Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19,724, for Sylvanus Raymond, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Raymond Sylvanus Hatch, Silence
W. 19,724
Former widow.
CONTENTS

Vermont - 2414
Let W. Palmer May 8. 1889.
Silence Hatt, formerly widow of Sylvanus Raymond who died on the 11 th day 1819 of Windsor in the State of Vermont who was a Quartermaster in the Cont l Army commanded by Captain Benson of the Reg t commanded by Colton in the Mass. line for 13 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Balloon falls at the rate of 47 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th day of Nov r '38 and sent to and W. Palmer Worcester, Vt.
Arrears to the 14th of Sept $ 357. 45 Semi-annual allowance ending 23. 83 $ 381. 28
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 rd }
Recorded by R. Burrows Clerk, Book A Vol. 2 Page 27

Certificate of marriage S. Fletcher —

The following are those persons that were joined in Marriage by the Rev. Mr. Silvanus Conant.
May the Twenty third, seventeen hundred and seventy six Silvanus Raymond and Silance Thomas both of Middleborough
Silvanus Conant
I Allen Shaw certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the Record of said Town with the exception of the date which is expressed in fair legible figures as follows.
May 23 1776.
I Allen Shaw above named depose and say that I hold the Office of Town Clerk in the Town of Middleborough County of Plymouth Commonwealth of Massachusetts and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Town with the exception above named as certified by me.
Middleborough June 25 th 1838.
Allen Shaw Town Clerk of Middleborough
Plymouth ss. When personally appeared Allen Shaw Subscriber to the above Certificate and made Solemn Oath to the truth of the above; and he is a credible witness.
Before me Eliza Thompson Justice of the Peace
Middleborough July 14 th 1838

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Plymouth.
Clerk's Office of the Judicial Court July 20 1958
I, H. H. Morris, Clerk of the Judicial Court for the said County of Plymouth hereby certify that Read Thompson signed before whom the foregoing deposition was sworn to & further that there for the County of said defendant qualified & acted under the authority of said Commonwealth - And that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
Attest my hand & seal this 20th day of July 1958 H. H. Morris Clerk of the Judicial Court for said County
H. H. Morris

Damon Heath

State of Vermont } On this 16th day of Windsor County } August 1838 personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the peace within and for the County of Windsor aforesaid Darius Hatch a resident of Proctor in the County of Washington and State of Vermont aged 59 years who being duly sworn according to law doth before me that he is a son of Ichabod Hatch and the same Ichabod Hatch who married Silvia Raymond widow of Sylvanus Raymond and that the said Ichabod Hatch died on the 13th day of March A.D. 1836 and that the said Silvia Hatch was a widow on the 4th day of July A.D. 1836 and has remained a widow ever since and is now living. Darius Hatch
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written. And I hereby certify that the said Darius Hatch is a credible witness. Walter Palmer Justice of the Peace
State of Vermont } I Benjamin Swan Windsor County } Clerk of Windsor County Court hereby certify that Walter Palmer who has affixed his name to the above is a justice of the peace within & for the County of Windsor

S. Hatch (3774)
Silence Hatch formerly widow of Silvanus Raymond died
act 4 July 36 " 3 March 39 Joint resolution on Rolls 13mo Drum
married in 76
adm 13mo Drummer
47 lbs
No deduction
Walter Palmer Woodstock Vt

State of Vermont Windsor County District of Hartford On this first day of August 1838 personally appeared before the judge of the Probate Court of Hartford District now sitting Silence Hatch a resident of Woodstock in the County of Windsor aforesaid aged eightyone 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 provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 4th 1836 and the act explanatory of said act passed March 3rd 1837
That she was married to Sylvanus Raymond who was a soldier of the revolution that according to her knowledge and belief that the said Raymond in the year 1775 lived in Middleborough in the State of Massachusetts some time in the month of May in said year the said Sylvanus Raymond enlisted into Capt Joshua Benson's Company in Col. Gheesbille's Cattle Regiment for eight months marched to Roxbury near Boston where was stationed there and did military duty until his term of enlistment was out and then returned home
That in the Spring of the year 1777 or in 1778 (which of said years she cannot say) the said Sylvanus Raymond enlisted into Capt. Hollis Company in Col. Robinson's Regiment Mass. State Troops (the Christian names of the two last mentioned officers she does not know) and marched to Providence Rhode Island and from there to North Kingston in said State and was stationed there and did military duty five months he then returned home; that she has no documentary evidence in support of her claim
She further says that the said Raymond during the term of his two enlistments served as a drummer

died on the 11th day of January 1819 that she was afterwards married to Deborah Hatch who died on the 13th day of March 1836 and that she was a widow on the 4th day of July 1836 and still remains a widow as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written Silenus her Hatch mark Witness - Thos C. Powers
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written
John S. Marcy Judge
By mistake the applicant's name was written below the certificate and is erased John S. Marcy Judge
I Oel Billings Register of the Court of Probate for the District of Hartford do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Silenus Hatch for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this first Day of August A.D. 1838.
Oel Billings Register

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 19724
Silence Hatch
widow of
William Hayward
Steamer New Year
Act: July 4th 86
Index:—Vol. A Page 314
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Woodstock Vt August 31st 1838
Sir
Enclosed with this is the declaration of Silence Hatch, who was the widow of Sylvanus Raymond, which when examined with the returns directs to me Respectfully yours,
Walter Palmer
Hon J. L. Edwards Commr. of pension

May 8.
FREE
Hon. James L. Edwards Silvia Hatch D. M. H.
Ms. A. 9. 2. 14 36
James L. Edwards Demmz of Pennam Washington D.C.

