Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 20,489, for Timothy Noyes, Massachusetts

SERVICE
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Mass.
Noyes, Timothy
S. 20, 489
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N. 825 Maine  Atte... Timothy Boyles of Grafton in the State of New Hampshire who was a Captain in the Continental Army commanded by Captain Boyles of the Regt commanded by Col. Grafton in the N. Hampshire line for 3 months Private 8 " Colonel
Incribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of 22 Dollars 07 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th day of April 1833 and dated at Bliss Waterhill New Hampshire
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $65.34 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept. " 14.33 Died Apr. 23, 1838 $81.67
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by W. G. D. D. S. Clerk Book D Vol. 951 Page 100 
Transf d to Maine on 8 th February, 1833 from 4 th Sept r 1833 Notification sent to Pension, care of Hon. J. O. F. Smith, H. of R. 8 th Feby. 1834 Let to Pen agent May 1. 1834.

Smoky Ridge
20730

DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
State of New-Hampshire, } ss. County of Grafton
On this 20 th day of September November 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the Judges of the Court of Probate of Will &c., now sitting, Timothy Noyes a resident of Hanover in the County of Grafton and State of N. H. aged 81 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, to wit: That in the month of March in the year of our Lord 1775, the last day of the month he is not able to mention, at Falmouth in the District of Massachusetts in the State of Maine, where he then resided, entered into the Company of Minute men commanded by Captain Joseph Royet in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Timothy Noyes as a volunteer, & served therein at said Falmouth and assisted in taking a party of British of eight men, who landed from a thirty six gun frigate British frigate which came in there - That at the expiration of his said month's service, he enlisted at said Falmouth in the month of April in the year of our Lord 1775 - he enlisted at said Falmouth, where he then resided, into the Company commanded by Captain Samuel Royet in Col. Davis Regiment for the term of eight months - that in immediately after his said enlistment he entered said Company & served therein during all of said second term of eight months, as a corporal - that he was stationed at Prospect Hill in the State of Massachusetts in immediately after the battle of Bunker Hill that he was in no battle, but was wounded at Red Bank Point in said last named State, by a grape shot fired from a British vessel, of which he has since been known - that he does not recollect the names of any officers other than he has named & generals Washington, Putnam & Colonel Gerrish - that he has no documentary evidence of his services, & does not know of any person whom to testify to the same, except Sally Lunt of Portland in the State of Maine, if she is still living, of which the said Noyes is not certain - That he the said Noyes was born at Bradford in the State of Massachusetts on the 19 th day of January in the year of our Lord 1751 - that he has no record of his age, except that in the town records of said Bradford - that since the Revolution he has lived in Falmouth, Gorham, Hallowell & Bath in the State of Maine, & for the last eighteen years in Hanover in the State of New Hampshire - that he has no written discharge but was discharged at the expiration of his respective terms & did not think - and has never been - a pensioner - that he has no other evidence of his services as a soldier of the Revolution - that 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,
Sworn to and subscribed, the day of June first aforesaid Timothy Noyes
We John Kimball residing in Hanover N.H. and Mosey Beal formerly residing in the same Hanover hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Timothy Noyes, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 81 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. Sworn and subscribed the day of June first aforesaid Mosey Beal John Kimball
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 certifies, that it appears to them that John Kimball who has signed the preceding certificate, is a resident in the said Hanover and that Mosey Beal, who has also signed the same is a resident in the State formerly resident in said Hanover and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Edward Pepper Judge of Probate I, Mosey Beal Register Clerk of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Timothy Noyes for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 20 th day of November A.D. 1832 Mosey Beal

Timothy Noyes
N Hampshire
Prate 1 Month
Capital 8 "
20730
J. Bliss
Haverhill
N H

BRIEF in the case of  Timothy Noyes  60 of Grafton  in the State of  N H  (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? 81  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.     Mark In 17/5 enrolled 1 Private Genl Noyes Col Noyes   copy " , 8 Corporal " " Col Davis  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? wounded by a shot from a British vessel  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Falmouth Maine  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
X  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Taylor
Examining Clerk.
3.53 22.00 7.54 22.67

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section MEE/eel
January 18, 1929
Mrs. E.B. Flu 1533 Crooks Road Royal Oak, Michigan
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.20489, it appears that Timothy Noyes was born, January 17, 1751, in Bradford, Massachusetts.
While residing in Falmouth, Maine District, in March, 1775, he was a minute man for one month under Captain Joseph Noyes and Colonel Peter Noyes and was in a skirmish with the British.
In April, 1775, he enlisted, served eight months as a corporal in Captain Samuel Noyes' Company, Colonels Davis and Phinney's Massachusetts Regiment and was wounded at Lechmere (?) Point, Massachusetts, by a shot fired from a British ship.
After the Revolution he lived in Falmouth, Gorham, Buxton and Yarmouth, Maine , and Bath and Landaff, New Hampshire.
He was allowed pension on his application executed

