Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,286, Joshua Day, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass
Day, Joshua
NUMBER
S 34,286
CONTENTS
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Notification sent October 18, 1820 to Isaac Tucker, Salem, Mass.

11.679 R Massachusetts
Joshua Day
of Gloucester in the state of Massd. who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Little of the Massachu- setts, for the term of 1 yr.
scribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 3 rd of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st of June, 1819 and sent to William Wetmore, Esq. Boston, Mass.
Arrears to 4th of Mar. 1819. $8.49 semi-ann. all'ce ending 2 d Sept. 1819 28 " $136.49
10 mo. \frac{28}{30}  \frac{4}{81}
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued

34 286 Rev INVALID.
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File No. 34 286
Joshua Day His Rev. and
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 103
[Arrangement of 1870.]

York. Day
✓
See Proofs entitled
Prior to Dec 1773
engaged engaged for a longer period than eight months
Dec 1773
Adm l
Evidence of Service on board the Alfred Mantua.
Certified 6 May 1819 one year - 1776. Little's Regt.

State of Massachusetts
I Joshua Day — a Citizen of the United States, now resident at Gloucester in the County of Essex — in the State aforesaid, do on oath testify and declare, that in the War of the Revolution, on or about the month of May in the year of our Lord Seventeen hundred & seventy five
I entered and was engaged in the land & naval service of the United States on the continental establishment, and served accordingly from that time to the ninth day of March in the year Seventeen hundred & seventy eight in the Massachusetts line of the army.
as a private — against the common enemy, without any interruption or absence: that I belonged to Captain Warner's Company in Colonel Little's Regiment eight months & one year — when I enlisted on board the Continental Ship Alfred commanded by Captain Elisha Hemenway & served accordingly for one year & two months
and that I left the service on Ninth of March being then honorably
discharged — and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life and poverty, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support, being now of the age of sixty three years. My discharge the loss of time being now lost. I have no other evidence in my power to offer than what is herewith submitted.
And I hereby relinquish all claim to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, if any may be or hath been so allowed.
Joshua Day
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this third day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen Pursuant to a law of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," made and passed on the 18th of March, A. D. 1818, personally appeared before me
The subscribers one of the Associate Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the middle Circuit within the State aforesaid presiding here as vice the abovenamed Joshua Day
and after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, he maketh oath to the declaration aforesaid, and subscribes the same in my presence; and, on examination duly made by me the said Judge, it appeareth to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true. In testimony
Whereof I hereunto affix my name & the seal of said Court. Further certify that the within named Deponents are credible witnesses, & have been duly sworn. June 15 1818.
Wm. Wetmore
May

May 6. 1819. I now certify that on further examination on oath, of the within named Declarant Joshua Day, he testified that he entered on board the said ship Alfred as a seaman on the 15 th day of January 1777 & continued to do duty on board uninterruptedly till the month of March 1778. when she was captured by the enemy & carried to Barbadoes, from whence he got home to Gloucester in May or June following. I further certify that the undersigned Deponents, John Brinckly, & James Cassell are respectable citizens, and credible & disinterested witnesses. Wherefore these further proceedings are now transmitted for approbation & allowance. Witness my hand, & the Seal of the Court aforesaid as within affixed
W m Wetmore
Supplementary proof May 6. 1819
I John Brinckly of Charlestown in the State of Massachusetts, testify & say that I was Carpenter, yeoman on board the Continental frigate Alfred, Capt. Heman from the month of July 1777-till the month of March 1778 when she was captured, by the British ships of war Ariadne & Sirius & carried to Barbadoes - where I entered on board the Alfred in July 1777. I know that Joshua Day now here present was a seaman on board, how long he had belonged to the ship I do not know but I understood that he had belonged to her as a seaman for many months before - he went with us & continued to do duty as a seaman from the time I saw him on board in July till we were captured & carried to Barbadoes as aforesaid, from whence we got down to Martinique by the management & good conduct of our officers, from thence home to Boston in the month of May or June following - I was well acquainted with said Day & know that he served with us as aforesaid. I have read my Certificate for pension for this service under the late law of Congress.
John Brinckly
J James Cassell

