Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30,374, Zadok Danks, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Danks Zadok or Zadock
S. 30,374
CONTENTS

10.503. Massachusetts
Zadock Danks
of Hampton in the State of Mass who was a Capt n in the company commanded by Captain Wales of the Reg t commanded by Col Sposely in the war time for Major  Parpe
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Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 45 Dollars 99 Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th day of Apr 1832 and sent to Wells  Northampton Mass
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $91.98 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept " 22.99 $114.97
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J H B Clerk Book 10 , Vol. 2 nd Page 16 .

A.B. shows death Aug. 20 - 1839.
82
Hampshire

70. Zadock Danks 2162

DECLARATION,
IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE BENEFIT OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS OF THE 7TH OF JUNE, 1832.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss. COUNTY OF HAMPSHIRE. }
ON this Eight day of August 1832 personally appeared in open court, before Hon Samuel Hinchley Judge of the court of Probate in for said County now sitting, at Northampton  Deacon  Charles a resident of Easthampton in the County of Hampshire, and State of Massachusetts, aged Eighty 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 provision made by 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. I was born at Northampton in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts O.S. Dec 4 th N.S. Dec 18 A.D. 1752 - I do not know that there is any record of my birth -
1 st I volunteered as a minute man about the month of November 1775 in a company of Militia in the Mass. State Troops commanded by Capt. Joseph Lyman - Lieutenant Elijah Lyman Ensign Eliezer Bason - I volunteered at Southampton Mass. to go to Dorchester - We were drilled some time but how long I do not recollect and were then marched to Dorchester and stationed in that town - We remained in Dorchester as near as I can recollect about two months and was discharged I should think in March 1776 - I had no written discharge - Eliezer Bason Samuel Buel Daniel Wright & Samuel Davenport were members of the same company but I believe they are all dead  2 nd In 1776 after harvest I should think as late as August I was drafted at North- ampton in a company of Infantry commanded by Capt. Jonathan Males - I think Elias Lyman was Lieutenant - name of my Ensign not recollect but Col - Moseley commanded the regiment in the Mass. State Troops - Our company was marched to East Chester N.Y. and from thence to Volunteers Hill near White Plains where I assisted in erecting a fort - before the fort was completed the battle of White Plains was fought - Gen Washington was then in command - I was taken sick of the camp fever before the battle but I heard all the guns - About a week after the battle as near as I can recollect I have so far recovered that I was granted permission to go into the country and went to Milton Parish in the  the  all  the loon, where I remained very ill until about January 1777 when my father came for me and I returned home with him having been absent as near as I can recollect about five months I received no written discharge but was honorably dismissed from the service as aforesaid - Benjamin Strong Jr. Clark & Ephraim Danks were members of the same company - the two latter are dead - Samuel Danks was also there but he belonged to Capt. Murrays company -
3 rd On the 29 th September 1777 I volunteered at Southampton Mass. in Capt. Samuel Pomeroy's Company - Lieut. Elijah Clapp who soon returned and Lieut. Samuel Root took his place Ensign Ebenezer Sheldon - The Reg t was commanded by Lieut. Col. Ezra May - When Dickinson was the Col. of the Reg t but I do not recollect that I ever saw him with the same - Our company was marched to Stillwater N.Y. where we remained until the battle of Stillwater when our army removed to Saratoga and I was left behind to take care of Elijah Bartlett a member of our company who was sick with the measles I remained with said Bartlett at Stillwater until after the surrender of Burgoyne when he was able to travel and we returned home - I received no written discharge but was honorably dismissed from the service Oct. 19. 1777 as appears by a muster or pay roll which is hereto annexed which I received of Mr. Gamaliel Pomeroy of Northampton a son of my Captain - This service I suppose was in the Mass. State Troops
4 th In May or June 1778 I volunteered at Northampton under Capt. Daniel Chapin Lieut. Daniel Kirkland - Ensign Charles Ensign Charles Chapin

