Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15156, for Silvanus Paine, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Paine, Silvanus Paine
W. 15156
Susannah
CONTENTS

2243.
Massachusetts
Susannah Paine widow of Silvanus Paine,
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 th June '33 and who died on the 1 st April 1836 of Barnstable in the State of Mass s who was a P.M. in the Arty commanded by Captain Bangs of the Regt. commanded by - Col. Col. in the Mass s line for 7 mos + 3 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 23 Dollars 67 Cents per annum to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836. 2 nd April 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd day of April '39, and signed Jeremiah Maye, Brewster, Mass s
Arrears to the 4 th of March - $20.34 Semi-annual allowance ending 11.83 $32.17
{ Act July 7, } { 1838. }
Recorded by R. Benson Clerk, Book A Vol. 1 - Page 120

27477 Massachusetts
Silvanus Paine
of Brewster in the State of Mass who was a private in the Comp - commanded by Captain Bangs of the Reg't, commanded by Col. Dykes in the Mass line for
7 Months 3 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 23 Dollars 67 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of June 1831 and sent to Hon. John Reed the Representative
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1831. $71 01 Semi-ant. allowance ending 1 st Sep " 11 83 $82 84
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by George Taylor Clerk Book 6 Vol. 2 Page 66
74 Barnstable

by the act of the Legislature, passed March 27, 1851, A. D. 1851, to the sixteenth part day of March A. D. 1851
I hereby certify that Silvanus Dain son of James Dain and his wife Patience was born in that part of the town of Harnia which is now Brewster in the county of Barnstable the first day of November A. D. 1759 as appears by the records of said town, now in my possession
Obed Brooks clerk of said town of Harnia

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Barnstable ss.
On this seventh  sixteenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court before the Honorable William  of the  Wardlaw  Justice of the Court of Probate now sitting at Harwich in and for said County, of Barnstable  Silvanus Daine a resident of Barnstable in said County, aged seventy two 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 7th, A. D. 1832.
THAT he was born at Harwich in said County on the first day of November A. D. 1759, and that there is a record of his birth in Harwich about service from the fifteenth day of July A. D. 1776, to the sixteenth day of November A. D. 1776 as a volunteer in the Massachusetts  States
: that he was residing at Harwich aforesaid when he entered the service; that he was a volunteer and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Capt. Abijah Bangs of Harwich, Jeremiah Homans Lieut.
: that he marched from Harwich to Duxbury once on an duty at that place two months from thence he marched to Boston
: that he served with other troops until the sixteenth day of November of the regular troops; and he thinks the Col. name was Hawkes no other regular officers were known to him: that he was in no battle
and at the end of his service received a discharge as  but not in writing : that he left the service on the sixteenth day of November 1776 and that since the Revolutionary war he has resided at said Harwich until part of Harwich was incorporated into a town by the name of Brewster where he now resides
ALSO: that he was in the United States service from the first day of December A. D. 1776, to the seventh day of April A. D. 1777 as a private in the States of Massachusetts
that he was residing at said Harwich when he entered the service; that he a volunteer  volunteer for four months and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Abijah Bangs Capt and Jeremiah Homans Lieut
: that he marched from Harwich to Boston where he was at Truro
: that he served with Capt. Bangs and other of the regular troops; and no other regular officers were known to him: that he was in no battle
that at the end of his service he received no discharge in writing and left the service on the sixteenth day of March 1777
ALSO: that he was in the United States service from the day of A. D. 17 to the day of A. D. 17
as a in the that he was residing at when he entered the service; that he and served for the period aforesaid under the command of
: that he marched from
: that he served with of the regular troops; and
regular officers were known to him; that he was in battle
that at the end of his service he received a discharge the service on
and left

We Salathiel Nickerson and James Foster both of the County of Barnstable & State of Massachusetts certify & say that we were Soldiers of the Revolution, and we were in Boston & on Bunker Hill in 6 Regts. to wit - in the years 1776 & 1777 - four months ending March 1777 - under the command of Capt. Abijah Dings and we well remember Silvanus Prince of Yarmouth near Brewster was in the same Company & served four months
Salathiel Nickerson James Foster
Barnstable
Probate Court at Sandwich in said County September 17 th . 1832
Personally appeared in open Court the above named Salathiel Nickerson and James Foster and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by them subscribed in Court. - And I certify that the said Salathiel & James are, in the opinion of the Court, credible & trustworthy. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Court the day & year aforesaid
Almon Davis, Register

