Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1275, Nathaniel Hayden, Continental Mass Mass Sea Service

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental
Hayden, Nathaniel W. 1275
Mass
Mary
B.L.Wt 8164-160-55
Mass Sea Service
CONTENTS

1090.
Massachusetts
Mary Hayden, widow of Nathaniel, Hayden who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private , Massachusetts
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 89 dollars 29 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 29 day of July, 53 and sent to
J. G. Woolf, Present.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 40 Vol. 11.

10.668
Let to New J. Scudder 25 Feb 53
Massachusetts
Nathaniel Hayden
of Boston in the State of Mass who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt commanded by Col Shayer in the War for Independence
6 " 11 " 01 Seaman 11 " 16 " Private of Infy
Inscribed on the Roll of _____ at the rate of 89 Dollars 24 Cents per annum, commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of Apr 1833 and due D. B. Child Boston Mass
Arrears to the 14th of Mar 1833 $178.58 Pension allowance ending 4 Sept 421.64 $223.22
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. H. McBlain Clerk, Book 8, Vol. 2, Page 32.

66.028 } Act Mar 3/55 Rec Apr 12/55
Mary Hayden
mid 18 Nathaniel Hayden (private)
Mass. Mills
- Pendorner -
War Revolution
map July 55-1090
AD: 16 Oct 11/1855.
W. H. D.
Ms. A. 9. 2. 16
Lyman Blake
Boston Mass
Vol. XI-9. 2

Nathaniel Hayden Boston Mass Nov 14 55
16 & 16 interrogations not completed
Nov 27 1832
6 Mo Private Weekly 6 @ 16 days Seaman 19 @ 16 Private  24 10 $89.29
L. Child Boston Mass
24 12 14 16 16  6
30 14  16
11 11 11 11

BRIEF in the case of Nathaniel Hayden of Boston in the State of Massachusetts (Act 7 June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? Sixty nine 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.     In 1776 4 Private Col. Thayer   78 3 " Col. Read   78 1 15 " Col. McIntosh   80 6 " Col. Grant   81 3 16 " Col. Pettibone   82 6 14 Seaman Cap. John Colthart  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Quincy Hill & Bunker Hill  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Quincy Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living witnesses, documentary proof & traditionary evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Witnesses not stated as executed - 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
H. H. Adams Examining Clerk.

We Joseph Hudson and Ambrose Hayden certify that we have long been acquainted with Mary Hayden the signer of the foregoing declaration that she is the widow of Nathaniel Hayden a Revolutionary pensioner who died at Boston in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on the ninth day of October in the year eighteen hundred and forty three, that said Mary Hayden is now a widow and has never been married since the death of said Nathaniel Hayden
Joseph Hudson Ambrose Hayden
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Suffolk ss March 19 th 1883 Then Joseph Hudson & Ambrose Hayden made oath to the truth of the foregoing certificate by them subscribed before me, and I do certify that said Joseph Hudson & Ambrose Hayden are credible wit- nesses H Montgomery Justice of the Peace

State of Massachusetts County of Suffolk, City Town of Boston
(a) Nathaniel Hayden and Mary Burton, married by Rev. Shipley W. Willson, tenth October, eighteen hundred twenty one
I CERTIFY that the above is a true copy of the record, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures, as follows:—(b) " 10 th October 1821 "
Artemas Simonds,
I, Artemas Simonds above named, depose and say, that I hold the office of City Registrar in the town city , county, and state afore- said, and that the above is a true copy from the records of said city town, with the exception above named, as certified by me.
Artemas Simonds, } City Registrar
Subscribed and duly sworn to before me, this nineteenth day of March A.D. 1853, & I certify that I have no interest or concern in the prosecution or result of this claim.
Wm Palfrey Justice of the Peace.
(a) Here fill in an exact transcript of the record, except that, instead of copying the figures, the date must be written out in full. (b) Here give the date exactly as it is in the record.

Declaration In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of February 3 rd 1853
(Commonwealth of Massachusetts)
On this nineteenth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand and fifty three personally appeared before the Supreme Judicial Court a copy of record of said Commonwealth Mary Hayden a resident of Boston in the County of Suffolk in said Com- monwealth aged eighty two years being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed February 3 rd 1853; that she is the widow of Nathaniel Hayden who was a pensioner of the United States residing in Boston and receiving a pension at the pension agency in Boston of about ninety dollars per year she further declares that she was married to the said Nathaniel Hayden on the tenth day of October in the

year eighteen hundred and twenty one and that her husband the deceased Nathaniel Hayden died on the ninth day of October in the year eighteen hundred and forty three that she was married to him at the time above stated. She further avers that she was a widow at the passage of the act and is still a widow and that she has never before made application for a pension. Attest, Geo. C. Wilde. Mary Hayden Mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written in open Court, Before
Attest, Geo. C. Wilde, Clerk of said Supreme Judicial Court & the seal of said Court.

