Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11,195, for Isaac Page, Massachusetts

SERVICE
SERVICE continental Mass. N. H.
NUMBER _____
Page, Isaac
S 11/195-
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CONTENTS

20.697 New York Isaac Page
of Yates Co. in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Scott of the Regt. commanded by Col. Stark in the Mass. ★ line for H. M. H. S.
★ Mass. S. R. D. No. 1465. Records completed for
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 18 Dollars 20 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of Sep. 1825 and in the 6. Co. 1st Rutland Clinton
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 33 $120.50 Semianual allowance ending 4th 24.10
$144.60
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by G. Estlin Clerk, Book Ee Vol. 4 , Page 72
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
20 th May
1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjunctive notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Isaac Page Yates County N.Y.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     May 1 1775 Capt Col Bunker Aged about 75 Revolutionary   Enlisted 8 Priv Scott Stark Hill Mass Metheny   Enlisted 5 " " " " " Num 114   1777 " Peabody Genl Gates Mom N. Hamp Me   Vol about 12 " Madson Wash  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers,  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their 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 the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  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 services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  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. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
Overcast Cannon Clerk

State of New-York Yates County ss.
On this twenty eighth day of September in the year Eighteen hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Yates aforesaid - now sitting Isaac Page a resident of the town of Middlesex in the County of Yates aforesaid aged about seventy five years who being first 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 7. 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
On or about the first day of May of the year One Thousand seven hundred and seventy five and immediately after the battle of Lexington, he enlisted to serve as a soldier for the term of eight months in a company of State troops or militia of the State of Massachusetts under Capt. William Scott and Lieut. Brown in Col. Starks Regiment. He was mustered and enrolled as a soldier of the said company at Mystic near Boston in Massachusetts at which place and at Cambridge he was stationed till the evening preceding the Battle of Bunker Hill. On that evening he marched with the said company and Regiment to the ground on which the Battle of the following day was fought. He labored in the night in throwing up a breast work, and fought in the Battle which followed, Capt Scott of his company when near the deponent was shot through the leg. Col. Stark commanded the Regiment and Gen. Putnam that part of the line where deponent was stationed during the battle

After the said battle deponent was stationed at Winter Hill near Boston till the term of his enlistment expired. A few weeks after the battle of Bunker Hill deponent was one of a detachment which was sent to Salem to bring to the Head Quarters of the Army a quantity of ammunition and military stores which had been captured and brought to that Port by Capt. Manly.
Immediately after his term of enlistment had expired as aforesaid he re-enlisted in the same Company and Regiment, as aforesaid and under the same officers for the term of one year. He continued to serve as a soldier of the said Company and Regiment stationed at Winter Hill and at Copp's Hill five months after such re-enlistment, when he was taken sick soon after which the father of the said deponent came after him, and obtained leave of his commanding officer to remove him home. The deponent continued after such removal to be afflicted with long and distressing sickness, and utterly unable to do duty as a soldier for at least three months after the said last term of his enlistment had expired.
He further saith that in the year 1777 he volunteered to serve as a soldier under Capt. Peabody and marched from Nottingham West in the State of New Hampshire for the purpose of joining the American Army under Gen. Gates against the Army of Gen. Burgoyne, and proceeded toward the Hudson River fifty or sixty miles when on learning that the British Army had surrendered the said Company returned.
On another occasion, but deponent cannot recollect with sufficient precision to state the

month or year, he volunteered to serve under Gen. Wadsworth on an expedition against a body of Tories up the Kennebec River in the then District of Maine. Deponent marched under the said Gen. Wadsworth on the said expedition. Captured several Tories and conveyed them as prisoners to Boston.
He was engaged as near as he can recollect on the said expedition about six weeks.
The said deponent further saith
1 st That he was born at Nottingham West in the State of New Hampshire on the 30 th day of November in the year 1757 2 nd That there is a Record of his age in the office of the Clerk of the town of Nottingham West aforesaid and that a memorandum taken from such record is contained in his family Bible 3 rd That he lived at Nottingham West aforesaid when he was first called into service as aforesaid - That in the year 1780 he removed to Augusta in the District of Maine aforesaid, where he resided twenty five years, and then removed back to Nottingham West, aforesaid where he then resided about fifteen years, and from thence removed to the town of Middlesex in the County of Yates and State of New York where he has since resided and now resides. 4 That he enlisted and volunteered as aforesaid when in service 5 th That he recollects to have seen Gen. Putnam Gen. Sullivan, Col. Starks, Col. Gerry (or Gerrish), Capt. Scott, Capt. Ford, Lieut. Brown as officers in command at Winter Hill, Capt. Hill and Cambridge, while he was in service as aforesaid. He also well recollects to have seen Gen. Washington

