Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 10,902, for Asa Pixley, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Pixley, Asa Olive
W. 10,902
CONTENTS

9277
New York
Asa Pibley
of Farmington in the state of New York who was an Ensign in the regiment commanded by Colonel Brewer of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 2 years 1777-
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of twenty Dollars per month, to commence on the 15 th of July 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th of April 1819 and sent to Moses Atwater Canandaigua N.Y.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 20 / 31 $153.54 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 September 120.-
$273.54
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Asa Pibley of Farmington New York Ensign in the Massachusetts line for the term of two years 1777-1779

Declaration of John Pickering 15th July 1818-
Ensign Private Col. Brewers Regiment Massachusetts Line Comm. 1777-2 years
not at 79
Hon. the Secretary of War

State of New York. On this fifteenth day of July in the Ontario County 30th year Eighteen hundred and eighteen before me the subscribers of the Judges of the Court of common pleas in said County personally appeared Abe Pixley aged sixty six years resident in the town of Farmington in the County who being by me first duly sworn affirming to true cloth on his oath make the following with declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled an act to provide for cer- tain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary War - That he the said Abe Pixley Enlisted in the regular continental service of the United States in the town of Stockbridge in the state of Massachusetts in the month of December in the year 1776 during the War as a sergeant in the company commanded by Captain John Shaddock and 19th Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Col Samuel Brown. That in July 1777 he was promoted by the appointment of an Ensign; Commission and constantly continued in said service until the month of July in the year 1779 at which time this deponent saith that he made a representation of his circumstances and the needy situation of his family, it that was owing to the depreciation of Continental money for which he had sold his farm situated in said Stock Bridge - to his Excellency Gen. G. Washington and on which representation, this deponent's resignation was accepted by the said General Washington and the same was endorsed on the back of the Department commission by Alexander Hamilton his Adjutant - This de- ponent doth further say that the said commission he held in the Company and Regiment aforesaid is not in his possession That about sixteen or twenty years past he delivered the said commission to one Stephen Pelton to obtain some arrears as this deponent had due from the Government of the United States, since which time this deponent has never seen nor heard any thing of the said Pelton or commission.

This Deponent further saith that he was in the Battle at Hubbardston in Vermont in the 1777 - also at Bennington also at Monmouth 28 June 1778 - This Deponent further saith that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his services
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year above said
Asa Pixley
Moses Atwater
To the Hon ble the Secretary of War
Sir you are hereby requested to forward my certificate for a pension to Mrs. Abigail Pixley is my agent to receive the same - Cananadagua July 15 th 1818
Asa Pixley
Ontario County ss I Samuel Chapman being duly sworn doth depose and say that he has been personally acqu- ainted with Asa Pixley before described for more than forty years. That he knows him in the revolutionary war that he sustained a good character in the Army of the United States That he now is and ever has been since this deponent knew him the said Pixley in reduced circumstances. That he is a man of good character - And further saith not -
Sworn and subscribed this the 24 th day of July 1818 a Judge of the Court of common pleas in said County
Lem. Chapman
Moses Atwater
Moses Atwater a Judge of the Court of common pleas in the County of Ontario and State of New York Do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Asa Pixley did serve in the revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the common Enemy for the term of more than nine months on the Continental establishment And that I am fully satisfied by the oath of Samuel Chapman Esq who is personally known to me that the said Asa Pixley is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support July 24 th 1818 -
Moses Atwater

State of New York Ontario County Clerk's office
In Testimony that all of the foregoing whose name is subscribed to within certificate was on the day of the date of the same one of the
Judges of the Court of common Pleas in and for the County of Ontario acting under the authority of said state and that the same is his signature I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the County seal at Canan- daigua this 27 th day of July A D 1818
Wm W. McWair Deh. Atty
Declaration of John P. [?] 15 th July 1818 Ensign [?] Col. Brewster Regiment Mapachunty [?] Wm [?] 1777 - 2 years not at [?] Hon. [?] Secretary of War

base of Asa Pyle 3
C
9277 Brewer's 15 Apr 1879
Dec 79
Rolls 76th B.D. War- Ensign 1 July 79 declared July 79 resigned