Application of Mary Hayden Widow of Nath l Hayden for Bounty land
Warrant to be sent to Lyman Blake Boston Mass
66.028

State of Massachusetts, County of Plymouth.
On this seventh day of April, A.D. One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty five, personally appeared before me, a justice of the Peace, within and for the County and State aforesaid—Mary Hayden, aged eighty four years, a resident of Rochester, in the aforesaid County; who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Nathaniel Hayden, formerly of Boston, deceased, who was a private in the Revolutionary War.
That she as the widow of said Nathaniel, is a Pensioner for life, as will appear by Pension Certificate, recorded in Pension Office, on the Roll of Pensions, under act of Feb. 3, 1853 — Page 40 Vol. 16
That her said husband died at Boston, on the 9th of October, 1843, Aged Eighty years , and that she is still a widow.
She further states, that she was married to the said Nathaniel, Oct. 10, 1821, by Rev. Shipley W. Willson, at Boston; and that her name before marriage was Mary Burton.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty land, to which she may be entitled, under the Act passed March 3 d , A.D. 1855; and requests that the certificate may be sent to Pymson Blake, of Boston, Massachusetts.
Mary her X mark Hayden
Witness to Mary Hayden's signature
Joseph Hudson
Sarah A. Gifford

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, April 10 th 1855.
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the attestations hereunto annexed, Nahum Leonard Jr. was a Justice of the peace for the County of Plymouth, and David W. Foster was a Justice of the peace for the County of Suffolk.
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to their acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
E. H. Wright Secretary of the Commonwealth.

State of Massachusetts County of Plymouth.
We Joseph Hudson and Sarah A. Gifford residents of Rochester in the State of Massachusetts, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Mary Hayden in our presence and that we know that the applicant is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Rochester, Mass. Apr. 7, 1853.
Joseph Hudson Sarah A. Gifford
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim.
Nathan Leonard Jr Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
CITY OF BOSTON, April 3 185 5 .
I, the subscriber, do hereby certify, that it appears by the Registry of
Marriages
Nathaniel Hayden and Mary Burton were married on the tenth day of October, One thousand eight hundred and twenty one
The record is in the words and figures following, viz:
Nathaniel Hayden + Mary Burton married by Rev Shipley W. Willson 10 Octo 1821.
N. A. Apollonio, City Registrar.
I, Nicholas A. Apollonio above named, depose and say, that I hold the office of City Registrar, of the City of Boston, in the County of Suffolk, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts; that I am the keeper of the Registry of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, in said City, and that the above is a true extract from the records of Marriages in said City, with the exception above named , as certified by me.
N. A. Apollonio,
SUFFOLK, ss.—BOSTON, April 3 185 5 . The above named W. A. Apollonio appeared and made oath to the truth of the above certificates by him subscribed.
Before me, David W. Foster Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Suffolk ss.
On this seventh day of August in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Judge of the Municipal Court now sitting at Boston in and for said County, Nathaniel Hayden a resident of Boston in said County, aged 60 years, who being first 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 7th A. D. 1832.
THAT he was born at Braintree north Parish near Quincy in said Suffolk now Norfolk on the eleventh day of July A. D. 1763, and that there is a record of his birth in the records of Braintree : that he was in the United States service from about the fifteenth day of June A. D. 1776, to the fifteenth day of Octr A. D. 1776 as a private in the Massachusetts Militia : that he was residing at said Braintree
when he entered the service; that he enlisted as a volunteer on said 15th of June , and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Col Thayer
to Castle William now in Boston Harbor : that he marched from Braintree to Fort Independence , from thence to Scituate from thence to Fort at Mountakeet
place now called Hull : that he served at said For with many militia, being Gen Palmer's brig. rather than none of the regular troops; and
Generals Lincoln & Palmer regular officers were known to him: that he was in no battle
and at the end of his service received no written discharge: that since the Revolutionary war he has resided at said Braintree and at said Boston and left the service on or about 45th of October 1776
ALSO: that he was in the United States service from about the first day of April A. D. 1778, to the first day of July A. D. 1778 as a private in the Massachusetts Militia : that he was residing at said Braintree
when he entered the service; that he entered the service as a substitute for Caleb Hayden on the day of his enlistment and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Col Read in Capt Lapham's company
: that he marched from Braintree to Boston , from thence to Cambridge from thence to Cambridge
: that he served at Cambridge with none of the regular troops; and
General Heath and the British General Phillips regular officers were known to him: that he was in no battle
and at the end of his service received no written discharge, and left the service on said 1st of July (A)
ALSO: that he was in the United States service from about the first day of August A. D. 1778, to the fifteenth day of Septm A. D. 1778 as a private in the Massachusetts Militia : that he was residing at said Braintree
when he entered the service; that he enlisted as a volunteer on said 1st of August and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Col McIntosh in Capt Baxter's company
: that he marched from Braintree to Rhode Island , from thence to from to Three Bridge water
: that he served at said Rhode Island with Gen Sullivan's Division & Glover's & Learned's Brigades of the regular troops; and
Generals Sullivan & Lovell and Brigade Major Aife regular officers were known to him: that he was in the battle of Rhode Island at Quaker's Hill & Bully's Hill
and at the end of his service received no written discharge, and left the service on or about said 15th of September. (B)

