Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5777, for Jacob Joy, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Joy, Jacob
R. 5777
CONTENTS

Jacob Joy was born in the town of Weymouth county of Suffolk & state of Massachusetts on the 17 th day of May A.D. 1757 - In 1776 by consent of my Father (I then being a Minor) I volunteered & joined a Company of Volunteers or Militia commanded by Captain Nathaniel Bullock The 1 st Lieutenants name was William Hayden 2 nd Lieutenants name was Samuel Kingman - On the 18 th day of December 1775 we marched from Weymouth for Danbury in the state of Connecticut - from Danbury to Hartford - from Hartford to Providence in the state of Rhode Island where we joined our Regiment commanded by Colonel Solomon Doolittle - We then marched to Ferry-town in the state of New York at which place we continued some two or three weeks - from thence we marched in the dead of night on an expedition (as much as I can recollect) against the British who then had possession of Fort Washington - We retreated back to Ferry-town From Ferry-town we marched to Kings Ferry crossed over to the Jersey shore, in order to join the Main Army at Morristown in the state of New Jersey where we continued until we returned home to Weymouth - I was out three months on this service - In the year 1778 I volunteered the second time at Weymouth (Massachusetts) & joined a company (the Commonwealths name I have forgotten) & marched to the state of Rhode Island where we joined the American Army commanded by General John Sullivan & took an active part in the battle fought between the American & British Armies - The Regiment to which I was joined was commanded by Colonel McIntosh - the Adjutants name was Miles (the christian name I do not recollect) We retraced our steps across the River where I was taken sick with the camp fever

After following the Troops a number of days (being carried in a waggons) I became so sick & feble that the commanding Officer ordered me to be left & a soldier by the name of Jonathan Oliver was ordered to take care of me - I con- tinued where the Army left me until my Father came & carried me home to Weymouth - These two enlistments amounted to or were three months each making six months. After the expedition to Rhode Island I having regained my health & my last enrolment having expired I again volunteered & joined a company commanded by Captain Smithushing & was stationed a part of the time at Boston & the remainder of the time at Castle Williams & Dorchester heights & was discharged at the expiration of three months - The last period of service I did the duty of Sergeant but never had a Sergeant's Warrant. In 1779 I in company with my Father & family removed from Weymouth (Mass) to Haverhill Hampshire county (Mass) & continued to reside there until October 1825 when I removed to the town of Ithaca in the county of Cayuga & State of New York where I have resided ever since - In addition to the services before mentioned - I was called out a number of times during the Revolutionary War here at Nantucket when the British Fleet left the port of Boston & at another time when the British landed on Grapes Island - I have the record of my birth now in my possession in my Father's own hand writing - I know of no living witness that I can procure who knows of my service in the Revolutionary Army.
Jacob J. J.
Sworn & subscribed before me the 27th day of October 1834 Augustus F. Ferris one of the Judges of Cayuga County Courts

And I Augustus F. Ferris do hereby declare my 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 I also certify, that the Applicant (in my Opinion) from bodily infir- mity, cannot attend the Court -
Augustus F. Ferris One of the Judges of Cayuga County
Done the 27 th day of Oct. 1834.
And I the said Judge do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after
And the I the said Judge do further certify that in as far as true Chauncy Cook & William A. Benedict who have signed two separate certificates, the former assumed an Asylum President in the county of Cayuga and an credible person & that their statements are entitled to credit Dec 12 th November 1834
Augustus F. Ferris One of the Judges of Cayuga County, Court

I William M. Benedict in the County of Cayuga & State of New York do certify, that I am well & intimately acquainted with Jacob Goy of the town of Gru in said County & State aforesaid, & have so been acquainted with said Jacob Goy for about ten months; - that he is a member of the Presbyterian Church in the town of Gru in said County & State aforesaid, & that his char- acter as a Christian & citizen is perfectly fair & above reproach; & that he is a man of strict truth & veracity. Dated this eleventh day of November 1834. William M. Benedict } Pastor of Presbyterian Church of Gru.

