Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2597, Jesse Day, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mass.
Day, Jesse Mary
No. 2597 B. L. W. 9487-100-55-
CONTENTS

2959
Massachusetts
Mary Day, widow of Jesse Day, who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private
Mass Sine
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 43 Dollars 33
Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21st day of November 1853 and sent to
Benf n Cowell Providence R.I.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 39. Vol. a
2959

80725 Atmard
Ape 193
Mary Day widow
Jesse Day
Capt Pond & others
Col. Wheelock
Ent. of Lis. II
Rev. Isaac
Red. Pensioner Map. Feb 53-2959
Private Reed's Reg't Mass. Mil a
Ad. 160 acs Nov 8/58
Dodge
Benj m Cowell
Providence R.I.
Vol. D. 5.

Mary Day
80725

Commonwealth of Massachusetts State of Rhode Island, &c.
County of Norfolk
On this twelfth day of April A. D. One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-five, personally appeared before me, Samuel Warner a Justice of the Peace within aforesaid County, Mary Day aged 88 years, who being duly sworn according to law, declares and says she is the widow of Jesse Day late of Mentham deceased, who was a private in the company commanded by Capt. Oliver Pond & other Captains in the Regiment commanded by Col. Wheelock the war of the Revolution in the war with Great Britain, declared by the United States on the 18th day of June, 1812 ; that her husband enlisted at Said Mentham on or about the day of and in other years following A. D. 1775 for the term of and continued in actual service for the term of over twelve months and was honorably discharged at
She further states that she was married to the said Jesse Day in Mentham on the fifth day of January A. D. 1809 by Rev Elisha Fick that her name before her marriage was Mary Clark and that her said husband died at Mentham on the fifteenth day of October A. D. 1824 and that she is now a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty to which she may be entitled, under the Act approved March 3d, 1855.
She further declares that she is a pensioner of the United States at the rate of $43.33 per annum payable in the City of Boston on account of her said husband's services, & to the declaration she made to obtain said pension she now refers for proof of her marriage, her husband's death & her right to the Bounty hereunder under the act of Congress aforesaid & She further declares that she has never made any application for Bounty (saw) before the present
Attest Saml Warner Joseph P. Conant
her Mary Day mark

We Joseph P. Conant and Ruth A. Conant residents of Mentham in said County & State upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed & acknowledged by Mary Day in our presence & that we believe from the appearance & statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be
Joseph P. Conant. Ruth A. Conant.
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 interest in this claim
Samuel Warner Jr. Justice of the Peace.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
NORFOLK ss.
I, EZRA W. SAMPSON, Clerk of the Judicial Courts, being Courts of Record, within and for the County of Norfolk, hereby certify that Samuel Warner Esquire,
was at the time of taking the above affidavit & now is a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Norfolk aforesaid, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified to discharge the duties of said office, and that his signature to the annexed certificate is I believe genuine and true.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth aforesaid at Dedham, this fourteenth day of April A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five
Ezra Sampson Clerk.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, June 13 th 1853.
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Sherman Leland was judge of Probate - and Melatiah Everett was a justice of the Peace for the County of Norfolk
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; 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.
E. M. Wright Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
County of Norfolk.
On this 17 th day of May A D 1853 personally before me Sherman Selana Judge of Probate in said County Mary Day now resident in Wrentham in said County aged 87 years who being duly sworn according to law with an her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the act of Congress passed on the 3 rd day of February A D 1853 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war viz. That she is the widow of Jesse Day late of said Town of Wrentham deceased who was a Soldier in said war in Capt Oliver Ponds Company & Col Reas Regiment light infantry as a private in 1775 He also served in Capt Samuel Fishes Company in Col Wheelocks Regiment also in Capt Louns Company also in Capt Heathes Company Col Reas Regiment He was the same soldier whose services are certified in the annexed Certificate of the Secretary of Massachusetts known to annexed, all his services were as a private

She further declares that she was married to the said Jesse Day on the 5 th day of January in the year Eighteen hundred & nine and that her said husband died on the 15 th day of October 1824 that she was not married to him prior to the second of January Eighteen hundred but at the time above mentioned she further declares she is still a widow
§ Mary Day
Sworn to & subscribed before me on the day & year first above written & I further certify that from old age & infirmity the said Mary is unable to attend Court & that I have no interest in the prosecution of said claim
J Leland Judge of Probate

