Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33274, Daniel Hay, Mass.

SERVICE
Hay, Daniel
NUMBER
S 33274
Mass.
CONTENTS

15. 118
Massachusetts
Daniel Hay
of Hanchett in the state of Massach. who was a Private in the regiment commanded Colonel Tupper of the Massach. line, for the term of Three Years
Inscribed on the roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 3 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 of Sept 1819 and to the Hon: John Davis Boston, Massachusetts
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1819 136. 87 Semi-ann. all'ce ending Mar 1820 48. 00 No 2/30 $184. 87
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
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Notification sent to H m Bigelow Esq., 2 nd Oct r 1820. Cambridge, Mass.

MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
14 august 1819.
I AM satisfied that the above named, Daniel Hays by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, is in need of assistance from his Country for support.
W m Ducey { District Judge U. S. { Massachusetts Dist.
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR.

MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
Boston June 11 A. D. 1818
IT appearing to my satisfaction, that Daniel Hays 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 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.

No. 315
Daniel Hay Stoneham (Private)
Mast g Line - Supper's Reg t
March 17 th Enlisted for
3 Years. (regular discharge)
Aff d 11 th April 1810.
Ad Miller
Wanted, the Certificate of the Judge, of his belief, that Applicant is in "re- duced circumstances in life, &c."

I Daniel Hay of the Town of Stoneham in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, labourer, Do hereby certify that I enlisted into the United States Army, on the Continental establishment, in the War of the Revolution, on the 26 th day of March in the year 1781. For the Term of three years and served, as a private soldier, in the sixth capt. Mason Wallis company in the sixth Regiment, col. Smith & afterwards col. Kupper. and third Brigade in the Massachusetts line, and continued in said service, until the month of December, A. 1783. When I received a regular discharge from said Army. And being now infirm of body, and having no interest sufficient for my maintenance, do stand in Need of the Assistance of my Country for support.
Stoneham April the 3 rd day. A. 1818.
Massachusetts Dist. S.D. Boston ss. April 1818
Daniel Hay Sworn to before me J. Davis Dist. Judge Mass. Dist.
Stoneham April the 3 rd day, 1818.
We the Subscribers Selectmen of the Town of Stoneham do hereby certify that in our Opinion the above declaration made by the said Daniel Hay is correct, and that his infirmities of body and pecuniary circumstances are such, as to render him a proper subject for the pension granted by a recent 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."
John H. Wright } Selectmen Reuben Richardson } of John Howland } Stoneham
John Hill of Charlestown testifies that he was in the army with Daniel Hay, was well acquainted with him and knows of his serving three years as alleged
Sworn before me J. Davis Dist. Judge And

150
Daniel Hay
15.01.0
March 1020

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
MIDDLESEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Concord, within and for the County of Middlesex, on the second Monday of June A. D. 1820
Before the Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Esquire, Chief Justice, and
WILLIAM WETMORE, and } Associate Justices
STEPHEN MINOT, Esquires, } of said Court.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, 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, Daniel Hay resident in Stowham county in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 15 018. now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, Daniel Hay late a Private in the army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the third day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. Given at the War Office of the United States, this seventh day of September one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War,”
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit,
Personal Estate house hold furniture $25. 65
One cow 18 00
One spring pig 2 50
$46 15
Said Hay is now indebted to Physicians and sundry other persons to an amount more than $50.
Daniel Hay
Said Hay served in the Army of the Revolution in manure and forage as appears by the records and documents in the Secretarys office, he is sixty one years of age in August next ensuing

had any trade and never was able by his labour to ac- cumulate any property, for fifteen years he has been very much troubled by a bad rupture, and for seven years has been lame in consequence of a broken limb, his fam- ily consists of a wife about fifty five years of age and who is quite infirm.
Daniel Hays

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Stephen Minot , a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, Daniel Hay 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 whatever, 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 eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, 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. So help me God and that the schedule & statement hereto annexed by me subscribed are correct and true. So help me God  Daniel Hay
Middlesex ss. C. C. C. P. June Term, A. D. 1820
Then the abovenamed Daniel Hay took and subscribed the aforewritten Oath before me,
Stephen Minot Judge of said Court.
I, ABRAHAM BIGLOW , Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the 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
forty six dollars & fifteen cents subject to the debts herein stated
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Cambridge, in said County of Middlesex, on this 20th day of July 1820 .
Attr.
Wm Biglow