and 1812 Section
MCS/HDM
18 July 11, 1929.
Mr. James E. Clark, 3541 Third Avenue, Sacramento, California.
Dear Sir:
I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 1275, it appears that Nathaniel Hayden was born July 11, 1763 in Braintree, North Parish, Suffolk County, Massachusetts., which in 1832 was Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
While a resident of Braintree, Massachusetts, he enlisted and served with the Massachusetts Troops as follows: - From June 15, 1776 to October 15, 1776 as a private in a Corps of miners under Colonel Thayer; from April 1, 1777 until July 1, 1778 as private under Captain Lapham and Colonel Read; from August 1, 1778 until September 15, 1778 as a private under Captain Joseph Baxter and Colonel McIntosh, and was in the Battle of Rhode Island; from July 1, 1780 until January 1, 1781 as a private under Captain Callendar and Colonel Crane; From September 2, 1781 until December 18, 1781 as a private under Captain Thomas Newcomb and Colonel Webb; from June 1, 1782 until December 15, 1782 as a seaman on the Massachusetts ship "Tartar" which was commanded by Captain John Cathcart.

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 7, 1832, at which time he was living in Boston, Massachusetts.
He died there October 9, 1843.
The soldier married at Boston, Massachusetts, October 10, 1821, Mary Burton.
She was allowed pension on her application executed March 19, 1853, at which time she was eighty-two years of age and was living in Boston, Massachusetts.
Respectfully,
EARL D. CHURCH, Commissioner.

No. 66028
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received Apr. 12, 1855.
Nathaniel Hayden Rev. Dan
Warrant 8164-100-55
Oliver Blake Boston Mass
1929 July 18. hist. to Jas. E. Clark. M.C.S.

8164
Mrs. Lewis

Additional Evidence Application No. 66028

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston. Sept. 29 1855.
I Hereby Certify, That from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Nathaniel Hayden is borne on pay roll of Capt. Seth Turner's Comp. from May 8. 1775. 8 mos. 13 days, as Private, from Braintree.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
E. M. Winslow
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19____
W127V
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of _____ a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     June 15 1776 to Oct 15 1776 Col. Major Genl. Mifflin under Genl. Shayer Mass   Apr 1 1778 to July 1 1778 " Lapham Read   Aug 1 1778 to Sept 15 1778 " Joseph Burdick McIntosh   Sept 1 1780 to Jan 1 1781 " Brilliant Crane   Sept 2 1781 to Dec 18 1781 " Thomas Hovecomb Webb   June 1 1782 to Nov 15 1782 Seaman John Calhoun on New Ship Tarter  
Battles engaged in, _____ Residence of soldier at enlistment, Braintree Mass Date of application for pension, Aug 9 1822 Residence at date of application, Boston Mass Age at date of application, July 11 1763
Remarks: Soldier was born in Braintree, North Parish, Suffolk Co. (which in 1832 was turned Norfolk Co.) Mass. He died in Braintree Mass Oct 9 1843. He married at Boston Mass Oct 12 1821 Mary Burdon who was at present on her ap. co. Mar 19 1853 while in the house as 82 -
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Aug. 6 1832.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that
(C2) The name of Nathaniel Hayden is borne on a roll in Capt Thomas Newcomb's company, Lt Col Webb's Reg t of Massachusetts Militia, doing duty at Peekskill in New York, and he is therein stated to have served three months & fourteen days from Sept 2 d 1781.
(D) ( E ) Also on a roll of the Massachusetts State Ship Tartar Captain John Cattleart, showing certain balances, due on Dec 10 th 1782 to the officers seamen & marines in said ship, but not showing the terms of their service.
Edward D. Dangs. Secy.

