Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30,051, for Daniel Raymond, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Raymond, Daniel
S 30,051
CONTENTS

8079.
Massachusetts
Daniel Raymond
of Cohoes in the State of Massachusetts who was a Captain in the company commanded by Captain Hartwell of the Regt commanded by Col. Crane in the expedition line for...
Entered on the Roll of Pensions at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12th day of March 1832 and sent to Daniel Raymond. Arrears to the 14th of March 1832 $ 70 00. Semi-annual allowance ending 14th March 1832 5 00. Total $ 75 00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. C. Bliss Clerk, Book - Vol. 27 Page 71.

Declaration of Daniel Raymond
22209
Daniel Raymond
Please to direct to Sam Dana Esq. Groton Ms

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Middlesex ss.
On this Seventeenth day of August , Concord personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas, now sitting at within and for the County of Middlesex in the Commonwealth aforesaid in said County
Daniel May, in word of is klyng aged 66 years
Who being 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 1832. That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That is to say
1 That he engaged for six months, for the year Ad 1778, when part of Burgoyne's troops were laying at Rutland in Massachusetts he enlisted into the Company of Capt. Ebenezer D. Doolittle of Dorchester , his P t was Rezzles of Rutland to do guard duty at that place and he repaired to Rutland and was with his Company and there did duty for the space of six months, there was no Field Officer on that station, the Capt. Charles was the Superior Officer and had the command of all the troops there when his time was out he was dismissed from service by Capt. Hartwell . —
2 On the 19 July Ad 1780, he engaged to go into service for three months in the State of New York, and with other other men were ordered to Glencoe in that State, least when they had proceeded as far as Great Barrington & been there about ten days their destination was changed and they were ordered to West Point and put into the Company of Capt. Wheeler or Capt. Stearns  a Field Officer  Rand was Q.M.  Dec r owing to the scarcity of provisions they were subsisted upon half allowance until they solved out their term of three months, and were dismissed. —

He relinquishes every claim, whatever, to a pension for himself, which may exceed the per cent. and therefore that any income is not on the pension roll, of the agency of any State. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
1888. May 10th. Good. Rainy. 5
The monument lies at the foot of the church. See also page 33
the [unclear] & [unclear] a Cleggian residing in the town of [unclear]
The same Abigail hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Michael Ragnone who has subscribed and sworn to the above, and that we believe him to be seventy eight years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood, where he resides , to have been a soldier in the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed to on the day and year above.
Before me Samuel Vana justice of the Peace for all the counties in said Commonwealth
Parsons Quest
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that after the investigation of the matter, and putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary warrior and served as an officer. And the said Court further certifies that it appears to them, that the Rev d Ezekiel L. Bascomb who has signed the preceding Certificates is a Clergyman resident in the Town of Ashley and that E. L. Bascomb of the same Ashley is a credible person, and that their statement is true.
Burn of the same ashley
J. P. Fay Prole
I do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains, the original proceedings, of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Daniel Hayward — for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal at office this seventeenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two
Isaac Fish

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex, to wit.
In the Court of Probate  Concord  Concord within and for the County of Middlesex on the 17 th day of August A. D. 1832. On the application of Dan. Raymond claiming to be a Soldier of the Revolution, the following interrogatories were propounded to him to wit:
1. Where, and in what year was you born?
Answer: I was born in Holden County of Worcester on the 12 th of Feb y A.D. 1764
2. Have you any record of your age, and where is it?
Answer: I have a family of record of my age
3. Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live? Answer:
I was living in Frampton At some the war I have lived in West Boylston and in Worcester from whence I removed to Ashley where I 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? Answer:
All my services were voluntary 5. Did you ever receive any discharge from service? Answer I never received any written discharge from service.
6. 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 service?
Answer: There was no General or field Officers where I did duty
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?
Answer: Rev Mr. Hemenway of Wacwipswich, Cap t John Green, Dr. Cushing Burn, Dea. T. Merrill and Amos Wellington Esq rs and Cushing Burn jun r . Josiah Balcomb and Isaac Perkins Selectmen of Ashley. Daniel Ray and
Sworn to the J. P. Fay  Probate

Daniel Raymond
22. 209
Private
9 Months
$30.-
Same Dana Enj Groton map

BRIEF in the case of  Daniel Raymond  of  Ashley  in the State of  Massachusetts  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? In Open court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? Sixty Eight years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1778 . . . . 6 private Gen. Capt: Hartwell   1780 . . . . 3 " Col: Rand & Capt: Wheeler or Stearns —  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None named  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? In Princeton  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? One living witness and traditional evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? correctly authenticated 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Examining Clerk.
The Certificate of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts shows this applicant is found on the rolls of said Commonwealth —

30057 Rery INVALID.
File No. 30,057
Daniel Raymond De Reo
Act: June 7 th 82
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 338
[Arrangement of 1879.]

Cent a for Daniel Raymond 5 m o 29 days at Rutland 1780
bank Jan. 1802

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Nov. 27 1832.
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
Daniel Raymond is borne on a Continental Payroll for Capt Ephraim Hartwell's company of guards doing duty at Rutland for the space of 3. months and 29. days - from the 24 th of October 1779 Discharge dated April 22 d 1780 -
Edward D. Bangs Secretary

Affidavit of Luke Harris in the case of Daniel Raymond

I Luke Harris of Baltimore in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont of the age of Seventy years, do hereby say that in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty in the month of July or August, I enlisted at Westminster in the County of Worcester and common- wealth of Massachusetts for three months in the Militia, of said Commonwealth and that Daniel Prayman of the said Westminster enlisted with me at the same time, into the same military service, for the same term of time, our place of rendezvous was Gloucester, but when we got to Great Barrington we were ordered to stop there, we staid at that place a week or more, from there we then went next to Gloucester, the place of rendezvous, then immediately to Bristol, and from there to West point, we found a fine place that the best of the Company we expected to join had not come on - having been called to Rhode Island we were therefore put under other officers, I was immediately detached back to Bristol, and the said Daniel Prayman remained on the Point, I was after some time drawn on the side of the river against West Point where I staid about a week, I then went over onto the Point, and the said Daniel Prayman found there, and knew of his being there in the service till the expiration of the three months when we both came home together, I never both discharged together, don't recollect of having a written discharge, if I ever had any, I have lost it, And further this affidavit is true to the best of my knowledge.
Luke Harris
State of Vermont } December 24 th Windsor County ss } January A.D. 1933. : Personally Luke Harris

Affirmed Luke Harris and made solemn oath that the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed contains the truth and nothing but the truth — and I hereby certify that said Luke Harris is a credible witness. —
Jabez Proctor Justice of the Peace
State of Vermont } Woodstock County Clerk's Office 24 Jan'y 1833 Windsor County ss } I Benjamin Swann Clerk of Windsor County Court Do hereby certify that Jabez Proctor is one of the Justices of the Peace within & for said County, and that the above is his Signature — In Testimony whereof I hereunto affix the Seal of said Court & subscribe my name the day & year above — Benj. Swann