Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,349, for Aaron Noyes, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Noyes, Aaron
S 29349
CONTENTS

See letter to S. Merrill V.P. 24 th March 1. 1836—
21021
Massachusetts
Sarah Stoyes
of Upton in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Keary of the Regt commanded by Colonel in the Mass line for 19 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 65 Dollars 35 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of Aug 1833 and sent C. Root Waverhill - Massachusetts
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $ 126.66 Semi-ant. allowance ending 1/2/34 " 31.67 $158.33
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. Nelson Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 20 Page 60

18115

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS: COUNTY OF ESSEX, ss.
On this twenty fifth day of September , A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open court, before the HONORABLE DANIEL APPLETON WHITE, Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Essex aforesaid, now sitting, Aaron Noyes , a resident of Andover , in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts, aged 74 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:
That in 1775 he enlisted as a minute man in Capt John Davis company at Methuen Mass. and marched from said Methuen April 19 th 1775, in that company to Cambridge Mass. where in the course of April 1775, he enlisted as a private for 8 months in the same company in Col. James Fry's regiment, and did duty therein from the time of said enlistment till the last of December of that year, and then without leaving the service he enlisted and entered into service as in Capt. Carr's company in Col. Loammi Baldwin's regiment, and served with the company in Chelsea, Mass. until the latter part of April 1776: when the company being ordered to the Southward; and his father being taken sick and having his five sons all in the service he obtained leave and a discharge from Gen. Washington to go home: the discharge he has since lost. He stated in his application for a pension under the law of 1818; that he was dismissed to go home the latter part of March or the forepart of April but from the time of the troops marching to the south and from facts he has no doubt but that it was the last of April. about 4 months 8 m. 4 m.

Also about the last of July 1776 he enlisted as a private soldier into Capt. Peabody's company in Col. Francis' regiment for four months and served from said last of July to about the last of November 1776; he marched from Methuen Mass. to Dorchester Mass. where he remained till the expiration of 4 months, when he was discharged at Dorchester but received no written discharge, there was no other company, regiment stationed at Dorchester but his.
Also at said Methuen about the middle of December 1776; he enlisted as a private soldier in Capt. Marshes company in Col. Pickerings regiment of militia & marched from said Methuen the same time to the Jerseys where he was stationed principally at Dealstown till the expiration of the time of enlistment which was for 3 months, when we were there dismissed; he went as a substitute for Joseph Griffin who was drafted.
He further states that he was born Feb. 17, 1758. & supposes that he has a record of his age in West Newbury (then Newbury Newtown) where he was born - that the time first two times of his service he was a volunteer that since the war he has lived in said Methuen and Andover; Samuel Jackson the Clergyman and Isaac Lovejoy & many others will testify as to his veracity and their belief in his services as a soldier of the Revolution.
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.
Aaron Noyes
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
D. White JUDGE OF PROBATE.
We, Samuel Jackson a clergyman, residing in Andover aforesaid, and Nathaniel Swift Esquire, a magistrate, residing in Andover aforesaid, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Aaron Noyes who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 74 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.
Samuel C. Jackson N. Swift
Subscribed and sworn to before me
M. Newman,
Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Essex in said Commonwealth, Aaron Noyes who being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively 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: in the years 1775 & 1776. He served as a private from April 19 th 1775; for twelve months. and also in the year 1776; He served as a private in Capt. Peabodys company for four months, and also in the years 1776 & 1777. He served as a private in Capt. Marshes company for three months; and for such service I claim a pension.
Sworn and subscribed this twenty seventh day of May A.D. 1833
Aaron Noyes
Before me Stephen Minot,
Justice of Peace
Signed and sealed anew, this thirtieth day of May, A.D. 1833.
Nath. Lord Jr. JJ

I John Richardson of Methuen in the county of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged eighty one years depose & say and that I know Aaron Hays of Methuen Andover in said County, and that he served the United States as a soldier in the Revolutionary War in the company commanded by Capt John Peabody and in the Regiment commanded by Col Francis four months from the last of July or first of August to the last of November or first of December 1776 and was regularly discharged. I enlisted at the same time with him, served in the same company with him during said term of four months and was discharged with him, we were stationed all the time at Dorchester near Boston.
John Richardson
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Essex County ss September 12 th 1832 Personally appeared the above named John Richardson and oath made oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true. Before me,
John Tenney, Jus. Peace
I hereby certify that I am acquainted with the above named John Richardson and that he is entitled to full credit for truth and veracity.
John Tenney, Jus. Peace