33 274 Rev INVALID.
File No. 88,274
Daniel May Ph Rev was
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 175
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I Daniel Holden of Sweden in the County of Oxford and born in the County of Massachusetts, Esquire of lawful age testify and say that in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hun- dred and eighty one I was particular acquainted with Daniel Hay then of Stoneham in the County of Middlesex and born in the County of Oxford that said Hay was then a private in the service of the United States enlisted as I was informed for the term of three years I myself served during the war and was acquainted with said Hay in the service for two years at least at one period, that said Hay sustained the character of a good soldier and further saith not.
Daniel Holden
District of Maine, Cumberland ss. August 7 th 1889.
Then personally appeared before me the subscriber, one of the justices of the Peace for the said County of Cumberland who, after being carefully examined and cautioned and sworn to testify the truth made solemn oath that the above deposition by her signed was the truth and nothing but the truth, taken at the request of Daniel Hay of Stoneham in the County of Middle- sex, to be used at the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts for the purpose of obtaining a pension under the act of Congress for that purpose, and I do hereby certify that the above named Daniel Holden Esq. is a man of truth and veracity.
E Nathaniel Hovey Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Cumberland ss. The Subscribers Clerks of the Courts in said County certify that Nathaniel Howe Esq. on the day of the date of the within certificate by him signed was a Justice of the peace legally appointed & qualified as such for the County aforesaid and that the signature thereto is the said Howe.
In testimony whereof I do hereto set my hand & the County Seal this tenth day of August A.D. 1819.
Geo. Bradbury

Hon John Davis, Judge of the U.S.D. for the district of Massachusetts.
The Dep o of John Holton taken before and read up by me Griffine Blake Just. Pages

I John Holden Testify and say that Daniel Hay of Stoneham in Massachusetts, entered with me into the service of the U.S.A. upon the continental estab- lishment in the war of the Revolution, in or about the year of our Lord seventeen hundred eighty one and I was well acquainted with said Hay in active service in said war for the term of two years or more. Mr Hay went from the same town with me into the service, and I have no doubt that he was honorably discharged at the close of said war. John Holden Cumberland Is.
On this ninth day of August A.D. 1819. The above deponent, whom I consider to be a person of strict truth, and credibility, was examined cautioned and sworn agreeable to laws to the deposition of perjury by him subscribed, taken for the purpose of support- ing the Claims of Daniel Hay to a pension from the U.S.A. agreeable to an act of Congress before me - Griffin Blake Justice of the peace and quorum within and for Cumberland County
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Cumberland ss. I the Subscriber Clerk of the courts in said county certify that Griffin Blake Esq. on the day of the date of the foregoing certificate by him signed was a Justice of the peace legally appointed & qualified as such for the county aforesaid and that the signature thereto in the said Blake - In testimony whereof I do hereto set my hand & the County Seal this tenth day of August A.D. 1819 Geo. Bradbury

I David Gould certify and say that in the year of our Lord Seventeen Hundred and eighty four I took Daniel Hays discharge of Stoneham in the State of Massachusetts from the U S A and went to the Town of Worcester in the State aforesaid and drawed said Hays wages for him which ware due to him for his services in said army and further I say not
David Gould
Middlesex ss. August the thirteenth A.D. 1819 the aforesaid deponent whom I consider to be a person of strict truth and credibility was examined cautioned and sworn agreeable to law to the deposition aforesaid, by him subscribed taken for the purpose of supporting the claim of Daniel Hays to a pension from the U S A agreeable to a late act of Congress
before me Daniel Gould Justice of the peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss. I Abraham Biglow Clerk of the judicial Courts in the County of Middlesex, do certify, that Daniel Gould is a Justice of the peace acting under the authority of this Commonwealth, & his name set to the above certificate is his own proper signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court this 14 th day of August, A.D. 1819.
Abraham Biglow

I James Matthews Testify and Say that in the year of our Lord Seventeen Hundred and eighty four I Saw Daniel Hay, discharged of Stoneham in Massachusetts from the U S A and said that Hay went in to the army from my father house in Stoneham James Matthews
Middlesex ss on the thirteenth day of August A.D. 1819 the aforesaid deponent whom I consider to be a person of truth was examined cautioned and sworn agreeable to law to the deposition aforesaid by him subscribed taken for the purpose of supporting the claim of Daniel Hay to a pension from the U S A agreeably to a late act of Congress before me Daniel Gourd Justice of the peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Mr. Nassau St. ss I Abraham Biglow Clerk of the judicial Courts in the County of Middlesex, do certify that Daniel Gourd is a Justice of the peace acting under the authority of the Commonwealth, & his ss name at the above certificate is his own proper signature.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, this 14 th Augt. 1819. (Abraham Biglow)

This may certify that Daniel Hay came into my company in the 2 nd  Regt Massachusetts Land by Col d Ebenezer Sprout as a private soldier (from the 6 th Massachusetts Regt) some time in May 1783 and was discharged from the Revolutionary Army about the 18 day of December following.
Judah Nelson, then a Captain in 1 st Regt.
N.B. to verify my signature here reference may be had to several Certificates & Depositions now in the War Office, the last in the case of Abner Samson. Dated at Sherburne.
Boston 5 July 1819