Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22,720, John Day, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Day John
S. 22,720
CONTENTS
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New Hampshire John Day
of Acerrimack in the State of N. Hampshire who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Kimball of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Hutchinson in the Massachusetts line, for the term of 19 months & 20 days. from 12 May 1775 to 1 January 1777
Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of 65. 55 / 100 Dollars per month, to commence on the 4 day of March 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 of July 1832 and sent to Joseph L. West Concord N.H.
Arrears to 4th of March 1832 $65.55 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep: 32.77 $98.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820 }
7 June 1832
Recs Book D. Vol: 1. fol: 150.

State of New Hampshire. Merrimack ss. — Be it known that before the subscriben a Notary Public in and for said State, for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the the act of Congress passed 7 th June 1832 entitled an Act. Supplementary to an act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and soldiers in the Revolution. Personally appeared John Day and made oath in due form of Law, that he is the Identical John Day named in the original Certificate of Pension herunto annexed bearing date at the War Office of the United States, the thirteenth day of July A.D. 1819 & numbered 14,023 and signed J C Calhoun Secretary of War, that his name was placed on the Pension list agreeably the act of Congress of the 18 th March 1818 & was stricken from the list under the act of 1820 on account of Property — that he served in the year 1775 from the Twelfth day of May to the last of December same year under Capt Benj — Kimball & Lt. Col o Hutchinson, then enlisted & served one year under the same Officers & was discharged, that he now resides in Weare in the County of Hillsborough & State of New Hampshire and that when he applied for and obtained the Certificate annexed he resided in the same place and now wishes his name to be placed on the Pension list agreeably to the act of June 1832. For proof of service reference will be had to the evidence produced when the Certificate annexed was obtained — John Day
Sworn and subscribed to this Fourteenth day of July A.D. 1832 In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Notarial Seal this Fourteenth day of July A.D. 1832 at Concord in the County of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire Joseph Low, Notary Public

John Day
14,023
Not entitled
21 July '69

TO the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas, now sitting at Hopkinton within and for the County of Hillsborough and State of New-Hampshire .
July 11.
1820
John Day aged 60 years — resident in Weare in said County, comes into Court, and, in pursuance of an Act of Congress, passed on the 1st day of May, 1820, brings with him, and in his proper person, exhibits to said Court a Schedule by him subscribed, containing his whole estate, and income, (his necessary clothing and bedding excepted) as follows:
Real Estate
50 Acres of Land with the buildings thereon? valued at ————— $ 500,00
Personal Estate
  One pair of Oxen valued at $45, Five Cows $50.  103,00    One two years old & one year old Heifer —————  11. —    One Calf $3. — One Colt $9. — Eleven Sheep & 7 Lambs $18.  30. —    Two Shoates & nine Pigs —————  8. —    Old Farming Tools $13 — Old Case Drawers $1. —  14. —    Three old Tables $1. — One Doren old Chairs $1. —  2. —    Old Looking Glass $ .25 Old Saddle $1. Old Pewter $1.25 —  2.50    Crockery & glass ware and Teaspoons —————  1.50    Old Iron Ware $1.50 One Handsaw .25 —————  1.75    Old Tubs and Pails $ .75 Old Gun $1.50 —————  2.25     676.00  
John Day
And the said John Day in pursuance as aforesaid, produceth to said Court the following oath, by him duly taken and subscribed, viz :
I John Day do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner 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 18th day of March, 1818; 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.
John Day

