Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13294, Stephen Hayward, Mass.

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Hayward, Stephen S 13294
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Yanke 27748. Kayw.
State of Mass. in the coast comm.
of the 1st comman by Col Ward in the 1st line for 8 months private 4 Figs Sergeant
Mass.
Enrolled on the Roll of New York at the rate of 46 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of October 1834 and Thomas Deak  Weyandagus Arrears to the 4th of March  163.32 Semi-ann. allowance ending March  28.33 $186.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Jay Ladd Clerk, Book E 2 Vol. 4 Page 30
9245

9240 Stephen H. Hayward
no proof was sent in this case to date
Thomas Beals Agent
Canandaigua
adm d
8 mo. pri
4" length
$46.66

State of New York } Ontario County } ss:
On this twenty eighth day of August 1832. personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the County Court now sitting, Stephen Hayward a resident of the town of Farmington County and State aforesaid aged seventy three 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 7. 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated.
1 st At Northbury County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts in the month of April 1775. he was mustered in Captain Woods Company and was marched to Lexington, but did not arrive there until the day after the Battle, he was then marched to Cambridge and was attached to Colonel Wards Regiment, and was on duty there in building Fort No 2. He was in the Battle of Bunker Hill in June and some time in July he was ordered to Dorchester and was on this Station Eight Months. Was sent with a party under Command of Major Tappan to destroy the Light House in Boston Harbor, in which service was successful and captured a detachment of 45 Marines who were there on duty, and brought in the Prisoners to Dorchester. After his time expired he enlisted for one month, and went to Fort's Point to watch the movement of the enemy.
2 o In January 1776 he enlisted for three months in Captain Samuel Wymans Company of Artillery and was stationed at Dorchester neck and afterwards on Dorchester Heights and afterwards on Dorchester Heights, and remained there until after the British left Boston, and was then marched into Boston, and there done duty until his time expired.

3 rd . At Boston, when his time expired as aforesaid, he enlisted for nine months in Captain Simon Edgills Company of Infantry as first Sergeant in Colonel Samuel Brewers Regiment and was marched to Ticonderoga, and the day after our arrival was marched to Mount Hope to build a Fort and was there seven or eight months.
4 th . At Mount Hope as aforesaid, he enlisted when his time was out as aforesaid in the same Company for two years, under Colonel John Brooks and was marched to Rutland, and Bennington to Claverick and Kinderhook and then to Esopus, and then back to Stillwater and was in the Battle on Freemans Farms, and in the Battle on Bemis Heights and was at Saratoga, when General Burgoyne surrendered. Captain Edgel was killed in the first Battle of Stillwater, after this Captain Coburn was his Captain in the same Regiment, before the surrender of General Burgoyne, was sent with a party under Lieutenant Buffington, to the north River to destroy to destroy the Boats of the enemy, and destroyed 45 Boats, or rather they was floated off down the River so as to come into our possession. We captured the guard of about 40 men and brought them into Saratoga. After this went to Rutland with the Prisoners, and after this, marched to Kinderhook and then to West Point, and after this went to Stoney Point and then to White Plains, and was there until his time expired, and was then honorably discharged. He knew General Washington, first saw him at Dorchester; knew General Putnam and saw him on Bunker Hill. He this declarant was in the Battle of Bunker Hill, and was within two rods of General Warren at the time he fell. At the time he was discharged at White Plains General Lincoln was there and he knew him well. He served served the country during the Revolutionary War nearly five years.

