. Mo. Apr. 20. /41
Sir I send you additional evidence as to the marriage of Abigail Joyce with Alfred Joyce The app. of Abigail for pension you have on file hoping this will be sufficient
Yours & Daniel Reed (Whelen)

July 1. 1841.
Mr. J. S. Edwards. In-ct. N.Y.
Hon. S. M. Clarke H.R.
Custom Office

House of Reps
Washington July 16. 1841
Hon. J. L. Edward Comt. of Pensions
Dear Sir,
I enclose herein a letter from Dan l Reed Wheeler asking information as to the result of the application of Mrs. Abigail Joyce for a pension under the Act of 1838. You will please examine the matter and ad- vise me of the same at your ear- liest commence.
Very respectfully
Yr. Ob. Servt.
J. N. Clarke

Commissioner of Pensions

H. of R.
Jany 7. 1841
Sir
Enclosed I send you the application of Abigail Joyce for a pension.
Please notice the request in Mr. Wheeler's letter relating to Mrs Scott.
Respectfully
R.P. Mason
J. L. Edwards Esq

July 24. 1841
from the Hon. J. N. Clarke W. Morgan
L. Edwards
Pension office
Hm. J. N. Clarke WA

House of Reps.
July 29 th 1841
J. S. Edwards Esq.
Comm. of Pensions
Sir,
I am requested to lay the enclosed papers before you.
Very respect ly
Yr. Ob. Serv t
J. S. Clarke

Declaration of Abigail Joyce
No 7528.
Hon R. P. Mason
H R

War Department,
PENSION OFFICE,
June 20 1820.
SIR,
You are hereby informed that the schedule of your property has been examined ; and the Secretary of War has directed your name to be continued on the Pension Roll.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant.
J. L. Edwards
To Mr. Alfred Joyce
Can of Sam l Lake Esqr
Batavia, N.Y.

Claims of Alfred Jayne
April 13 th 1818
Admitted
The Honorable Secy of War
Fernington

The Honorable Secretary of War if my Claims are allowed will please to forward the same to Stephen Phelps Esq of Canandaigua who is my Agent
April 13 th 1818
Yrs very truly

State of New York } In Testimony that Stephen Phelps whose Ontario County } ss name is subscribed to the foregoing certifi- Clerks office } cate was on the day of the date of the same one of the Judges of the court of common pleas in and for the county of Ontario and that the same is his signature I hereunto subscribe my hand and affix the county seal at Canandaigua this 24 th day of April A D 1818
Wm McNaught

7528
714
Wm R. P. Marvin
Jan'y 12, 1841,
do to Rev. R. Wheeler
March 31 st 1841
same, July 2 nd 1841
Hon S. N. Clarke. July 6. 1841
act 17 July 38

1913, Mch. 3, History to R. H. Merimelther. Letter with Cl. of Martin Lewis, S. F. 28788. Err.
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 16311
Abigail Joyce Widow of Alfred Joyce Print Rev. War
Act July 7 th 1838
Index: Vol. A , Page 380
[Arrangement of 1870.]

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Joyce, Charles GRADE Private LINE Pennsylvania
WARRANT NUMBER 9699 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED December 3, 1792 To Alexander Power, assignee of Mary Johnson, Adm te .
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.