Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 13844, for Joseph Ramsdell, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Ramsdell, Joseph Lydia
No. 13844.
CONTENTS
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4,933
Massachusetts.
Joseph Ramsdell Private 4
Massachusetts line (in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War)
inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 31 st of March 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18. of Dec r 1818 and sent to Hon. E. Whitman House of Reps: U.S.
  Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818 —  41 00 31    Semi-ann. all ee ending March 1819  48 00    Sum o  1/31 st 1818  4/30  $ 89 00 31  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
9 months Cash paid Bridgewater
Papers copied for Mr. Gordon July 18. 1833. Set to Hon. A. B. Borden H. R. Feb. 12 1836

4248
Massachusetts
Lydia Russell
widow of Joseph Russell
who was a Private
Mass in the Massachusetts line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th day of January 1844, and sent to Welcome Young
East Bridgewater Massachusetts
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 60
Atto J. Whittier May 28 '45
State of Mass. rep. on pg. 5

Joseph Ramsdell Bridgewater. —

I Joseph Ramsdell of Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts in my fifty eighth year depose set forth and declare that I was a soldier in the war of the revolution with great Britain in the Continental establishment, and entered the service in Capt. Drew's Company and Col. Bailey's Regiment and Massachusetts line and served nine months in 1779 and 1780, and was discharged Apr. 25 th and in June I entered the service again in Col. Smith's Regiment and Massachusetts line and served 6 months. Then in 1801 I entered the service again under Capt. Lord in Col. Ebenezer Droot's Regiment and same line, and served three years in Pennsylvania and New York, and was honorably discharged in December 1803. I had a written discharge but have lost it. Asa Howe, Elihu Mitchell, served during the three years with me.
Joseph Ramsdell
Sworn to March 31 st 1818.

2388
Lydia Randall Mass.
admitted P. 2 yrs $80
died June 13. 1880 Pocasset, lit.
Apr 23
J. N. Lord Plymouth

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth County ss
On this second day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the County of Plymouth, Lydia Russell a resident of East Bridgewater in said County of Plymouth aged seventy 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 of an act by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1830 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows: That she is the widow of Joseph Russell who was a private soldier in the war of the revolution that according to statements she has frequently heard her husband make during the time she lived with him he was in the service of the United States as a soldier about four years from 1779 to 1783 that he enlisted into what was called the three years service in the month of January 1781 & marched into the State of New York & joined Col Ebenezer Dyer's Regiment under Genl. Lord and served in said Regiment until the fall of 1783 that he obtained a pension for his service in the war of the revolution under act of Congress passed in the year 1818 for proof of his service she refers to his declaration and documents connected with it and the affidavit of Azor Howe which is herewith annexed. She further declares that she was married to the said Joseph Russell on the tenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven that her husband

The afore said Joseph Ramsdell died on the nineteenth day of June eighteen hundred & thirty that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the state but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January nineteen hundred & thirty four by at the time above stated
Lydia Ramsdell
Seaven to subscribed on the day & year first before written Before me
Wilkes Wood J. Prob.
Plymouth Co. I Jacob H. Lord Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Hon. Wilkes Wood is Judge of Probate for said County & that the above is his true & genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the Court of Probate for said County this Sixth day of October 1838
Jacob H. Lord

Joseph Ramsdell
4933
Mar: 19
ow J.S.C.