- about three years a Sergeant. He was born in Northbury in Massachusetts on the 19 th September 1789. He has no record of his age, has no documentary evidence, and knows of no person, whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service. After the War moved to Farmington in the same State and lived there until about thirty years ago when he moved to Farmington where he now lives, and has lived to this time. He received a discharge at White Plains, and believes it was signed by General Lincoln, but it is lost; He has not seen it for many years; considered it of no value, and did not preserve it. He knows Dear  Welcome Smith and John Lapham, who are his neighbors.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or annuity, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State
Sworn and subscribed to the day & year aforesaid in open court.
Stephen Hayward
We Welcome Smith & John Lapham both residing in the Town of Farmington in the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Stephen Hayward who had subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy three 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.
Welcome Smith John Lapham
Subscribed and sworn the day and year aforesaid in open Court.
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 named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it

appears to them that Welcome Smith and John Lapham who have signed the preceding certificate are both residents of the town of Farmington, are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Charles Crane, Clerk of the said court, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Stephen Hayward for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this first day of September A.D. 1832.
Charles Crane

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Stephen Hayward + his file 18294
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr 1775 9 mos Pvt Thos. M c Donough Wm. Howe Mass   April 1776 3 mos Samuel M c Williams Col of Artillery   Immediately after 9 mos 1 st Sgt Simon Edgell Samuel Brattle   Immediately after 2 yrs Sgt Edgell 2 nd Colonel John Brooks   * Committed to Wall of Honor  
Battles engaged in, Bunker Hill, both battles on Bunker's Heights and Surrender of Burgoyne
Residence of soldier at enlistment, selected at Kittery Point, Maine
Date of application for pension, Dec 26, 1830
Residence at date of application, Farmington, Maine
Age at date of application, at Kittery Point, Me. Sept 17, 1754
Remarks: After the war he moved to Farmington, Me. and lived there until he moved to Farmington, Me. over
brother Joseph

+ and lived there until about 1803 when he moved to F. It is not stated whether he was married - E.W.

Dear Stephen Haynard

Canandaigua Feb. 10th 1833 J. P. Edwards Esq. Commr of Pensions Sir,
I send to you herewith the original declarations of Daniel W. Kinney, and the proofs in the case of Elisha Wright
Israel M. Black Stephen Hayward
The application of Joseph Clark for an increase of pension and also for a transfer from Michigan to New York - also the application of Schuyler Levy and other officers who were non-commissioned officers in the Revolutionary Army for an increase pension, their old certificates are attached
Yours respectfully
x taken out.
Morris West Ed
2666 20

Rev. War Section.
EW
July 19, 1922.
Vivian Lyon Moore, 25 South Broad Street, Hillsdale, Michigan.
Madam:-
In response to your letter dated July 15, and received July 19, 1922 are advised that there is no record in this Bureau of inquiries from you regarding any of the soldiers mentioned in your letter. You are also advised that the Revolutionary War records fail to afford any information in regard to Nathan Warner, of Windsor, Connecticut, or Warren, New York; Knowles Hall, of Sandwich, Massachusetts; Isaiah Corbin, of Culpeper County, Virginia; Stephen Cumins, of Vermont; Gideon Bright, of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
The history of Stephen Hayward, of New York, Massachusetts service; David Fox, Drummer, of Connecticut, Elijah Hoyt, of Connecticut and Aaron Hanson of Massachusetts, as contained in their Rev- olutionary War pension claims, will be forwarded you under date of July 20, 1922.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
4 Records sent July 20, 1922 - EW

Rev, War Section.
EW Clir
July 19, 1922.
Stephen Hayward B. 18294
Vivian Lyon Moore, 35 South Broad Street, Hillsdale, Michigan.
Madam:-
In response to your letter dated July 15, and received July 19, you are advised that there is no record in this Bureau of inquiries from you regarding any of the soldiers mentioned in your letter. You are also advised that the Revolutionary War records fail to afford any information in regard to Nathan Warner, of Windsor, Connecticut, or Warren, New York; Knowles Hall, of Sandwich, Massachusetts; Isaiah Corbin, of Culpeper County, Virginia; Stephens Cumins, of Vermont; Gideon Bright, of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania,
The history of Stephen Hayward, of New York, Massachusetts service; David Fox, Drummer, of Connecticut, Elijah Hoyt, of Connecticut and Aaron Hanscom of Massachusetts, as contained in their Revolutionary War pension claims, will be forwarded you under date of July 20, 1922.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