312 65-23
Silver Paine Buster
adm. 17 Months 2 days bap Bangs boto. Dike
Hon. J. Reed.

and also that he shipped on board the ship Congress belonging to the State of Pennsylvania on or about the middle of August A.D. 1777 after she mounted the name of the ship; the Congress came from guns took a twenty gun ship of men named the Savage since she was captured by an English ship and carried into Charleston South Carolina; was discharged on or about the middle of November 1777 at Philadelphia and came home by which he shipped on board the Congress at Cape Francis in the Diggins and that he has no living enemy as to the service on board said ship Congress
also that he has no documentary evidence of his service and that Benjamin Berry and Salathiel Nicholson reside in my neighborhood and will testify as to my character and reputation of service
reby 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.
Silvannus Paine
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first aforesaid.
Attest Abner Davis, Regr of the Court of Probate.
We Benjamin Berry
residing in the town of Brewster
and Salathiel Nicholson
residing in Chatham
who has
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Silvannus Paine subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy two 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.
Benjamin Berry
Sworn and subscribed as aforesaid.
Attest Abner Davis, Regr of the Court of Probate.
Salathiel Nicholson
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 abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certify that it appears to them that Rev. Berry Esquire
who has signed the preceding certificate, is a resident in the town of Brewster ; and that
Salathiel Nicholson who has also signed the same is a resident in Chatham
and both credible persons; and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Abner Davis, Register of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Silvannus Paine for a pension.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the day and year first aforesaid.
Abner Davis, Regr

(2130)
Application of Susannah Daine for a pension Mass at 7 July 36.
m 91 d 36
abnd
7 mo 3 days fri
$23.67
dead 1 apl 36
per. Com: 2 apl 36
Jeremiah Maye Maye Brewster Mass
[Faint, mirrored handwritten text from the reverse side of the page, likely bleed-through from the original document.]

State of Massachusetts } County of Barnstable } ss.
On this eleventh day of September the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty eight, personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the County of Barnstable in the State of Massachusetts, Susannah Paine assignee of the town of Brewster in the County of Barnstable and State of Massachusetts, aged seventy one years, who being first 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 7 th 1838 entitled, "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of Sylvanus Paine late of Brewster in the County of Barnstable and State of Massachusetts deceased, who was a private soldier in the Revolutionary war: that he enlisted in the Company under the command of Capt. Abijah Bangs sometime in July in the year seventeen hundred & seventy seven or eight, and continued in the service till about the middle of the succeeding November, when he came home and remained till December following, when he again entered the same Company, and was absent in the service during the whole Winter: that during the time of his service Jeremiah Howes was a Lieutenant in Capt. Bangs' Company: that he marched from Brewster, at that time a part of the Town of Warwick, to Boston, and the most of his services were performed in the vicinity of Boston, on Fort-Hill & in Charlestown: that at the time he enlisted Capt. Bangs, Lieutenant Howes & he all lived in that

a part of the town of Harwich, which has since been set off and incorporated by the name of the town of Brewster: that he was a volunteer in the service: that she has not known of his having been engaged in any battle: that she has no documentary evidence of his services excepting what is now in the War Department at Washington: that he was a pensioner under the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 entitled "An act Supplementary to the Act for the relief of certain surviving officers & soldiers of the revolution," and allowed twenty three dollars and sixty seven cents per Annum till his death, and the No. of his pension certificate is 27477: that she depends wholly upon the declaration of her husband and the evidence accompanying it, which are now in the Department in Washington, for the proof of his services, and refers the Department thereto: and that most of the foregoing declarations relating to the services of said Paine are founded on facts, which he communicated to her in his lifetime during the coverture.
She further declares that she was married to the said Sylvanus Paine on the fifteenth day of November in the year seventeen hundred & ninety one: that before, and at the time of her marriage, she and her husband both lived in a part of the Town of Harwich, which has since been set off into town by the name of Brewster, and the marriage was there solemnized by the Rev. John Simpkins: that her husband, the afore said Sylvanus Paine, died at Brewster in the State of Massachusetts, on the first day of April in the year eighteen hundred & thirty six, and that