SCHEDULE.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
County of Plymouth ss.
On this eighteenth day of July 1820, before the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Southern Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, having a power also of fine and imprisonment, and keeping a record of their proceedings, personally appeared in open Court, being a court of record for the said County Joseph Ramsdale aged sixty years, resident in Bridgewater in said County, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, viz. for the term of nine months in Capt. Grew's company and Col. Badger's regiment; also three years service in Capt. Lord's company, and that he has received a pension certificate dated 18th December 1818, and numbered 4,933 in pursuance of his original Declaration made 31st March 1818
and also takes and subscribes the following oath, viz.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 28th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
I am a farmer but lame and unable to work. I have a wife aged fifty three. I have a mother in her ninetieth year who is helpless & depends on me for support - a daughter who is 23 years and an invalid; a son 19 years of age at work for himself and on his own account. I have nothing due to me. I owe about twenty dollars.
  1 Cow & pig 20   chair and tables 6   iron ware pots, kettles, shu tong etc 5   wheel Barrow 1.25   brockery ware, cups saucers, earthen platters, bowl 1.50   pitcher, mug 33.75 Joseph Ramsdale 
Sworn to, and declared, on the eighteenth day of July 1820 before
Nahum Mitchell Esq Justice of Court
I, John B. Thomas clerk of Circuit Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is thirty three dollars and seventy five cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this twentieth day of July 1820
John B. Thomas Clerk of the Court for the County of Plymouth

Joseph Ramsdell Bridgewater Ms
Admired.
Hon. E. Whitman. H. of R.

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
On this 31 st  ss. day of March 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Southern Circuit, personally appeared Joseph Ramsdell of Bridgewater aged fifty seven years, resident in the said Circuit, who being by me first duly cautioned according to law, on his oath made the following declaration, by him signed, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," viz. (see his said Declaration enclosed).
The said Ramsdell is made up on the Massachusetts rolls at Boston & paid by the United States for nine months viz from July 25 1779 to April 25 1780 — /
The said Ramsdell also made solemn oath before me the said Judge that he is reduced in his circumstances & stands

In need of the assistance of his country for support. And I the said Judge do certify, that I am well acquainted with the said Remdell , & his circumstances; that he occupies about 30 acres of land, not more than 9 acres of which are improved and fit for tillage or mowing - that he has an aged mother to support and a wife & one daughter, and nothing but his own labor and the land aforesaid, which is of an ordinary quality, to maintain them & himself.
And I, the said Judge, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Joseph Remdell did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, on the continental establishment; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
Nahum Mitchell
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
ss.
1818.
I HEREBY CERTIFY, That is one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Southern Circuit, consisting of the Counties of Plymouth, Norfolk, Bristol, Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket in said Commonwealth—that the same Circuit Court of Common Pleas is a Court of record—that the signature to the above certificate is the true signature of the said Judge, and that the seal thereunto affixed is the seal of the said Court.
} Clerk of the Judicial Court for the County of

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth ss. I John Nash Town Clerk of the Town of Abington certify that by the Records of said Town now in my possession & care it appears that Joseph Ramadale of Bridgewater and Lydia Gloyd of Abington were Married the tenth day of October in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven, and that the above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows viz Oct r y e 10 th 1787
I John Nash above named depose & say that I hold the office of Clerk in the Town, County and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town with the exception above named
As certified by me John Nash Town Clerk Abington Aug 18 th 1838 Plymouth ss. Aug 18 1830
Sworn to before me Jared Whitman J.P.

I Azor Howe of Bridgewater in the county of Plymouth & commonwealth of Massachusetts in the seventy fourth year of my age do depose not forth & say that I was well acquaint- ed with Joseph Ramsdell late of East Bridgewater deceased and that said Ramsdell enlisted into the service of the war- of the Revolution with me on the twenty fifth day of Janu- ary 1781 and marched to West Point in the State of New York & joined a company commanded by Capt Lord in Col Ebenezer Sprouts regiment & served until the twentieth day of October 1783 at which time we were discharged on condition the afore said enlistment was for the term of three years & we were discharged on condition that each one should cut the cord of wood on the mountain which road service the said Ramsdell & myself performed & were dis- charged which was considered equal to serving three full years. The whole of said service was perform- ed in Col Sprouts Regt part of the term Capt Walker Company & others Azor Howe

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth County ss September 27 th 1830 Then personally appeared the within named Ozer How before me and made oath to the truth of the within affidavit by him subscribed And I do further certify that the within named Ozer How is a credible witness
Isaac Alden justice of the Peace

