Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42446, for John Taylor, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mass
Naylor, John
B. 42446
CONTENTS

Copy of after death 1820 to John Smith
13,713 New York
John Taylor 3 d
of New York - in the state of New York who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Nixon of the Massachusetts line, for the term of three years.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 14 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th of June 1819 and sent to Peter A. Jay Esq e Recorder of the City of New York
  Arrears to 4th of March 1819:  10 27 / 31 mo.  $ 85. 56    Semi-ann. all'ce ending 1 st Sept 1819:  1 mo.  $ 48 -      $ 133. 56  
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }
on roll (Sent to P. A. Jay Esq e Aug. 6 th 1819)

x John Taylor Soldier
John Taylor is already a pensioner at $4.80 pr. month. he must return his former certificate to the War Dept., before he can be placed on the roll under the act of the 18 th March 1818 See the within affidavit

To the Honorable Richard Ayker Recorder of the City of New-York, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, which is a Court of Record of the State of New-York,
The Declaration of John Taylor formerly a Soldier — engaged in the Service of the United States, during the Revolutionary War, and now a Citizen of the United States, and resident of the Town of Mount Pleasant in the County of Westchester and State of New-York Respectfully Showeth, that the said John Taylor in the Month of March 1777 he enlisted in the army of the United States in the Company of Captain Thomas Mann in the Sixth Massachusetts Regiment commanded by a Col o Nixon under the Continental Establishment for the Term of three years, that he served during that period in the said Regiment. That he was at the capture of Burgoyne and that in the Month of March 1780 he was Honorably discharged. That he served in the Militia by short enlistments several times after his said discharge until the termination of the Revolution- ary War. That he is now in his fifty eighth year of age
And this Declaration further representeth that the said John Taylor is now a Citizen of the United States, and residing in Mount Pleasant aforesaid,

and is by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, in need of assistance from his country for support; and has never been placed on the Pension list
Therefore he conceives himself entitled to the benefit of the Act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," approved, March 18, 1818; and requests that your Honor will examine into the truths of the matters aforesaid, certify and transmit the testimony in this case, and the proceedings had thereon to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War, to the end that such relief may be had in the premises, as is by law in such case provided. And in support of the facts above set forth, he refers to the Testimony of himself and of Mrs. Mary Wallett and Samuel Young hereafter set forth, and is also herewith annexed
Dated, the 14 th day of April 1818 John Taylor
City and County of New-York, ss. John Taylor of the Town of Mount Pleasant in the County of Westchester & State of New-York being duly sworn, says, that the matters by him set forth in the foregoing Declaration, are in all respects just and true.
Sworn before me the 14 th day of April 1818 before me, S
John Taylor mark
P. Piker Recorder of the City
City and County of New-York ss. Samuel Young of the Town of Mount Pleasant in the County of Westchester & State of New-York being duly sworn saith that he knew the said John Taylor to be a Soldier in the Army of the United States in the Massachusetts line but doth not know how long he served
Sworn April 14 th 1818
Before me
P. Piker Rec.

City and County of New-York, ss. Be it Remembered, That on the fourteenth day of April — in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen — before me, Richard Ryker — Recorder of the City of New-York, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, which is a Court of Record of the State of New-York, personally appeared the aforesaid John Taylor the — Applicant, and Mason Wetells formerly a Captain in the Sixth Regiment of Massachusetts Line of the Army of the United States and Samuel Young
entitled to the fullest credit, who being by me duly sworn to — to the truth of the facts stated in the foregoing declaration
Whereupon I being satisfied that the said Applicant did serve in the Army of the United States, on the Continental Establishment, in the Revolutionary War, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and longer, to wit, for the term and in the manner stated in the declaration of the said Applicant; and that he is fairly and justly entitled to the benefit of the Act aforesaid.
Therefore, I do hereby Certify and transmit the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, as before set forth, to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War.
Myers
Given under my Hand and the Seal of the said Court, at the City of New-York, the day and year last above written.
R. Ryker
I Peter Augustus Jay Recorder of the city of New York hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Samuel Young Esquire late Surrogate of the County of Dutchess whose deposition is hereto annexed and that I know him to be a person of respectability to whom a deposition full faith is to be given credit I further certify that I am satisfied by

The said Deposition that the within named John Taylor is in indigent circumstances and needs the assistance of his Country -
13 May 1819
P. A. Jay
City of New York being duly sworn
City of New York. The within named John Taylor being duly sworn doth depose & say that he hath never received or been allowed any pension from the United States and that if any person named John Taylor is now entitled to a pension of four dollars & eighty cents or thereabouts, such person is a different person from this deponent -
Sworn the 14 July 1819. Before me. P. A. Jay
John his X Taylor mark

John Taylor & Sons
No 13
13.7/10
Mont Pleasant Westchester Co N.Y.