(41)
(B1)
I Daniel Hayward of Braintree in the county of Norfolk do testify & say that I have known Mr Nathaniel Hayden from a boy & that I served with him in Capt Joseph Baxter's Company under General Sullivan on Rhode Island six weeks during the revolutionary war. Daniel Hayward
Norfolk ss July 26 th 1832. The above written deposition was this day taken, subscribed & sworn to by the above named Daniel Hayward agreeable to law before me Lemuel Brackett jus Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Norfolk County Dec 13 th 1832. I hereby certify that I have been well acquainted with the within named Daniel Hayward for forty years last past & that he has always sustained a good character & I fully believe him to be a man of veracity & that full credit may be given to every thing that he has stated within
Daniel Brackett
W. Hayden

3
(A)
I Samuel Capen of Dorchester in the county of Norfolk & Commonwealth of Massachus- setts has been examined, depose & say that I am now nearly seventy two years of age, that I was born in Houghton in this county & that I served five months in a company of militia of this Commonwealth in guarding the army of Burgoyne on Brattle hill in Cambridge, in the year sixteen  seventeen hundred & seventy eight. I enlisted in the first place for three months & served until that time & then enlisted again & served two months longer. I cannot distinctly recollect the time of my enlistment, but it embraced part of the winter & spring of 1878
I was at Cambridge when a continual on duty shot Lieut Brown a British officer of Burgoyne's army for leaving the camp in company with two ladies & passing over the lines without showing a pass, which happened in the spring of the above year
The commander of my company was Capt May of Roxbury in this county & the Lieut was Aaron Bird of Dorchester I enlisted from

Shelton where I then lived. This deposition is given at the request of Mr. Nathaniel Hayden, whom I well knew & who is now present before me & with whom I have conversed for an hour. I am not able to say positively that I then knew or recollect Mr. Hayden to have been at Cambridge at the time I was there, but from my conversation with him, and the incidents & incidents of men & things which he has related to me as happen- ing at that time & which I well remember, I have not the least doubt but that he was there & served as he states - I have some station at Cambridge at that time guarding Boylston Army of the Hesperians I believe about two regiments. No person could know & give the particulars of the character of individuals as Mr. Hayden does to me, unless he had been with them - I further say that I am now bodily very infirm; seldom go from home and could not without great inconvenience travel to and attend a court in this county or in the county of Suffolk where Hayden lives

to give testimony of for the the deponent with me - Samuel Capen
Commonwealth of Massachusetts -
Norfolk ss. August 3 d . A. D. 1832 Then personally appeared & came before me, Samuel Capen the above deponent, & after being carefully examined & cautioned to tell the truth, the whole truth & nothing but the truth, made oath that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed is just & true - Samuel P. Lorde Justice of Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Norfolk. Dorchester December 13 th 1832
I hereby certify that I have known Samuel Capen, the aforesaid Deponent, for twenty years last past, and that he has always sustained the character of, & I fully believe him to be a man of good character for truth & veracity, and that full credit may be given, to facts which he states as true - Sam l P. Lorde

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston. March 21 st 1853
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Hugh Montgomery and William Balpey were Justices of the Peace for the County of Suffolk
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to their acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
To W m Wright Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Pension Office July 27. 1853
Sir.
Please state up to what date the pension of the within named Nathaniel Hayden was paid?
Very respectfully
L. Males
Census
F. Burt Esq. 3 d Auditor.
Nathaniel Hayden, act 7 th 1832, — Died 9 th October 1843 Paid to his death.
F. Burt Auditor.

Ho. Reps. Feb. 21. 1853
Sir
I enclose a letter to me from Col. Hudson of Mattapoisett Mass. asking if the widow of Nathaniel Hayden, a revolutionary soldier, who rec'd a pension prior to his death, is entitled to a pension.
If, after giving this matter your careful consideration, you will communicate with Mr. Hudson on this subject, you will greatly oblige me.
Yours respectfully Gerrit Scudder
Hon Jas. E. Heath Com. of Pensions

Nathaniel Hayden Boston Mass
1855
D. L. Child & Boston Mass

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Nathaniel Hayden further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? OK
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? OK
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? OK
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? OK
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? OK
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? OK
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? OK
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? OK
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? OK

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? OW
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
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?
H XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? no H Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? no
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? yes
H 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.”
H see next page

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the 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.
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 authenticated 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 end 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.