November 20, 1832, while a resident of Haverhill, Grafton County, New Hampshire, where he had lived for seventeen years.
In 1833, he was living in Cumberland, Cumberland County, Maine, with one Curtis Chute of that place and stated that his reason for moving from New Hampshire was to reside with his children whose names are not given.
He died, April 23, 1838.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

Ex. MMHF Div. Rev. & 1812 Sec.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
WASHINGTON, D. C. March 20, 19 28
The attached letter is respectfully returned with the information that the data furnished is not sufficient to enable this Bureau to make intelligent answer to the queries therein contained.
Please fill out such of the blank spaces below as the information in your possession will permit, and return to this Bureau.
No. of claim Charlotte First name of widow.
Name of soldier, Timothy Noyes
P.O. address of claimant, soldier at enlistment and after service.
Company Capt John Calfee Co.
Regiment Col. Barrells U. H.
State where enlisted U. H.
Date of enlistment birth 1745
Date of discharge death 1837
If unable to furnish company and regiment give names of commanding officers.
Return attached letter with reply.
Winfield Scott WINFIELD SCOTT, Commissioner.

20 489 INVALID.
File No. 20 489
Timothy Rogers
1-10 New York
Act: June 7 th 1889
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 297
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1929-Jan 18, Hist to Mrs. E. B. Flur M.E.E.

March 3, 1928
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. C. -
Dear Sir -
As I am filling out an application for the D. A. R. I am writing to you for some information.
I would like to know if Timothy Moys of Harnhill N. H. ever drew a pension. What company he served in also his rank during the

Could you inform me if there were two men named Timothy Noyes who enlisted from N.H. I found a record of a Timothy Noyes born in Landaff died in Lisbon N.H. - his dates are 1743-1837- Seems like it was the same man.
Notice  Please

Revolutionary War - Could you give me his birth and death dates.
Thanking you for the same
I am
Very respectfully
Mrs E. B.
Melissa N. Flin
1533 Crooks Rd
Royal Oak
Michigan

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Timothy Noyes 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? yes 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?
Certificate by two Citizens
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? yes
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?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
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?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? also 6
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.

N.H. Timothy Boyes for Change of Name in Pensions
For Transfer 1
26. South H. Rep.

County of Cumberland ss
On this twenty eighth day of December in the year of our Lord one thou- sand eight hundred & thirty three before me the subscriber & justice of the Peace for the said County of Cumberland personally appeared Timothy Noyes of Cumberland in the County of Cumberland who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company com- manded by Captain Samuel Noyes in the Regiment commanded by Colonel
Phiney in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of New Hampshire from whence he has lately removed; That he now resides in the State of Maine in the Town & County aforesaid when he intends to remain during the residue of his life, and wishes his pension to be then payable in future. The following are his reasons for removing from New Hampshire to Maine viz. for the purpose of residing with his children all of whom live in Maine o f Timothy Noyes
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year above written
Before me Freeman Bradford Justice of Peace

I, Curtis Chase of Cumberland in the county of Cumberland and State of Maine on oath depose testify and say, that I have known Timothy Noyes for thirty years last past and know that he is the identical Timothy Noyes described in the foregoing affidavit. He removed from New Hampshire sometime in Sept r 1833 and has resided with me ever since that and that the reasons for his removal as by him stated in his affidavit are the true reasons for his removal.
I would further state that he is the same Timothy Noyes mentioned in the pension certificate No. 10,825 on which his name is inscribed and by which he is entitled to receive the sum of Thirty Two dollars & Sixty Seven Cents per annum during his natural life. Curtis Chase
Cumberland ss. December 28 th . A.D. 1833 Then personally appeared the above named Curtis Chase well known to me as a person of truth & veracity & upon whom full faith may be placed as a witness and made solemn oath the declaration by him subscribed was true
Before me Freeman Bradford Justice.

State of Maine
Cumberland ss.
In testimony that Freeman Burdick is a justice of the Peace within & for the County of Cumberland duly qualified to administer oaths and that the foregoing signatures under the affidavit of Timothy Stoyes & Curtis Clapp, purporting to be his are genuine. I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County this twenty eighth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty three.
M c D r Vaughan } Clerk of the Court of Cumberland County
Peace