at Cambridge when he took command of and reviewed the Army in the summer of 1775 6 th That he received a written discharge from service at the expiration of his first term of enlistment as aforesaid. The same was signed by Capt. William Scott and he thinks was also signed by Col. Stark. The said discharge is lost and he thinks was lost before or soon after the close of the Revolutionary War.
7 th That William Basset and Ira Fairbanks, a Clergyman residing in the town of Middlesex aforesaid are persons who are acquainted with the said deponent and who as he thinks can certify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution. He further saith that he knows of no person now living who has personal knowledge of his said services.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
Isaac Page
Subscribed and sworn this day and year above mentioned
J. J. Morris Dep. Clerk

We John French  and William Basset a Justice of the peace residing in the town of Middlesex in the County of Yates and state of New York hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Isaac Page who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be about seventy five years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Subscribed and sworn to } Wm Basset the day and year aforesaid } Thomas J. Morris deputy clerk
and the said court do further declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented by the war department that the above named applicant Isaac Page was a revolutionary Soldier and served as he thinks and the said court further certify that it appears to them that William Basset Esquire who has signed the preceding certificate is a Jus- tice of the peace residing in the town of Middlesex in the county of Yates and is a credible person - and that his statement is entitled to credit -
By order of the court Thomas J. Morris dep. clerk

I Thomas J. Nevins - Deputy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Yates do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceed- ings of the said court in the matter of the application of Isaac Page for a pen- sion -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 28 th day of September 1832
Thomas J. Nevins dep. OK
State of New York
Ontario County
Ira Fairbanks, a Clergyman residing in the town of Middlesex in the County of Yates and State of New York being duly sworn doth depose and say that he is well acquainted with Isaac Page who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration, that he believes him to be seventy five years of age. That he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that he concurs in that opinion - and further that he sustains a fair and unimpeachable character for truth and veracity -
Ira Fairbanks.
Sworn and subscribed to the 16 th day of October 1832.
Before me
Chester Loomis, One of the Judges of the County Courts of Ontario County aforesaid -

State of New-York Ontario County ss. I, Charles Crane Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that Chester Loomis, whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certifi- cate of the affidavit of Ira Fairbanks, and before whom said affidavit purports to have been taken & sworn, was at the date of said certificate a Judge of the Courts in and for said County, and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of him the said Judge, and verily believe the said signature to be his proper act and deed.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed my seal of office, at Canandaigua, this twenty-first day of October November A. D. 1832.
Charles Crane
State of New-York Yates County ss. I
Isaac Page of the town of Potter late town of Middlesex in the county of Yates and State of New-York whose declaration is herunto annexed, being personally present before me the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace of the county of Yates aforesaid, and being by me duly sworn deposeth and saith that by reason of Old age and consequent loss of Memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service as a soldier but that according to the best of his recollection he served not less than fourteen months and two weeks as a private soldier, and for such service he claims a Pension -
Isaac Page
Sworn and subscribed to the 29 th day of May 1833 - before me
William ... Justice of the Peace

State of New York County of Yates
ss I George Shearman clerk of said county do hereby Certify that William Bassett Esquire before whom the foregoing Affidavit of Isaac Page bearing date the 29 th day of May 1833 purports to have been sworn to at the time an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county sworn and duly authorized to act as such. And that I am well acquainted with his the said Justice's hand writing and verily believe his signature to the said Affidavit subscribed to be genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office at Penn Yan this 10 th day of June A.D. 1833.
Geo. Shearman
By R. Mc Smith Dep. Clerk
Isaac Page Declaration.
19391
E. Looney. Agent Rushville N.Y.
Accts 14 mo 14 02 p i

Revised
11.195 ✓ INVALID.
File No. 11.195
Isaac Page Rev Boer War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. A , Page 289
[Arrangement of 1870.]