Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 531, Jason Coller, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mass.
Collier, Jason or Collar
N. 53
B.L. Wt 14764-160-55
Hannah
CONTENTS

3383.
Massachusetts
Jason Colban
of Worcester in the State of Mass who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain [blank] of the Regt commanded by Col Gannell in the Mass line for 15/1000 24 D s
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass. at the rate of 52 Dollars 67 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th day of Dec r 1832 and that George Folsom Worcester Mass
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $79.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 21 Mar 33 26.33
$105.33
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. F. [blank] Clerk Book D - Vol. 2 nd Page 43.

Rez 3 m ss- y 5500
2194
Massachusetts
Hannah Collett widow of Jason Collett
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private -
Mass Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 52 Dollars 67
Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th day of Sept r 1853. and sent to
James Gregory Warblehead Mass.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 38. Vol. H.
1832

75. 600 E. Av Mar 3/65 { Rec age 10/35
Civ. for. in song for 3/38/55
Hannah Collier
born W.C.A. or 6/11/35 Pri.
Hannah Collier and Jason Collier Collier Pri.
Map: State Groups.
Map of the revolution
A. S. Pomeroy
Map. Feb 53-2194
AD: 160 AD, Jan 23, 1956.
[Signature]
[Signature]
James Gregory & Son Marble Head Mass
Vol. 62-12.

Supplementary Declaration of Jason Collier.
I Jason Collier of Ashford in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts being eighty eight years of age, do further testify and declare
1st. That my service in the war of the Revolution while stationed at Roxbury was eight months , as by reference to my Declaration and the Depositions of Timothy Spearhawk and Frost Nick-wood will appear. 2d. My second term of service was at York as set forth in my declaration, and in the Deposition of my Lieut. Ebenezer Humphrey. Humphrey is the only man I know of living, who was in this service with me. In respectfully referring to the Deposition of Lieut. Humphrey; I can only add, that the service there referred to was always called the four months service ; and from this and the reasons set forth in my declaration, I can testify, that my service during this term must have been at least four months . 3 My service at the taking of Bennington, was

three months twenty four days, as will appear by the Deposition of Ebenezer Hunscomb, and the pay roll filed with the papers in his application for a pension, and which has been granted him.
My whole service in the war of the Revolution will thus appear to have been, Nineteen months twenty four days . gas on Col. H.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
knoweth. Nov. 20. 1832 Then personally appeared James Collier before me, and made oath that the above Supplementary declaration by him subscribed is true. I further certify that said Collier has long been known to me as a man of truth and veracity, and that he is entitled to implicit credence in his statements in the premises.
John B. Dutton for. Dea.

DECLARATION, in order to secure the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
COUNTY OF WORCESTER, ss.
ON this twentyfourth day of September in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court, before the Hon. Nathaniel Hovey Judge of Probate now sitting James Collins a resident of Oxford in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged eighty eight 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 7th, 1832.
THAT he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
 1. I enlisted into Capt. Hovey's Company of the Massachusetts troops in May 1775. my colonel was Ebenezer Doolittle. my Lieut. was John Dyer. my serjeant was John Dyer. my ensign was John Dyer. my captains were Ebenezer Doolittle, John Dyer, and John Dyer. I was in the Battle of Bunker Hill, but was not in it. I was a good deal occupied in fortifying Boston neck and Dorchester Heights. my service since was at the South, York way. I volunteered to go out in the Company of Militia commanded by Abijah Smith. Ebenezer Humphrey and Ebenezer Dyer were his subalterns. I left home about the first of August. I know nothing was not our, and marched by the way of New Haven into the neighborhood of New York. We were at White Plains, and I recollect that we were stationed at Danbytown Meetinghouse, and I believe we were dismissed there about the first of November after a service of about four months. I know it was before there was any snow when we went home. I have forgotten the names of the field officers of our Regiment.  2. In August 1777. Thomas M'Intosh was ordered to go out of Burgoyne. M'Intosh's Father desired me to go in his place. I accordingly joined Capt. Abijah Smith's Company of Militia. Ebenezer Humphrey was my Lieut. once the pay roll place in his application for a pension will show my term of service to be three months twenty five days. He marched by way of Binghamton up to Stillwater once Saratoga. I was there when the British took at Manchester to take care of the sick. 
Answers to Interrogatories of