she has not since been married to any other man. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place prev- ious to the first day of January seventeen hundred & ninety four, to wit at the aforementioned time
Subscribed Rains
Barnstable D. Probate Court Sept 11. 1838 Suzanne Toffin open heard the day a year first above written and subscribed before me
Nyphus Mansfield Judge of Probate
Barnstable To
Timothy Read Register of the Court of Probate in & for the County of Barnstable hereby Certify that the Hon. Nyphus Mansfield is the judge of said Court and that the above signature purporting to have been made by him is his genuine signa- ture made in my presence.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this eleventh day of Sept. 1838 Timothy Read Register

Extract from Records of the Town of Harwich Marriage solemnized by Rev John Ginkins Nov r Seventeen hundred and Ninety one. Silverus Paine to Susannah Bangs both of this town.
I Obed Brooks hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the record of the Town of Harwich with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows.
Nov r 1791
Obed Brooks clerk of the town of Harwich
Commonwealth of Massachusetts } Sept r 12 th - 1838 County of Barnstable
I Obed Brooks above depose and say that I hold the Office of Clerk of the town of Harwich in the County of Barnstable and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town with the exception above named as certified by me
Obed Brooks Clerk of the town of Harwich
Sworn before me Jeremiah Maydall Justice of Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Barnstable Co
I Timothy Reed clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Barnstable & Commonwealth aforesaid hereby certify that Jeremiah Mayo Esquire is a justice of the Peace in & for said County duly com- missioned & qualified and was so on the twelfth day of September inst. and that I believe the within signa- ture purporting to have been made by him to be his genuine signa- ture —
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hands and the seal of said Court this twenty seventh day of September A.D. 1838
Timothy Reed clerk

In reply to your request of 9 inst , received 13" inst for a statement of the military history of Silvannus Paine a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his and (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. N.F. 15,156
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     July 15, 1776 4 mos. Pri. Abijah Bangs. - Dike Mass.   Dec. 1, 1776 3 mos. " Abijah Bangs. - Dike "   Mid. Aug. 1777 to Mid. Nov. 1777 {Shipped at Cape Francis, San Domingo on board Ship Congress, belonging to State of Pa., names of officers not remembered.   Sept 1778 3 days. - Abijah Bangs. Major Jonas Winslow "  
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, That part of  Harnick, afterwards called Brewster, Barnstable Co., Mass.
Date of application for pension, Sept. 17, 1832. His claim was al.
Residence at date of application, Brewster, Barnstable Co., Mass.  died Apr. 1, 1836
Age at date of application, Born Nov. 1, 1759 at Harnick, Mass. at Brewster, Mass.
Remarks: Soldier was the son of James and Patience Paine  He mar. at Harnick, Mass., Nov. 15, 1791, Susannah
Bangs. She was allowed pension on an ap. ex. Aug. 3, 1838, while 71 yrs. old and a res. of Brewster, Mass.
Very respectfully,
Mrs. Carroll Limbby,
913 N. Co. St.,
27225b3m1-07
Sheboygan, Wis.
Commissioner.
Soldier does not state that he was on board the "Congress" at the time of the capture of the "Savage" (in 1781)

Mass.
Rev WIDOW, &c.
Jan. 18, '08. History to Mrs. Carroll Quimby. Nov. 17 Hist. to Elizabeth Payne
File No. 15756
Susannah Paine Widow of Silvanus Paine Rev. Rev. War.
Act: July 7 th 1838
Index: Vol. 11 , Page 112
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Susannah Paine Massachusetts
Act. 7 th July 1838.
Suspended.
See let. 30 th Aug st 1838 Jeremiah Maye.

