Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 24422, Paul Haywood, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Haywood, Paul Amity
W 24422
CONTENTS

Bermonth - 3406
Anity (Caywood, widow of Paul (Caywood, who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 7 th May 1828 of Bermonth in the State of Bermonth who was a P.M. in the County command by Captain Whipple of the Regt command by _____ in the State of line for 8 m 27 1 day
Inscribed on the Roll of Montpelier at the rate of 26 Dollars 78 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th day of July 39, and said Paul Caywood Specific to Bermonth Co. Pa.
Arrears to the 4th of March - $ 80.30 Semi-annual allowance ending _____ / 13.30 $ 93.70
{ Act July 7, 1838.
Recorded by R. Brannon Clerk Book A Vol. 2 Page 41

Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 th April 1838 from 4 March 1838 to 18 Feb 1839 the day of her death Ap Notified 4 April 1840
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State of Vermont, Windsor County, ss.
On this sixteenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine, personally appeared before the Hon. the Probate Court for the district of Windsor in said County of Windsor, Amity Haywood, a resident of Springfield in said county of Windsor and state of Vermont, aged eighty one years on the twenty eighth day of October, now last past, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed July 7 th 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows!"
That she is the widow of Paul Haywood, who was a Private in the war of the Revolution; that she has no documentary evidence of the service of the said Paul Haywood; that according to her best knowledge and belief, he entered the service of the United States, in the spring of the year seventeen hundred and eighty, at Winchendon in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, and went to Rutland in said county of Worcester, where he remained about eight months in the service of the United States; that from her great age and bodily infirmities, she cannot speak with certainty in relation to events so long past, but shall rely upon the Muster Rolls and Records of the War Department, and upon such other evidence as she may be able to obtain; that she cannot now remember the names of any of the Officers under whom he served.
She further declares that she was married to the said Paul Haywood at Winchendon in the county of Worcester and state of Massachusetts by the Rev. Mr. Brown, then the settled Minister in said Winchendon, on the fifteenth day of December, in the year, seventeen hundred and eighty five, her former name being Amity Darling; that her husband, the said Paul Haywood, died at Chester, in the county of Windsor and state of Vermont, on the seventh day of May, in the year, one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight; That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January, seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz. at the time above stated.
Amity her x Haywood mark
Witness Thomas H. Hammond Paul Haywood
Sworn to and subscribed by the said Amity Haywood, on this 16 th day of February, 1839, the word "service" being first interlined. Before me. Thomas H. Hammond, Judge of said Probate Court. Also the word "eight" written on erasure. Thomas H. Hammond Judge.

I Jewett Boynton of Weathersfield in the County of Windsor and state of Vermont, aged seventy five years on the fourth day of September now last past, being duly sworn, do depose, testify and say, that I have been acquainted with Amity Haywood, formerly Amity Darling, who has sworn to and subscribed the within Declaration in my presents, for more than sixty years; and have been acquainted with her husband, the within named Paul Haywood, about fifty years before his death, that I was first acquainted with the said Paul and Amity at Winchendon in the County of Worcester and state of Massachusetts; that in the spring of the year seventeen hundred and eighty, said Town of Winchendon were required to furnish two men for the service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War, for eight months, and the said Paul Haywood and myself volunteered, and started from said Winchendon together on the twentieth day of April, in the year seventeen hundred and eighty, and went to Rutland in said County of Worcester, the same day, where we joined the Army and were stationed at the "Stockade" in that town, eight months, in the Company commanded by Capt. Whipple; Lieut. Timothy Ruggles; that at the expiration of the term of eight months for which they volunteered, they both returned together to said Winchendon, that I was not present at the Marriage of the said Paul and Amity, but I understood at the time, that they were married by the Reverend Mr. Joseph Brown; that the said Haywood and myself removed to Weathersfield in the state of Vermont, near the same time, and that the said Haywood laboured for one one season, on my farm in said Weathersfield, about fifty two or fifty three years ago, and that his wife, the said Amity Haywood, then resided in the same neighbourhood; that I have been acquainted with them ever since, and attended the Funeral of the said Paul Haywood at Chester in said County of Windsor, as I should think, about ten years ago; Since the death of the said Paul, the said Amity has ever remained the Widow of the sd Paul, and now is sole and unmarried. And I further say that I am a Pensioner of the United States under the Act of June 7 th 1832, as a compensation for the services above stated in company with the said Paul Haywood.
Jewett Boynton
Sworn to and subscribed by the said Jewett Boynton on this 16 th day of February A.D. 1839, before me
Thomas H. Hammond, Judge of said Probate Court.

