Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,862, David Hayden, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Hayden, David
S. 29,862
CONTENTS

15-92 Massachusetts
David Wagoner of Middlesex in the State of Mass. a who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Haskell of the Regt commanded by Col Marshall in the Mass line for 13 Months
Col Wm
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 43 - Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th day of Nov 1832 and sent to David Fiske East Cambridge Mass
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $86.66 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept. 21. 67 108.33
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Hezekiah Noddon Clerk, Book 2 Vol. 24 Page 34
14 Middlesex

DECLARATION, in order to secure the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Middlesex COUNTY OF WORCESTER, ss.
ON this thirtieth day of October in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty two — personally appeared in open Court, before Samuel P. P. Say Judge of Probate for said County now sitting David Hayden a resident of Walthborough in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged Seventy Two 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 1832.
THAT he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
(6 months) About the first of June 1776 he entered the said service as a substitute for one Silas Parsons in Capt. Haskell's company and Col. Marshall's Regiment — and continued in the said service until the first part of December in the same year at the place called Castle William in Boston Harbour — to which place he marched from Sudbury in said County, & Commonwealth — During the term of said service he was employed in guarding the lines, repairing the Bombproof works, which had been blown up by the British troops, and erecting fortifications. About the first of said December the said Silas Parsons returned to the castle & the applicant returned home — having been in the said service about six months .
(7 months) About the first of June 1778 he enlisted into the said service in Walthborough in said County and continued in the service in said Walthborough as a guard to the public stores in that town — being under the command of Col. Ebenezer Dyer — About the first of July following he marched from said Walthborough to Winter Hill near Weston, and was there stationed as a guard to the British troops under Dugayre who were stationed as prisoners of war on Prospect Hill — He continued there in the service until sometime in December 1778 — having continued in the service seven months . At Winter Hill he was under the command of Col. Jacob Gannick — Capt. Nathan Sargeant, 1st Lieut. Samuel Gannick — 2nd Lieut. Samuel Gannick — After leaving Winter Hill he was a part of the guard to said British troops from thence to Walthborough, Leicester, Rutland & Englefield where he was discharged — having continued in the service seven months .
The applicant was born in Sudbury on said April 29th 1760 — & whether there is any record of his age in that or any other town he is unable to say — When first called into the service he was living in said Sudbury — when he entered the service in 1778 he was living in said Walthborough and has resided there most of the time since and now resides there — He has never received any written discharge — In answer to the seventh question put by the Board he will state the following names — Rev. Dea. Alden, & Rev. Dea. Dyer —
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
David Hayden J. P. P. Say

We Seth Alden a Clergyman residing in the town of Marlborough and Abel Rice residing in the same town hereby certify that we are well acquainted with David Hayden who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy two years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Seth Alden Abel Rice J. P. P. Day  Brook
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 above mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that Seth Alden who signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Marlborough and that Abel Rice who has also signed the same is a resident in the same town and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
J. P. P. Day  Brook
I Isaac Fish  Esquire , Clerk of the Court of Probate in said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of David Hayden for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand & seal official this 14th day of October in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty two.
I also certify as aforesaid that Jacob Rice & William Woodruff whose own proper signatures are set to the deposition of Abel Parmachuk & Wm. Estlin are sisters of the recom mother said comely Isaac Fish the
Declaration of David Hayden
17389

17389 David Hayden Mass
Photo 13 Months
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of 14 & 16
June 7. 1833
Isaac Aske Middlesex Co East Cambridge Mass

County of Middlesex  BRIEF in the case of  David Hayden  in the State of Massachusetts  (Act 7th 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? 72 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.     Sub in 1776 about 6 — private Capt Washburn Col Marshall   Enlisted 1778 — 7 — Col Starr Capt Sargent   13  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Sudbury Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional & 2 living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? No proper attached 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. C. Ladd Examining Clerk.

29862 Rey INVALID.
File No. 29,869
David Hayden Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1894
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 171
[Arrangement of 1870.]

David Hayden
17389
The Orpheus are supplied to the application of David Hayden again forwarded to the Department for further proceedings by Isaac Fisher, of East Cambridge Mass.
W. W. Baskett
Isaac Fisher
Mass. East Cambridge

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

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? yes
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? 2 witnesses / 1 certified as credible
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? no one only
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? yes
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?
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."
March 10th 1844

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.

I Amos Abbot of East Sudbury in the County of Middlesex, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, yeoman aged about seventy two years do testify and say that in the war of the Revolution I enlisted into the service and was in the summer of the year 1778 stationed at Winter hill, situate in Charlestown or Cambridge, that I engaged for six months, and while there employed with David Hayden of Marlboro I became acquainted with David Hayden of Marlborough, that said Hayden was in the same service at that time that we were under the command of Capt n Sargent of Malden and Lieut n S. Choat of Sudbury, now East Sudbury and were employed in guarding the Prisoners of Burgoyne's army
Amos Abbot
Middlesex ss. On the third day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, the aforesaid deponent was examined, and cautioned and sworn agreeable to law to the deposition by him as above is subscribed - taken at the request of David Hayden of Marlborough in said County, to be used by him in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the seventh of June A.D. 1832.
Before me William Bridg Justice of the Peace within and for said County -
I William Bridg Esq. before whom the above named Amos Abbot made oath to the truth of the above affidavit hereby certify that he the said Amos Abbot is a person of credibility & entitled to belief.
William Bridg Justice of the Peace

I Abel Parnenter of Sudbury in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged 78 years &
Do testify and say that David Hayden (then) of Sudbury aforesaid served as a Substitute in the Continental Service for Silas Parnenter of said Sudbury a considerable part of the time for six months in Capt. Haskell's Company and Col. Marshall's Regt. in the year 1776 the Service was done on Castle William in Boston Harbour and that I was a Soldier in the same Company at the same time and know that he did the Service ————— by his order Abel Parnenter
Middlesex ss Sudbury September 3 d 1832
Personally appeared the above named Abel Parnenter and made oath to the truth of the above deposition before me
Jacob Rice } Jus. Peace
Middlesex ss Sudbury Sept. 3 d 1832
This may certify that Mr. Abel Parnenter above named is a Person known to me and bears the reputation of a man of truth and think him fully entitled to Credit
Jacob Rice Jus. Peace