Silvanus Paine (Maf. Act June 7. 1832
to what time paid?
(Pen. Office)
Aug t 30. 1838.
p d to the 4 March 1836
JH

By Augustus Paine all June when last paid? 1 Apr '35
G.M.C.
p. 4 March 1836
SH
29.89 29.89 29.00

I Robert Snow of Brewster in the County of Barnstable and State of Massachusetts of lawful age do give evidence do testify and depose that I was well acquainted with Gilvius Pierce of the same Brewster for many years thirty years previous to the first day of April eighteen hundred and one thirty six, and that on the said Gilvius Pierce died on said first day of April and that I afterwards assisted in burying him. Also that I was well acquainted with Susannah Pierce of the same Brewster during the life of the said Gilvius Pierce, that she was the wife of the said Gilvius Pierce that she is now living and has not been married to any other man since the death of the said Gilvius Pierce
Robert Snow
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Barnstable County
Yrs Feb 12 th 1838
Robert Snow made oath to the above deposition by him signed before me Deborah Maye. Justice of Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Barnstable Co.
I Timothy Reed clerk of the court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Barnstable & Commonwealth aforesaid hereby certify that Jeremiah Mayo Esq. is a justice of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid duly Commissioned and qualified as was so on the twelfth day of September instant and that the within signature pur- porting to have been made by him I believe to be his genuine signature
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said court this twenty seventh day of September A.D. 1858
Timothy Reed clerk

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Barnstable ss.
Personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in & for the the county of Barnstable Silvanus Paine who is an applicant for a Pension under the Act of Congress of June 7 th A. 1832 and who made a Declaration for that purpose in Probate Court at Harwich in said County on the seventeenth day of September A. 1832 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 in the first campaign but according to the best of his recollec- tion he served not less than the period ment- ioned below in the following grades viz- For Four Months, I served in the Massachusetts Militia under Capt Abijah Bangs in Col d Dike Regiment as a private from July 1876 - to Nov- ember 1876. and was stationed at Dorchester and Boston
For Three Months I served in the Massachusetts Militia as a private under Capt Abijah Bangs in Col d Dike Regiment from the first day of Dec r 1876 to the last day of February 1877. —
For Three Days I served in the Massachusetts Militia as a private under Capt Abijah Bangs in Maj r Leno's (Winslow) Regiment at an Alarm at Falmouth & Bedford
  Four Months first campaign  4 -     Three Months second "  3     Three Days third "  .. 3           7. 3   
Making in the whole seven months and three Days
And the aforesaid time of seven months and three Days is the time for which I claim a Pension —
over

And the said deponent further states in oath that he cannot positively say as to the precise time of arrival on the first campaign but is confident he has not over noted it as he arrived at Dorchester but a few months after the British troops evacuated Boston
Silvanus Paine
Subscribed & sworn to this twenty-sixth Day of May A. 1834 before me
Jeremiah Mayo } Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Bev I Alnor Davis, Clerk of the Court of common Pleas being a court of record in & for said County & State hereby aff that Jeremiah Mayo Esquire before whom the above deposition, was executed, is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly commissioned & qualified and that his name hereto subscribed is his true & genuine signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of the said court this twenty ninth day of May A. 1834.
Alnor Davis, Clerk.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, May 21 st 1834.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of "Silvernus" Paine, as a Private, is borne on a Pay Roll for Capt. Abijah Bangs' Company, in Col. Dikes' Regt. for travelling rations to and from Camp to their respective Homes, and one days wages for every twenty miles home, where he is allowed £ 0-19-10. dated Novem r 26 th 1776. Silvernus Paine's name is borne on a Muster Roll of Capt. Abijah Bangs' Company, in Col. Dikes' Regt. where he is allowed from Decem r 1 st 1776, to the last day of Feby 1777, three months. 3= Silvernus Paine's name is borne on a Pay Roll of Capt. Abijah Bangs' Company, in Major Zenas Winslow's Regt. where he is allowed on the Alarm at Bedford and Saltonworth, in Sept. 1778, three days. —
Edward D. Bangs. Secy

V 266 - Susannah Paine Wapachusett
17-p 115-116 - 3 days 78 127 - on release

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Barnstable County ss
On this third day of August eighteen hundred and thirty eight Susannah Farnum of Barnstable County aforesaid, aged seventy one years, who being first duly sworn according to her oath on her oath made the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 15 th 1836 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows. That she is the widow of Deacon Farnum who was a private in the line of the Revolution, was entitled and due while living a pension of twenty three Dollars and sixty seven Cents per Annum as per certificate No 27477 now in her possession. She further declares that she was married to the said Deacon Farnum on the fifteenth day of November in the Year one thousand eight hundred and thirty one. That her husband the aforesaid Deacon Farnum died on the first day of April eighteen hundred and thirty six, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four, at the time above stated.
forsook N o 1 Given to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before me Jeremiah Mayhew Justice of Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Barnstable
I Timothy Reed clerk of the court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Barnstable do hereby certify that Timothy Reed that personal estate Esquire is the justice of the Peace within the said county duly commissioned and qualified and was so on the third day of August instant, and that the within signature purporting to have been made by him is believed to be his genuine signa- ture
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the said court this sixth day of August A.D. 1838 Timothy Reed clerk U.S.