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Town Clerks Office Wrentham County of Norfolk Marriages returned by the Rev Elisha Fisk from 1808 to 1809.
I Bradford S Fannington of Wrentham in Said County do certify that I am Clerk of Said Town and have by virtue of my office the record of Marriages which have taken place in Said Town, and I further certify that it appears from Said records that Jesse Day of Said Wrentham was married to Mary Clark, of Medfield on the fifth day of January Eighteen hundred and nine.
The record as it stands in the book of records is as follows "1809. January 5 th Mr Jesse Day of Wrentham & Miss Mary Clark of Medfield.
Wrentham May 16 th . 1853.
B S Fannington
Town Clerk
Norfolk ss. May 16 th 1853
Personally appeared before me B.S. Fannington Known to me to be the Town Clerk of said Wrentham, and made oath that the above certificate by him signed is true.
Before me
Melchiah Everett Justice of the Peace

I Martha Markham of Wrentham in the County of Norfolk & Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged 62 years do testify & say that Jesse Day late of said Wrentham & the husband of Mary Day now his widow was my father, the said Mary is my step mother. My father departed this life on the fifteenth day of October 1824 & since that period my said step mother has remained a widow & is now a widow I was also present & saw my father married June 5 th 1809 by me Married by the Rev d Elisha Fiske — I have always understood my father served in the war of the Revolution
Martha Markham
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Norfolk ss May 17 1853 This day personally appeared before me the above named Martha Markham and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by her subscribed. I further certify that said Martha Markham is a credible witness I further certify that I have no interest in the prosecution of said claim
Nehemiah Everett Justice of the Peace

Mary Day

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston :
April 21, 1853.
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 Jesse Day is borne on rolls of 8 mos. service in 1775. in Capt. Oliver Ponds Co., Col. Reed's Regt. as private from Wrentham from Apr. 1. Signed Coat Roll Dec. 27.
On roll of Capt. Samuel Fisher's Co., Col. Wheelock's Regt. at Warwick R.I. from Dec. 8, 1777. 21 days as private.
On roll of Independent Co. drafted from the fourth Regt. while at Warwick R.I. under Capt. Jos. Louell. from Dec 29 1776. 22 days as private.
On roll of Capt. Samuel Fisher's Co. Col. Wheelock's Regt. R.I. service from Apr. 21. 1777. 18 days as private.
On roll of Capt. R. Heath's Co. of Guards, Col. Reed's Regt. service at Cambridge from Apr. 2. 1778. 3 mos. 2 days as private.

To the Honorable Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
I have to request the examination of the Rolls of officers & soldiers of the army of the Revolution for the name of Jesse Day my late husband, who was a soldier in the army of the Revolution He served as a soldier in Capt Samuel Fisher's Company & in Col. Manton's regiment & I believe in other companies & regiments of the Massachusetts Troops. By a recent act of Congress I am now entitled to a pension & the examination is for the purpose of evidence of his service,
Wrentham April 2 1855
Mary Day
Signed in presence of me by Mary Day
Calvin D. Dyer Justice of the Peace
Mary Day

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 within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Call Wright Secretary of the Commonwealth.

✓ 9487
5 160 Ams

No. 2770
May Day, Wild; of paper, —
Set. to B. Powell, 3 Oct. 1853
Act. 3 rd Feb. 1,

Richard D. Webb
Hon. L. P. Fields Committee of Privileges Washington

Recd Aug 13/53
H. S. & P. Webb
WRITTEN
Committee of Pensions Washington D.C.

Hon. L. P. Walker Counsel of the District Washington D.C.

Roy
WIDOW, &c.
File No.
2597
Mary Day
Widow
Jesse Day
Pri. Rev War
Act:
Feb 3, 1853.
Index:—Vol.
2
Page
166
[Arrangement of 1870.]

July 9, 1853.
Appl. of Mary Way, widow of Jessie Way.
Norfolk W. Mass.
Original
Age 3 rd Feby. 1853. $43. 33 Per An — Com. Feby. 3 rd 1853
Rev.
Rev. in Mass. R. I. Mass.
Benj. C. Cook, Providence, R. I.
Died 1824
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Pension Office, Official Business

I Cyrus Fisher of Wrentham in the County of Norfolk & Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged ninety two years and upwards, do testify & say, that I was well acquainted with Jesse Day formerly of said Wrentham deceased, the husband of Mary Day who is now his Widow, and an applicant for a pension, the said Jesse Day was a soldier of the Revolution, from my personal knowledge he served in the army in troops from said Wrentham, I knew of his going & returning and in one town I believe I served with him, I enlisted into the continental Army I served four years in the continental Army , and am now a pensioner, Cyrus Fisher
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Norfolk ss. Personally appeared the above named Cyrus Fisher and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him submitted I further certify that he is personally known to me and that he is a credible witness Before me Meliah Everett Justice of the Peace

Brief in the case of Mary Day, widow of Jesse , Norfolk County and State of Mass. act 3 d Feb y 1853.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a revolutionary soldier & served 13 mos: in Mass: & R.I. & Ma:
Record evidence of marriage
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Wm. Benjamin Cornell, Esq.
Name and residence of Agent
Providence
R.I.
A. C. Doynton, Examining Clerk.

