Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18,240, for Nathaniel Tay, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass.
Jay Nathaniel Joy or
S. 18,240
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CONTENTS

10.321.
New Hampshire
Nathaniel Gay or Nathaniel Gay } of Lyndeborough in the State of who was a Pirate in the company commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ commanded by Col. Frye in the _____ Mass une for 2 years.
Mass. & Continental
Inscribed on the Roll of _____ at the rate of 80 Dollars _____ Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of April 1833 and sent City Brownstown _____
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $ 160 - Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. " 40 -
$200 -
{ Revolutionary Claim, } Revolutionary Claim, } Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by _____ Clerk Book _____ Vol. 1 st Page 123.

No. 68.
Nathaniel Jay
28549
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STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
County of Hillsborough, SS.
On this
27th
day of August A.D. 1832.
personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate, now sitting at Nathaniel Foy (sometimes written Toy) of Lyndeborough in said county aged 76
Who being 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. That is to say,
 1. On or about the 2 d of February 1775 he enlisted as a minute man & was called into service on the 19 th of April following and went to Cambridge and served to the end of the year the eight months service so called whether under his enlistment as a minute man or under a subsequent enlistment he is not certain, but he thinks he enlisted again. The officers under whom he served, whom he recalls were of his company Capt. Benjamin Ames and Lieut. Chandler, of his Regiment Col. Faye, (as he thinks but is not certain) Lieut. Col. Bicknell. He was stationed all or most of the time at Cambridge - was with his company at the Battle of Bunkerhill. But thinks his Col. was not there. His term of service expired the last of December.  2. Before his term above mentioned was out he enlisted again for one year to commence on the first of January 1776, and after was stationed in Capt. Keith's company in Col. Sargent's Regiment - was stationed at Cambridge till the enemy left Boston - a part of the Reg t then went to Boston to fortify the Castle. The Reg t afterwards went to New York - had there a battle near Kingsbridge & was at different places till his term was out. Sometime during the year he with several others was transferred to another company commanded by Capt. Gorham & remained there till the end of this service which was the last of December when he was discharged at Fitchburg. He lived in Andover when called into Col. the service above mentioned.  3. Sometime in the summer of 1777 he being then resident at Billerica, Mr. enlisted to serve in the militia for the term of three months, & afterwards served out said term. The names of the officers of his company he does not remember. Those of his Regiment he thinks were Col. Bullard & Lieut. Col. Brown. He was with a party detached from different companies to Spofford, New York - from which place he returned & joined his company & regiment at Stillwater after the first & before the last battle at that place. After the surrender of Burgoyne he was marched in the direction he believes of N.Y. city to a place the name of which he does not remember and was there discharged. The term of his commission - most of the service he does not remember - but thinks it commenced sometime in August. He knows of no person living by whom he can prove this service.  4. In the spring of 1778 he took the place of one Jacquinth who had enlisted & was stationed at Brattle Hill in Grand Bay, going soon & served as his substitute as soon as he believed under a commission of three months in Capt. Foy's company in which one Hildreth was a Lieutenant. He knows of no witness by whom he can prove this service. 

5. In 1778 he went as a militia man to Rhode Island and was in an action from there to the  the  first  first  month  month , he cannot tell how long, but he felt certain it was not less than three months. He was in the service of Col. E. D. Colgill's Company and under the command of Lt. Col. Wayne, who was in Rhode Island when Sullivan had the command, when a great storm took place and was with the force which retreated off the north end of the Island in the night. Afterward went with his regiment to the Delaware with no other than 7 regiments & remained there till discharged. He has no other witnesses to whom he can prove the same.
6. about the first of September 1781 he enlisted again for three months & served at West Point in Col. Malcom's Company of Militia in Col. Putnam's Regiment & was discharged at West Point on the third day of December as a officer by the discharge of Col. Malcom signed by Enock Putnam & M. Jackson.
He was born at Woburn Ms. March 15. 1756. He has no record of his age but supposes the time of his birth is about the time recorded at Woburn. He was living at Andover Ms. when first called into the service. He was in the war but was not in any particular battle. He was in the service of Col. E. D. Colgill's Company and under the command of Lt. Col. Wayne, who was in Rhode Island when Sullivan had the command, when a great storm took place and was with the force which retreated off the north end of the Island in the night. Afterward went with his regiment to the Delaware with no other than 7 regiments & remained there till discharged. He has no other witnesses to whom he can prove the same.
He relinquishes every claim, whatever, to a pension or annuity, whatever, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll, of the agency of any State, and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Sworn to
Before me Edmund Packer, Judge of Probate - Nathaniel Joy
We Nathaniel Merrill a Clergyman residing in the town of Lyndeborough in the county of Hillsborough aforesaid, and Asa Manning residing in Lyndeborough aforesaid, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Nathaniel Joy who has subscribed and sworn to the above, and that we believe him to be 76 years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier in the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, Nathaniel Merrill Asa Manning
Before me Edmund Packer, Judge of Probate -
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that after the investigation of the matter, and 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 Nathaniel Merrill who has signed the preceding Certificates is a Clergyman resident in the town of Lyndeborough and that Asa Manning who has signed the same, is a resident in the town of Lyndeborough and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Edmund Packer } Judge of Probate for said County of Hillsborough.
I CHARLES H. ATHERTON, Register of the court, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Nathaniel Joy for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said court, this day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.
Twenty seventh
C. H. Atherton
Register of Probate, for said county of Hillsborough.

STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
County of Hillsborough, to wit,
At the Court aforesaid, On the application aforesaid, the following interrogatories were propounded to the said Nathaniel Jay and the following answers given, to wit:
1. Where, and in what year were you born?
Answer, In Woburn Ms March 15-1750
2. Have you any record of your age, and where is it?
Answer, I have no record - but suppose my birth is on the records of Woburn
3. Where were you living, when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live?
Answer, When first called into the service I lived in Andover - since the war I have lived in Andover, Reading & Fitchburg, Mass. & in Parkersfield, now Nelson & Lyndeborough Vt
4. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute, for whom?
Answer, I believe I volunteered each time except once in which I served as a substitute of one Jacquet
5. State the names of some of the regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served, such Continental and Militia Regiments, as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service?
Answer, all the particulars within my recollection required by this interrogatory are stated in my foregoing declaration
6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
Answer, I have no recollection of receiving any except the one annexed to my foregoing declaration signed Enoch Putnam Lt Col Comd. of Morgan's Col.
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution?
Answer, Nathaniel Boutwell & Joseph Jones Esquires of Lyndeborough
Certified by
C. H. Hurlburt
Register.

9 Jay & Jay
Photo 2 years
The official character & signature of the Magistrate for the Wilton Police Court to be exhibited
Nov 22 1832 $80-
John Brown C. H. Atkinson Framingham N. H.

No 8549
BRIEF in the case of Nathaniel Day, of Lyf. — of Lyndenborough in the State of New Hampshire — (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 76  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.     5 Ap 19 — 8 — Private Gen. Ames — Col Frye   76 Jan 1 1 — — — " Keith — Col Sargent   1777 — 3 — — " Conaw — Col Bullard — Lt Col Brown   1778 — 3 — Substitute Cap Ford —   1778 — 3 — Private Cap Edgell Lt Col Wayne   out 1781 Sept 1 7 3 — — Cap Malcom — Col Putnam  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Bunker Hill —  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Andover — Mass — 
 7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional — two living witnesses not certified to be credible & not properly authenticated — Discharge for last period of service —  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? correct except as to the testimony of the living witnesses — 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Sam H Potts Examining Clerk
* for Jacinth — + see discharge —