And the said John Day he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows, viz.
doth here in Court further declare on oath, that
That he enlisted in May 1775 for eight months and before that term expired he enlisted for one year of which both terms he served in Captain Benjamin Kimball's Company in Colonel Israel Hutchinson's Regiment in Massachusetts line and under the Continental establishment for which he enlisted and was regularly discharged —
That the date of his original declaration in order to obtain a pension is 13 th Day of July 1819 And the number of his pension certificate is 14023 That his occupation is a Farmer
That the number and names of his family residing with him, and their ages and capacities to contribute to their support, are as follows, viz.
 Rebecca Wife of said John Day 38 years  Hannah Day sister of said John 71 Do  Esther Day daughter of said John 18 Do  Rebecca Day Do of Do 16 Do  George Day son of Do 14 Do  Anna Day daughter of Do 11 Do  John & Austin Day sons of Do 9 Do  James Day son of Do 5 Do  Susanna Day daughter of Do 2 Do 
The aforementioned John Day is infirm and unable to support himself and family
Wherefore he prays the opinion of the said Court as to the value of the property contained in the said Schedule and that the same together with a copy of the premises be duly certified, to the Secretary of War.
Sworn and declared before the Hon. Joshua Darling & J. K. Smith Justices of Said Court the 12 th day of July 1820
M Eastman Clerk
Hillsborough
ss.] Court of Common Pleas.
July 12 th 1820
The aforesaid Schedule and oath, and the above declaration, duly subscribed and sworn by the said John Day having been by him exhibited in person and presented to the Court, and the same being seen
and considered:
It is the opinion of said Court, that the value of the property, contained in said Schedule is $676.00
Wherefore the Court order that a copy of the premises with the proceedings thereon, be duly certified, to the Secretary of War.
Attest,
M Eastman Clerk.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
Hillsborough ss.] I M Eastman Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the said County of Hillsborough being a Court of record, do certify, That the foregoing Schedule and oath and the declaration annexed, with the proceedings and opinion of the Court thereon, are truly copied from the records and files of said Court.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court the 12 th day of July 1820
M Eastman Clerk.

Production 22720 INVALID. !
File No. 22,720
John Day Rev. Rev. Mr.
Act: June 1 st 72 nd
Index — Vol. 2 , Page 100
[Arrangement of 1870.]

14.023
New Hampshire John Day
of Hillsborough in the state of N. Hampshire who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Hutchinson of the Massachusetts line, for the term of One year & mo.
Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 16 of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 of July 1818 and sent to Joshua Darling Esq. Amherst New Hampshire
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819  77.10 Semi-ann. all'ce ending Sep 1819  48.00 9 mo.  $125.16
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Discontinued on the Roll under the law of the 1 May 1820 or July 1820

July 21. 1832,
Lentini Office 3
Station B... with
Rev. Lewis...
Am. -
at 7 p.m. 1832
private
14 mo. 270...
Secretary of War Washington City
John Quincy Adams

July 21. 1832,
Pension Bureau
Pension Office
Hon. Lewis of  the Secy
14 No. 290 Street private at June 1832
Secretary of War Washington City
John D. Sleeper S.W.

John Day N. H. Sep 17
14 mo. & 20 days private
at June 1832
Am.
Pension Bureau
John Lewis Office 3
July 21. 1832.
Secretary of War
Washington City

John Day, a Pensioner in N.H. Act 1832
P. of Atty enclosed - ask to see papers
J. Brown Atty Present

Washington City D.C. July 13, 1854
Sir,
Enclosed you will find Power of Atty. from John S. Day, son of John Day decd. a Pensioner in Atty. - Act 1 June 1832
Be pleased to permit me to examine papers on file in support of his claim
Yours Truly A. Brown F. L. H. H. H.
Hon. L. P. Waldo Com of Pensions

State of New Hampshire County of Merrimack
Be it Known, that on this eighth day of July A. D. 1854 before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared John S. Day
resident of Weare in said County, of Hillsboro and N.H. and made oath according to law that he is the son, John Day the identical person whose name, under Act of 1832 has been placed on the Concord N.H. Pension Roll at the rate of Sixty five Dollars per annum. + fifty five cents per annum
That he is credibly informed that the said Pension may and ought to be increased from its commencement and during its continuance; that he is directly interested as a claimant in said increase, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Countermanding and revoking all Powers of Attorney and authority heretofore given, I hereby constitute and appoint S. J. Bowen  SAMUEL M. KNIGHT , of Washington City , my true and lawful Attorney to prosecute the claim of My father John Day for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or INCREASE OF PENSION , that may be due; and for the purpose of establishing additional service by the soldier for whose military duty in the Revolution the aforesaid Pension was granted, I hereby authorize my said Attorney to apply for and obtain from State archives or other sources, certified proofs of such service. To examine all papers or documents in relation to said service on file in the Departments at Washington City or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive for my benefit the Certificate for INCREASE which may be issued in satisfaction of said claim, which certificate I wish made payable at the Pension Agency of this State; to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed, and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Agent and Attorney shall lawfully do in the premises.
John S. Day
Sworn to, Subscribed and Acknowledged before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I believe the said John S. Day to be directly interested in said claim as set forth, and to be the identical party therein alleged, in whose claim I am in no wise interested.
L. D. Stevens Justice of the Peace
State of _____

State of New Hampshire Secretary's Office July 13. 1832.
I hereby certify that the within named Israel Pease is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Hillsborough in said State duly constituted and sworn. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the State. Ralph Metcalf Secretary.