STATE REGENT
MRS. L. VICTOR SEYDEL 143 Lafayette Ave., N. E., Grand Rapids
STATE VICE REGENT
MRS. ADDISON DRAKE KENT 622 State St., St. Joseph
STATE CHAPLAIN
MRS. JARED W. FINNEY 271 East Kirby Ave., Detroit
STATE RECORDING SECRETARY
MRS. BURRITT HAMILTON "The Lilacs", Battle Creek
STATE CORRESPONDING SECRETARY
MRS. CHARLES KINGSLEY WHITE 915 Second St., Jackson
OF MICHIGAN
STATE TREASURER
MRS. VOLNEY R. YOUNG 510 North Farragut St., Bay City
STATE CONSULTING REGISTRAR
MRS. DONALD K. MOORE 2476 Taylor Ave., Detroit
STATE HISTORIAN
MRS. THOMAS MILTON McFARLAND 218 East Maumee St., Adrian
STATE LIBRARIAN
MRS. P. ROGER CLEARY 7 North Normal St., Ypsilanti
STATE DIRECTORS
MRS. GEORGE E. POMEROY 520 Liberty St., Flint
MRS. CHARLES E. LYTTLE 328 East Ridge St., Marquette
Hillsdale, Mich. July 15, 1922
My dear Mr. Gardner:-
I don't wish to presume upon our acquaintance to trouble you about things outside your work, but, if I may, I would like to ask for a little information. Are the records in the Pension Office - the Revolutionary records I am particularly interested in - no longer given out to inquirers? On Feb. 10, I wrote about the record of Nathan Warner of Windsor, Conn., or Warren, N. Y.; on the same day, I asked about record of Knowles Hall of Sandwich, Mass.; also about Stephen Hayward of N. Y., who served from Massachusetts. On April 23, I wrote about the record of Isaiah Corbin of Culpeper Co., Virginia, and, receiving no reply to that query, I wrote again May 17. That same day I wrote regarding David Fox, drummer from Conn., and about Stephen Cummins of Vermont. Right now, I would like the records, if any, of Elijah Hoyt of Connecticut, Gideon Bright of Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania, and Aaron Hanscom of Maine or Mass. I haven't written about them, for I felt it was no use. From all the above letters, I have

STATE REGENT
MRS. L. VICTOR SEYDEL 148 Lafayette Ave., N. E., Grand Rapids
STATE VICE REGENT
MRS. ADDISON DRAKE KENT 622 State St., St. Joseph
STATE CHAPLAIN
MRS. JARED W. FINNEY 271 East Kirby Ave., Detroit
STATE RECORDING SECRETARY
MRS. BURRITT HAMILTON "The Lilacs", Battle Creek
STATE CORRESPONDING SECRETARY
MRS. CHARLES KINGSLEY WHITE 915 Second St., Jackson
OF MICHIGAN
STATE TREASURER
MRS. VOLNEY R. YOUNG 519 North Farragut St., Bay City
STATE CONSULTING REGISTRAR
MRS. DONALD K. MOORE 2476 Taylor Ave., Detroit
STATE HISTORIAN
MRS. THOMAS MILTON McFARLAND 218 East Maumee St., Adrian
STATE LIBRARIAN
MRS. P. ROGER CLEARY 7 North Normal St., Ypsilanti
STATE DIRECTORS
MRS. GEORGE E. POMEROY 520 Liberty St., Flint
MRS. CHARLES E. LYTLE 328 East Ridge St., Marquette
received no information - not even a reply stating that it could not be furnished. Would you be kind enough to let me know whether I am supposed to ask for information from the Pension Department, and, if I am, why I can get no replies?
Mother and grand ma join me in sending greetings and kindest regards to you.
Most cordially, yours -
Vivian Lyon Moore
25 S. Broad Street