We the subscribers, inhabitants of the town of Gloucester do testify & say that we are acquainted with the declarant within named & believe him to be in his circumstances in life reduced & indigent & in need of assistance from his Country for support & we never heard his character for veracity called in question.
Isaac Elwell Charles L. Roberts Selectmen of Gloucester.
Sworn to 3 April 1818
before me W m Wetmore Judge within named
I James Capell of Boston Massachusetts, do testify & say that I entered on board the ship of Wm Alfred, Capt. Hinman in the month of July (about the first) in the year 1777 - when I saw Joshua Day, now here present, then a seaman on board & belonging to sd ship - it was well known & understood that he had belonged to her for many months before & continued with us till we were captured & carried to Barbadoes, from whence we got to Martinique & thence home to Boston as stated in the preceding Deposition of John Brinckley, whom I well knew as well as the sd Day - both sd Day was stationed in the Main top where he did duty, I was in the foretop - I have received my Passenger Certificate for this service under the late law of Congress. James Capell
Sworn to by the sd John Brinckley & James Capell respectively, this 10 May 1819.
Before me W m Wetmore Judge within named

I Andrew Ingersoll of Gloucester in the county of Essex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts of the age of sixty six years testify, and say: That I served, during the whole of the year A D 1776. as a private soldier in Captain Nathan- iel Mearns's company, in the Regiment of foot commanded by Moses Little, in the Revolutionary War, in the ser- -vice of the United States against the common enemy; and Joshua Day of the same Gloucester served as a common sol- -dier in the same company with me, during the whole of the year A D 1776. and I further depose that the said Joshua Day here present, is the same Joshua Day who served with me as aforesaid.
Andrew Ingersoll
Essex St. June 9. 1818. Then Andrew In- -gersoll made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him sub- -scribed. ——— bot. Lonson Nash, Jns. Paris

Joshua Day
11679
June 1819 Cond 25/11 1820
[Large handwritten signature: J. Day]
on this day of the seal of the said Court, at Salem, in said County of Essex, in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed
Seal dollars 500
copy exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is
The opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the prop- erty from the record of the said Court, and I do further certify that it is that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copies I THOMAS HUCKER, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify
[Signature: Thomas Hucker]
took and subscribed the aforesaid Oath before me
Then the aforesaid [Signature: Joshua Day]
[Signature: Joshua Day]
a Judge of the said Court, to wit:
[Signature: Wm Wetmore]
and at the same time he produced to the Court the following Oath:

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas of the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Salem, within and for the County of Essex, on the third Monday of June, A. D. 1820.
Present, Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Chief Justice.
Hon. WILLIAM WETMORE, and
Hon. STEPHEN MINOT, Associate Justices.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Joshua Day resident in Gloucester in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 11679 now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
“WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.”
“I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, Joshua Day late a private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the third day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen ”  ***** “Given at the War Office of the United States, this eighth day of June one thousand eight hundred and nineteen ” L. S. J. L. Edwards in the J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War, ***** absent on behalf of the
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit,
No real estate, income or debts due him.
  Four old chairs 40 c Two pine tables 33 c Three knives & forks 10 c $ 0.83   Shovel & tongs 17 c And irons 16 c Desk 2.00 2.33   Chest 1. - Pot 50 c 2 kettles 50 c gridiron 17 c 2.17   Ax 25 c small looking glass 75 c crockery 25 c 1.25   $ 6.58 
He served as a private in the Revolutionary war in Capt. Nathaniel Warner's company, Col. Moses Little's Regt. in the Mass ts line all the year 1776; also as an able seaman on board the U. States ship Alfred, Capt. Elisha Henniman from Jan y . 1777 to 9 th March 1778 when he was captured. He is sixty five years of age, has been a mariner as long as he was able to go to sea; both hands much contracted with rheumatism, is troubled with the gravel, and unable to do a days work for some years past. He has no family residing with him except his wife, Mary Dayer, aged 65 years, who is infirm & unable to contribute to her support. Joshua Day
Sworn to & declared before Wm Wetmore Judge abovenamed

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. W m Wetmore a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, Joshua Day do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. So help me GOD.
Joshua Day
Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. June, Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed Joshua Day took and subscribed the aforewritten Oath before me
W m Wetmore Judge of said Court.
I, ICHABOD TUCKER, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is
six — dollars fifty eight cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Salem, in said County of Essex, on this 17 th day of July — A. D.
1820
Attr.
Ichabod Tucker Clerk