I Melvorn Young of East Bridgewater in the county of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Mass about aged sixty five. you do depose at law & say that I was acquainted with the widow Lydia Russell of this town that I was acquainted with her husband the late Joseph Russell de- ceased that I know that the said Russell was a prisoner under the act of long up passed 1818 Melvorn Young
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth county ss. Sd 27 th 1838
Then personally appeared the above named Melvorn Young & made oath to the truth of the of the above affidavit by him subscribed before me and I do further certify that the said deponent is a credible witness
Isaac Alden Justice of the Peace

The following is a copy, from the Book of Records of Deaths belonging to the Town of East Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
• Eighteen hundred and thirty, June thirteenth Joseph Ramsdell of East Bridgewater died Aged Sixty nine years.
✓ I Certify that, the above is a true copy of the Record, with the exception of the date, and age, which, which are expressed on the Record in fair, legible figures as follows " 1830 June 13 th Aged 69 years. William Harris Town Clerk. -
I William Harris, above named, depose and say.

The following is a copy, from the Book of Records of Deaths belonging to the Town of East Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Eighteen hundred and thirty, June thirteenth Joseph Ramsdell of East Bridgewater died Aged Sixty nine years.
I Certify that, the above is a true copy of the Record, with the exception of the date, and age, which, which are expressed on the Record in fair, legible figures as follows "1830 June 13 th Aged 69 years." William Harris Town Clerk. -
I William Harris, above named, depose and say that, I hold the Office of Town Clerk of East Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Town with the exception named as certified by me.
William Harris Town Clerk of East Bridgewater Massachusetts
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth County ss.
Then personally appeared the above named William and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed -
Before me Wilson Young Just Peace

February 1, 1939
BA-J/AWF Joseph Ramsdell W. 13344
Mary E. Pallister Lawrence Massachusetts
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Joseph Ramsdell, Jr., of Pembroke and Scituate, Massachusetts.
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, W.13844, based upon service of Joseph Ramsdell in the War of the Revolution. This is the record of the only Joseph Ramsdell found on file in the Revolutionary War records of this office. The name was searched under similar spellings.
The date and place of birth of Joseph Ramsdell, and names of his parents were not stated.
about Joseph Ramsdell enlisted July 25, 1779, and served nine months as private in Captain Drew's company, Colonel Bailey's Massachusetts regiment. He enlisted sometime in June, 1780, served six months in Captain Smith's Massachusetts regiment. He enlisted January 25, 1781, served as private in Captains Lord's and Walker's companies, in Colonel Ebenezer Sprout's Massachusetts regiment, and was discharged sometime in December, 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application executed March 31, 1818, at which time he was living in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. He

died June 13, 1830 in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, aged about sixty-nine years.
Joseph Ramsdell married October 10, 1787, Lydia Cloyd of Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. The marriage was recorded on the books of said Abington. Joseph Ramsdell was then of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and his name was borne on said records "Joseph Ramsdale". His signature is shown in the claim "Joseph Ramsdell".
The widow, Lydia Ramsdell, was allowed pension on her application executed October 2, 1838, at which time she was seventy years of age, and a resident of East Bridgewater, Massachusetts. The date and place of her birth and names of parents were not stated.
Reference was made in 1820 to the mother of the soldier, Joseph Ramsdell, then aged ninety years, to his daughter, aged twenty-three years, and to his son, aged nineteen years; their names were not designated.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this widow, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city, and furnish the following data-
Lydia Ramsdell, widow of Joseph Ramsdell Certificate # 4248 Issued January 8, 1844 Rate $80.00 per annum Commenced March 4, 1843 Act of March 3, 1843 Massachusetts Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Res WIDOW, &c.
1935- June 12- leish to Mrs. Dorothy R. S. Schmelz aug 1936- Oct 29- leish to Mrs. Rose Cherry aug 1939- Feb 1- leish to Mary E. Pallister aug
File No. 13844
Lydia Bramstedt Widow of Joseph Bramstedt WWI Rev War
Act: March 31 43
Index:—Vol. M , Page 149
[Arrangement of 1870.]

