Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42,456, for Thomas Taylor, Massachusetts

SERVICE
Taylor Thomas
NUMBER _____
NUMBER S 42,456
CONTENTS

11. 162
New York
Thomas Taylor
of _____ in the state of who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Putnam of the Massa ne, for the term of 3 Years
scribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 11 of May 1818
ertificate of Pension issued the 29 of May 18 and sent to Hicah Brooks East Bloomfield N.Y.
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819  78.15 emi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 19  48
9 25 35
$126.45
$
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Application of Sept 29 1828 to Stephen Phelps, Commissioner

42 456
INVALID.
Rev
File No. 42 456
Thomas Taylor His Wife
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 501
* [Arrangement of 1870.]

Thomas Taylor's Afft
Received of Mr. Williams £100
for Rent of House
on Roll 31 January

State of New York Ontario County ss } on this
on this Thurs  Wed the day of May A.D. 1818 before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in said County, personally appears Thomas Taylor aged 66 years resident in the County of one said who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States of America in the revolutionary war; passed the 18 th day of March A.D. 1818" that he is a citizen of the United States; that at Worcester in the State of Massachusetts, sometime in the last part of February or the commencement of March A.D. 1777 he enlisted into a company of soldiers commanded by Capt Nathan Goodale of the 5 th regiment of the Massachusetts line of the continental establishment commanded by Col Rufus Putnam; that he enlisted for three years (called the three years service) and served during the whole time in Massachusetts, New York, and New Jersey, at the expiration of which he (with the company to which he belonged) was regularly disbanded at this point but received no written discharge; that he was engaged in the battle of Bunker's Hill, and a number of minor skirmishes, and that by reason of his reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his country for support: And further this deponent saith not
Sworn and Subscribed before
on the 11 th day of May 1818
Minch Brooks
Thomas Taylor
State of New York,
Ontario County ss }
I Minch Brooks one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, do certify that the above named Thomas Taylor is so reduced in his circumstances as to be wholly dependent on the Charity of Community for his maintenance and really needs the assistance of his country for support - and it appears to my full satisfaction that he did serve in the re- -volutionary war as above stated
Bloomfield 19 th Sept. 1818
Minch Brooks

State of New York } In Testimony that Abraham Ontario County } Brooks whose name is Sub- Clerks Office } scribed to the foregoing certificates was on the day of the date of the same One of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas and for the County of Ontario & that the same is his signature I herunto subscribe my name and affix the County Seal at Canandaigua this 11 th day of Nov. A.D. 1818
Thos. M c Neil Cth.

Case of Thomas Taylor
1802
29 May 1819
Apr 19

STATE OF NEW-YORK,
ONTARIO COUNTY, ss.
On this twentieth day of August 1820 personally appeared in open Court, (being a Court of Common Pleas in and for said county, and constituted a Court of Record by proceeding according to the course of the Common Law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of its proceedings, and recognized as such Court by the laws and judicial decisions of said State,) Thomas Taylor aged sixty nine years, resident of the town of West Bloomfield 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:
Enlisted under Captain Nathan Goodell, Colonel Patnam's Regiment, Massachusetts Line, as a private for the term of three years, commencing in 1777 and served until November 1781
and that he made application for a Pension on the eleventh day of May 1818 and that he received a Pension Certificate, No. 11,162 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, 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 10th day of March, 1818, 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, viz.
One Jack Knife ————— $0.50
Thomas Taylor
And I further swear & declare that I am by occupation a farmer and much afflicted with the rheumatism and that my family consists of my wife aged seventy six years, quite infirm by old age —————
Thomas Taylor
Sworn to & declared this 19 th day of August 1820 in open Court before me Micah Brooks
A Judge of Ontario Com Pleas

ONTARIO COUNTY, ss.
I, John Van Fosen Clerk of said county, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I farther certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is dollars 50 cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 22 d day of August 1820
J Van Fosen
Clerk of the Court aforesaid, in and for said County.