Sir Providence July 5 1852
I herewith enclose the claim of Mary Day of Wrentham, Mass widow of Josiah Day for a pension under the 2 d section of the act of Congress of Feb 3 d 1853.
I am very Respectfully your obed Servt Benja Lowell
Rev L P Weld

Providence November 16 1853
Sir
In reply to your letter of the 3 d ult o relative to the claim of Mary Day widow of Jesse Day for a pension under the act of Feb 3 d 53. informing me that further proof of identity is wanting - I have to say that, after I forwarded to the pension office her claim I enclosed two further affidavits to be filed with her other papers viz Hiram B Fisher & Sally Blake, identifying the claimant as the widow of Jesse Day the soldier both very respectable witnesses, one of them Hiram B. Fisher is Town Treasurer of Wrentham I thought these affidavits would have been sufficient but I now enclose another Cyrus Fisher whose evidence not only proves identity, but service. This witness before he entered the Continental army served with him one time & knows he was a soldier & that the claimant is now his widow - Mr Fisher is

is a pensioned under the act of March 18, 1818 & altho very old his mental faculties are not much impaired & his memory is good Hoping and expecting the evidence will soon be sufficient I have to request that a pension may be granted -
I am very Respectfully Yours At Let Barnes Fuller
PS The official character of the Magistrate before whom the evidence was sworn has already been certified in this case
Hon J P Welds

Revised Aug 9 th 1853 Sir
On the 5 th ult I forwarded to the Pension office the claim of Mary Day widow of Jesse Day late of Wrentham Mass. deceased. I have now to request that the enclosed additional affidavits of Sally Blake & Hiram B. Fish be filed with her other papers as further proof of identity agreeably to your Rules of June 1. 1853 relative to pension claims
I am Respectfully Your att Servt Brige C. Russell
The official character of the Magistrate before whom the affidavits were taken has been authenticated in this case
Hon L P. Waldo
x Recd July 9.

I Sally Blake of Wrentham in the County of Norfolk & Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged Sixty eight years do testify & say that Mary Day of said Wrentham who is now an applicant for a pension is now the widow the widow of Jesse Day late of said Wrentham deceased who was a soldier of the Revolution as I have always understood, - Her name was Mary Clark before marriage & afterwards they always lived together as man & wife until his death in the the year 1824
Sally Blake
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Norfolk ss August 3 d 1853 Personally appear- ed before me the above named Sally Blake and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by her subscribed and I further certify that said Sally Blake is generally known to me that she is a credible witness & that full faith & credit is due to her testimony Attest Melatiah G. Justice of the Peace

I Hiram B Fisher of Wrentham in the County of Norfolk & Commonwealth of Massachusetts age fifty two years do testify and say that I was acquainted with Jesse Day late of said Wrentham deceased & the husband Mary Day now of said Wrentham & now his widow, & an applicant for the pension. Her name was Mary Clark before her marriage & after their marriage they lived together as wife until his death.
Hiram B. Fisher
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Norfolk August 2 d 1853. Personally appeared before me the above named Hiram B Fisher and made oath to the truth of the above affida- -vit by him subscribed, I further certify that said Hiram B Fisher is personally known to me that he is a credible witness & that full faith and credit is due to his testimony. attest Melatiah Evers Justice of the Peace

80725

Providence April 17 1855
Sir
I herewith enclose the claims of Sarah Arnold widow of Moses Arnold Mary Day widow of Jesse Day and Lucy Burden formerly widow of Samuel Bailey for bounty land under the act of Congress of March 3 d 1855.
I am Respectfully your att. Servt Brewster Lowell
Hon. L. P. Waldo

No. 80725-
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received Apr. 19 th , 1875-
Sessio Day. Pur. Deed
Capt. Pond & others
Mass. Mil
Rev. Bran
9487-160.55-
Benj n Cornell
Providence
R.I.