STATE OF NEW-YORK,
ONTARIO COUNTY, ss.
On this twentieth  twent first 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,) Sasa Pipher aged Sixty  Sixty eight years, resident in the town of Farmington 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:
For the term of two years, an a half in Colonel Samuel Brewers Regiment in the Massachusetts line a part of the time in the Company commanded by Capt Chadwick and a part of the time in the Company commanded by Capt Lieutenant Abraham Hildreth said service first commencing in Decem r 1776
and that he made application for a Pension on the fifteenth  fifteenth day of July 1818 and that he received a Pension Certificate, No. 9.274 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 18th 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 Old Horse - $ 15 00   One Cow - 15 00   One Old Table - 2 Chairs $1.00 2 00   Two Pails $1.00 Three Bbls $1.00 One Pot 0.50 1 50   One Tea Kettle 0.50 One old pot 1.00 Set of Pans 1.00 2 50   One Tea Kettle 0.50 One Tea Pot 0.25 Cups & Saucers 0.25 1 00   Two Spoons 0.12 Five Knives & Forks 0.25 37   $37 37 
Sasa Pipher
Said I do further swear & declare that I am by occupation a Farmer and that by age and bodily infirmities I am unable to perform any labour, and that my Family consists of my Wife aged Sixty years unable to labour
Sasa Pipher
Sworn and declared this Twentieth first day of August 1820 in Open Court before me
John Rogers Judge of Ontario Common 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 thirty seven dollars and fifty seven cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 22 nd day of August 1820
J Van Fosen Clerk of the Court aforesaid, in and for said County.

Wamp New York 22
for Pixley
Ontario in the State of New York husband was an Ensign in the Company commanded by Captain _____ of the Pgt. commanded for 2 years
Widow of Asa Pixley dec. Mass.
Inscribed on the Roll of Wamp at the rate of 240 Dollars _____ Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th day of Aug. 1836 and sent E. C. Ringsey Manchester N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1836 $1200.00 Semi-annual allowance ending Sept. 1836 120.00
Cash July 1836 $1320.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } Jan 7, 1832.
Recorded by W. Addison Clerk,
Book Q Vol. A Page Vol. 1. p. 150
ol.
Oct 6 1836 P36

N.Y. No 84
Oliver Pixley widow of Asa Pixley decd. Ensign Mass. Line
Adm d 2 years Ensign 240 $
act. 4 July. 1836.
E. C. Kingsley Manchester N.Y.

State of New York } Ontario County } ss
On this sixteenth day of August in the Year Eighteen Hundred & thirty six personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Ontario - Ira Pixley a resident of the town of Manchester in said county who being duly sworn according to law deponeth and saith that he the said Ira Pixley is about fifty nine Years of Age that he has known Asa Pixley and Olive Pixley his wife from his earliest recollection to the time of the death of the said Asa Pixley in the month of March in the Year Eighteen hundred & twenty five, and that they lived during the period aforesaid together as man and wife, and that he personally knows or has known Ten of the Children of the said Asa Pixley & Olive Pixley his wife and this deponent says that he has lived a neighbor to the said Olive Pixley since the decease of her said husband and that she has remained a widow ever since the period of his decease.
Ira Pixley Sworn to and subscribed the day and Year above written in open court John Dose clerk of said court
Ontario County Court of Common Pleas August term 1836
I certify that it was proved in open court this sixteenth day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty six to the satisfaction of said Court that Olive Pixley and Ira Pixley are respectable persons and that their declarations on oath are entitled to full faith and credit.
Given under my hand and the seal of said court this 16th day of August 1836
John Dose clerk of Ontario County and clerk of said court

State of New York } Ontario County } 3/8
On this Sixteenth day of August Eighteen hundred & thirty six. Personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Ontario. Olive Pixley a resident of the town of Manchester in the County of Ontario and State of New York Aged Seventy seven Years - Who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on her Oath make the following declaration, in Order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836 - That she is the Widow of Asa Pixley who was an Ensign in the Army of the United States in the War of the Revolution that she cannot recollect the names of the Officers under whom he served nor the regiments or Corps to which he was attached. but to the best of her recollection he was in the service from five to six Years from the time he first served in the Militia in Actual service untill his discharge from the Regular Army - She further declares that she was Married to the said Asa Pixley some time in the month of January in the Year Seventeen hundred and seventy five by the Reverend Mr. West of Stockbridge in the state of Massachusetts and at the time she resided with her Uncle Silas Brigham in the said town of Stockbridge her parents residing in the Town of Salisbury in the state of Connecticut. and that the parents of her husband Asa Pixley were both deceased at the time of their Marriage and further that she has borne to her husband the said Asa Pixley after their Marriage and before his death Eleven Children - that her husband the said Asa Pixley died on the Twenty sixth day of March in the Year Eighteen hundred & Twenty five and that at the time of his death was a Pensioner of the United States. and that she has remained a Widow ever since that Period as will more fully appear by reference to the Proof herunto Annexed
Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and Year above written in Olive her Pixley mark John L. Dorr clerk of said court

