Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 33315, Moses Hoyt, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass
Hoyt, Moses
NUMBER
8 33315
CONTENTS

(2481)
Massachusetts Roll.
Moses Hoyt
Private -
Massachusetts line - 1776 - 1 year
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence the 4 th of April 1818 -
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th of Sept r 1818 and sent to Daniel A. White Esq r Judge Essex County Mass s -
Arrears to 4 th of Sept r 1818. - 5 m th 1/30 40 - 25
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th March 1819 - 48 - 00
$ 88 25
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Amesbury, Essex Co
W. to J. P. Frothingham July 2 d 46

July 2 1878 Moses H. Hays Maysville Ky
PAID
Paid  15 3/4
Edwards G. - H. Commissioner of Pensions - Washington D.C.
15 3/4

Newburyport. June 27 th 1826 - J. L. Edwards Esq. Com r of Pensions,
Dear Sir,
A letter has been rec d . by the friends of Moses Hoyt, late of Amesbury, Mass. from some person, stating, that some arrears of pay are now due - I am requested by his friends to ascertain the fact; and if any, how much - Moses Hoyt rec d . a pension under the act of March 18. 1818, by certificate, number 2481, dated Sept. 18. 1818 - and died soon after, leaving no widow - Please inform me, and you will much oblige, Very Respectfully
Yr. Ob t Serv t
J. P. Southwick -

Daniel A: White, Esq; Judge Essex county, Mass. ts
Moses Hoyt, Massachusetts line Revolutionary claim.
Not on the rolls. — Returned for farther evidence —
See endorsement in the case of Benjamin Griffin.

I Jonathan Greely of Salisbury county of Essex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts testify & declare that being myself a Soldier & Artificer in the late revolution- ary army during the year 1776 I was well acquainted with Moses Heagt of Amesbury in said county who was also a Soldier & artificer in the said service, that we worked in the same yard in New York, & as Blacksmiths he as Armour previously to the en- emy's taking possession of the city, & that to the best of my knowledge & belief the said Heagt remained through the whole of said year 1776
Jonathan Greely
Essex ss April 4 1818 Personally appeared Iona Greely & made oath to the foregoing declaration by her subscription
Before me
Samuel Nye Just: Peace

April 3 1818 We the subscribers hereby certify and say that we are well acquainted with the within named Moses Hoyt that he has now by reason of his age & infirmities so reduced in his circumstances that he stands in need of assistance from his country for his support
Robert Oatman Samuel Hendrick
Selectmen of
Hezekiah Colby
Treasr Clerk
Citizens
John Blandel Jr
Daniel Long
Jamie Bayley
Moses Hoyt
David Turner

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
April xx  xx 1888. I Moses Hoyt of Amesbury in the county of Essex, Testify & declare that I en- listed as a Soldier & Artificer in the late Revolutionary Army on the continental es- tablishment under Capt Benjamin Perkins in Col. Moses Littler's regiment, early in the month of March 1776 & continued in the service until the last of January 1777 & was then discharged verbally by General Miffen at Fishkill... and that by reason of reduced circumstances, stand in need of assistance from my country for support I never had any written discharge.
Moses Hoyt

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex ss.
I Daniel H White Judge of the Court of Probate of the said County of Essex do certify that Moses Hoyt of Amesbury in said County personally appeared on the the fourth day of April A.D. 1810, and made the declaration aforesaid by him signed under oath before me. That the annexed affidavit of Jonathan Greely was duly taken as therein en- tified, and that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Moses Hoyt served in the revolutionary war as set forth in his said declara- tion.
Given under my hand & the seal of the said Court the fourth day of May in the year aforesaid
D. H. White

33 315 Rev INVALID.
File No. 88, 315-
Moses Hoyt Rev Rev War
Act: 18 th March 1818 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 231
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I William Barnard of Amesbury County of Essex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts certify & say that I have long been well acquainted with my fellow townsman Moses Hoyle. That in the beginning of the year 1776 I enlisted as a Soldier in the revolutionary army under Capt Shortridge of Portsmouth, in the regiment commanded by Col. Poor of the New Hampshire line of troops. That in the Spring of that year we were marched from the vicinity of Boston to New London & there took water passage through the sound to New York City. That some time after arriving there I was drafted with a great number of others from the ranks, into the works in the Kings Yard (so called) & was employed as a Joiner. That while thus employed I very unexpectedly met a number of my townsmen among whom was the said Hoyle, who I understood had also been drafted from the ranks, and employed as an Armourer but in another yard. That I saw the said Hoyle several times during the season & have good reason to believe & do verily believe that the said Hoyle served the whole of the year 1776. And that I have no other motive in making this declaration, than that of enabling an inferior old Soldier in obtaining the pension provided by Congress, to which I think he is justly entitled. — William Barnard
Be it known that on this seventeenth day of August A D 1818 before me Samuel Nye Notary Public in & for the County of Essex personally appeared William Barnard & made solemn oath to the foregoing declaration by him subscribed. And I do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the said William Barnard & do believe him to be perfectly disinterested in making said declaration & know him to be a man of credit. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of Office this day of the year aforesaid. — Samuel Nye Notary Public

I Isaac Barnard of Amesbury County of Essex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts testify & say that I have long been well acquainted with M c Hugh Hoyt of the same Amesbury that I served with him at Cambridge in the American Revolutionary army, during the year 1775, but in a different company & Regiment — That early in the year 1776 the said Hoyt enlisted again into the continental service as a Soldier & Ammunition, & was marched, as I have always understood to New York, or its vicinity & continued in the service through the whole of that year — That I am fully convinced & do confidently believe that the said Hoyt performed the services as set forth in his declaration And that I have no other motives in making this statement, other than assisting & enabling a poor old Soldier in obtaining the pension provided by Congress to which I do firmly believe he is justly entitled.
Isaac Barnard
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
SS. Attest August 15 1848 Personally appeared Isaac Barnard & made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed — And I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the said Isaac Barnard, that I believe him to be perfectly disinterested in making the above declaration & have known him to be a person of truth & credibility — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of office the day and year aforesaid — Samuel Nye Notary Public

Daniel A White Judge of the Court of Probate for said County of Essex Do further certify that William Barnard and Isaac Barnard the deponents within named are credible and disinterested witnesses, and that the said Moses Hoyt by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, is in need of assistance from his Country for support. Given under my hand and seal Official this 24 day of Aug 1818.
D A White