As this was request from Commissioner 4 Records were sent. All the other Daldus asked for were negative. Edw
Sent. Stephen Hayward S. 13294) David Foy S 23223 } and Aaron Hanson Eliab Hoyt S. 36589 } W. 21244 -

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF PENSIONS RECORD DIVISION
Briefed by _____
Orig. _____
Cert. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier _____
Service _____
No _____ claim, Service record _____, 19
_____, Clerk.
No claim, Alph'b record _____, 19
_____, Clerk.
REMARKS : _____
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NEW BEDFORD MASS. MAY 1 1916

302 1/2 North Main St. Maum City Ia
Commissioner of Pensions. Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
Could you give me any information in regard to Stephen Hayward. Hero of Rev. War at Northbury Co. Mass. Saugus. was at Bunker Hill Ticonderoga and Bennington Camp 1772 placed on pension roll of Ontario Co. N.Y.

He lived at Cummington Hampshire Co. Mass. He was born in 1759. I think. See O A P Lineage Book Vol. 28. 1899 Page 254 for Service of Stephen Hayward Am desirous of getting into the O A P. and I shall appreciate any information in regard to the matter. Sincerely yours
Louise Helen Colvin.
303½ North Main St.
Des Moines City Ia
May 8. 1916.

Mrs Russell,
Send record to
c/o G. A. Lyon Jr.
Star Office
Wash DC
MAY 1910

27742

REVOLUTIONARY SERVICE.
Jan 19 1899
Full name of soldier:
Stephen Hayward.
Place of residence before service: (Town, county, and State, if possible) Barrington, Mass.
Place of residence after service: (Town, county, and State, if possible) Canandaigua.
Date of death(as near as possible):
Not known.
Christian name of widow:
Hannah.
Did either he or his widow receive a pension ?
Soldier.
Remarks.
His name was inscribed on the Pension Rolls of the Canandaigua New York Agency. Your name and address:
Mrs. Susan Maria Betzel Registrar General, D. A. R. 902 L. Street N. W. Washington, D. C.

#902-F, St., Washington, D.C.,
Jan. 18, 1899.
H. Clay Evans, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:--
Kindly give me all the information you have in your office with regard to the enclosed slip and oblige,
Very truly yours,
(Miss) Susan Rivine Setzel
Reg.Gen.
N. S. D.A.R.

Parker
13294 INVALID.
File No. _____
Stephen Hayward Sergt: Prov. Mar.
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 434
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Feby. 17/99. Miss. Augusta R. H. Helzel. Washington D. C. missing and 1910 May 7 Hist. to Mrs. Russell the Office Wash. D. C. 1916 May 12 Hist. to Louise Nelson Calvin 1922, July 2 Hist. to Vivian Lyon Moore -

Stephen Hayward
Relax westmen
Thomas Beals Agent Canandaigua

Canandaigua 4 October 1834
J. L. Edrards Esq Commr of Pen s
Sir
The subscriber an applicant for a pension under the act of 7 June 1832, is informed by his agent Thomas Beah, that his case has again been considered as appears by a letter from you dated 19 Sept 1834, in which he is informed that "no objection is perceived to the 1 st term of 8 months as a private & 3 rd of four months as sergeant agreeably to the certificate of M c Bangs as to the service of capt Edgills under whom he alleges to have served seven or eight months" - That he has made diligent enquiry for testimony to enable him to support all his declaration, and is unable to procure any further testimony -
He therefore accepts the terms offered and will receive a pension for his services as admitted, and relinquishes any further claim under the act as aforesaid, and prays that a certificate be granted, and sent to him to the care of his agent as aforesaid -
Respectfully Stephen Hayward