I Eunice Myrsall of Stockbridge in the County of Berkshire aged upwards of seventy five years & of the State of Massachu- setts do on oath depose and say that I was formerly well acquainted with Asa Pyley many years ago and at the time of his marriage he lived in Stockbridge aforesaid he was my brother. I was also well acquainted with Olive Bingham who also lived in Stock- bridge and I well recollect that they were united in marriage by the Reverend Stephen West then the Pastor of the Church and settled minister of the town of Stockbridge. I was present at the wedding and recollect it was quite a gay wedding. The wedding was at the house of the said Asa Pyley. I cannot tell the precise year of the wedding but it was four or five or six years before my marriage and I was married in the year Nineteen hundred and Eighty to Jonathan Myrsall of said Stockbridge. The said Olive was quite young when she was married I think eighteen years of age. The Reverend Stephen West was a long time Pastor of the Church in Stockbridge of which I was & am still a member - he died in the year eighteen hundred & nineteen. The said Olive Bingham was a daughter of Benjamin Bingham. The said Asa

Dixey served in the Revolutionary War & he afterwards went to a place called Grand Isle to live with his daughter Frances Dugay
State of Massachusetts } ss
Berkshire County } On the twelfth day of August 1836. Personally appeared before me Lucia Dugay all above named and wife of Deacon Jonathan Dugay & made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit and subscribed the same in my presence And I further certify that I am of a many years have been well acquainted with the said Lucia Dugay & that she is a credible person of the very best character for truth
Horatio Brigham
Justice of the Peace
On the book of records of the town of Stockbridge is a record of which I certify the following to be a true copy & is on page 107
Asa Dixey and Olive Brigham were joined in lawful wedlock January 26 1775 by the Rev. Stephen West.
The record is on a page which contains similar records of Marriages of which there are nine on said page & all in the

same had written & in the hand writing of the records of that period. the record of said marriage is the fifteenth from the top of the page. It appears by the record that Sachel Woodbridge was at that time town clerk he has long been dead
At. Horatio Boyington Town Clerk of the town of Stock- bridge
"Stockbridge p.
At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Stockbridge qualified to vote on town affairs and in the election of town officers held at the Red School house in said town on Monday the Eighteenth day of April 1836 at nine o'clock in the forenoon
Horatio Boyington was chosen Town Clerk and was sworn before Nelson Bennett Esquire (certificate on file)
The records to wit, a true copy of record inserted by me in record book Horatio Boyington T. Clk. Horatio Boyington Town Clk.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire County ss.
I Charles Sedgwick Clerk of the Inferior Courts of said Commonwealth for the County of Berkshire do certify that Horatio Boyington is a justice of the Peace within said County duly qualified to administer oaths, & that the preceding regulations purporting to be his are genuine. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my name & affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas the Twelfth day of August 1836. I further certify that to him at the request of said Boyington looked at the Books which purport to be records of the town of Stock- bridge & have compared them with the copies

certified by Horatio Bryant above such are true copies from said Bonds
Chas Sedgwick Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas For Berkshire County Chas Sedgwick Clerk

May 14, 1934.
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Miss Ann E. Rice Oronoco Minnesota
BA--J/ady Asa Pixley W.10902
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of Asa Pixley, Revolutionary War pensioner.
The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, W.10902, based upon his military service in that war.
While a resident of Stockbridge, Massachusetts, Asa Pixley, enlisted in December 1776 and served in Captains John Chadwick's and Abraham Williams' Companies, Colonel Samuel Brewer's Massachusetts Regiment until July 1779; his service was rendered as a sergeant until July 1777 when he was commissioned ensign; he was in the battles of Hubbardton, Bemus Heights and Monmouth.
After the Revolutionary War soldier lived for a time in Grand Isle, state not given.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 15, 1818 at which time he was aged sixty-six years and a resident of Farmington, Ontario County, New York.
He died March 26, 1825, place not stated. The date and place of his birth are not stated, and the names of his parents are not shown.
Soldier married January 26, 1775 in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, Olive Bingham, who was then residing with her uncle Silas Bingham in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Her father, Benjamin Bingham, and her mother, name not stated, were living in Salisbury, Connecticut, at the time of her marriage. Soldier's parents were then dead.
Soldier's widow, Olive Pixley was allowed pension on her application executed August 16, 1836 at which time she was seventy-seven years old and a resident of Manchester, Ontario