I the subscriber of Brewster in the County of Barnstable do certify that I am personally acquainted with Susanah Pain widow of the late Silvanus Pain and that she has never married since the decease of her late husband since Silvanus Pain
Brewster Augt 4 th 1838 Deborah Foster & Barnstable ff.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me
I the Subscriber do hereby certify that I was a re- gularly ordained Minister of the Gospel in the Town of Brewster, in the County of Barnstable, State of Massa- chusetts. I find by my record of marriages, that in No- vember, of the year Seventeen hundred & Ninety One I joined in Marriage Silvanus Pain to Susanah Bangs, both members of my religious Society; their Intentions of Marriage being first entered & published by the Town Clerk. - Brewster August 4 th 1838. John Simpkins
Barnstable ff.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me
Deborah Mass. Minister of Gospel

I the undersigned of Brewster in the county of Barnstable do certify that I am personally acquainted with Hannah Paine widow of the late Silas Paine and that she has never married since the decease of her late husband Silas Paine
Brewster Augt 4 th 1838 Garrison Foster & Barnstable.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me Jeremiah Mayhew Justice of Peace
State of Massachusetts Barnstable Hannah Paine widow of Silas Paine do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the said Hannah Paine and that she has never married since the decease of her said husband

Brewster Aug 9 1838
Sir
Enclosed are documents in support of the claim of Mrs. Susannah Widlow of the late Silas Paine for a pension. Mr. Paine is a resident of this vicinity. His situation well known. His statements correct - any further communication on the subject please address to
Yours sincerely Purniah Maye
D. L. Edmonds Esq. Commissioner of Pensions -

Washington City June 11 th 1834
Sir
I herewith enclose you the application for a Pension & proof in favour of Mr. Silvanus Paine of Brewster Mass
With Respect Mr Ob t Liv ut John Reed

Brewster Ms. March 26 1839
Sir
In September last Susannah Paine Widow of Silvanus Paine made her declaration in Court of Barnstable, also procured all other documents supposed necessary to obtain a pension agreeable to the late law. J. Reed Esq. Clerk of Court promised to forward the above to your department, as we have received no further information on the subject. I beg the present that you will inform me if the claim has been received and what action has been had on the same.
Resptly Yours
Act Secy
Jeremiah Meigs
H. L. Edwards Esq. Pension Office Washington

Barnstable, Mass. Sept 28 th 1858 J. L. Edwards Esq. Com r of Pensions
Sir Enclosed you have the application of Susannah Paine for a pension which please to examine and make return to me & obey you respectfully Dorothy Root

Sheboygan, Wis.
Jan. 9 th 1908
Hon. V. Harmer Com. of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Rev
Dear Sir:
I have the honor to request that you will furnish me a copy of such record as the Pension Bureau affords, of Sylvanus Paine, a soldier of the Revolution who entered the

service from the town of Brewster, Barnstable Co. State of Mass. Said soldier was my great grandfather and I am desirous there- fore to obtain all the data possible concerning his service in the Continen- tal Army.
Begging for an early reply I remain
Very sincerely yours
Mrs. Carroll Quinty
Shirley
Mass.
913 St. 6 th St.

Rev October 15, 1920
Pension Office, Washington, D. C. Revolutionary War Records.
Dear Sir,
Will you please send me, if possible, a brief of the service record of Sylvanus Paine, of Massachusetts. I am not sure in which town he lived, but believe it was somewhere on Cape Cod. His wife's name was Susana Bangs, and he died in 1836. I believe he served in both the army and navy at the time of the Revolution.
If you are not able to give me this information, will you please let me know where I might be able to learn more about this man.
Thanking you in advance for your interest, I am,
Yours very truly,
(Miss) Elizabeth P. Payne
E. Lizabeth P. Payne
Gov't Hotel C-D 240 Washington, D. C.