Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10869, Jonathan Hoyt, Conn.

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Boyt, Jonathan
S. 10869
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20.720 New York
Jonathan Hoyt
Sullivan Co in the State of New York who was an artist in the Genl. commanded by Captain Jackson of the Regt. commanded by Col. S. John in the Cont.
time for 8 mo. 1803. priv. capt. $33.28 13 " 28 " " 2.34 43.23 3.08 $82.03
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 82 Dollars 03 Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension the 28. day of Sep. 1833 in the P. S. House Monticello
Arrears to the 4th of Sep '33 $205.07 Semi-ant. allowance ending 1.1.33 41.01 $246.08
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by L. C. H. Clerk, Book E. Vol. 4. Page 91
Dead. See letter to Mr. Fleming P. of April 19. 1834

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In the Army Sullivan Co NY
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380
Admitted
Private Artillery 8 mo & 18 days do Infantry 13 " 28 h
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May 8. 37
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BRIEF in the case of Jonathan Boott of Sullivan Co in the State of New York (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 67 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.     April In 1781 artillery 9 18 Private Gen. Lord Shelburne 1st Bn 1st John   Spring 1782 8 25 " Capt. Raymond - Col. St. Johns   Spring 1783 9 3 " " " " "   22 16  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Fairfield Co docty  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional & living witness  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Papers not attested as reg d 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
8 Mo 18 days Private Artillery 13 " 28 " " Inf ty 22 16
Nicholas Couts  Examining Clerk.

State of New York Sullivan County 3/8:
On this tenth day of October 1832 personally appeared an open Court before the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County now sitting Jonathan Hoyt a resident of the Town of Thompson in said County of Sullivan & State of New York, aged Sixty seven years who being just duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated.
That he was born at Norwalk in Fairfield County Connecticut in the year 1765. he has a record in family bible of his birth & now lives in Thompson Sullivan County That in April 1781 he enlisted at Norwalk where he then lived into an Artillery Company, as a volunteer for 9 months he then not being 16 years old. Daniel Jackson was Captain & Israel Thatcher was lieutenant, & Thomas Knowbridge Ensign - in Colonel Stephen St. Johns Regiment, in the Brigade of General M c Leod - their duty was to guard the harbor of Norwalk & the Coast. detachments were employed in that service with his Company until the harbor was frozen up which was about Christmas (25 December) 1781, when the Company service was no longer necessary in that service, but were kept in readiness for any alarm. In the Spring of 1782 as soon as the ice broke up, about March or April, enlisted into the Militia Company of Captain Uriah Raymond, Nathaniel Raymond lieutenant, & James Crowley Ensign, - Col. St. Johns Regiment, was employed in the same kind of duty, that of protecting the harbor of Norwalk & the adjacent Coast on the Sound, was called out twice each week on that duty & was mustered with the Company the whole time - Separated continued in that service during the Spring, Summer & fall of 1782 until the ice again shut up the harbor - in the Spring of 1783 he was again called out under the same officers that mentioned & performed the same kind of duty during the whole season until about November 1783 when their service was no longer necessary. Separated mentions the names of Captain Stephen Betts, Lieutenant Ensign Hezekiah Betts, & Hezekiah Rodgers Adjutant being Continental officers in the neighborhood where he served. Separated whole service was in the vicinity of Norwalk - Received no written discharge at any time. Separated was in actual service for more than two years during the years 1781, 1782 & 1783, his service commencing each Spring as soon as

the ice broke up, which was generally about the first of April & continued in service each year until the ice again obstructed the harbor. He has no documentary evidence against the annexed He hereby relinquishing every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, & declaring that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed this day and year aforesaid Jesse M Foster
Jonathan Hoyt
Clerk of Sullivan Co. N.Y.
We Edward H Fowler a Diggymad residing in the Town of Haines in the County of Sullivan and Daniel Clark residing in the same place hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Jonathan Hoyt who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be sixty seven years of age, that he is respected & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion -
Sworn & subscribed the day of year aforesaid Jesse M Foster
Daniel Clark Edward Haines Fowler
Clerk of Sullivan Co. N.Y.
I Jesse M Foster Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in the County of Sullivan & State of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing containing the original of the above and being after the said Court in the matter of the application of Jonathan Hoyt for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this eighth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Edward

H. Fowler who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in the Town of Thompson in Sullivan County, and that Daniel Clark who has also signed the same is a resident in the said Town & is a credible person that their statement is entitled to credit -
I Jesse M Foster Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in the County of Sullivan & State of New York, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jonathan Hays for a pension, (the above certificate erased, having been pro- naturally entered) - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this tenth day of October one thousand eight hundred and thirty two. Jesse M Foster

Rev May
10869 INVALID.
File No. 10,869
Jonathan Hooyt Artill. Prov. War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. A , Page 179
[Arrangement of 1870.]