County, New York.
Soldier and his wife, Olive, had eleven children, their names not designated.
In 1836 one Ira Pixley was aged about fifty-nine years and living in Manchester, New York, no relationship stated.
Soldier's sister, Eunice, married in 1780 Jonathan Ingersoll of Stockbridge, Massachusetts. In 1836 she was "upwards of" seventy-five years old and living in Stockbridge, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. There are no further family data.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the date of Olive Pixley's death, you should apply to the Records Division, General Accounting Office, Washington, D. C., and cite all the following data:
"Olive Pixley, widow of Asa Pixley, Certificate No. 22, issued August 29, 1836, rate $240.00 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of July 4, 1836, Albany New York Agency."
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
7. 10902
Washington, D. C., _____, 19____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Asa Pissley a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Dec. 1776 July 1779 Sgt. John Chadwick Samuel Brune Mass.   Ensign Abraham Williams                                                          
Battles engaged in, Hubbardton, Bennington & Monmouth. Residence of soldier at enlistment, enlisted at Stockbridge, Mass. Date of application for pension, July 13-1818. His el. was al Residence at date of application, Farmington, Ontario Co. N.Y. Age at date of application, 66. He died Mar. 26, 1825.
Remarks: He married at Stockbridge Mass. Jan'y 26, 1775- Olive daughter of Benjamin Bingham. She was allowed pension on an application executed Aug. 16, 1836 while a resident of Manchester, Ontario Co. N.Y. aged 77 years. There were eleven children no names stated.
Very respectfully,
I wife of Jonathan Sister Eunice Ingersoll

April 27, 1934.
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BA-J/ady
Miss Ann E. Rice Oronoco Minnesota
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to a soldier with surname Pixley, whose widow Eunice Pixley of Manchester, New York, applied for pension.
No Revolutionary War claim for pension has been found which was made by a soldier with surname Pixley whose widow Eunice also applied for pension.
A record has been found of one Olive Pixley who received a pension while living in Manchester, Ontario County, New York. The name of her husband was Asa Pixley. If this is the record in which you are interested it will be furnished upon request.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON
April 27, 1934.
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IN REPLY REFER TO:
BA-J/ady
Miss Ann E. Rice Oronoco Minnesota
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to a soldier with surname Pixley, whose widow Eunice Pixley of Manchester, New York, applied for pension.
No Revolutionary War claim for pension has been found which was made by a soldier with surname Pixley whose widow Eunice also applied for pension.
A record has been found of one Olive Pixley who received a pension while living in Manchester, Ontario County, New York. The name of her husband was Asa Pixley. If this is the record in which you are interested it will be furnished upon request.
Very truly yours,
A. D. Hiller
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.
My dear Sir: - Asa Pixley and Olive Pixley of Manchester, Ontario Co. N.Y. are the parties whose records I am searching for. I shall be deeply grateful for the records of each one . Birth place, date, date of marriage, children, war service record and date of death, also place. A complete record so far as you have it.
Thanking you for this service, I am Yours Truly, Ann E. Rice
ANN E. RICE Notary Public, Olmsted County, Minn. My Commission Expires July 14, 1940.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
1918 Feb. 12 Hist. to Anna Klein Letter in H.F. 24879 Nathan Parker. 1934 April 27 Ann E. Rice asked to furn. more info. A.D.M. 1934 May 14 Hist. to Ann E. Rice. A.D.M.
File No. 10902
Olive Pixley
widow of
Asa Pixley
Ensign Mass. Line
Act: Oct. 4 July 1836.
Index:—Vol. M , Page 130
[Arrangement of 1870.]

MISS ANN E. RICE ORONOCO - MINNESOTA
March 26. 1934.
Department of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Information: - About the year 1828, one Pixley of Manchester, New York State, was receiving a pen- sion from the U.S. for service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 and after his death, his wife, Eunice Pixley, also of Manchester and later of Erie Co. N. Y. received a widow's pen- sion. I desire to learn the Christian name of said Pixley who was an officer, captain, I think, also the amount of pension he received monthly. Can you supply me with this information?
Thanking you for any service you may be able to render, I am Yours respectfully,
Ann E. Rice

FREE
Oct 1.
Oliver Phelps 4 beds 3 3/4
L. Edwards Esq. Com. of Pension War Department Washington

Canandaigua Sept. 26 1836
Isaac Merrill Esq
Sir,
I have made two attempts to collect the Pension of Olive Pirkle, widow of Asa Pirkle Certificate dated 29 Aug. 1836
The Agent at Albany says it is not done according to the prescribed form - That he has no Blanks, and refers me to you for the form -
Will you do me the favor to furnish the forms for this case -
Yours obediently Merrimack
Merrimack

Dear Sirs - Aug 25 Act 4 July, 1836 My Manchester 19 Aug 19
James L Edwards frn Commissioner of Pensions War Department Washington City

Manchester Ontario County State of New York
James L. Edwards Esq. Comm'r of Pensions
Sir Inland I forward you the Application of Olive Pixley a resident of this town, for a pension under the Act of 4 th July 1836, as far as I am able to judge from the printed requirements I entertain no doubt but the proof required is complete Should there however be any other document required be pleased to inform me, as also the course I shall have to pursue to receive the pension if granted as I am merely acting as the friend of Mrs. Pixley in the absence of any of her relatives or connections
Respectfully your O. S. Serok Eben C. Kingsley