State of New York Westchester County ss.
In the Court of Common Pleas held at the Court House at Newfana in and for the County of Westchester Before the Judges of the same Court of September Term in the Year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and twenty
Present the Honorable William Jay first Judge of the said Court and Jonathan Ferris and Stephen B. Hoffman Judges of the said Court. Be it remembered that on the 27 th day of September in the year Eighteen Hundred and twenty personally appeared in said Court of Common Pleas of the County of Westchester in open court the said Court being a Court of Record for the County of Westchester according to the laws of the State of New York John Taylor 3 rd aged sixty years present in the Town of Mount Pleasant County of Westchester and State of New York, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows - That he enlisted in the Spring of the year 1776 at Bayard Lane in the City of New York for one year in Colonel Gloyd's Regiment, called the fourth Regiment and was assigned to Captain Thomas Bales Company as a Private. That after he was enlisted he continued in the said Regiment and was in the Battle at Harlem Heights, and was engaged in drawing Cannon at the Battle of White Plains, and from White Plains the deponent went with the said Regiment to Trenton and from thence to Bristol and Burlington at which place his term of service expired. That the deponent then went to Batten and on or about the 8 th day of March 1777 he enlisted in the same Regiment, above mentioned, and was assigned to the same Company under the same regimental and Company officers as aforesaid. That the deponent marched with the said Regiment, to meet Burgoyne and at Beaumont Heights the deponent was detached under the Command of Colonel Putnam and marched round Saratoga Lake and on the third day rejoined the army and pursued Burgoyne who was then on the retreat, and the deponent was at the capture of Burgoyne. That the deponent continued in the said Regiment for three years the full term of his enlistment and was discharged in the Highlands in the County of Dutchess in March 1780 by Colonel Elyon, and that his original declaration is dated the fourteenth day of April Eighteen Hundred and Eighteen and that his pension Certificate is No. 13713.

And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish or absorb 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 the 18 th day of March 1818, and that I have not, nor at any period in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me, or have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed, No Real Estate either in possession, Reversion or Remainder, Debts due to the Deponent not exceeding five Dollars, one Bed and Bedding one Table necessary Cooking utensils and furniture for a poor Table the whole of which do not exceed in value Fifty Dollars, that the Deponent hath a wife aged fifty six years who resides with him and whom he is alleged to support, that he hath no trade, and no other means of sustenance than his (manual) labour and that of his wife, that both the Deponent and his wife are poor and unable to do much work, and that they will be obliged to ask aittance from the Town unless his pension is continued to him the Certificate of which pension is but at the 21 st Day of June 1819
his John F Taylor mark
Sworn in Open Court this 27 September 1820.
Wm H Davis Clk

William Regula Clerk of the County of West Chester and of the Court of Common Pleas of the same county Do hereby Certify that the foregoing deposition and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court. And I further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the Total Amount in Value of the Property Exhibited in the schedule aforesaid is Twenty Dollars. —
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this Fifth day of October — 1820.
Wm. Regula Clk

State of New-York, City and County of New-York, } ss.
I, BENJAMIN FERRIS, Clerk
of the City and County of New-York, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said City and County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY,
That Peter Augustus Jay Esquire before whom the annexed affidavit was made and who hath subscribed his name to the certificate also hereto annexed, was on the day when the said affidavit was made and the said certificate signed Recorder of the City of New York and a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, called the mayor Court of the City of New York, and duly commissioned and sworn. And further, that the said Court is a court of Record and that I am acquainted with the handwriting of the said Peter Augustus Jay and truly believe that the signature of P. A. Jay subscribed to the said affidavit and certificate is the proper handwriting of the said Peter Augustus Jay .
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed
the seal of the said Court, this thirteenth day
of May 1819
Benjamin Ferris Clerk

City and County of New York ss Samuel Young of the County of Westchester in the State of New York being du- ly sworn saith that he is well acquainted with John Taylor the Person Named in the annexed application and knows that he is in very indigent circumstances and much afflicted with a rheumatic complaint and really requires the aid of his country for support
Sworn the 13 th day of May 1819
Sam l Young
Before me
J. A. Jay

State of New-York.
CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, ss.
I, BENJAMIN FERRIS , Clerk of the City and County of New-York, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said City and County,
Do hereby certify, That Richard Riker, Esq. before whom the annexed Affidavits were made, and who hath subscribed his name to the Certificate also hereto annexed, was on the day when the said Affidavits were made and the said Certificate signed, Recorder of the City of New-York and a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, and duly commissioned and sworn. And further, that the said Court is a Court of Record of the State of New- York, and that the signature of R. RIKER subscribed to the said Certificate, is the proper hand writing of the said Richard Riker.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, this seventeenth day of July — 1818
Benjamin Ferris Clerk

State of New York ss Mason Watters late Captain in the Seventh Regiment of the Massachusetts line of the Army of the United States of America in the Revolutionary War being Sworn Saith That John Taylor was a Soldier in the said Regiment attached to the Company of Captain Barrs That he well remem- bers the said John Taylor and that he served in the said Regiment during the Revolutionary War for the space of two years and upwards as a private Soldier
Sworn before me
This 2 nd day of Ap r 1810
M c WATTERS
OPR

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John Taylor Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 570
[Arrangement of 1870.]

New York Nov 30 th 1820
Sir
I enclose to you the deposition of John Taylor a pensioner with the necessary Certificate of the Clerk of Westchester County
Should the deposition be satisfactory you will confer a favor on the Pensioner by enclosing his Certificate to James Smith Esq r Counsellor at law New York
Yours ob t Serv t
J. Smith