76. 3mo Belcher. Col. Lovell pri 78 3 - — " ch'Intoch pri - 3 Lusk — Sergt without warrant.

I Chauncy Cook in the county of Cayuga & State of New York do certify that I am well & intimately acquainted with Jacob Loy of the town of Aurora in said county & State & have so been acquainted with said Jacob Loy for about three years that he is a member of the Presbyterian Church in the town of Aurora in said county & State & that his character for except I know as a Christian & Citizen is perfectly fair and above reproach & that he is a man of strict truth & veracity — Dated this 3 rd day of November 1834
Chauncy Cook } Pastor of } Presbyterian Church } of Aurora,

Cayuga County 13
Brackley Shaw of the town of Ithaca in said county, being duly sworn by me the undersigned Justice of the peace in for said town & county, makes oath & saith that he has been as intimately acquainted with Jacob Loy of the town of Ithaca in said county for the space or term of about eighteen years, that he first became acquainted with said Loy in the town of Hainsford Hampshire county & State of Massachusetts - that he has under- -stood from general report & from those that were reputed Revolutionary soldiers that said Loy had served in the Revolutionary Army & War - those Revolutionary soldiers that so stated a number of times in my hearing were Jacob Nash & Vincent Curtis - that said Loy is now & has been a number a number of years a member of a Church in the town of Ithaca in said county in good standing & is a man of strict truth & veracity & further this Deponent saith not
Brackley Shaw
Sworn & Subscribed
this 8th day of November 1834
before me Elyah S. Potts Justice of the Peace

Cayuga County ss
Benjamin Eldred of the town in said county being duly sworn before me the undersigned Justice of the Peace in & for said town & county, deposes & saith that he has known Jacob Doy of the town in said county for the space or term of about forty years - that he first became acquainted with said Doy in the town of Bloomfield Herkshire county & State of Massachusetts - that he has heard it often talked of & always reported by a number of Revolutionary soldiers & others that said Jacob Doy had served in the Revolutionary Army & War - Among those that had served in the Revolutionary Army that he has heard make such declarations were the following persons to wit - Jacob Nash, Vincent Curtis Samuel Strubben, Isaiah Shaw, Abraham Clark, Caleb Write that this Deponent has heard them frequently assert that they knew said Jacob Doy in the Army of the Revolution & that he served in said Army nine months or more that said Jacob Doy is now a Member of a Regular Church in good standing & that his character has been ever since this Deponent's acquaintance with him and still continuing to be perfectly fair and justly above reproach & is a man of true truth & veracity. Benjamin Eldred Sworn & Subscribed this 8th day of November 1834 before me Elyah S Boott Justice of the Peace

Calvin Snow of me in the county of Cayuga being duly sworn before me the undersigned Justice of the peace makes oath & saith that he was sixty eight years of age in January 1834 that he has been intimately acquainted with Jacob Loy of the town & county aforesaid there in first for the space of term of about fifty years that he first became acquainted with the said Jacob Loy in the town of Hainfield Hampshire county in the State of Massachusetts that his character as a man of truth & veracity has been without blemish & still continues so to be - that I have heard him repeatedly say that he had served in the Revolutionary Army & I confidently believe that I have heard it frequently spoken of in the town of Hainfield that the said Jacob Loy did serve in the Revolutionary Army & further this Deponent saith not
Calvin Snow
Subscribed & sworn this 27 th day of September 1834
before me
Elijah S. South Justice of the Peace

State of New York.
Cayuga County Clerk's Office ss. I certify that Augustus T.
Ferris Esquire was on the twenty seventh day of October 1834, one of the judges of the County Courts of said County; and that Elyah S. Coverts Esquire was at the respective dates of the annexed affidavits purporting to have been sworn before him, a justice of the Peace of said County; and further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of each of the said officers, and verily believe that each of the signatures subscribed to the annexed instruments, purporting to be the signature of either of them, is genuine.
Given under my hand & the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, this 12th day of November, 1834.
A. L. Millerd Dep. Clerk
32.288 B