I, Hannah Darling of Springfield in the county of Windsor and state of Vermont, aged thirty eight years, being duly sworn, do depose and say, that I have been acquainted with Paul Haywood, and his wife, Amity Haywood, for many years, and about six years before the death of the said Paul, I constantly resided in the family of the said Paul and Amity, and was present at the death of the said Paul Haywood, which took place at Chester in said County of Windsor, on the seventh day of May in the year eighteen hundred and twenty eight, I was present and saw him die; and since the death of the said Paul, I have constantly lived with the said Amity, who has ever remained the widow of the said Paul, and is now sole and unmarried. From my earliest recollection, the said Paul and Amity lived together in the relation of Husband and Wife up to the time of his death, and I never heard their marriage questioned by any one, nor did I ever doubt but that they were legally married. Hannah Darling
Sworn to and subscribed by the said Hannah Darling, on this 16th day of February, A.D. 1839, before me
Thomas F. Hammond Judge of said Probate Court.
State of Vermont, District of Windsor, ss.
I, Thomas F. Hammond, Judge of the Probate Court for the District of Windsor aforesaid,
hereby certify, that Amity Haywood, who has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing Declaration, and Sewell Boynton and Hannah Darling who have sworn to and subscribed the foregoing Affidavits are respectively persons of truth and veracity, and that their statements are entitled to full credit and belief.
Witness my hand this fifth day of March A.D. 1839. Thomas F. Hammond Judge.
State of Vermont, District of Windsor, ss.
I, Salmon D. Dutton Register of the Probate Court for the District of Windsor aforesaid,
hereby certify, that Thomas F. Hammond, before

wherein the foregoing Declaration of Admity Hayward, and the foregoing affidavits of Sarah Bryant and Hannah Darling, were severally sworn to and subscribed, is a Judge of the Probate Court for the District of Windsor aforesaid, which Probate Court is a Court of Record, and that the signature annexed to the respective Certificates of the oaths, and to the Certificate of the Credibility of the said Declarant and affiants as aforesaid, purporting to be the signature of him the said Thomas V. Hasbrouck, is his own proper and genuine Signature.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said Probate Court, and subscribed my name at Springfield, in said District, this fifth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine.
Salmon T. Dutton, Register.

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State of Massachusetts
Worcester ss From the Records of the town of Winchendon in said County Paul Heywood and Arnyth Darling were married December fifteenth Seventeen Hundred and Eighty five by the Rev Joseph Brown of Winchendon True entry per Benja Brown Town Clerk
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the Records with the exception of the date which is expressed on the said Records in fair legible figures as follows Decm. 15. 1785 Webster Whitney Clerk of the town of Winchendon
I Webster Whitney above named depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the town of Winchendon in the State and County aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Winchendon with the exception above named as certified by me Webster Whitney Town Clerk
Worcester ss February 14 th 1839 Personally appeared the above named Webster Whitney and made solemn oath that that the above certificate by him subscribed was true Before me Nash Whitcomb Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Worcester, ss.
I, Joseph G. Kendall, clerk of the court of Common Pleas for said County of Worcester, do certify, That Mark Whitcomb, Esquire, is a justice of the peace, in and for said County, and that his signature to the certificate on the preceding page, is in his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof, I hereto set my name, and affix the seal of said court, at Worcester, the sixteenth day of February, in the year 1839.
Joseph G. Kendall Clerk

Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C., _____, 189___
Sir:-
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Paul Hayward , a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will please find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Spr. 1780 8 mo. 1 da Pri Whippee Not stat Mass  
Battles engaged in, _____
None
Residence of soldier at enlistment, _____
Winchendon Mass
Date of application for pension, _____
by wid Feb 16 1839
Residence at date of application, _____
of wid Springfield H.
Age at date of application, _____
" 81 years.
Remarks: Sol. died at Chester Vt May 7 1828 Married Abigail Darling at Winchendon Mass Dec 15 1785. No record of any other Paul Hayward Very respectfully, yours.
E. S. Gains C/o Mr. Reck Comm Room
Commissioner.

Range  WIDOW, &c.
1894 Jan 19 His To Mr E H Fairbank c/o Mr. Reed Comm. Ro FJ
File No. 24422
Emily Hayward Widow of Paul Hayward Bri Mass Lin
Act: July 18 1828
Index:—Vol. A Page 319
[Arrangement of 1870.]

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
March 28 th 1840.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The child n of Arny Hayward a Pensioner on the Roll of the Vermont Agency, at the rate of Twenty Six Dollars and Seventy eight Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th July 1835, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1838, to the 18 th Feby. 1839, the day of her death.
Respectfully, yours,
Widow B. Patridge
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.