2540
R
Massachusetts
rept May 15. '39
Sydia Ramsdell widow of Joseph Ramsdell dec?
let to W. Young same date
he was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died on the 13 th June 1830 Plymouth in the State of MS.
he was a Private in the Comp y . commanded Captain Love L of the Reg t commanded Col. Sprout in the MS. for 2 years
scribed on the Roll of MS. the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
ertificate of Pension issued the 26 th day of Apr 1839 and sent J. H. G. Loud Plymouth Ms. arrears to the 4th of Mar. 39 $240.00 semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept. " 40.00 $280.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
recorded by ok [initials] Vol. 2 nd Page 126 W. H. Addison Clerk,

lost in 1875 July 15
Lydia Merrill 25840 Aunt Melvin 25841 M rs Chamberlin 25842 Mrs. Whitman 25843
Edwards Esquire Com te of Pensions Washington

Earl Bridgewater
May 11. 1839
Sir
I have called at the Pension office for Pensions for Lydia Ramsdell, Amy Tibbet, Molly Chamberlain, Susanna Whitmarsh, & the Pension Agent at Boston says, that those names have not been reported to him, & he refuses to pay - The certificate of the first name bears date April 29. 1839, & the other 3 names April 25/39 - Please report them, without delay -
Welborne Young per Williams Latham

E Bridgewater Mass Nov 27. '43
4848
Welcome Young. Declaration of Lydia Ramsdell.
Yrs. Sec Nov 28/43 Pension Office
4848 Mass. Mar 3 d 1843 Lydia Ramsdell
Nov. 27. 1843.
$80 per an
Welcome Young, E. Bridgewater, Mass.

Earl Bridgewater Nov. 23. 1843
To the Secretary of War
Sir Enclosed I forward the declaration of the Widow Lydia Ramsdell of this place, which, when examined and certificate is made out, you will please forward to me at Earl Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth & Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Some time since I forwarded the declarations of the Widow Whitmarsh and French of this place - if not too much trouble, I wish you to state on receipt of this, whether they were received and much oblige yours &c Wleame Young.

May 28 46
10
J. L. Edwards Esq. Com. of Pensions
W Washington.
Sydia Randall Mass. act 43 4248

South Abington, Mass. May 21/46
J. L. Edwards Esq.,
Sir. Mrs Lydia Ramsdell of East Bridgewater, Plym. Co. Mass. Widow of Joseph Ramsdell late of sd East Bridgewater, who was a Pensioner of the U. States at the rate of eight Dollars per Month - desires information - upon the following point. - After the Death of her Husband - which took place, June 13, 1830, she as his widow received a Pension - and still receives it - altho' her Certificate is returned - at the rate of eighty Dollars per year - instead, as she supposes she ought, at the rate of ninety six Dollars per year - She wishes to be informed whether there is not some clerical mistake - and whether, in fact she is not entitled to the larger sum - If you will cause the case to be investigated - and information given, you will very much oblige her. -
Jane A. Whitman for Lydia Ramsdell

606
Pension Office
May 28. 1846
Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 24 th inst. I have to inform you that the Act of March 18. 1828 under which Joseph Ramsdell was pensioned allows $96 per annum to a private of Infantry who served as long as nine months under one enlistment; but the laws under which the widow was pensioned, give her the same annual pension that the husband would have received under the law of June 7. 1832. That act allows a private soldier no more than $80 per annum for two years service, and upward, and for all other than that period of service a proportionate rate of pension. Mr. Ramsdell served more than two years, and his widow was entitled and Mrs. Lydia Ramsdell was pensioned accordingly.
Jared Joel Whitman Esq. South Abington Mass.