by a muster or pay roll which is herunto annexed which I received of Mr. Gamaliel Pomeroy of Northampton a son of my Captain - This senior I suppose was in the Mass. State troops
4 th In May or June 1778 I volunteered at Northampton under Capt Enoch Chapin 1 st Lieut Daniel Chapin Lieut Daniel Kirkland - and and served as a corporal in said company for the term of six months at Springfield Mass. in guarding the military stores at that place - I served my whole time out and was discharged as near as I can recollect in the beginning of winter - I received no written discharge but was honorably dismissed from the service - Lemuel Sears Noah Kentfield Joseph Smith Daniel Bledget Simeon Pomeroy were members of the same company
I lived in Northampton for about ten years after the war and have lived in Easthampton ever since My neighbors who can testify to my character & to my reputation as having been a soldier in the Army of the revolution are Deas Sheldon Frederick Budd Jacob Pomeroy all of Northampton Ezra Ludden Benjamin Strong both of Easthampton and Elijah Wuttett & Abel Pomeroy Esq of Northampton

Company -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State, or (if any,) only on that of the agency in the State of
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Zadock Danks Samuel Hinckley Judge of Probate
We Thaddeus Clapp residing in the town of Easthampton and John Ludlow residing in Easthampton hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Zadock Danks who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy nine 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 and year aforesaid. Thaddeus Clapp John Ludlow
Samuel Hinckley Judge of Probate 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 abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Thaddeus Clapp Esq who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Justice of the Peace & resident in Easthampton and that John Ludlow who has also signed the same, is a resident in Easthampton and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Samuel Hinckley Judge of Probate I, Sam d F. Lyman Register 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 Zadock Danks for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this eighth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two .
Sam d F. Lyman  Register Clerk.
Sworn

Zadock Danks
21/2
Colonel 6 Months
Private 7 Mo. & 6 days
Defence in the 5th H. H. Garrison
Recd:
$45.99.
Mills Jr Northampton Mass 170

BRIEF in the case of  Badock Danks of Northampton  in the State of  Massachusetts (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 50 Years  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.     In 17 75 about 2 10 Private Cap t Lyman   Aug 76. cont 4 15 " Cap t Wales Col l Mosely   Sept 77 " " 20 " Cap t Pomeroy - (D r Dickinson   78 " 1 " Corporal Cap t Chapin  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none stated  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Northampton  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living witnesses and traditional evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Living witnesses not stated as available 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
L. D. Alverson Examining Clerk.

July 9, 1937.
F. R. Barnes Hotel Vendome Minneapolis, Minnesota.
BA-J/ILL Zadok Danks S. 30374
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Zadok Danks of Massachusetts, and cite several soldiers with that name, one of whom served in the Revolutionary War from Southampton, Massachusetts.
A search of the Revolutionary War records has been made and only one Zadok Danks found who received a pension for service in that war. The data given herein were found in his claim for pension, S. 30374. This office has no record of service rendered in the colonies prior to the Revolutionary War.
Zadok Danks was born December 4 (old style) or December 15, (new style), 1752, in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; the names of his parents are not shown.
About November 1775, Zadok Danks volunteered as a minute-man in Captain Joseph Lyman's company, at Southampton, went to Dorchester, Massachusetts, and served two months; he enlisted in Northampton, Massachusetts, in August 1776, served two months and twenty-eight days as private in Captain Jonathan Wales' company, Colonel Moseley's Massachusetts regiment, during which he marched to East Chester, New York, thence to Valentine's Hill, near White Plains, where he became ill with camp fever and was confined there at the time of the battle of White Plains, went later to Norwalk, Connecticut, where he was ill until about January 1777, at which time his father came to take him home; he enlisted September 29, 1777, as private in Captain Lemuel Pomeroy's company, Colonel John Dickinson's Massachusetts regiment, marched to Stillwater, New York, where he remained until after the surrender of Burgoyne; he enlisted in June or July 1778, at Southampton, served as corporal in Captain Enoch Chapin's Massachusetts company, stationed at Springfield, Massachusetts, and continued until the expiration of six months.
The soldier resided in Southampton, Massachusetts, about ten

years after the Revolutionary War, then moved to Easthampton, in Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
Zadoc Danks was allowed pension on his application executed August 8, 1833, at which time he was a resident of Easthampton, Massachusetts; he had resided there ever since moving from Southampton. His name was borne on the pension roll as Zadock Danks. He died August 20, 1839.
No reference was made to wife or children of the above noted soldier.
One Ephraim Danks was in the same company with Zadok Danks in August 1778, but no relationship between them was stated; however, said Ephraim Danks was deceased at the time Zadok Danks made application for his pension.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