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Aug t 11 th 1835.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Jacob Joy, as a private, is borne on a Muster-roll of Capt. Thomas Nash's Company, in Col. Solomon Lovell's Regt. where he is allowed since March 10 th 1776 "two days.
1-2 Jacob Joy's name is borne on an Abstract of Capt. Sam l Ward's Company, in Lt. Col. Symms' Detachment of Guards, where he is allowed from March 9 th to April 26 th 1778, one month and nineteen days. —
1-19 for E. D. Bangs Secretary Wm. Tufts Ch. Clerk

No 32.283
New York
Nicob. Joy
Rejected
Rejected
let to E. J. Everts 12. May 1833
Rejected
In letter to E. J. Everts
Ira, N. Y.
2. Nov. 1835
Let. to Cyrus Joy, Mar 28.
1839.
Feb 7 th June 1839

REJECTED
5777
P. O. _____
Jacob Joy
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

Mar 14. P.M.
Jacob has applied? has N.Y.
Free
Colonel Eugene - Commissioner of Pensions - Washington -
D. C.
Public Service

Philadelphia. March 12 th 1839 -
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Dr Sir,
Will you do me the favor to ascertain from the pension records, whether a pension has ever been granted to Jacob Joy of the Town of Ira. County of Cayuga in the State of New York - Some three years ago, that revolutionary soldier, applied through the agency of a person residing there, for a pension, with the proper proper papers and evidence furnished. The applicant has been put off from time to time by the agent, with evasive answers, and given to understand that it was not granted - The papers have never been returned nor any reasons assigned - From some circumstances, suspicions have been excited that the pension was granted and has been regularly paid to the agent - If so, I beg you, Sir, to inform me shortly, as also of the when time, and of the amount paid &c -
By so doing You will greatly oblige Yours At Least
No 116 South Front St - Street. Philadelphia
Cyrus Joy

Hon. D. L. Edwards Washington City

Ira Cayuga Co NY 5 th May 1835-
Dear Sir
I have again enclosed the previous pressings of Mr. Deacon Loyal together with the Affidavits of a number of persons residing in the State of Massachusetts which I have procured at considerable expense & trouble. They together with the others enclosed will prove satisfactory to your Honor - indeed I have procured the highest proof in my power - I am sensible from reading that great impositions have been practiced on your Department which I sincerely feel to reprobate in the strongest terms - I have had the honor to present a number of applications to your Department & they have been granted but none have yet informed me without a strong con- -viction that the application was honest & just - In the present case I will take the liberty to say that I sincerely believe Mr. Deacon Loyal's statements are true - It is now almost ten years since I have known Mr. Loyal & believe him incapable of deceiving in the least
Very Respectfully
Yours E. S. Potts
Hon. S. L. Edwards

LL65 An
Via My 22 nd Sept
James [unclear] My [unclear] Sussex
Hon. V. L. Edwards Pension Commissioner City of Washington

Vra Cayuga Co NY 21 st Sept 1835
Dear Sir
I enclose a Certificate of the Secretary of State of the State of Massachusetts in regard to the services of Jacob Loy - All that the Secretary has thus far been able to find on the Muster- -roll is one month & nineteen days - Mr Loy says that there is a mistake somewhere & I am sincerely of opinion from from the unspotted character of Mr Loy & from the assertions of his Neighbors with whom I am intimately acquainted & know them to be persons of strict truth & veracity who have repeatedly asserted to me that they have known Loy some say 15 & others say 25 & says from 40 to 50 years & they uniformly say that Mr Loy has during their acquaintance, a man of truth & veracity that he always has been considered & reported to have been one who served in the war of the Revolution - I would take the liberty to suggest to you How whether that considering the great lapse of time since those services were rendered by Mr Loy & the liability there is during so many years for persons to get misplaced & lost whether I say un- -der all these considerations that he