Washington City D.C. May 10 th 1853
Sir:
Enclosed please find the declaration of Mrs. Mary Hayden widow of Nathaniel Hayden a Revolu- tionary soldier and Pension in the State of Massachusetts, for a Pension under the Second Section of the act of 3 rd Feby 1833
Yours
To The Commissioner of Pensions
Very Respectfully
M c L. Kelly

(5)
(C1)
I Ebenezr Crane of Quiney in the county of Norfolk do testify & say that I have been acquainted with Mr Nathaniel Hayden from a boy that we enlisted together in Col. Thomas Newcombs Company & served about three months together in the revolutionary war near West Point. I am not certain as to the year but believe it was in the year 1781.
Ebenezer Crane
Norfolk ss July 25 th 1832. The above written deposition was this day taken, subscribed & sworn to by the above named Ebenezr Crane agreeable to law before me
Lemuel Brackitt Jus Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Norfolk ss. Quincy, December 13 th 1832. I hereby certify that I have been well acquainted with the within named Eben Crane for more than thirty years last past & that he has always sustained a good character & I fully believe him to be a man of veracity & that full credit may be given to every thing he has stated within.
Samuel Brackitt.

D91
WIDOW, &c.
File No.
1275 Mary Hayden Widow.
Nathaniel Hayden, Prov. Rev. War.
Act: Feb. 3. 1853.
Index:—Vol. A , Page 301
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1917 Jan 5: Heist to H. M. Carlisle - aw " Jan 10, H. M. Carlisle advised this is the only Nathaniel Hayden in files (see neg. slip) ail

1.090 Massachusetts Mary Hayden widow of Nathaniel who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 89 Dollars 29 cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
5 February 1853 Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of July 1853 and sent to J. S. Neely Present.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under Act July 29, 1845 , Page 40 Vol. 1
5 February 1853
Handwritten initials or mark

Mary Hayden, widow of Nathl Hayden Boston Mass
Act Feby 3. 1853
Admitted from Feb 3. 1853, Private of artillery - Seaman & private of Inf'ty at $89 29 / 100 per annum
Agent
Jno T. Neely
Present

Brief in the case of Mary Hayden, widow of Nathaniel Boston, Suffolk County and State of Massachusetts 2 nd Sec act Feby 3. 1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance. Nathaniel Hayden was a pensioner under act June 7. 1832 at $89.29 per annum & died Oct 9. 1843.
Marriage proved by record.
Identity and widowhood proved by afft of 2 witnesses
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
Geo T. Neely Present.
S. G. Dodge Examining Clerk.

3541 Third Ave. Sacramento Calif March 11, 1929
The Hon. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Sir:-
On page 44 Census of Pensioners, 1840 I find Judith Clark, age 79, of the First ward, city of Boston, County of Suffolk, State of Massachusetts. I have an ancestral aunt of that name, and would like a copy of the record showing from what source this pension was obtained with any other information that would be of help in tracing ancestry farther back.
Also on page 45 same record I find Nathaniel Hayden, 78, in 12th ward same address. May I have same information regarding this party?
May I hear from you?
Very Resp'y
James E Clark 3541 Third Ave Sacramento Calif

paid at stamp office for carriage each week Mr. [unclear] of Purs
Rea see M 1
BORDEN'S CONDENSED MILK CO.
ESTABLISHED 1857
ORIGINATORS OF CONDENSED MILK
MANUFACTURING DEPARTMENT
NEW YORK OFFICE, 108 HUDSON STREET.
Howell Mich Dec 22 1916. DATE
Pension Dpt
Can you give me any information as to the revolutionary war record of Nathaniel Hayden, private in Thomas Newcomb's company Col Jos. Webb's regiment? If so it would be appreciated.
Your H. N. Carlish.

