Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43655, Silas Hayden, Continental (Mass.)

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (Mass.)
Hayden, Silas
S. 43655
CONTENTS

14.044
New York R
Silas Hayden
Resides in the state of New York who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Jackson of the New York Continental Army, for the term of Three years
scribed on the roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 29 of Augt 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 of Augt 1818 sent to Timothy Barnah Nanadagua New York
rears to 4th of May 1819 49.80 emi-anl. all'ce ending Sep 1819 48.00 Total $97.80
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Dead
Captured

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Application sent to Stephen H. Phelps Esq. Sept. 1840. Canandaigua New York
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29 th August 1812.
Silas Hayden of Rush Affidavit
In 1780 January 1781.
Col. Henry Jackson's Reg t .
Mass. Line
Served till Oct r 1783
Samuel
Honble Jno. B. man d Judge
The deposition of 2 wit- nesses certified by the Judge to be credible proving the Service will be required.
See roll

State of New York
Ontario County ss. On this twelfth  29 day of August  July the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the court of common pleas in and for the county of Ontario personally appears Silas Hayden agent fifty nine years resident in Rush in the county aforesaid who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by a late act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United in the revolutionary war" That the said Silas Hayden enlisted in the month of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty one at Dudley in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts in the eighth company of infantry commanded by Captain Heard  Heard of the ninth Regiment commanded by Colonel Henry Jackson, that the Massachusetts line, That he continued to serve in said corps or in the service of the United States until November one thousand seven hundred and eighty three when he was discharged at West Point the company to which he belonged being disbanded, and that he was in no important battles That he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support and that he has no further evidence now in his power of his said service
Silas Hayden
Sworn to & declared before me the day and year aforesaid
Timothy Barrard
Ontario County ss. I Timothy Barrard one of the Judges of the court of common pleas in and for the county of Ontario aforesaid do hereby certify that the said Silas Hayden did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy and I do further certify that it appears to my full satisfaction from the testimony of Chandler Huntington to me well known and by me duly sworn that the said Silas Hayden is in reduced circumstances and stands in absolute need of the assistance of his country for support, and I now transmit the proceedings taken and had before me to the secretary of the department of war pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid act of Congress
Dated the 29th day of July 1818
Timothy Barrard

State of New York Ontario County Clerks Office
So. In testimony that Timothy Barnard whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Certificates was on the day of the date of the same one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Ontario and that the same is his signature I hereunto sub- scribe my name & affix the County Seal at Canandaigua this 28 th day of September A.D. 1818
J. W. M c Naughton Clk

STATE OF NEW-YORK,
ONTARIO COUNTY, ss.
On this 19 th day of August 1820 personally appeared in open Court, (being a Court of Common Pleas in and for said county, and constituted a Court of Record, by proceeding according to the course of the Common Law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of its proceedings, and recognized as such Court by the laws and judicial decisions of said State,) Silas Hayden aged 80 years, resident of the town of Rich 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:
That he was enlisted under Capt. Heard January 1780 for the term of three years and served as a private in Colonel Butt ons Regiment Sheldahl  Chidets Line, until 1782 when he was discharged by Major General  Knapp at West Point
and that he made application for a Pension on the 20 th  1818 day of August 1818 and that he received a Pension Certificate, No. 12.024 And I 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, 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, viz.
  One Shill - 0 25   One Pentknifs - 12   $ 0 37 
Silas Hayden
I do further swear and declare that I am by occupation a Farmer and have no family
Silas Hayden
Sworn to and declared this 19 th day of August 1820 in Open Court before me
Wm Rogers
a Judge of Ontario Common Pleas

600 of Miss Hayden
Col. Jackson
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140 1/4
4 Aug 1819
on 1/2

Ontario County ss-
I John Van Fosen Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copies from the record of the said Court, and I 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 thirty Seven Cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 19 th day of August 1820
J Van Fosen Clerk of the Court aforesaid in and for said County

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Silas Hayden Rev Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8, Page 212
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of New York } On the 28th day of July Service County ss. } 1861, I, Silas Hayden, of the County of Service, State of New York, do hereby certify that the within copy is a true copy of the original thereof, and that the original is now in the possession of the said Silas Hayden. In witness whereof, the said Silas Hayden has hereunto set his hand and the seal of the said Silas Hayden. Given under my hand and seal this 28th day of July 1861. Silas Hayden

until the day thereof - and finally discharged - and further deposes that he is personally acquainted with the circumstances that the said Silas Houghton was in the State of North America previous to the last three years - and was to my per- sonal knowledge on West Street at the time (or soon after) - the conspiracy of 1804 - the conversation prior to the same to those parties was on the subject of the amount of money to each of the parties - and further upon deposition Smith vs John Chamberlain.
Sworn before me the 5 th July 1819
John McLean Jr 1 st Judge
I hereby certify that John Chamberlain is reported to be a man of integrity
John McLean Jr
State of New York Seneca County Clerk's Office
I certify that John McLean Junior Esquire whose hand writing I am acquainted with and whose signature appears to the above cer- tificates, as I verily believe in his own proper hand writing was at the time of the date thereof first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Seneca duly authorized to take any Affidavit or other Oath, in this State -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 5 th day of July 1819 -
J. H. Halsey C. K.

State of New York } Madison County } ss. Thomas Morris of Eaton in the county of Madison being duly sworn saith that he is personally acquainted with Silas Hayden and personally knows that the said Silas did serve in the Continental Army of the United States of America against the common enemy enemy in the three last years of the Revolutionary war between the United States and Great Britain further saith not
Sworn to by the said Thomas Morris Morris before me this 15 th day of June 1819
P. Smith First Judge Mad. City
State New York } Clerks Office } Madison County
I certify that Peter Smith Esq. was first Judge of the County of Madison at the time of his taking the above affidavit and that the signature is in his own proper hand writing Witness the seal of this Court this 15 th June 1819. J. Lill Hurd Clerk

Madison County ss I Peter Smith judge as aforesaid do hereby certify that I am person- ally acquainted with the within named Thoms as Morris and that he is a credible witness P. Smith First Judge