Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30,057, for Joel Redway, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Redway, Joel
S 30,057
CONTENTS
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21.243
Massachusetts
Joel Redway
of Balthasar in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Allen of the Reg. commanded by Col. Storer in the Mass. Con n line for 19 mos.
let Cont d 9 mos.
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of $63 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of Aug. 1833 and due to H. W. Bishop Exec.
Arrears to the 14th of Mar. 33 $126.66 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept 2 31.66 $158.33
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. C. Stiles Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 2 Page 9
This name was erroneously entered as that of Redway and was under letter A. July 9. 1831.
77 Parker

Genl Redway Senatore His Application for Pension Oct 19 1832
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Berkshire, ss.
ON this Twelfth day of October A. D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the Honorable WILLIAM P. WALKER, Judge of the Court of Probate, within and for said County of Berkshire, now sitting,
Isaac Redway a resident of the town of Lanesborough in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged Seventy five 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.
He enlisted the 11 th of May 1775 under Capt. Eliot whose company belonged to Colonel Storer's Regiment & Genl. Putnam's Brigade - he was marched to Cambridge near Boston - was stationed at Bunker Hill & spent the time for which he then enlisted, which was six Months & two Months after at Cambridge - His place of residence when he enlisted was in the town of Hillingsly  now  Bennington . He enlisted again in May 1776 for 12 Months & served under Capt. Benoni Cutter in Col. Thomas Regiment - He went to New York & stayed a few weeks & then crossed the River to New Jersey & joined Genl. Sullivan's Army - from thence he went to White Plains & was in the battle at that place. He served in that section of country until December - then crossed the R. River again, marched through N. Jersey to the Delaware River & crossed it at East Jersey - then went back to Trenton & was at the taking of the Hessians at that place - & was also in another battle at Trenton a few weeks afterwards from thence he went to Manhattan & Genl. Washington sent up for

sent to New Jersey was on the same at that place He served in that section of country until December - then crossed the Dr. River again, marched through N. Jersey to the Delaware River & crossed it at Red Bank - then went back to Trenton & was at the taking of the Hessians at that place - he was also in another Battle at Trenton a few weeks afterwards from there he went to Morristown & Genl. Washington sent up for him to Quarters -
He was in three Battles with the British during the Winter - & returned home the 23 rd of May 1777 - for the last mentioned 12 Months service He received a regular discharge but has lost it - he was discharged at Chatham near Morristown Massachusetts. He was born in Rehoboth June 14 th 1757 of which there was a record in the family Bible He removed from Billingsly to Stafford the latter part of the War & soon after that to his present place of residence in Lonsborough Col. Sergeants - Genl. Lee, Genl. Washington Lord Sterling & were officers with which he was acquainted
After serving the time of his enlistment there was an Act or Resolution of the State of Connecticut that if any two Men wanted him a Man for three years service they should be exempted - He and another Man by the Name of Samuel Bovel conformed to that regulation & hired a Man by the Name of Reynolds who served during the three years -
David Jewett Rufus Carpenter Lyman Hall, Wm. N. Dyer &c, are some of the Persons who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier in the revolution.

of Connecticut that if any two men appoint him a man for three years service they should be exempted. He and another man by the name of Samuel Bovel complained to that regulation to bind a man by the name of Reynolds who served during the three years.
David Jewett Rufus Carpenter Lyman Hall, Wm. H. Tyler &c, are some of the persons who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier in 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
David Redway
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
W. P. Walker J. Probst
We William H. Tyler, a Clergyman, residing in the town of Litchfield and George A. Briggs residing in Litchfield hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with David Redway who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy five 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.
Wm H. Tyler Geo. A. Briggs
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
W. P. Walker J. Probst
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 above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that William H. Tyler who signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman, res.

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
Israel Redway
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
W. P. Walker J. Probate
We William H. Tyler , a Clergyman, residing in the town of Cambridge and George A. Briggs residing in Cambridge hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Israel Redway who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy 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.
Wm H. Tyler Geo. A. Briggs
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
W. P. Walker J. Probate
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 above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that William H. Tyler who signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman, resident in the town of Cambridge in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts and that George A. Briggs who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Cambridge in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
W. P. Walker J. Probate
I, HENRY W. BISHOP, Register of the Court of Probate within and for the County of Berkshire in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Israel Redway for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office of said Court of Probate, this ninth day of October in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty two .
Henry W. Bishop Register of Probate

I Asa Todd of Chesterfield in the County of Hampshire South of Mafa upon 18 th March in the year 1776. I submitted as a soldier in the Regt. Com mand d by Col Ward of Connecticut & served for the term of one year - there although I do not distinctly recollect the period of Disch. Redw d of none of them born. M p . during the time I was in the service 10 or 12 years. yet from the details of the accounts of that year which, I think, no one could detail who was not in the Regt. I have no doubt as my mind that I Redw d was a soldier in 1 st Regiment during the year that I was - Asa Todd
Commonwealth of Mass
Berkshire ss: 26 July 1832 Personally came before the above named Todd a Minister of the Gospel & made oath to the truth of the affidavit by him subscribed
Geo. N. Briggs Just Peace