Letter Stephen Dazward

Warrenton 23 rd July 1852
S. S. Edwards Esq. Commr. of Surveys
Sir
I send enclosed the affidavits of Stephen Reynard and Josiah Reynard.
I recommend this case to your favorable consideration. I have known Stephen Reynard for more than 30 years. He is a man of good character, and had in respect by all his neighbors.
Respectfully Mormas Beals

Stephen Haymars
Thomas Beal Agent Canandaigua

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, November 5 th 1833.
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 Stephen Hayward, as a private, is borne on a Muster Roll of Capt. Saml Woods' Company, in Col. Ward's Regt. where he is allowed, from May 29 th to the first of August, 1775, for services and travel, two Months and eight days. m. d. 2 8
Stephen Hayward claims for further service under Capt. Saml Wood, in 1775, the rolls of which, after the 1 st of August, '75, are not found in this Office.
Stephen Hayward also claims for services under Capt. Saml Wyman , in 1776, and, after this; under Capt. Simon Edgell , as a Sergeant, in Col. Saml Brewer's Regt. and C. S. Brooks; also under Capt. Coburn. The Pay Rolls of which are not found in this Office.
32. 16. The Mileage Abstract Roll of Capt. Simon Edgell's Company, in Col. Saml Brewer's Regt. in 1776, is found, where he is allowed, for four Sergeants, 910 Miles travel. Capt. Simon Edgell's pay roll for himself is also

found for four months in 1778. — No muns' names are stated on this roll.
87. h.
Edward D. Bangs. Secy

State of New York Ontario County ss
In the matter of Stephen Haywards application for a pension -
Personally appeared before the subscriber a Notary Public in and for said county David Ingraham a resident of the town of Canandaigua county and State aforesaid, aged Eighty seven years, who being duly sworn according to Law doth depose and say that he was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution, and he lived then in the town of Watkins in the state of Massachusetts, and that in the year 1776 he was at Tienderoga in Capt Bonney's Company in Colonel Brown Regiment - That he knew Stephen Hayward now present, and saw him in Captain Eells Company in the same Regiment, then and there on duty - That besides this, he did not see him in the service, nor does not know how long he was out, but since the war he has seen him at Watkins in Massachusetts - He has conversed with the said Stephen about the events of the war, and has no doubt he served at various other times, but he did not see him in the service except as before stated -
Sworn to and subscribed this 21 day of November 1833 before me
David Ingraham
Notary Public
I certify that the above named David Ingraham is a credible person -
Thomas M. D. D.
State of New York Ontario County ss
I certify that Thomas Beals, who is subscribed to the above and within certificates, was at the date thereof a Notary Public in and for said county; and that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and recognize the said signatures to be his proper act and deed.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and the seal of said county, this 23 November 1833.
E. J. B. Connel, Dep Clerk

State of New York } In the matter of Stephen Hayward's Ontario County } application for a pension -
Personally appeared before the subscriber notary Public in and for said county Stephen Hayward and being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that he has been informed by his agent that he was required to procure from the records of the state of Massachusetts evidence of his service, and he has procured such certificate which is here attached and says that he is the same form therein referred to. He further saith that he went into the service the same day of the Battle of Branton and remained in the service eight months in that year. Part of the service was under Col. Wood and part under Col. Dyer. He further saith that he formerly filed under his original declaration at various periods of the war, and he has made diligent enquiry for proof of said service, some of which proofs are attached to his amended declaration which is now herewith returned. He further saith that David Ingraham now present was also in the service with him, and besides him he knows of no persons whose testimony he can procure to support his claim -
He therefore prays that his case may receive the consideration of the Department, and he be placed upon the pension roll agreeable to the provisions of the act of
7 June 1832 -
Sworn to and subscribed this 21 day of November 1833 before me
Stephen Hayward
Munroe Platt Atty. Pub