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ALSO : that he was in the United States service from about the first day of June A. D. 1782 , to the fifteenth day of Dec r A. D. 1782 as a seaman in the Navy of Massachusetts : that he was residing at said Braintree
when he entered the service ; that he entered on board the State Ship Tartar and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Captain John Bathurst Sammon 1 st Lieut, Pillsbury 2 d do. Newmport 3 d midshipman & Cheevers Surgeon. : that he marched  sailed from Boston to Casco Bay, from thence to from  to the Bermudas & continued to cruise round s Bermudas. that he served at with of the regular troops, and
regular officers were known to him that he was in no battle
and at the end of his service received no written discharge, and he left the service on or about said fifteenth of December. (D)

The general circumstances of his service so far as he recollects the same were as follows: viz: Fort Independence had been blown up and destroyed by the enemy on the evacuation of Boston and our corps of volunteer miners was formed to repair it and also to build a fort at Nantasket. We were enrolled and drew rations regularly. The service commencing in April 1778 consisted in guarding Burgoyne's army at Cambridge. In Rhode Island in the same year we were bombarded fifteen days by the British, and the firing of D'Estaign's fleet upon the British batteries was the greatest that I ever heard. In 1780 while in Brimfield in the continental service, we suffered for forty days for provisions, and if it had not been for peaches, apples & green corn, which we plucked and a few little eels which we caught in the brooks we should have perished. In the cruise of the Tartar we took a prize laden with salt, my part of which came to $20. We took another called the Nonsuch and another called the Morning Star, latter of Marquette of 6 guns built at Phil a for Martin of New York. She was bound to the West Indies.
by relinq g claim whatever to a pension or annuity declares that his name is _____ in the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year first aforesaid.
in open court before Peter O. Thacher, Judge.
17th Dec 1822
We Hosea Ballou — a clergyman, residing in the City of Boston Pastor of the Second Universalist Church in said Bos- ton — and Willard Clough gent n residing in said Boston hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Nathaniel Hayden who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be sixty nine years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood, where he resides to have been a soldier — of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed as aforesaid.
Hosea Ballou Willard Clough
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed appli- cant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certify that it appears to them that Hosea Ballou of the Second Universalist Church here who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the Boston aforesaid and is Pastor; and that Willard Clough who has also signed the same is a resident in Boston and a credible person; and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Peter O. Thacher, Judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston.
(See Clerk's certificate on next page)
I of the
do hereby certify
that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the day and year first aforesaid.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Suffolk ss
I Thomas D. Phillips, Clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston, a court of Record legally established in this Commonwealth, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Nathaniel Hayden for a pension also that the Honorable Peter O. Thacher is sole Judge of said Court and his names affixed to these papers are his genuine signatures.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court at said Boston this seventh day of August A.D. Eighteen hundred & thirty two
Thomas D. Phillips, Clerk
Application of Nathaniel Hayden

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ALSO : that he was in the United States service from the first day of July A. D. 1780, to the first day of Jan'y A. D. 1781 as a private in the Continental Troops : that he was residing at said Braintree
when he entered the service ; that he enlisted on the said 1st of January and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Col. Crane in the company of Capt. Callender and Lt. Col. Phippen and Adj. Gardner were of the same Reg't. & Stillaclean and Parsons were of the same company that he marched from Boston to Springfield, from thence to West Point from thence to Fishkill and thence crossing the river marched to Potowomac Falls : that he served in New York & New Jersey with the main army of the regular troops ; and Generals Washington, Greene, Lafayette
regular officers were known to him : that he was in no battle except  from Lt. Col. Phippen, and at the end of his service received a written discharge which is now lost, and he left the service on the first of January aforesaid.
ALSO : that he was in the United States service from the second day of Sept r A. D. 1781, to the eighteenth day of Dec r A. D. 1781 as a private in the Massachusetts militia : that he was residing at said Braintree
when he entered the service ; that he was drafted and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Lt. Col. Webb in Capt. Newcomb's company
: that he marched from Braintree to Rhode Island, from  to  from  to Peekskill.
: that he served at S t Peekskill with the principal part of the regular troops ; and Col. B. Vose & Gen. Green
regular officers were known to him : that he was in no battle and at the end of his service received a written discharge.
(C) from Capt. Day the last Captain in the Reg t which is now lost & left the service on or about said 10 th of December

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
By his Excellency LEVI LINCOLN , Esquire, Governor and Commander in Chief in and over said Commonwealth.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN :
Know Ye, That Samuel P. Lord and Samuel Brackett Esq re Justices of Peace for the County Norfolk.
commissioned, and that to their Act and Attestations, as such, full faith and credit ar and ought to be given in and out of Court.
In Testimony Whereof, I have causd the Public Seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto afixed, this seventh day of August A. D. 1832, and in the fifty seventh year of the Independence of the United States of America.
By His Excellency the Governor.
Edward D. Bangs Secretary of the Commonwealth.