I the subscriber a citizen of the town of Weare in the county of Hillsborough and state of New Hampshire and I James George of Dunbarton in the county of Merrimack and state aforesaid do on oath severally declare that we are well acquainted with John Day of the said Weare and do know that he is the same person named in an original Certificate of Pension which he this day exhibited to us numbered 14,023 and signed J C Calhoun Secretary of War bearing date the thirteenth day of July one thousand eight hundred & thirteen nineteen —
Seth N. Gilley James George
State of New Hampshire Hillsborough ss Be it known that on the thirteenth day of July in the year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundred & thirty two before the subscriber a justice of Peace in and for the county of Hillsborough personally appeared Seth N. Gilley and James George above named and made oath in due form of law that the above affidavit by them subscribed is true Before me Ismael Pearle justice Peace
I certify that the above deponents are credible witnesses
Ismael Pearle justice Peace

John D. Day
Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of Sept r next, in Portsmouth N.H. at the U.S. Branch Bank
Recorded

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818,
John Day late a Private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the New Hampshire Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to com- mence on the Sixteenth day of May one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this Thirteenth day of July one thousand eight hundred and Nineteen
J. B. Ballou Secretary of War.

I Joseph Bruchack testify and say that John Day enlisted in the Continental Service in the united States in Capt Benj. Hinkley's Company in Col. Small's Hukersong Regiment in May Seventeen Hundred and Seventy Five and continued in that Service to December Seventeen Hundred and Seventy Six and He was Discharged the first of January following the west side of the River Near Jonestown
JOSEPH BRUCHACK
Given on June 23 rd the 1819 The above Named Joseph Bruchack was sworn to the truth of the above instrument by Him Subscribed before Me David Colley one of the Justices of the Peace for the County of Essex
I certify that the above Named Joseph Bruchack is a Man of Good Moral Character and His oath May be depended on David Colley Justice of the Peace
I Israel Morgan testify and say that John Day enlisted in the Continental Service in the united States in Capt Benj. Hinkley's Company in Col. Small's Hukersong Regiment in May Seventeen Hundred and Seventy Five and continued in the Service till the first of December Seventeen Hundred and Seventy Six and He was Discharged the first of January following the west side of the River Near Jonestown
Israel Morgan
Given on June 23 rd the 1819 the above Named Israel Morgan was sworn to the truth of the above instrument by Him Subscribed before Me -
David Colley one of the Justices of the Peace for the County of Essex
I certify that the above Named Israel Morgan is a Man of Good Moral Character and His oath May be depended on David Colley Justice of the Peace

Whereas, I Ichabod Tucker Clerk of The Courts in said County certify that David Colby Esq. is a Justice of the Peace in said County and that the within is his Signature.
Attest Ichabod Tucker, Clerk

John Day Private
Hutchinson Mapt
Recd D
Admitted

I John Day of Weare in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire testify and say that I enlisted into the service of the United States on the Continental establishment about the 10th of May 1775, for eight months and served in Capt. Benjamin Kimball's Company in Col. Mansfield's and Col. Israel Hutchinson's Regiment in the Massachusetts line and served in said Regiment until about the last day of Dec r following when I again enlisted into said Service for one year and served out said year's enlistment in the aforesaid Capt. Benjamin Kimball's Company in the said Hutchinson's Regiment and line of defense until the last day of Dec r 1776 or first day of January 1777, when I was regularly discharged the Service, by said Col. Hutchinson near Trenton in New Jersey.
I further testify and say that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life I am in need of aid and assistance from my Country for support.
May 16. 1818.
John Day
State of New Hampshire Hillsborough ss.
May 16. 1818
Then personally appeared the above named John Day and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is just and true.
Before me
Joshua Darling
One of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the first District in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire

State of New Hampshire Hillsborough St
See endorsement on the other side.
John Day Affidavit in support for a Pension
I Joshua Darling Judge of as aforesaid hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said John Day served in the Revolutionary Army on the Continental establishment against the com- mon enemy more than nine months at one period of continued service - And I do further certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said applicant is in reduced circumstances in life and stands in need of aid from his country for support
Given under my hand & the seal of said Court this sixteenth of May 1816
Joshua Darling
State of New Hampshire Hillsborough St
Mary Eastman Clerk of the Court of C. Pleas for
The 1st District in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire, do certify that the Hon. Joshua Darling is a Judge of said Court that the above is his signature & that the seal of said Court is the seal of said Court
Mary Eastman Clerk