30 374 Recy INVALID.
1937. July 9-1937. Sent to H.R. Barnes Ill.
File No. 30, 374
Zadock Dankle Daught Rev Mr
Act June 7 th 32 nd
Index — Vol. 9, Page 102
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
HAMPSHIRE ss. I, SAMUEL F. LYMAN, Register of the Court of Pro-
bate in and for said County, do hereby certify that Samuel
Wells Esq Esquire, before whom the annexed depositions were taken, is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and have no doubt that the Signature annexed to said deposition is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this Eleventh day of August A. D. 1832.
Sam F. Lyman Register of Probate.

I Elijah Bartlett of Northampton in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged seventy four years testify before and say that I was one of the volunteers who went from this town to Stillwater in September 1777 in Capt Samuel Pomeroy's Company of Infantry -
I am well acquainted with Zadock Banks of Easthampton in this County who volunteered at the same time with myself and was a member of the same Company - We went to Stillwater where we remained until the army removed to Saratoga when I was taken with the measles and the said Zadock Banks was left behind to nurse me in my illness - He remained until after the surrender of Burgoyne and until after the discharge of our Company and when I was able to travel we came together to New Lebanon N.Y. where my father met us and then we all returned home - We were absent from our homes more than a month but I am unable to state the exact time - I do further certify that the Pay or Muster roll of our Company, arranged to the Declaration of said Banks contains a correct list of the names of the Officers and soldiers belonging to the same
And further the Deponent saith not Elijah Bartlett
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire ss. Aug 6. 1832 -
Then personally appeared Elijah Bartlett to me personally known to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed and acknowledged before me - I also certify that he is in my opinion a credible witness
Samuel Wells Jr. Justice of the Peace

I Joseph Smith of Hadley in the County of Hampshire & State of Massachusetts on oath depose testify & say that I was a member of Capt Enoch Chapins Company of Infantry which was stationed at Springfield Mass. to guard the Military stores in 1778. I was at Springfield from July 1. 1778 to Jan'y 1. 1779
" I will remember Dadock Banks now resident at Easthampton in this County and do know that he was a member of said Chapins Company at the same time with myself and believe he was discharged at the same time with myself. I am now eighty one years of age And further the deponent saith not
Joseph Smith
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire ss. Aug 8 th A.D. 1832
Then personally appeared Joseph Smith Signer of the foregoing affidavit and made solemn oath to the truth of the same before me
Samuel Wells Jr Justice of the Peace
I do further certify that said Joseph Smith is a person of respectability and in my opinion full credit and belief should be given to his testimony as a credible witness
Samuel Wells Jr Justice of the Peace

Zadock Banks Amended Declaration Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire County ss
Personally appeared before me the undersigned one of the Justices of the Peace within and for the County of Hampshire aforesaid Zadock Banks of Easthampton in said County to me personally known who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his several periods of service but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades For two months I served as a private in Capt. Joseph Lyman's Company at Dorchester For two months and twenty eight days I served as a private in Capt. Jonathan Wiles Company at Watertown Billerica and if the period of my illness is to be counted until my return home my service during this period will be at the least four months and fifteen days For twenty one days I served as a private in Capt. Samuel Damer's Company at Stillington & Saratoga For six months I served as a corporal in Capt. Enoch Chapin's Company at Springfield and

and for such service I claim a Pension
Witness my hand at Northampton in said County this thirty first day of December A.D. 1822. Zadock Davis
And I do further certify that in my opinion the said Zadock Davis is a person of credibility and full credence may be given to his testimony in the premises
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand at Northampton aforesaid this thirty first day of December in the year of our Lord One Thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Samuel Wells Jr Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire ss. I Solomon Stoddard Clerk of the Superior Court of the Commonwealth for the County of Hampshire do certify that Samuel Wells Jr Esq. whose signature is affixed to the above certificate was at the date thereof one of the Justices of the Peace within said County duly Commissioned and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth and that full faith & credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestation done in that capacity and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Samuel Wells Jr. and believe his signature above to be genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth this fifth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
S. Stoddard Clerk