In August 1777. Thomas Wilcott was drafted to go out of Burgoyne. Wilcott's Father which use to go in his son's place, accordingly received Capt. Elijah Danks Commission
of militia. Oliver Humphrey was my Lieut. once the pay roll filed in his office for a period of time my term of service to be three months twenty four days. he marched by way of Bennington up to Stillwater once Saratoga I was there when the British took at Manchester but I was not in the Battle, I was left back at Manchester to take care of the sick.
Answers to Interrogatories of Secretary of War
 1 I was born on Prospect Hill in service April on the 16th of January 1749  2 I have a record of my age in my Bible - I do not know whether it is anywhere else.  3 I lived in said place when I went into the service; live there now, and have always lived there, except about three years I lived in Boylston in this County.  4 I enlisted at Roxbury - I volunteered to go to Bunker Hill; once I went to Saratoga as a substitute for Thomas Wilcott.  5 I have nearly forgotten the officers. General Gage, Washington, at Roxbury, once I remember several other officers but I do not remember so as to name where I saw them. I believe I saw Heath & Lee at Roxbury. and I remember having seen on the course of my service Gen. Gage, Gen. Howe & many others.  6 I never received any written discharge.  7 Jonathan Davis & Nathan Hall, Andrew Dyer - army. We have no regular Clergyman now. 

Jonathan Davis & Nathan Hall
We Andrew Sigourney a Clergyman residing in the town of Oxford and Jonathan Davis residing in the same town hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jason Colten who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be eighty-eight years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
before me John Bowdoin jun. Esq.
Jonathan Davis Nathan Hall Andrew Sigourney
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 mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that Jonathan Davis, Nathan Hall & Andrew Sigourney who signed the preceding certificate, are all  are all clergymen, resident in the Town of Oxford in the County and that of Worcester who has also signed the same is a resident in the town of Oxford  town of Oxford and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Nathan Hall Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
Joseph Wheeler Register or Clerk of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jason Colten and that Jonathan Davis, Nathan Hall & Andrew Sigourney who signed the same are clergymen, residents of the Town of Oxford in the County of Worcester & that they are all credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of the said Court the 29 th day of October in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty two
Joseph Wheeler Reg. of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester & Massachusetts
Jonathan Davis Nathan Hall Andrew Sigourney

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, April 14 th 1855.
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Stephen Sanary was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Worcester.
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court. & I believe the signature of S r Sanary to be genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
E. M. Wright
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

State of Massachusetts COUNTY OF Worcester } ss.
On this Sixth day of April , A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five —, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Hannah Collier aged Eighty nine years, a resident of the town of Bedford in the State of Massachusetts who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Jason Collier who deceased, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States under act of June 7 th 1832 in the Company commanded by Captain _____ Regiment of _____ commanded by _____ in the war with Great Britain, declared by the United States on the 18th of June, 1812,
That she herself is married under act of 1868, as widow of 2nd Gaspar Collas.. at the rate of $32 67 1/2 per ann., as per Pension exp. fund. 90 Sept. 1839,
on or about the _____ day of _____, A. D. 18____, for the term of _____ and continued in actual service in said war for the term of _____ and was honorably discharged at _____ on the _____ day of _____, A. D. 18____; but that, to the best of her knowledge and belief, her husband never received any written or printed discharge,
And she refers to the evidence furnished in support of her claim to Russian for all parts of marriage &c.
She further states that she was married to the said Jason Colber in Oxford — , on the twenty third day of January A. D. 1814 , by one Sylvanus Town , a justice of the Peace , and that her name before her said marriage was Samuel Harrington ; that her said husband died at Oxford — , on the fourteenth day of October A. D. 1840 , and that she is now a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "Act approved March 3, 1855," and prays that the certificate thereof may be sent for her to JAMES GREGORY & SON, of Marblehead, Mass.; and declares that she has not received a Bounty Land Warrant under this or any other Act of Congress, nor made any other application therefor.

We A. C. Thurston and Reuben Collier residents of the town of Oxford in the State of Massachusetts upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Hannah Collier in our presence; and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
A. C. Thurston Reuben Collier
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be; and that I have no interest in this claim.
Stephen Savary
Justice of the Peace.
State of Massachusetts  Worcester County.
We, A. C. Thurston and Reuben Collier having been duly sworn, depose and say, that we well knew Jason Collier who was a Soldier in the war of The Revolution whose widow now applies for bounty land; that we knew him for more than Fifty years before his death, which occurred at Oxford about Fourteen years ago; that we know that he died about that time, because we were well acquainted with him and one of us watched with him the night before he died that we have known his said widow from his death to this time, that she is now unmarried, and that we are disinterested.
A. C. Thurston Reuben Collier
Subscribed and duly sworn to before me, this 6th Day day of April A. D. 1855 Stephen Savary Justice of the Peace.
It is hereby certified, that satisfactory proof has been exhibited before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, by the affidavits of A. C. Thurston and Reuben Collier of the town of Oxford of the said County and State, whom I know to be credible persons, and who swear that they have no pecuniary interest in the result of the foregoing application; that Hannah Collier the applicant for bounty land in the foregoing declaration is now unmarried, and that she is the widow of the late Jason Collier who was a Soldier in the war of The Revolution and that the said Jason Collier died at the time above stated.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, this sixth day of April 1855
Stephen Savary
Justice of the Peace.