State of New York } Monroe County } ss
William Owen of Peninton in the County of Monroe a State of New York a Revolutionary Pensioner aged seventy years being Duly sworn Deposes and says that in the year 1776 he knew Stephen Hayward to be a soldier in Colonel Beers Regiment in the Massachusetts line a saw him when on his march in that regiment on the road to Ticonderoga & said Dependent went in company with him part of the way & staid with him one night at Stockbridge in Berkshire County Massachusetts - and said Dependent further says that the next place that he recollects to have seen said Stephen Hayward or Howard was at White Plains above New York where said Hayward was acting as Drill Sergeant in Colonel John Brooks' Regiment, where he was discharged
Sworn & subscribed } this 19 th day of February 1833 - before me -
William Owen
Henry Fellows Justice of the Peace
Monroe County ss. I certify that the above William Owen is a credible person - Henry Fellows J.P.P.
State of New York } Monroe County ss
I certify that Henry Fellows Esquire before whom the above affidavit was sworn, was at the date thereof a Justice of the peace in and for said County, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe that his name subscribed to said affidavit is his proper hand writing and signature Witness my hand and seal of office this first day of July 1833. Leonard Adams Clerk
fees 2/- Paid Postage 1/-

State of New York      In the matter of Stephen Hayward, Ontario County      application for a pension —
Personally appears before the subscriber a Notary public in and for said County Stephen Hayward who being duly sworn according to his deposition and oath, that when he made his application for a pension before the County Court on the 28 th day of August 1832 he supposed he had complied with the rule of the War Department in all respects. He is informed that his application is suspended, and the reason assigned is, that his name is not found on the rolls of the Regiment in which he served, and that proof of his service is required — He now says, that he served as stated in his declaration before referred to, and he believes that the reason his name is not found, is, that he must have been recorded by the name of Stephen Howard, and he is always called Howard, but he has always written his name Hayward — After the return of his declaration, requiring proof of his service, he has been diligently pursuing the testimony required, and on the 19 th day of February last, he went to Pitsfield in the County of Monroe, and procured the affidavit of William Owen, a Revolutionary Pensioner, which is hereto attached, and he well knew the said William Owen during the War of the Revolution — and he further saith, that he has heard and believes that the said Owen has lately deceased — He further saith, that he yesterday met William Preston who has subscribed and sworn to the affidavit, he was amused — That he well remembers him as he states being at Fort George in the year 1777, when he, this deponent landed there with some sick soldiers under his care, whom he was ordered to place in the Hospital at that place — That he afterwards saw the said Preston at Benning heights, and at Saratoga, but did not see him afterwards until about 12 years ago, he saw him attending court at Canandaigua —
He is required to answer the seven interrogatories, prescribed by the War department — He has answered all but the

2 nd and 5 th interrogatories in his original declaration, and he now says, he has no record of his age - In answer to the 5 th interrogatory he now says that when he served as under his 1 st head in 1775, he saw Colonel Whitecomb's & Colonel Tose Regiment - when he served as under his 2 nd head Colonel Brooks' Regiment was there - He saw Colonel Willards Regiment at Mount Hope - When he served as under his 4 th head, he remembers Colonel Hays Regiment, and Colonel Warner Regiment - He saw General Stark at Saratoga and knew him well - He further saith that the reason he had no Clergyman to suppn his application was, that there is no settled minister in his vicinity, and he could not conveniently procure one - He served as under his 1 st head - not less than nine months - under his 2 nd head no less than three months - under his 3 rd head no less than nine months as a Sergeant, and under his 4 th head not less than two years as a Sergeant - in all not less than three years and nine months, two years and nine months of which as a Sergeant -
Stephen Gaylord
Sworn to and subscribed this 30 day of May 1833 before me
Morris Pratt Not. Pub.