I Noah Kentfield of Northampton in the County of Hampshire Commonwealth of Massachusetts being duly sworn make oath & say, that I am well acquainted with Dathan Danks of East-Hampton in said County that said Danks entered the service of the United States in the early part of the summer of 1778, and served in the Company commanded by Capt. Enoch Chapin, that he went with the Company to Springfield, Massachusetts, and was there stationed and employed in the keeping of the public stores. That he remained there six months and was then dismissed. I have a personal knowledge of the service of the said Danks having served in the same company at the same time - A part of two Companies only were stationed at Springfield, and Capt Enoch Chapin was the commanding officer -
That said Danks some time in the fall of 1776 served in the Company of Capt Joseph Lyman, that he joined the army with the Company at Dorchester, Massachusetts, that I repeatedly saw said Danks at Dorchester, and verily believe he served at least two months - I was there with the army at the same time -
That said Danks is a credible witness, & I should verily believe what he might say in his declaration in regard to his services -
Noah his Kentfield mark
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire ss August 5. 1823
Then personally appeared Noah Kentfield who signed the foregoing affidavit in my presence, I made oath to the truth of the facts therein stated - Sworn - Before me Edward Hooker Justice of the Peace

for Z. Danks
Hampshire ss. January 1. 1833
This certifies that I am personally acquainted with Noah Huntfield signer of the within affidavit and that he is a credible witness and that full credence is and ought to be given to his statements made therein
Thaddeus Clapp Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire ss. I, Samuel F. Lyman Register of Probate for said County hereby certify that Edward Hooker and Thaddeus Clapp Esquires before whom the within deposition and the above certificate were taken & subscribed are both Justices of the peace for said County duly qualified & that the signatures purporting to be theirs are genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand Seal of office this 5 th day of Jan y 1833 Sam l F. Lyman Register

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Wm Lewis Bales Secretary of War N.Y. Washington D.C.

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Hon Lewis Cass Secretary of War U.S.A. Washington D.C.

Should any further evidence be required or should the pension be granted in the case of Sedock Banks Please to forward the directions and requirements or the certificate as the case may be to Samuel Wells or atty at Law Northampton Mass.
By desire of Sedock Banks J Wells Jr
(Faint, mirrored bleed-through text from the reverse side of the page) Sedock Banks Northampton Mass. J Wells Jr

3 Fadocks Blankets
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Stills gr Northampton Mass

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Zadock Danks 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? No
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
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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?
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?
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XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? no
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? yes
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? yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
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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."
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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.
† 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 affidavits must be properly authenticated, as above directed.
‡ 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.

Zedock Danks.
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RECEIVED JUN 21 1937
Minneapolis, June 19, 1937. MINN.
Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen;
only on July 2 Will you please inform me regarding a Revolutionary War soldier named
Zedock Danks , of Massachusetts?
From History of Northampton, Mass., I find that Zedock Danks was at one time (doubtless before the Revolution) at "Fort No. 4" 9999 (Charleston, N Hamp) and that he also built a fort; this was shown as at Easthampton, Mass. In 1744 he was, per the record, a soldier in King George's War and in 1749 he was granted an allotment of land in Easthampton.
But the History above referred to indicates that he was a Revolutionary soldier from Southampton, and the 1790 U S Census shows that a man named Zedock Danks resided then in Southampton, being head of family consisting of one other male over 16 years of age besides himself and also of three females.
I wish especially to identify the parentage of Chloe Danks, who may have been Zedock's daughter.
Thanking you,
Respectfully,
F. R. Barres F. R. Barres.