did not in part render the services set forth in his Affidavit - This will be a subject altogether for your Honour's decision & I hope on examining the whole of the papers you may feel disposed to grant even if it be but a small pittance to help him struggle with the hard hand of poverty which has fallen upon him, by his marriage with confi- dential friends, by which he was stripped of all his property & he turned out into the wide world in his old age & penury - I have attempted & think that I have adduced the highest proof in my power on the nature of the case which admits of - I am very ende- ble that many friends have been practised on the pension affair and therefore believe that your Honour in justice ought to be perfectly in- formed to the just claim of the Applicant - I certainly would be the last person to ask or urge this application and I believe the services set forth in Mr. Loyd's Affidavit had not been actually rendered
Very Respectfully
Yours
Hon. J. L. Edwards
E. S. Evers

We Moses Hallock a Clergyman residing in the town of Plainfield in the County of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts and Josiah Shaw of Plainfield aforesaid testify and say that we have been for a great number of years acquainted with Jacob Joy of Ira in the State of New York whilst he lived in the town of Plainfield that they believe him is seventy five years old and that whilst he resided in this town he was reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resided to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion and that we consider him a person of Credibility
Plainfield April 14 1835
Moses Hallock Josiah Shaw
Hampshire ss April 14 1835 Then Moses Hallock & Josiah Shaw personally appeared and made oath to the truth of foregoing affidavit by them subscribed and I further certify that the aforesaid Moses Hallock is a Clergyman residing in Plainfield and Josiah Shaw is a credible person
Eliphalet Puckett Justice of the Peace

I Jacob Nash of Plainfield in the County of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts aged Seventy four years upon my say that at the Commencement of the Revolutionary war and subsequently until the year 1780 I resided in the town of Weymouth in this State and during that time and since I have known Jacob Joy in the Revolutionary war the said Joy resided in the aforesaid town of Weymouth I never served with him during the war. but have no doubt from what I heard and knew at that time that the said Joy performed several terms of service in the Army but of what length of time and at period and under what Officers and where the Service was performed I am unable to say
Jacob Nash
Plainfield April 14 1835
Hampshire ss. April 14 1835 Then personally appeared Jacob Nash and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him Subscribed and I further certify that the aforesaid deponent is a credible Person Elisha Parkhurst Justice of the Peace

I Vinson Curtis of Plainfield in the County of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts aged seventy four years of age and say that at the commencement of the Revolutionary war I lived in the town of Braintree in said state of Massachusetts and that I knew Jacob Jay who at that time resided in Weymouth Weymouth I was also knowing to the said Jay volunteering in Company Commanded by Nathaniel Polly in the latter part of the year 1776 said Company to which I also was attached Marched and formed at Providence in the state of Rhode Island from Providence we marched by Hartford Conn Danbury to Saratoga in the state of New York sometime about the middle of our term of service which was for three months our Company was divided and the part to which I was attached went to Morristown in the state of New Jersey I think Jay was in the other part of Company as I do not recollect of seeing him afterward until our term of service expired Plainfield April 14 1835 Vinson Curtis
Hampshire ss April 14 1835 Then Vinson Curtis personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed and I further certify that the aforesaid deponent is a credible person. Elephaz Parkard Justice of the Peace

I Lois Nash of Plaistow in the County of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts aged seventy years of age and say that I am sister to Jacob Toy of Ira in the State of New York that our Parents the first part of the Revolutionary War resided in Weymouth in this State and I very well recollect of my Mother entering in the Army and leaving Weymouth in the latter part of the season but in what year I am unable to say and am unable to say how long he was absent I afterward recollect of his going as a soldier to Rhode Island and also recollect of my father go- ing there after him and bringing him home sick but how long he was gone and in what year I am unable to say I have no distinct recollection of any other service he performed and probably should not have recollection the foregoing but for some peculiar circumstances in the first instance and his being brought home sick in the second
Lois Nash
Hampshire ss Then Lois Nash personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by her subscribed and I further certify that the aforesaid deponent is a credible person
Elephalut Parkhurst 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 Elphalet Packard Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition s  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 twenty first day of April A. D. 183 5
Sam. F. Lyman Register of Probate.