Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 33288, Moses Hayden, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Continental Mass.
Hayden, Moses
S 33288
CONTENTS

6633 Massachusetts
Moses Hayden
of Houghton in the state of Massachusetts who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Sergeant of the Mass. line, for the term of 1 year
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 11 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 th of Feby. 1819 and sent to John Davis Esq r Boston Mass.
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818  4 mo 22 1/2 d - 38.40 Semi-ann. all ce ending 6 th Mar 1819 - 48
$86.40
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Christina

Specification dated October 29th 1890 1/2 James Waring - New Haven, Massachusetts
Deed Apr 4 1897

No 298 Moses Hayden
(Private)
Sergeants Reg t Mass t Line
No time of enlistment, or discharge mentioned in the Declaration - Further proof necessary -
Headquarters -
Wanted, the declaration of the Judge, that Applicant, in his belief, is in "reduced circumstances in life."
Adm o

I Moses Hayden of Stoughton in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts laborer, being a citizen of the United States and aged sixty four years, on oath declare that I served in the war of the American Revolution as a common soldier on the Continental Establishment the term of twenty months. In the latter part of April one thousand seven hundred and seventy five I enlisted for the term of eight months into the Company of which Josiah Hayden was Captain, and in the Regiment of Colonel Bailey, his Christian name I do not recollect. — At the expiration of the said eight months I was regularly discharged. — During the whole of the said eight months we were stationed at Roxbury in this State. A few weeks after the expiration of the said eight months I enlisted again into the same Continental service for the term of one year the whole of which time I faithfully served and was regularly discharged. I enlisted into the Company commanded by Captain Frederick Pope which Company was in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Sargent, whose christian name I do not recollect, Lieutenant Colonel Jackson commanded in the same Regiment. During a part of the said year we were stationed at Boston, and a part on Castle William from which latter place we were ordered and marched to New-York where I was discharged. And I further on oath declare that I am in reduced circumstances, that I stand in need of assistance from my country for support and that I have occasionally been appointed as a pauper by the said town of Stoughton being at this time weak and infirm and unable to support myself.
Moses Hayden
Massachusetts District Boston 11. April 1818 Sworn to before me
M c Devitt
Dist. Judge Mass. Dist.

MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
Boston June 11 A. D. 18 18
IT appearing to my satisfaction, that Moses Hayden subscriber to the annexed declaration, sworn to before me, did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as stated in said declaration, I now transmit the testimony in the case, with the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the act entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war;" the testimony and proceedings in the premises being the declaration aforesaid, with the accompanying documents marked A together with this certificate.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the District Court of the United States for this District to be hereunto affixed.
M c David
} Judge of the District Court U. S. Massachusetts District.

MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
30 January 1819.
I AM satisfied that the above named, Moses Hayden by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, is in need of assistance from his Country for support.
J. D. D. D.
{ District Judge U. S. Massachusetts Dist.
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR.

Copy Schedule No 4 Miss Hayden 1633 Feb 19

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
NORFOLK, ss.—CIRCUIT COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, SPECIAL SESSION, JULY 17, 1820.
On this seventeenth day of July 1820 personally appeared, in open Court, being a Court of Record for said County, 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, Moses Hayden aged sixty six years, resident in Stoughton in said County, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: as a private under Capt Frederick Pape in Col Sargent's Regiment in Massachusetts line for the years service and was discharged at Peekskill N.Y. and their services as will more fully appear by his declaration made on the eleventh of April 1818, The number of his certificate received from the War office is 6633
And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day 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.
Moses Hayden
Sworn to and declared, on the A. D. 1820 before
17th day of July
James Ware Judge of C.C.P. Pleas for S. Circuit.
1. Horatio Townsend Clerk of the said Court do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedule hereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of 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
_____ dollars and _____ cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twentieth day of July 1820
Horatio Townsend Clerk.

The within named pensioner has no property real or personal, his necessary wearing apparel excepted. —
I Moses Hayden am a Cooper by trade but unable to pursue my profession on account of the infirmities of age. I have no family but reside with my son about thirty three years of age and having a large family of his own.
Moses Hayden

July 28, 1935
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BA-J/REL
Moses Hayden -S.33288 John Stearns -W.16153
Mrs. C.D. Hayden 2030 Haisdell Avenue Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the records of Caleb Dayton, of Arlington, Vermont; Moses Hayden, of Stoughton, Massachusetts; and John Stearns, of Deerfield, New Hampshire, soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
A careful search of the Revolutionary War records has been made and no record found of a claim for pension or bounty land having been made to the United States based upon the military service in that war of Caleb Dayton. Such claims are the source of the data furnished by this office.
The records of Moses Hayden and John Stearns are furnished you herein.
Moses Hayden S. 33288
The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.33288, based upon the military service of Moses Hayden in that war.
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Moses Hayden are not shown.
Moses Hayden enlisted, place not shown, in April, 1775, and served eight months as a private in Captain Josiah Hayden's (no relationship shown) Company, Colonel Bailey's Massachusetts Regiment; a few days after the expiration of this term of service, he again enlisted and served as a private in Captain Frederick Pope's Company, Colonel Sargent's Massachusetts Regiment; length of this service, one year.
Josiah Hayden was capt. of Thoms Mass. Co. which joined Col. Bailey in April.
Frederick Pope in Paul Hall Sargent's Co. Mass. Lt. Col. Jackson