4848
LIB

State of Massachusetts } ss Plymouth County - }
On this twenty first day of November in the year eighteen hundred and forty three, personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County of Plymouth Lydia Ramsdell resident of East Bridgewater in the said County of Plymouth aged seventy five 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 provision made by the Act of Congress, passed on the third day of March 1843 granting Pensions to widows of persons, who served during the Revolutionary War - That she is the Widow of Joseph Ramsdell who was a private in the Army of the Revolution and a Pensioner under the Act of Congress passed the 18 th day of March 1818 and that the annual amount of the pension which she received under the Act of July 7 th 1838 was Eighty dollars and sixty six cents . She further declares that she is still the widow of the said Joseph Ramsdell.
Lydia Ramsdell.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, and I do hereby certify that the declarant is personally known to me
Before me Welcome Young Justice Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Plymouth
Clerks Office Nov 22 1842
I Nathaniel Clerk of the Judicial Courts for the said County of Plymouth do hereby certify that Melchior Young before whom the foregoing declaration was sworn is a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Plymouth duly commissioned & qualified under the authority of said Commonwealth - And that his signature to the present thereof is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name - & affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court on the day & year aforesaid
Nathaniel Clerk

DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION BETSY ROSS CHAPTER LAWRENCE, MASSACHUSETTS
39 Russell Street
Dec 30
Veterans Administration Washington D. C.
Do your records show a claim for pension for the War of Revolution for Joseph Ramsdel Jr of Pembroke + Scituate Mass. whose wife was Mary Haws and whose children are as follows.
1 Hannah 3 Hannah 2 S Lydia - 4 Lois - 5 S Simeon - 6 Al live - 7 Ruth
I am sending names of children for there were so many Joseph Ramsdells who served in the Rev. War. from the nearby towns.
If there is any information in regard to this man, his father or his wife and children. Will you please send it along.
Respectfully Mary E. Pullister Betsy Ross Chapter D. A. R.

Erie County Children's Home
Phone, Main 148
SANDUSKY, OHIO
TRUSTEES
F. J. RITZENTHALER, PRESIDENT SANDUSKY, OHIO  A. F. LINKER, VICE PRESIDENT R. D. 1, HURON, OHIO  A. H. LEIMBACH VERMILION, OHIO  MRS. ZELLA BRAGG R. D. 1, CASTALIA, OHIO  MRS. MAUDE N. BEARE MILAN, OHIO
May 24th 1935
War Department Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:-
only We are seeking information concerning our ancestor, one Joseph Ramsdell , believed to have served in the Revolutionary War, and enlisting from somewhere in Massachusetts.
A son Horace Ramsdell was born in 1790; other brothers were Valentine and John. We would like to learn the name of their mother and other members of the family if such records exist in your files.
Thank you kindly for any information that you may be able to offer.
Sincerely yours,
Mrs. ) Dorothy R. L. Schnee
Dorothy Ramsdell Linn Schnee

2601 Milan Rd. S. COLUMBUS AVENUE SANDUSKY, OHIO
ROSS CHERRY SANDUSKY SANDS Sept 30 1936
TELEPHONE MAIN 2274-W
Veterans Bureau Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:-
only one of Rudsquith's may have been State prior I should like all the information I can get about a Revolutionary Soldier, Joseph Ramsdell. He is on the Pension list for N Y State before 1809, and on that of Ohio after 1809. I think he served from Bridgewater, Mass. He had sons, Jacob, John, Horace, Valentine and a daughter Abigail who married Abiather Shirely. Joseph and his sons built a boat at Oswego N.Y. in 1809 and came up the lake in it to the Peninsula on Sandusky Bay where they settled, and where many of them still reside. Very especially I should like the name of his wife if it is given in his pension record, and the record of his service in the Revolution. His sons all served in the war of 1812 in local engagements, built a blockhouse on the Peninsula, and his son Valentine was killed by the Indians in the battle where Joseph was seriously wounded.
Thanking you for any help you can give me, I am
Sincerely
W.L. Cherry
Chairman Revolutionary Graves Martha Pitkin Chapter D.A.R.
Mrs. Ross Cherry 2601 Milan Rd Sandusky O
Note: N.Y. Jan. 1809, p. 16234 in press rev. for NY & applied in Ohio
The pens which you state he recd prior 1809 may have been granted by the State of NY,