I, Aaron Noyes aged 60 years declare and say that I am a resident Citizen of the United States; that I reside in and belong to the Town of Andover in the County of Essex, in the Middle Circuit, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. I further say that on the 19th of April 1775 I marched as one of what was called the minute men, for Cambridge, in Capt. John Davis' company in Col. James Frye's Reg't. of the Massachusetts troops; arrived at Cambridge the 20th April; & then in the course of that month I enlisted into the Army as a private soldier for 8 months, & served in Capt. Davis' company, in said Frye's Reg't. till the latter part of December; & then without leaving the service I again enlisted for one year more, and immediately entered into the Company of Capt. Carr, in Col. Loammi Baldwin's Reg't. of the Massachusetts line. I began this last service about the 1st January 1776, & served accordingly in said company, in Chelsea near Boston, until the latter part of March & fore part of April, & then because my father was taken sick at home, & his five sons were all in the service, I obtained a discharge from Genl. Washington, to go & take care of him, & so I then left the service. — I further say that I am, by reason of my reduced circumstances in life, in need of assistance from my country for support; & I never had any pension from my country for support allowed me by the laws of the United States.
Aaron Noyes
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Essex ss. April 9. 1818 Then the above named Aaron Noyes made solemn oath that the above declaration by him subscribed, is true before me.
Stephen Minot, { Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit.
I, Enach Chase, depose and say I know Aaron Noyes, above named was a soldier in Carr's company, in Col. Baldwin's Reg't. in 1776. I was then in the same Company, & number him, but not how long he served in it. Teste, Stephen Minot.
Enach his Chase mark
Essex ss. April 9. 1818 then the above named Enach Chase made solemn oath that the said deposition by him signed is true, before me.
Stephen Minot, Judge, etc.

I, John Swan, depose and say that I know the within named Aaron Noyes, & I know that he served as a soldier in the Revolutionary war for the 8 months term in 1775 as he within has stated; I was a soldier in the same company the same time.
John Swan
Enr d fr. April 10. 1818 Then the above named John Swan made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true before me.
Stephen Minot { Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas &c
Whereupon, it appearing to my satisfaction that the said Aaron Noyes did serve in the Revolutionary war, as stated in his declaration aforesaid, against the common enemy, I now certify & transmit the testimony in the case & the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the department of war.
Stephen Minot. { Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit.

And the said Court hereby declares its 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 certifies that Samuel Jackson who has signed the preceding Certificate, is a Clergyman resident in Andover and that the said Nathaniel Swift who has also signed the same is a Magistrate resident at Andover and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
D. H. N. Judge of Probate
I Moody Spofford of said Andover aged 77 years on oath testify and say that I know Aaron Noyes above named that about December 15. 1776; said Noyes did march from said Andover to the Jerseys and there served three months from said Dec. 15. and was dismissed at Bound Brook in the Jerseys at the expiration of his three months I was a member of the same company (Capt. Marshes) and served the same time and was dismissed at the same place
Essex ss. September 25. 1832 Then personally appeared Moody Spofford above named who is known to me to be a credible witness and made oath that the above declaration by him subscribed by his mark is true before me
John L. Johnson Justice of the Peace
I, NATHANIEL LORD Junior, Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Essex aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Aaron Noyes for a pension. Also that John Lenny, M c Newman, and W m Johnson, Jr. Esquires, are Justices of the Peace for the County of Essex, and the signatures of the said several Justices to their respective certificates are genuine
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this twenty fifth day of September, A. D. 1832.
Nath l Lord Jr.

13103 Aaron Noyes Mass
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May 21 1833
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C. Minot Haverhill Mass

BRIEF in the case of Warren Noyes Co of Essex in the State of Mass (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 74  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. As a Gen.     19 th April In 17 th 5 th enlisted 8 Private Capt Davis Col Druce   " " about 4 " Capt Carr Col Dalswin   July 1816 4 " Capt Peabody Col Frasier   Decm " " 3 " Capt Marsh Col Pickering  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None mentioned  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Maso  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? In addition to two living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The papers are not attached agreeably to the regulation. The 2 nd line of service is not exact. 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Taylor Examining Clerk.
He refers to his papers (herewith) which were presented for a pension under the act of 1818

Ms. A. 9. 2. 27 H. H. Hays Ms. A. 9. 2. 27 21021
James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C.

Andover Mass ts Feb y 23. 1836
J. L. Edwards, Esquire,
Dr. Sir,
On application at the Pension Office in Boston by Frederick Noyes for payment of the amount of pension money due to Aaron Noyes, deceased, the person named in the Pension certificate No. 21021, it was found that the Power of Attorney from Betsey B. Noyes the widow of said deceased was more than 90 days old, and consequently the money could not be obtained, without a violation of the Rule in relation to the payment of Pensions - I am acquainted with Betsey B. Noyes, the Widow, & with Frederick Noyes her Attorney, and her power of Atty to him was executed in my presence - As the Widow has left Andover & now lives at a distance, I have to request you would be so good as to dispense with the Rule, so that payment may be made under the power aforesaid to said Frederick Noyes
With great respect yours &
Samuel Merrill

29349 Rev INVALID.
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File No. 29,349
Aaron Royce
Dis Rev tax
Act: June 7 th 82.
Index: Vol. 9 , Page 299
[Arrangement of 1870.]

13103 Aaron Noyes
C Minot Hawthorne Mass

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Saron Noyes which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yy II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yy III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yy V. * Has he mentioned 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? No. 2 term VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yy VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yy VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yy IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yy X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yy

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? No
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 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 shewn 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.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
‡QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.