State of New York Ontario County ss
In the matter of Stephen Hayward's application for a pension -
Personally appeared before me Thomas Beal, a Notary Public in and for said county, William Purton now of the town of Livonia, and late of Chardon in the county of Geauga, in the state of Ohio, a Revolutionary Pensioner, aged Seventy four years, who being duly sworn according to Law, doth depose and say, that in the year 1777 he, this deponent was a Sergeant in Captain John Chipman's Company in Colonel Seth Warner's Regiment, and being at Saratoga on duty, he often saw Stephen Howard or Hayward, who was a Sergeant in Captain Adams Company in Colonel John Brooks Regiment -
That he is the same person who is now present at the taking of this deposition - That he saw the said Stephen before and after the surrender of General Burgoyne, and he, this deponent understood and believed that the said Sergeant Howard was detached as one of the guard that was sent off with the Prisoners -
He further saith, that a short time before the surrender of General Burgoyne, he saw the said Howard at Fort George, landing the sick from Ti- conderoga, and there conversed with him - That he saw him the said Howard in Canandaigua in the year 1820 when he was attending Court, and has not seen him since until yesterday, and further saith not -
Sworn to and subscribed this 30 day of July 1833 before
W. H. Prout
Merick Pratt M. Pub.
I certify that the above named William Purton is a credible person -
Merick Pratt M. Pub.

State of New-York Ontario County ss. }
I, Charles Crane, Clerk of said county, do hereby certify, that Thomas Beals, whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificates, was, at the dates thereof, a Notary Public in and for the said county; and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe the said signatures to be his proper act and deed.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this third day of July A. D. 1833.
Charles Crane

State of New York Ontario County
In the matter of Stephen Hayward, application for a pension
Personally appears before the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for said county, Stephen Hayward of said county and Joniah Hayward of Belfast county of Albany in said state who being severally duly sworn according to law, do depose and say - The said Stephen Hayward that he made application for a pension under the act of 7 June 1832, and has subsequently amended the same. Has procured the testimony of William Cline since deceased, of William Cline and David Ingraham all of whom had seen him in the service of the United States at different periods of the war of the rebellion. That it appears by a letter from the Pension Office to his agent Thomas Beal of Canandaigua, that his papers are plain on file, and he is required to furnish some further proof of his service. He now says that he has made diligent enquiry for further testimony and has not been able to find any except Joniah Hayward his brother now present.
The said Joniah Hayward doth depose and say that he is a Revolutionary Veteran - That he is now nearly 71 years of age - That he remembers that Stephen Hayward now present did enlist in the service for nine months in 1775 in Captain Morris company in Colonel Ward's Regiment - That after being out eight months he returned home, and after a few days went back to Boston and served out nine months - That in the year 1776, about the month of August he saw him at Northbury in the state of Massachusetts where he volunteered with two others, named Joseph Rice & William Cross, and was marched to Ticonderoga, and they returned in December of that year, it was the night before Thanksgiving - He does not remember whose company he served in - He also remembers that in the summer of 1777 the said Stephen Hayward left Northbury to join the Northern Army. This was about the time of the battle of Bennington, and he did not return until the fall of that year, when he saw him at Worthington and was part of the guard of

the prisoners taken with Burgoyne's army, and continued with the troops to Cambridge as he understands and believes - He did not see him in the service after this, and he never served with him - This defendant did not enter the service until after this time - The said Stephen Hayward prays that his case may be considered and his claim allowed for such part of the time as is established, and he be placed on the Pension roll under the law of Jan 1832, he being unable to prove any further testimony - Sworn and subscribed this 23 day of July 1834 before me Henry Chapin J.P.  Stephen Hayward  Josiah Hayward
I certify the above named Stephen Hayward & Josiah Hayward are credible persons Henry Chapin J.P.
State of New York, Ontario County ss. I certify that Henry Chapin whose name is subscribed to the above certificate is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly elected and sworn and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and sincerely believe the said signatures to be his proper act and deed, In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of the court of Common Pleas of said county this 23 rd day of July 1834.  F. J. B. Corane, Dep Clerk

Miss Wilson:
Please have letter prepared for personal signature of the Commissioner.
H.K. Casey,