State of Massachusetts, County of Worcester
On this 8 th day of June A.D. 1839, personally appeared in open court before me Thomas Hinnicutt Judge of the Court of Probate within and for said County of Worcester Hannah Collier, a resident of Oxford in the county of Worcester, and State aforesaid, aged eighty seven years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, to obtain the benefits of the 2 d Section of the Act of Congress, of Feb 9 th , 1833; entitled An Act to continue half pay to certain widows and orphans; That she is the widow of Jason Collier, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, under Act of June 7 th 1832, at the rate of $32,67 per annum, having been placed on the Pension Roll on 19 th December 1832; that her said late husband was a resident of said Oxford, and was paid his said pension at the Agency for paying pensions, at Boston, Mass. and she begs to refer to the evidence upon which she was pensioned, now on file in the Pension Office, Washington, in proof of her title to the benefit of said law of February 9 th , 1833.
She further declares that she was married to the said Jason Collier on the 23 d day of January, A.D. 1814; that her husband the said Jason Collier sickened and died of old age and disease, at his home in Oxford, aforesaid, on the fourteenth day of October A.D. 1840, at the age of 96 years. She further swears that she was a widow at the date of the passage of said Act of Feb 9, 1833, and is still a widow.
Witnessed by, Stephen Savary
Hannah X Collier her clerk
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written, before me
Before me, Thos Hinnicutt { Judge of Probate
And I further certify that I am not interested in the result of this application, or have not, I am not interested as counsel therein -
Thos Hinnicutt

I, A. C. Thurston, of Oxford in the County of Worcester, do on my oath testify and declare, that I am in the sixty fifth year of my age, that I was well acquainted with Jason Collier, late of Oxford, Worcester County, Mass. who was a Revolutionary Pensioner, and died on or about the fourteenth day of October A. D. 1840: that said Jason Collier left a widow, named Hannah Collier who signed the Declaration herein, and I well know that said Hannah Collier is now a widow, and has not intermarried since the decease of her said late husband, Jason Collier.
Witnessed by
Stephen Savary
A. C. Thurston
Sworn to and subscribed on this eighth day of June. A. D. 1833
Before me, Stephen Savary , Justice of the Peace.

I Abigail Butler wife of Deceased Peter Butler of Oxford in the County of Worcester do on my oath testify and declare that I am in the sixty second year of my age, that I was well acquainted with Jason Collier late of Oxford deceased and that he left a widow named Hannah Collier, and that she has ever remained a widow since the decease of the said Jason Collier And I further testify and declare that I was present at the marriage of the parties aforesaid
Abigail her Butler mark
Witnessed by, (Stephen Savary.)
Sworn to and subscribed on this 2 d day. June A. D. 1853 before me.
Stephen Savary (Justice of the Peace)

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office. Boston, July 2 d 1853
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Stephen Savage was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Worcester
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
E. M c Wright Secretary of the Commonwealth.
I Abigail Butler wife of Deceased Peter Butler of Oxford in the County in the County of Worcester do hereby certify and declare that I am in the sixty

State of Massachusetts, County of Worcester, Town of Oxford
Jason Collier was married to Hannah Harrington January 23: 1814
I hereby certify that the above is a true & literal copy of the marriage record of Hannah Harrington to Jason Collier as contained in the family Bible of said Jason Collier deceased: & further certify that the record aforesaid is a genuine & true record of the marriage of Hannah Harrington aforesaid to the said Jason Collier Nehemiah Collier
Signed in presence of, A. C. Thurston Stephen Savery
Subscribed & sworn to before me this seventeenth day of May A.D. 1853, & I certify that said deponent is well known to me & every way credible. Stephen Savery , Justice of the Peace
State of Massachusetts ( County of Worcester )
We A. C. Thurston and Nehemiah Collier both of Oxford in the County & State aforesaid, do on our oaths solemnly declare that we are well acquainted with Hannah Collier named in the Declarant's hereon, and have been well acquainted for many years. That during all our acquaintance, the said Hannah Collier has lived with Jason Collier named hereon, as his true & lawful wife. (Known & acknowledged as such, by all means of their acquaintance) up to the death of the said Jason Collier. That no public record of their marriage can be found; but that we fully believe that the family record above referred to, is in every particular a true & genuine record of the marriage of the parties aforesaid.
A. C. Thurston
Nehemiah Collier
Subscribed & sworn to before me, this 17 th day of May A.D. 1853.
Stephen Savery , Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester ss.
I, Charles G. Prentiss, Register of the Court of Probate for said County of Worcester do hereby certify, that Thomas Hinckley is the Judge of said Court, duly commissioned and qualified - and that the signatures on the first page of this sheet purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I do hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this eighth day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fifty three.
Chas G. Prentiss, Register.

✓ 14.764
2 Woo Am

Official Business. "Additional Evidence" in the B. Land case of Hannah Collier. Revolutionary Pensions No. 75,500.
FREE MAIL
Hon. J. P. Minot, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Hannah Collier Petitioner Reported
75,500

M: Oct 15 th , 1890.
W.H.D.,

Very WIDOW, &c.
File No. 531
Hannah Gollan
Widow
Jason Gollan
Paris Rev. War
Act: Feb. 3. 185-3.
Index:—Vol. A , Page 141
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Massachusetts Jason Collar Private - Act of June 1842 Pensioner at $52.67 per annum
W. Office Sept. 26, '53
Sir,
Please certify the date of the death of the above pensioner A. Root 15-22 Mrs. Root 3 dms. 13 Frances Commr.
(see other side.)
Jason Collar, act 7 th June 1832 $52.67 p. an. Died 14 th October 1840, paid to his death. F. Burh
Auditor

Marblehead, January 18 th . 1856.
Honored Sir:
We received your favor of the 31 st of October last suspending the Bounty Land Claim of Mrs. Hannah Collier, Revolutionary Pensioner, (N o 75.300) for want of "Record Evidence", and we now have the Honor - after so long and unavoidable delay - to forward herewith the result of a search among the Massachusetts Revolutionary Archives, furnishing Record Evidence of a portion of the R. Services of her late husband.
Mrs. Collier is very aged - as will be seen by the allegations of her application, - and her local agent declares, moreover, that she is very weak and feeble. It is therefore earnestly hoped by her friends that her claim will receive a prompt decision at your Honor's hands.
We are with great respect, Your Honor's humble servants. James Gregory & Son.
Hon. J. Minot, Comm te of Pensions, Washington, D.C.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston.
January 14 th 1856.
I Hereby Certify , That from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Jason Cutter is borne on return of Capt. William Campbell's Comp. Col. Ebenezer Dunning's Regt. of 8 mos. service Name borne on Coat Roll dated Roxbury Camp Oct. 28. 1775. as private from Oxford.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
E. M. Wright Secretary of the Commonwealth.

APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES, made by the widow of the party who rendered the service.
State of Massachusetts county of Worcester — town of Oxford
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office, of the service of Jason Collier — in the war of the Revolution.
He was a native of the town of Oxford in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts
He enlisted from the town of Oxford or Fulton in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts in the year 1775 as a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Putnam or Lieutenant Humphrey in Regiment and he served as follows, * viz: —
He was in the service several different times. The first time he was at Roxbury and other places around Boston. He was also at Bennington, Vermont and White Plains State of New York. He was in the battles of Bunker Hill and Bennington.
* Here describe, as fully as may be, the length of service, the rank, &c. of the claimant, or the capacity in which he served, and all other particulars known.

I am now seventy years old, and my memory does not enable me to state the services of my late husband more fully than above stated.
WITNESS my hand, this Fourteenth day of December A. D. 1845
Signed by said in my presence,
Hannah Collier
Hannah } X  Collier Mark
Stephen Swasey,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

Brief in the case of  Hannah Collier, widow of Jason, County and State of Massachusetts act 3, February 1853,
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance. Husband joined Act 7. June 1832, $52.67 pr. ann. marriage proved by extract from family Bible, & by affidavits
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
James Gregory Greenhead Mass.
R. M. Rice Examining Clerk.

No. 2668
Mapachewits
Act 3 Feb 1853
Hannah Collier widow of Jason
Admitted # 52. 67 Comm. 7. B. February 1853
Boston
James Gregory Marklehead Manj

Marblehead, July 8 th . 1853.
Honored Sir:
I have the Honor to forward herewith the Declaration of Hannah Collen, widow of Jason Collen - a pensioner of the annual amount of $82.67 under the law of June 7 th , 1832 - deceased - claiming the benefit of the 2 d Section of the Act of 3 rd of February last.
It will be seen by the Declaration that the only record proof of her marriage is that contained in her family Bible, and it is presumed that the proof of that will be deemed satisfactory.
I am, with great respect, Your Honor's humble servt. James Gregory.
Hon. Loren P. Waldo. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.

Fort Rock and 2 Munro. Spokane's Definite.

I Frost Nickerson of Worcester in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being seventy seven years of age, testify & say that in the month of May in the year seventeen hundred & seventy five, I enlisted as a soldier in the Company commanded by Capt. William Campbell in Col. Ebenezer Larned's Regiment in the State or Provincial Troops of Massachusetts in the War of the Revolution - That I immediately joined with joined with said Company at Newbury, the place at which I was stationed, near Boston & continued to serve as a soldier in said Company for the term of eight months ending in January, seventeen hundred & seventy six, -
At the time I enlisted, Mr. Jason Colles of before in said County also enlisted as a soldier into the same Company & continued to serve as a soldier therein with me for the same term of time - to wit eight months & ending also in January in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred & seventy six. I further the Deposition saith not Frost Nickerson
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester ss. July 25 th 1832 Then personally appeared Frost Nickerson and made oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true. I further certify that said Nickerson is to the best of my knowledge a person of truth & veracity - Sumner Barton Just. of the Peace

I Timothy Spachhawk of Oxford in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being eighty years of age do hereby certify and say, that upon the alarm occasioned by the battle of Lexington in April A.D. 1775, I turned out as a militia man, and after I got to Roxbury I enlisted into the Company commanded by Capt. William Campbell in Col. Ebenezer Dyer's Regiment, in the State or Provincial troops of Massachusetts in the war of the Revolution. I served about a fortnight in the militia before I enlisted, and then I served under my enlistment at Roxbury for the term of eight months ending some time in January A.D. 1776.
Jelson Allen of said Oxford turned out on the same occasion that I did, and enlisted into the same Company for the same term of time, and continued to serve therein till January A.D. 1776, making out said term of eight months.
Timothy Spachhawk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester ss. July 30. 1832 Then personally appeared Timothy Spachhawk, and made oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true. I further certify that said Spachhawk is to the best of my knowledge a person of truth and veracity.
John Batten Jr. Clerk

I Timothy Spachack of Oxford in the County of Oxford and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being eighty years of age do hereby certify and say, that upon the alarm occasioned by the battle of Lexington in April A.D. 1775, I turned out as a militia man, and after I got to Roxbury I enlisted into the Company commanded by Capt. Wil- iam Campbell in Col. Ebenezer Dyer's Regiment, in the State or Provincial troops of Massachusetts in the service of the Revolution. I served about a fortnight in the militia before I enlisted, and then I served under my enlistment at Roxbury for the term of eight months, ending some time in January A.D. 1776.
Jerson Allen of said Oxford turned out on the same occasion that I did, and enlisted into the same Company for the same term of time, and continued to serve therein till January A.D. 1776, making out said term of eight months.
Timothy Spachack
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Wadsworth, July 30. 1832 Then personally appeared Tim- othy Spachack, and made oath that the above de- position by him subscribed is true. I further certify that said Spachack is to the best of my knowledge a person of truth and veracity
John Brown Jr. Clerk

Col. Humphrey, D. J.
Sara Collins Private
15 Mts - 924 days
th
$52.67
Geo Folsom Esq Wash Mts Col. farm

I Elnathan Humphrey of Ospeck in the County of Hampshire, State of Massachusetts, being ninety years of age, do hereby once say - That I held the commission of first Lieutenant in the Massachusetts Militia dated April 18th 1776. About the first of August of that year I was drafted to go out to York. I went as first Lieutenant. Altho' I was very capt. and Convers Colonel. We started from home about the first of August of service - went to Howe in the first place, and were stationed at Dobbs Ferry, Tarrytown & other places in the vicinity of New York till the expiration of our term of service about the first of December then went where we returned home.
Jason Collier, now and then of said band was a private in our company and served during the whole of said term. I have not one pay roll over our pay for a small to state the precise time of service.
on the 13th of August 1777 our company again turned out to fight Burgoyne and we were discharged November 29. there must be one at the taking of Burgoyne, and in actual service till the time of our discharge. The said Collier

was a private in our company - his term of service commenced Aug. 15. 1777 - & he was dis- charged Dec. 29. 1777 - which, including nine days for him to return home, made out a term of three months & twenty four days , all which appears from the pay roll in my hands. I prepare to file my will & original commission with the papers accompanying my card application for the benefit of the Pension Act of June last
Geo. H. Humphrey
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Simsbury July 25. 1832. Then personally appeared Eleazar Humphrey before me, and made oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true. & further certify that said Humphrey is a man of truth & veracity
J. M. Bartolone for Rev.