Woodstock Vt May 4th 1839
Sir
I recd a pension certificate for Silvia Hatch former widow of Sylvanus Raymond dated Nov. 7th 1838 payable at Burlington
The voucher has been sent there and they have recd no order to pay
As Bellows Falls is a more convenient place to receive the pension it is wished that it might be paid there
Respectfully yours
Walter Palmer
Hon J. L. Edwards Clerk of persons
P.S. I wish to be informed when the payment is to be made
W. Palmer

Mark Thomas

I Noah Thomas of Plympton, in the County of Plymouth, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Aged Seventy Eight Years, do testify and say that I was in the War of the Revolution - and am a pensioner - I was well acquainted with Sylvanus Raymond formerly of Middleborough in the County of Plymouth. I was acquainted with S d Raymond, we lived in the same Town, and were boys together. I was in the Service with Sylvanus Raymond, at Roxbury in the State of Massachusetts. I was in Captain Joshua Allen's Company and in the Regiment, Commanded by Col Theophilus Cotton - and was in the Service at Roxbury Eight Months - and Sylvanus Raymond was with me all this time, and was then Major of our Regiment during this Eight Months - This Service was  was in the Year Seventeen. We encamped about the first of May - I think we marched for Roxbury - and our time expired on the following January -
Witness
Noah Thomas
Ebenezer Thomas Ebenezer Ward

Plymouth County ss.
July 20. 1838. Then personally appeared Noah Thomas, Subscribed to the within affidavit and well known to me as a credible witness & made oath to the truth of the same.
Before me
David Thompson
Justice of Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Plymouth County ss.
I, John B. Thomas Clerk of the Judicial Courts for the said County of Plymouth do hereby certify that David Thompson Esquire before whom the foregoing deposition was sworn, was on the day of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Plymouth duly commissioned & qualified under the authority of said Commonwealth to administer oaths and take depositions - And that the signature subscribed to the Seal of the same deposition is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court this twenty third day of July in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight. M c B. Morris

J. S. [unclear]

State of Vermont } On this day personally appeared before me Windsor County } Walter Palmer a justice of the Peace within & for the County of Windsor opposed John D. Powers a resident of Woodstock in the County of Windsor aged 64 years who first being duly sworn according to law state before said day. That he was acquainted with Sylvanus Raymond former of Middle- borough in the state of Massachusetts, and late of Woodstock in the County of Windsor opposed. And that the said Sylvanus Raymond died at said Woodstock on the 11 th day of January A.D. 1819, he being a Physician was present when the said Sylvanus Raymond died —
John D. Powers
Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year first above written and I hereby certify that the said John D. Powers is a Credible Witness
Walter Palmer Just Power

State of Vermont } On this 27 th day of July 1838 Windsor County } personally appeared before the Subscriber a justice of the Peace within & for the County of Windsor Eleazar Wood a resident of Woodstock in said County of Windsor aged 76 years who being duly sworn does depose and say that he was acquaint- ed with Sylvanus Raymond formerly of Middle- borough Mass and afterwards of Woodstock in the State of Vermont that some time in the Spring of the year 1877 or 1878 the said Raymond at said Middleborough in- listed into Capt Hollis Company in Col. Robinson Regiment Massachusetts State Troops and marched to Providence Rhode Island & from there to North King- ston and was stationed there and did Military duty five months which facts he well knows for he enlist- ed at the same time into the same Company and the same Regiment with the said Raymond and was with him during the term of five months and was dismissed from the service at the same time the said Raymond was and they both returned back to said Middleborough
Eleazar Wood
The said Eleazar Wood further testifies that when the said Sylvanus Raymond was in the service above stated he the said Raymond did duty as a drummer
Eleazar Wood
Sworn to and subscribed
The day and year first above written and I hereby certify that the said Eleazar Wood is a credible witness
Walter Palmer Just Peace
State of Vermont
Windsor County } On this 27 th day of July 1838 personally appeared before the Subscriber a justice of the Peace within and for the County of Windsor Seth Thomas of Middle- borough in the State of Massachusetts now at Woodstock in the County of Windsor & State of Vermont aged

at said Middleborough enlisted some time in the month of May A.D. 1775 into Capt. Joshua Benson Company in Col. Theophilus Cattell Regiment for eight months marched to Roxbury Neck and there joined the Regiment was stationed there and did duty in said Regiment as a drummer during the term of eight months the latter part of the time the said Raymond did the duty of Drum Major in said Regiment the above facts are well known for he enlisted at the same time and into the same Company and same Regiment and marched to said Roxbury and did Military duty there with the said Sylvanus Raymond during the term of eight months was discharged at the same time and returned back to said Middleborough with the said Raymond
J. H. Thomas
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year first written in the foregoing and I hereby certify that the said Seth Thomas is a credible Witness
Walter Palmer Just Peace