Moses Hayden was allowed pension on his application executed April 11, 1818, at which time he was aged sixty-four years and resided in Stoughton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
In 1820, soldier stated that he had no family residing with him, but lived at the home of a son, then aged about thirty-three years, who had a large family of his own. The names of the son and of the members of said son's family are not shown nor is the name of soldier's wife or the date of their marriage stated.
UB — Moses Hayden died April 4, 1827, place not shown.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension and the name and address of person paid in the case of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Moses Hayden (S.33288), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Moses Hayden, Certificate No. 6633, issued February 4, 1819, rate $8 per month, commenced April 11, 1818, Act of March 18, 1818, Massachusetts Agency.
***** John Stearns W.16153
The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, W.16153, based upon the military service in that war of John Stearns.
John Stearns was born in January, 1752, at Epping, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. The names of his parents are not shown.
While residing at said Epping, John Stearns volunteered in March, 1778, served as a private in Captain Simon Marston's Company, Colonel Stephen Peabody's New Hampshire Regiment and was discharged about January, 1779, having served about nine months; during this tour, he was stationed at Newport and Providence, Rhode Island; he enlisted in July, 1779, served under Colonel Thomas Cogswell, deputy quartermaster in Colonel Scamell's New Hampshire Regiment and was

employed in chopping wood and doing guard duty until the brigade to which he was attached returned from the Indian country under General Sullivan; soldier then went with Colonel Scamell's Regiment to Reading, Connecticut, and went into winter quarters; in the spring, he marched to West Point, where he was discharged in July following: He again enlisted about August 1, 1780, and served three months in Captain Daniel Gordon's Company, Colonel Thomas Bartlett's New Hampshire Regiment.
John Stearns continued to reside at Roping, New Hampshire, until he was twenty-two years of age, then moved to Pittsfield, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, where he resided for sixteen years; then moved to Deerfield, New Hampshire.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 8, 1872, while residing in Deerfield, Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
He died January 23, 1843, place not stated.
The soldier married Sarah Lane on October 12, 1783, as stated by the widow, or October 15, 1783, as shown by a copy of the record of the town clerk of Roping, New Hampshire.
Soldier's widow, Sarah, was allowed pension on her application executed May 22, 1843, at which time she was aged seventy-eight years and resided in Deerfield, New Hampshire. The date and place of birth of Sarah Lane Stearns and the names of her parents are not shown.
In 1843, Samuel Stearns aged forty-seven years and a resident of Deerfield, New Hampshire, stated that he was a son of the soldier, John Stearns and his wife, Sarah, and that he had two sisters older than himself, both then deceased, the older of whom would have been fifty-nine years of age, if living. He did not give the names of his sisters and no other names of children are designated. In 1843, one Mary J. Stearns was aged forty-five years and lived in Deerfield, New Hampshire; her relationship to the family was not stated.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Sarah Stearns (widow of John Stearns (W.16153)) you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:

Sarah Stearns, widow of John Stearns, Certificate No. 7428, issued July 14, 1843, rate $80 per annum, commenced March 4, 1835, Act of July 7, 1838, New Hampshire Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

April 10, 1936.
Mr. William H. Capers 155 Walnut Street Stoughton, Massachusetts.
BA-J/ILL Moses Hayden S. 33288
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the birthplace and names of parents of Moses Hayden, of Stoughton, Massachusetts, who served as private in Captain Josiah Hayden's company, Colonel Badley's Regiment, War of the Revolution.
The papers in the pension claim of Moses Hayden, S. 33288, have been examined and his birthplace and the names of his parents are not shown therein. In April 1818, he gave his age as sixty-four years.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

MRS. C. D. HAYDEN 2020 Blaisdell Avenue Minneapolis, Minnesota
July 15, 1935
Veterans Administration Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
May I ask you for copies of the pension records of the following three men, viz: - (all soldiers of the Revolution)
1) O Caleb Dayton, Serjt., from Arington, Vermont, serving in Capt. Lyon's Co., and in Col. Ira Allen's Co. ✓
2) Moses Hayden , private, of Shingleton, Mass. of Capt. Josiah Hayden's Co., etc.
3) John Stearns , private, Deerfield, N.H.
I should like all the information you

MRS. C. D. HAYDEN 2020 Blaisdell Avenue Minneapolis, Minnesota
Can furnish me — dates, wife's name, children's names, or anything you may have.
Thanking you, I am,
Sincerely yours,
(Mrs.) C. D. Hayden.

Houghton, Mass. Mar. 21. 1936.
A. D. Lillie Asst. Adm., To Veterans Administration, Washington D. C.
Dear Sir: Will you kindly tell me if you have a record of a pension to the Revolutionary Soldier, Moses Hayden of Houghton Mass., Private. Capt. Josiah Hayden's Co. of Minute-men, Col. Baileys Reg t , also in same company under Gen. John Thomas' Reg t ? All I care to know is his birthplace , and names of parents if given.
Thanking you for your trouble, I am,
Yours truly, William H. Capen, 155 Walnut St.

33 288 Rev INVALID.
File No. 33, 288
Moses Hayden Dr Rev Mrs
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 175-
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1935- July 25- Visit to Miss C. B. Hayden Esq 1936- April 10- Mr. W. H. Capers advised the birthplace & parents of soldier are not shown Lib.

This will certify that Mr. Moses Glayden is an Inhabitant of the Town of Houghton and is a man of no Property, and has no way to support himself but by what he can earn by his Labour; and that he has at times been helped by the Town and if he should be unable to labour he must be again supported by the Town.
Houghton April 3 d 1818
Richard Tabbott } Select men of Consider Southworth } Houghton