October 29, 1936
Joseph Ramsdell-W.13844 BA-J/AWF
Mrs. Ross Cherry 2601 Milan Road Sandusky, Ohio
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Joseph Ramsdell, soldier of the Revolution from Bridgewater, Massachusetts. You state that he was on the "Pension list for N Y State before 1809, and on that of Ohio after 1809.
The data furnished herein were obtained from pension claim, W. 13844, based upon the service of Joseph Ramsdell in the Revolutionary War. This is the record of the only Joseph Ramsdell found on file in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
The date and place of birth of this soldier are not given, nor are the names of his parents stated.
Joseph Ramsdell enlisted July 25, 1779 and served nine months as a private in Captain Drew's company, Colonel Bailey's Massachusetts regiment. He enlisted Smith sometime in June and served six months in Colonel Massachusetts regiment. He enlisted January 25, 1781, served as private in Captains Lord's and Walker's companies in Colonel Ebenezer Sprout's Massachusetts regiment, and was discharged in December, 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application executed March 31, 1818, at which time he was living in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. The pension which you state he received prior to 1809 may have been granted by the State of New York.
Joseph Ramsdell married October 10, 1787, Lydia

Gloyd of Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. The marriage was recorded on the records of said Abington. Joseph Ramsdell was then of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and his name was borne on said records "Joseph Ramsdale". His signature is shown in the claim "Joseph Ramsdell".
He died June 13, 1830 in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, aged sixty-nine years. His widow, Lydia Ramsdell, was allowed pension on her application executed, October 2, 1838, at which time she was aged seventy years and living in East Bridgewater. The place of her birth and names of her parents were not given.
Reference was made in 1820 to the soldier's mother, aged ninety years, to his daughter, aged twenty-three years, and to his son, aged nineteen years; no names were stated.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of Lydia Ramsdell, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and give the following data:
Lydia Ramsdell, widow of Joseph Ramsdell Certificate # 4248 Issued January 8, 1844 Rate $80.00 per annum Commenced March 4, 1843 Act of March 3, 1843 Massachusetts Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

June 12, 1935
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Joseph Ramsdell-W.13844 BA-J/AWF
Mrs. Dorothy R.L. Schnee Matron, Erie County Children's Home Sandusky, Ohio
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information concerning Joseph Ramsdell of Massachusetts, War of the Revolution.
The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 13844, based upon the service of Joseph Ramsdell in the Revolutionary War. This is the record of the only Joseph Ramsdell found on file in the Revolutionary War records of this office. The surname was searched under similar spellings.
The date and place of birth of Joseph Ramsdell are not shown in the claim, nor are the names of his parents given.
Joseph Ramsdell, as his signature appears in the claim, enlisted July 25, 1779, served nine months as a private in Captain Drew's company, Colonel Bailey's Massachusetts regiment. He enlisted in June, served six months in Colonel Smith's regiment. He enlisted, January 25, 1781, served as private in Captains Lord's and Walker's companies, Colonel Ebenezer Sprout's Massachusetts regiment, and was discharged in December, 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application executed March 31, 1818, at which time he was living in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. See here -
Joseph Ramsdell married October 10, 1787, Lydia

Gloyd of Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. The marriage was recorded on the records of said Abington. Joseph Ramsdell was then of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and his name was borne on said records "Joseph Ramsdale".
Joseph Ramsdell died June 13, 1830 in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, aged sixty-nine years. His widow, Lydia Ramsdell, was allowed pension on her application executed, October 3, 1838, then aged seventy years and living in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts. The place of her birth and names of her parents are not given.
Reference was made in 1820 to the soldier's mother, aged ninety years, to his daughter, aged twenty-three years, and to his son, aged nineteen years; no names were stated.
In order to obtain information in regard to the last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of Lydia Ramsdell, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., citing the following data:
Lydia Ramsdell, widow of Joseph Ramsdell Certificate # 4248 Issued January 8, 1844 Rate $80.00 per annum To commence March 4, 1843 Act of March 3, 1843 Massachusetts Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator