Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15723, Jeremiah Dayley, Mass. Mass. Sea Service

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Mass Sea Service
Dayley, Jeremiah or Dailey
W. 15723
Aylward, Elizabeth
Former widow
CONTENTS

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Elizab le to Sarah B. Mansfield & Elizabeth Carlin, only children of Elizabeth Aylward, dec d .
9536
Massachusetts
Elizabeth Aylward, dec d . who was widow of Jeremiah Dayley who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the year 1799 of Essex Co. Mass in the State of Mass who was a Pr. soldier seaman in the company commanded by Captain Doughten of the Mass. commanded by Col. Glover line for 7 mos. 4 days Pr. 8. 16 - seaman
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 59 Dollars 34 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th day of August 1845, and sent to Jas. Gregory Marblehead. Mass
Total amount, $
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk. Book D Vol. 1. Page 51

Elizabeth Aylward, dec. who was widow of Jeremiah Dayly,
7 mos. 17 days Private Soldier 8 mos 16 days Seaman
$59:34 per annum.
Act 7 July 1838
Payable to the only children of Elizabeth Aylward, Sarah B. Mansfield and Elizabeth Carlin, only children of Elizabeth Aylward, dec. after 10 Oct 1838 where she resided up to March 16. 1841 she died Oct. 1842 married 6 October 1785 husband Dayly died in 1799.
role of the Massachusetts Agency
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James Gregory
Marblehead
Massachusetts

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 7. July 1838, Elizabeth Aylward, dec d . late of Massachusetts, who was widow of Jeremiah Dayley, who was a Private Soldier and a Seaman, in the Revolution, was entitled to a pension at the rate of $59:36 per annum; and having died 10. October 1862, the amount due from 4. March 1836 to 4. March 1862 is payable to Sarah B. Mansfield and Elizabeth Cartin, only children of Elizabeth Aylward, dec d .
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 8. day of August one thousand eight hundred and forty-five.
Secretary of War.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
Commissioner of Pensions.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Feb. 21 1844
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 Jeremiah Dayley is borne the Eight months rolls, as a private in the Company of Capt Nicholas Broughton, and is returned from Mays 31 to Dec 31 1775
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The name of Jeremiah Dayley is borne upon the returns of the Brig Tyrannicide, Capt Jonathan Haskins; he enlisted Oct 1. 1777. and is returned June 16. 1778 as "taken prisoner"
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And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone: and that said application and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances which tend to satisfy me of the identity of the party described in the application with the individual who rendered the service.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Parsons.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

To the Honorable John G. Palfrey, Secretary of State for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
The Petition of Sarah B. Mansfield, wife of William Mansfield of Salem in County of Essex, Constable, respectfully shows that she is a daughter of Elizabeth Aylward late of said Salem, widow, deceased intestate; that said Elizabeth Aylward was formerly the widow of Jeremiah Dayly who was a resident of Marblehead in said County, in the Revolu- tionary War - and while he so resided there he performed the following named service in said War, to wit: —
one term of about eight months duration in the year 1775 as a private in the Company of Capt. Nicholson Broughton of the 21 st Regiment of Massachusetts Foot, commanded by Colonel (afterwards General) John Glover.
Your Petitioner further declares that she has reason to believe that said Jeremiah Dayly was in much other service in said War, both by Land and Sea, and she believes from what her said late Mother used to tell of his Revolutionary Services, that he served one or more cruises in the State Brig Tyrannicide in the years 1777 and 1778, and was taken sick while said Brig was on a cruise, and put on shore at the Hospital in the island of Martinico, and there left, about the commencement of the last named year.
And also in the State Brigs Massachusetts, Freedom and Hazard, and various other Naval Services, the particulars of which she is not at present able to describe.
She therefore prays that your Honor will cause any Revolutionary Documents in your Office relating to said service, to be examined, and that a certificate of such facts as they may contain touching the premises, may issue, to the end that she may

obtain such relief as law and justice may afford.
Dated at said Salem this twelfth day of February,
A. D. 1824
Witnessed by J. Gregory
Sarah B Mansfield
Commonwealth of Massachusetts } ss.
County of Essex
Then personally appeared the above named Sarah B. Mansfield and signed the above Petition and acknowledged the same to be her free act.
Before me James Gregory, Justice of the Peace.

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Elizabeth Aylward Dec a formerly w if of Jeremiah Bayly or Daily Mads n
wid died Oct r 10 th 42

State of Massachusetts. } ss. Salem. County of Essex. }
On this second day of January, A. D. 1844, personally appeared me  Daniel H. White Esquire, Judge of  the  me the Probate Court within and for the said County of Essex, Sarah B. Mansfield , wife of William Mansfield of said Salem, Constable, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath & from the best of her knowledge and belief, make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Acts of Congress, passed July 7 th , 1838, and the 23 d of August, 1842 - granting Pensions to persons who served "during the Revolutionary War."
That Declarant and her sister, Elizabeth Carlin, are the children and the only children of Elizabeth Aglward late of said Salem, widow, deceased, intestate, & who died at said Salem, at the age of eighty-two years, on the tenth day of October, A. D. 1842, - all which will appear by the Certificate of the Register of Probate for said County hereto annexed.
She further declares, that her said Mother was formerly the widow of Jeremiah Dayly , alias Daily, deceased; that said Jeremiah Dayly was a resident of Marblehead, in said County, in the Revolutionary War, & while so residing there he was a Private in the Company of Capt Nicholson Broughton of the 21 st Regiment of Massachusetts Foot, commanded by Colonel (afterwards General) John Glover; that he enlisted in said Corps, and in said town of Marblehead, for the term of eight months, as a Private and Volunteer - sometime in the month of April or May, 1775; that he continued in said Corps doing his duty in and around said Marblehead till shortly after the Battle of Bunker's Hill, when he marched with said Regiment to the siege of Boston, and continued to serve there at Cambridge and at other places around said Boston, until his term of service expired, when he was discharged by the disbandment of said Regiment and returned home.
She further declares, that said Jeremiah Dayly, alias Daily was in much other service in said War - both by Land and Sea she believes, - and she has reason to believe from what her said late mother used to tell of his Revolutionary Services, that he served one or more cruises in the State N avy Frigates Tyrannicide and Massachusetts , under Captains Harraden , Fisk and Souther , and also in the State N avy Fregates Vindom & Hazard , and various other Naval Service the particulars of which she is not at present able to describe.

She further Declares, that her said late Mother was married to the said Jeremiah Dayly, alias Dailey, on the sixth day of October, in the year seventeen hundred and eighty-five: that said Jeremiah Dayly, alias Dailey, died abroad, in the West Indies, in the year 1799: that her said Mother was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, viz: at the time above stated.
She further Declares, that after the death of said Jeremiah Dayly, her said Mother was married to Nicholas Aglward on the twenty-eighth day of September, A.D. 1801: that said Aglward was lost at sea in the year 1801: and that her said mother did not again marry, but continued a widow to the end of her life.
Witnessed by
Sarah B Mansfield
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written — the said Declarant being unable by reason of infirmity to appear in Court.
Before me
D. H. Tuttle
Judge of said Court of Probate
I Lucretia Mansfield, of Salem in the County of Essex, widow, do on my oath testify and declare that I am in the eighty-sixth year of my age; that I well knew Elizabeth Aglward, late of said Salem, deceased, said Elizabeth Aglward was formerly the widow of Jeremiah Dayly, alias Dailey, who, together with said Elizabeth, formerly belonged to Marblehead in the said County of Essex. I have always understood and believed that said Jeremiah Dayly, alias Dailey performed some kind of service in the War of the Revolution, having heard his said late widow tell of it in her lifetime, but the particulars of said Revolutionary Service I am unable now to describe. Said Elizabeth Aglward died in this town more than a year ago, and I have no doubt she died at the time Sarah B. Mansfield, her daughter, has herein set forth.
Witnessed by
Joseph Mansfield
Lucretia Mansfield
State of Massachusetts } ss. Salem, May 21 st 1844. County of Essex . . . . }
Then the above named Lucretia Mansfield, a witness who is personally well known to me to be of good character for truth & veracity, — personally appeared before me the subscriber and subscribed the above affidavit & made oath in due form of law to the truth of the same.
Attest, James Gregory, Justice of the Peace.

Extract from the Record of Marriages in the Town of Marblehead, County of Essex, State of Massachusetts.
Seventeen hundred Eighty five, October sixth
Mr. Jeremiah Dily & Miss Elizabeth Stacey both of this Town.
I hereby certify that the above is a true extract from the Record of Marriages in this Town, with the exception of the date which is in fair, legible figures, viz.
1785 Octr 6!
Rich d Homan
I, Richard Homan above named, depose and say that I am Clerk of the Town of Marblehead, County and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the Record of Marriages with the exception of the date as certified by me.
Rich d Homan Clerk of the Town of Marblehead.
Essex ss
Marblehead Feb y 13 th 1844.
Then personally appeared Richard Homan a credible witness, and made oath to the above affidavit by him subscribed.
Before me,
James Gregory, Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston June 19 th 1844.
I hereby Certify , That at the date of the annexed attestation Daniel A. White was Judge of the Court of Probate — Nathaniel Lord Jr. was Register of the Court of Probate, and James Gregory was a Justice of the Peace, for the County of Essex,
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; and that to their 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.
John G. Sleeper, Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Rev WIDOW, & Co.
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File No. 15723
Elizabeth Allyn Widow of Jeremiah Dayley Pri Rev War
Act: July 18 98
Index: Vol. 1, Page 24
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Marblehead, April 10th, 1845.
Honored Sir:
Since the receipt of your Honor's favor of 28th. of September, 1844, stating that the evidence in the case of heirs of Elizabeth Aylward, formerly widow of Jeremiah (Dailey, alias Dayly, law of July 7th, 1838), &c — was satisfactory, excepting that "evidence is required to show how long he remained in prison" &c, — the claimants and the undersigned have made diligent search for some person who was in prison at the time (Dailey was, and also for some record of the exchange of prisoners, but all without success; and the writer was informed at the State House, at the time the Certificate of service was issued (February, 1844,) that there was no record there to show the length of Dailey's imprisonment.
Under these circumstances, the claimants have obtained the enclosed affidavit of William Mansfield and request the undersigned to forward it in proof of the length of D's captivity, and it is earnestly hoped that it

— will satisfy the Hon. Department in this behalf, and that the evidence, collectively, will be deemed sufficient to show that the widow died entitled to a full pension , for the services of her husband in the Army and Navy, (of which some 16 months,) added to the additional term of her imprisonment.
I am, with very great respect, Your Honor's humble servt. James Gregory
James L. Edwards Esqr Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Essex, ss. Probate Office.
I Nathaniel Lord junior, register of probate for said county, hereby certify, that Elizabeth
Aylward, late of Salem in said county, widow, deceased, intestate, was an applicant for a revolutionary pension of the United States; that she died on the tenth day of October, A. D. 1842, at the age of eighty two years; that she left two children, and no more, viz. Elizabeth Carlin and Sarah B. Mansfield; and that they both are still living, and of full age;
as appears by the records in said office.
Given under my hand and seal of office, this second day of January, A. D. 1844.
Nath. Lord Jr.

Marblehead, Aug. 4th. 1845.
Honored Sir:
Your favor of the 2 d of June last, in the case of heirs of Elizabeth Aglward - law of 38 - was duly received; and after further ineffectual research after more evidence affirmatory of the length of the imprisonment of Jeremiah Dailey - her former husband - I have submitted the proposal which your Honor's said favor makes to the heirs, and am instructed by them very respectfully to observe - that in the case of a claim circumstanced as this is, where the Certificate of the Hon. Secretary of the Commonwealth certifies 16 months and 3 days service and returns the name of Dailey as being taken prisoner after performing said length of service, and where "traditional" or parole affidavit proof affirms that the imprisonment "lasted

— two years", — it was hoped that the Hon. Department would deem the proof strong enough, collectively, to establish a term of at least some eight months' imprisonment, which, added to the length of the other service regarded as established, would make good the title of the heirs to a full pension.
They therefore submit to the Hon. Department the justice of this view of the claim and the evidence on which it is based; and at the same time they desire the undersigned to express "their willingness" to accept a Certificate for the service acknowledged as proved in your said favor, and trust to the bare possibility of finding further proof hereafter — if the Department cannot at present feel itself justified in granting a more liberal allowance.
I am, with very great respect, Your Honor's humble servt.
James Gregory
James L. Edwards Esq. Commission of Pensions, Washington, D.C.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston April 5 th 1845
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Joseph G. Waters was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Essex,
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; 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.
John G. Parsons, Secretary of the Commonwealth.

I William Mansfield of Salem in the County of Essex do on oath testify and declare that I was well acquainted with Elizabeth Aylward late of said Salem widow deceased
Said Elizabeth Aylward & her former husband Jeremiah Dailey, formerly belonged to Marblehead in said County of Essex, and I recollect of often hearing said Elizabeth tell of his services, and sufferings in the War of the Revolution; and in particular I recollect, of hearing her state that the said Jeremiah Dailey was taken in a prize, the cruise he was with Cap. Jonathan Haraden & suffered a long imprisonment - and according to the best of my recollection, she stated that his imprisonment lasted two years.
William Mansfield
Common with of Massachusetts County of Essex } ss.
On this fourth day of April A.D. 1845 personally appeared, before me, the above named William Mansfield & made oath in due form of law to the truth of the above affidavit, by him in my presence subscribed - And I certify that said affiant is a credible witness well known to me personally -
Joseph S. Mather J. W. P. A.

Nashville, June 21 st 1844.
Honored Sir:
I have the Honor to forward herewith the Declaration of Sarah B. Mansfield, who claims in behalf of herself & Elizabeth Carlin, in the right & as the only children of Elizabeth Aylward , (formerly widow of Jeremiah Daily, alias Daily & Dily,) the benefit of the Acts of July 7 th , 1838, and 23 d of August, 1842.
Both Mrs. Aylward and her said former husband, Jeremiah Daily, were inhabitants of this town during the Revolutionary War, and I am informed by the old folks still lingering among us that Daily was very active all the War.
It will be seen by the Certificate of the Hon. Secretary of this Commonwealth which accompanies the papers, that 8 months and sixteen days after Daily entered the Naval Service on board the Brig Tyrannicide he was returned as "taken prisoner"; and from the statements of the widow made before her decease, and other sources, it is understood that his public service, and time he was a Prisoner of War, amounted to more than two full years.

It is hoped, therefore, under all the circumstances of the case, that the evidence & the reasonable inferences deducible from it, will be deemed by the Hon. Department as affording a sufficient presumption to satisfy it that Daily's widow died entitled to a full pension , for services performed as a Pirate & Seaman .
I am, with very great respect, Your Honor's humble servt. James Gregory
James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.