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Jonathan Hoogt - Sullivan & N. York which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? by
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? by
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? by
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
No service can be taken into the computation of a pension unless it clearly appears that it was rendered in some
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? by embodied corps in field or garrison under military authority duly organized - In cases of militia service each
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? by
Four should be separately recited.
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? by
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? by
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? by

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? no
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? no
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? no
XIV. †If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? yes
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes
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?
XVI. †Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? no
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.
* 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."

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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
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 official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Jesse M. Foster Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Sullivan do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jeremiah Smith for a pension in Nathan Hays for a pension -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of office this eleventh day of June in the year One thousand Eight hundred and thirty three - "Jeremiah Smith for a pension" having been first erased in the above.
Jesse M Foster
Clerk of Sullivan Com. Pleas

State of New York Sullivan County } ss.
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace of said County, Jonathan Hoyt, who being duly sworn deposes & saith that by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively 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 Eight months & Eighteen days (being as near as he can recollect from April 7. 1781 to 25 December 1781) he served as a private in the Artillery company of Captain Daniel Peckham. For Eight months & twenty five days (being as near as he can recollect from April 1. 1782 to December 25 1782) he served as a private in the Militia Company of Captain Uriah Raymond. For Seven months & Seven Days, (being as near as he can recollect from April 1. 1783 to 8 November 1783) he served in the same militia company of Captain Uriah Raymond as a private, and for each service I claim a pension.
8.18 artillery 8.25 artillery 8.25 7.7 7.13
Jonathan Hoyt
Sullivan ss. I certify that on this 5 th day of June 1833 Jonathan Hoyt who is well known to me and who is a credible witness & whose testimony is entitled to full credit, appeared before me and was duly sworn to the truth of the above affidavit.
P. F. Hume
State of New York Sullivan County } ss.
I Jesse M. Foster Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Peter F. Hume before whom the preceding affidavit was taken was at the date thereof a justice of the peace of said County, & that I am acquainted with the signature of said Peter F. Hume & know the signature subscribed to the above certificate to be his genuine & proper signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name & affixed my seal of office this Eleventh day of June 1833
Jesse M. Foster Clerk of Sullivan Co. Pa.
16 3 rd Sept 1783

State of New York Sullivan County 3/p:
Jeremiah Smith of the Town of Neversink in the County of Sullivan, being duly sworn says that he is well acquainted with Jonathan Hays, now an applicant for a pension, residing in Thompson in said County, has known him upwards of 50 years and in the same neighborhood with him at Newburgh in the State of Connecticut - Deponent knows that said Hays enlisted when he was quite young, at Newburgh, in an Artillery Company of which Daniel Jackson was Captain, Josiah Fletcher was Lieutenant, & Thomas Trowbridge was Ensign, deponent knew them all well - Mr Hays enlisted in April 1781 & served in that Company guarding the fort & harbor at the place called the Old Well, & continued until late in the fall when the harbor froze up - Deponent then lived not more than half a mile distant. Deponent also knows that said Hays served from the Spring of 1782 when the ice broke up, in the winter in a Company of which Uriah Raymond was Captain, Nathaniel Raymond was Lieutenant, & James Crosby was Ensign in Colonel Stephen St Johns Regiment, in General Mundy Brigade, & served guarding the harbor as before until the ice froze up the harbor - Deponent was a soldier in the same Company with Hays & has a personal knowledge of his services as aforesaid - In the Spring of 1783, when the ice again broke up Hays & the said Company of Militia was again out in the same service deponent also being a soldier in said Company, & continued until November 1783, when no further service was required - Deponent has no doubt that Mr Hays served actually in this war at least two years -
Jeremiah Smith
Sworn before me in open Court October 10. 1882 John M. Foster
Clerk of Sullivan Co. P. H.
Sullivan County ss: Before me personally appeared Jeremiah Smith & was again sworn to the truth of the preceding affidavit - I also certify that I am acquainted with said Jeremiah Smith & know him to be a person of credibility & that full reliance may be placed upon his affidavit - June 5. 1883
1882 1781 57 67 116
J. F. Kirtland

State of New York Sullivan County 3/4
I Jesse M. Foster Clerk of the County of Sullivan do certify that Peter J. Hume before whom the within affidavit was taken was at the date thereof a Justice of the peace of said County, & that I am acquainted with the signature of said Peter J. Hume and know the within to be his proper & genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of office this Eleventh day of June 1833.
Jesse M. Foster
Clerk of Sullivan Canna Place -