Berkshire p 19 July 1833 I Certify that I am acquainted with the Rev Mr Soxx whom you the Christian officials & think his character for morality is good
W. N. Briggs Boston as the Plan

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Berkshire, ss.
I, HENRY W. BISHOP, Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County, do hereby certify that George L. Bagg Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition was taken is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and have no doubt that the Signature annexed to said deposition is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this tenth day of October A. D. 1832. Henry W. Bishop - Register of Probate

State of New York
Jefferson County ss: Preserved Redway of the town of Ellsbrough in the County of Jefferson and State of New York and Comfort Redway of the town of Lorraine in the County and State aforesaid being severally duly sworn do each for themselves severally depose and say - That Joel Redway of Lanesborough Berkshire County in the State of Massachusetts is the Brother of these deponents and that they are acquainted acquainted with the fact that he said Joel belonged to a rendered services as a Soldier in the Army of the revolution - These deponents further depose & say that the said Joel listed in a Regiment that was raised in the State of Connecticut upon marching  near to Boston in the year 1775 and that he served in said Regiment at & near Boston in the year 1775 for the term of six months - These deponents further depose and say that during the years of 1776 & 1777 the said Joel Redway further served as a Soldier in said Army of the Revolution for the term of twelve months more. That said Joel Redway as they were informed & verily believe was stationed at New York  at New York at the City of New York.
These deponents further depose and say that they do not remember the names of the Captains or other officers who commanded at the time of the aforesaid enlistments of the said Joel Redway & further say not. His Sworn & subscribed to Comfort X Redway mark this 23 rd day of August 1832 before me Preserved Redway Benjamin Wright one of the Judges of Jefferson County Courts

State of New York
Suff. Co. ss
This may certify that I am well acquainted with Messrs Redway & Comfort Redway the persons who have made the within affidavit before me. They are moral & good citizens their character for truth & veracity are good & unimpeachable.
Benjamin Wright one of the Judges of Common Pleas on County Courts N.Y.
State of New York Clerks. Office Jefferson County ss I, Peter Burchard Clerk of the said County do certify that Benjamin Wright Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been sworn and also whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate was at the date of the same one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County. and that I am acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit and certificate to be his proper handwriting and signature. Witness my hand and the seal of the said County this 24 th day of June 1833. P. Burchard. Clerk.

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BRIEF in the case of Co of Berkshire
Joel Redway in the State of  Mass (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Concord,  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 75  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.     May In 1775 entered and said about 67 Private Col Elliot Col Stone   May 1776 " 1 7 " Col Gullin Col Ward  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Battle of White Plains, and Trenton Three Skirmishes  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Hillingsby Connecticut,  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional, two Living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The papers are not attested agreeably to the regulation - the witnesses are not lawful Credible 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Taylor
Examining Clerk.

In reply to your request of _____, received for a statement of the military history of Joel Redway 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. S. File 30057
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     March 75 7 mos. Pri. Elliot Stearns Conn.   May 76 to May 23 77 " Barnes Cutter. Ward  
Battles engaged in, W. Pl. - taking of Hessians at Trenton & at Red Bank Residence of soldier at enlistment, Killingly Conn. Date of application for pension, Oct 7 1832  Albany Residence at date of application, Lanesborough, Mass. Age at date of application, 75  born June 14 1757 at Rehoboth, Mass.
Remarks:
R. File 8646  M. file 18796 In 1832 Comfort Redway of Lorraine, NY. + Preserved Redway of Lanesborough, NY brothers of soldier, testified to his services.

to - name
Rev 30057 INVALID
Apr. 21. 1897 - History Mr. Roscoe E. Redway Eastern Div. Pension Bu. 1990 Oct. 13. Hist. to R. E. Redway letter in 77 file 18796 preserved Redway. E
File No. 30,057
Joel Redway Rev Rev Div
Act: June 1 st 1897
Index: - Vol. 9 , Page 337
[Arrangement of 1870.]

15171
Joel Redway
H W. Bishop Esq. Lenox 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 Oral Ridway which require further proof or explanation,
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes 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? yes 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 VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes 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? yes

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? no 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 The official character & signature of Judge May White not certified 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? —
 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.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Berkshire County ss. Lenox July 9 th 1833
Personally appeared in open court before me William P. Walker Judge of Probate for said County Joel Bedway who being duly sworn deponeth to saith that by reason of old age & consequent loss of memory he can not swear positively as to the precise length of his services but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below to wit the following periods 1 st Period May 1775 under Capt. Dill as a private Seven Months - 2 nd Period May 1776 - to May 1777 twelve months as a private under the officers mentioned in the Declaration Making in all nineteen months service as a private and for such service I claim a Pension - That I had a dis- charge from the Army after my term of service expiring in 1775 & also an after the expiration of my term of service in 1777 but that I have lost them, the same cannot now be found Joel Bedway
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Subscribed and sworn to this day and year aforesaid.
W. P. Walker Judge of Probate
I Henry W. Bishop Regulator of Probate within & for the County of Berkshire in the Commonwealth of Mass. do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original supplemental & annuity provisions added to the will of the late Joel Bedway for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this ninth day of July A.D. 1833
Henry W. Bishop Regulator Probate