Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 1175, Jabez Hathaway, Mass. Navy
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Service -

Mass.
Navy


Hathaway, Jabez
Hannah


Number - W.1175
B.L.Wt. 31.468-160-55
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3415

Massachusetts

Jabez Hathaway
of Bristol in the State of Mass
who was a Seaman in the company commanded
by Captain ___ of the regt. commanded 
by Col. Clapp in the Mass.
line for 3 months Seaman U.S. Navy
11 months Cooper U.S. Navy
10 months Private

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Inscribed on the Roll of Mass.
at the rate of 94 Dollars 83 cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

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Certificate of Pension issued the 20th day of Dec. 1832 and sent to 
Alden Bradford New Bedford Mass.

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Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832  $142.24
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 March 1833   $47.41

$189.65

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}


Recorded by J.H. McBlair Clerk,
Book D Vol. 2 Page 76
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1615

Massachusetts

Hannah Hathaway
widow of Jabez Hathaway

who served in the Revolutionary
Mass Line
war, as a private and seaman
Increased from $30

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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 94 Dollars 
83 cents per annum, to commence on the 3rd February, 1853.

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Certificate of Pension issued the 29th day of August 1856.
and sent to B.H. Baldwin
Present

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Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853 page 12, Vol. H.
28 1855
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195646

Act Mar. 3 
July 27/55

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Hannah Hathaway
widow of 
Jabez Hathaway
Pri.

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Revoly. Pensioner
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Mass.  53-1615
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UO: 160 acres July 7/56
B. Boynton




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Benj. H. Baldwin
Present

Vol. H1 Page 33
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State of Massachusetts, Bristol ss.

On this thirty first day of July, A.D. 1832, personally appeared in open Court before the Judge of the Court of Probate for said County now sitting, Jabez Hathaway of New Bedford, formerly Dartmouth, in said County of Bristol & State of Massachusetts, aged seventy six 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 - viz. That he first enlisted for, & served six months in, a company of militia, at a Point called Nobscott, in Dartmouth, under Capt. Benjamin Dillingham, being then an inhabitant of Dartmouth, where he was from April 29th A.D. 1756 and then enlisted & served three months same [illegible] in 1777 under Capt. Elezaer Hathaway - that he served also on board the M.S. or State Sloop Providence, Capt. Hacker, Three months in the year 1779, in the expedition from Boston to Penobscot. That in October 1779, he entered on board the Boston Frigate, commanded
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[page 2 of testimony]
by Capt. Samuel Tucker, & served as a cooker on board said Frigate, till he was captured at Charleson, S. Carolina, in May 1780; there he went to Philadelphia in a cartel with other prisoners on parole, & was exchanged & liberated in August 1780, & thence returned home, making the whole time on board said Frigate & a prisoner & getting to his home, eleven months. That soon after said return, he enlisted & served three months on Rhode Island, & Narraganset, at a Place called Watch Hill in the State of Rhode Island, in a company of Massachusetts Militia commanded by Captain Claghorn, part of time & in a battalion commanded by Major Clapp, and he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present; & declares that his name is not borne on the pension roll of the agency of any State - Jabez Hathaway

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid  Before H. Baylies, Judge of Probate

[the following text is crossed out; And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after investigating the [illegible][illegible] The interrogations required by the war department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier]
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Bristol County ss - On this fourteenth day of March Eighteen hundred and fifty three, personally appeared before me Oliver Prescott of NewBedford in said County, Judge of the Court of Probate in and for said County, Hannah Hathaway a resident of said NewBedford aged Seventy four years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed February 3d-1893; that she is the widow of Jabez Hathaway late of said NewBedford, who was a pensioner of the United States, under the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832 at $94"83 per annum, and that he resided in said NewBedford at the time he made application for said pension in 1832 and resided there until his decease - that his said pension was payable at the agency in Boston -

She further declares that she was married to the said Jabez Hathaway on the Twenty first day of January in the year Eighteen hundred & nine by Revd Epaphras Kibby---- that her husband the said Jabez Hathaway died on the tenth day of June Eighteen hundred and forty three at said NewBedford-
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that her name was Hannah Hathaway before her marriage with said Jabez Hathaway; that she was married to him at the time above stated -

She further swears that she was a widow at the passage of the act, and is still a widow and that she has never before made application for a pension - Hannah Hathaway

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first before written - Before me Oliver Prescott Judge of Probate
And I certify that the applicant above mentioned cannot by reason of bodily infirmity attend the Court - Oliver Prescott Judge of Probate

Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Bristol County ss. I hereby certify that Oliver Prescott Esq. before whom the foregoing declaration was made, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing Judge of the Court of Probate in & for said County, duly commissioned & sworn - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court as Register thereof, this fourth day of May 1853 - John Daggett
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Taunton Mass. May 13, 1853

Sir,

Herewith is the application of Hannah Hathaway Wd of Jabez Hathaway deceased, for a pension - Any communication which you may be pleased to make in relation thereto may be made to me - Very Respectfully
Your Old Servent
A. Bassett

L.P. Waldo Esq
Comr of Pensions
Washington DC
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Declaration for surviving Officer, Soldier, Seaman, Marine, Naval Clerk, Landsman, Teamster, or Chaplain, under the Act of March 3, 1855, 9and can be used for Widows who have once applied, or who now draw pensions.)

State of Massachusetts County of Bristol ss.

On this third day of July A.D. 1855 personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County and State aforesaid, Hannah Hathaway aged, 76 years, a resident of NewBedford in the State of Massachusetts who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the identical Hannah Hathaway who is the widow of Jabez Hathaway who died at NewBedford aforesaid and who was in the Revolutionary Service but she cannot recollect the names of the captain or commanding officer under whom he served.
who was a [left blank] in the Company commanded by Captain [left blank] in the [blank] Regiment of [blank] that [blank] at [blank] in the State of [blank] on or about the [blank] day of [blank] A.D. 18[blank] for the term of [blank] and continued in actual service in said war for a period of fourteen days, and was honorably discharged at [blank] about the [blank] day of [blank] A.D. 18[blank] And claimant further declares that she has never received any bounty land under any Act of Congress, or made any application therefor, [crossed out text reads: that claimant received a warrant for acres] for the above service, under the Act of Sept. 28, 1850. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the 160 acres bounty land to which she is entitled, under the Act approved March third, 1855, and hereby revoking all former powers of attorney, constitutes Benj. H. Baldwin, of Washington, D.C., attorney in the premises, with full authority to obtain from public offices or private individuals at Washington City or elsewhere, certified or sworn copies of all muster rolls, company books, army or navy records, or any other description of record evidence necessary to establish said service as fully as she could do if personally present. And that She is now the widow of Said Jabez Hathaway and has never married since his death and for proof of his death and her marriage She upon this [illegible] now on file that She now draws a Pension as the widow of Said Jabez Hathaway
(Signature of  the claimant) Hannah Hathaway

We Isaac Case and Jabez Hathaway residents of New Bedford in the State of Massachusetts upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Hannah Hathaway in our presence, and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be. and that they know She has never married Since the death of said Jabez Hathaway her deceased husband but is now his widow.

Signatures of witnesses
Isaac Case
Jabez S. Hathaway

The foregoing declaration and affidavit was sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year first above written, and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, that the claimant is the person he represents himself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Cyrus E. Clark Justice Peace.
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State of Massachusetts County of Bristol} to-wit:

I hereby certify that Cyrus E. Clark Esq., before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavit was made, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature thereto is genuine.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the seal of [illegible] Court for the city of New Bedford in the County aforesaid, this sixth day of July A.D. 1855

F. L. Porter
Clerk of the Police Court of New Bedford

Instructions.
If the claimant is a widow, and has received Bounty Land or a Pension, then insert at fig.
(1.) (Widow's name) "who is the widow" of - deceased, who died at -, in the State of - , in the year -, and".
(2.) "was drafted," or "enlisted," or "volunteered," or "shipped."
(3.) If FIRST application, insert "this, and": if claim has been rejected, insert "an application under act of 1850, (or 1847,) which was rejected."
(4.) "has" or "never has".
(5.) If no WARRANT has been received, insert "ay number of".
(6.) If the number of the Warrant is not known, I can obtain it here: if no Warrant has been received, insert "of land."
(7.) If a Warrant has been received, insert "which he has sold;" if not, say, "or any other act."
(8.) "additional" if one Warrant has been received, or add the number of acres claimed.
(9.) "that she is now the widow of -, deceased, and has never married since his death, and for proof of his death, and her marriage, she refers to her papers now on file."
(10.) "that they know she has never married since the death of the said - , her deceased husband, but is now his widow."

Bounty Land Claim.
Act of March 3, 1855. 
Claim for  [blank]  Acres.
Service in the State of [blank]
War of [blank]
193646
Benj. H. Baldwin, Attorney for Claimant, Washington, D.C.

Under the Act of March 3, 1855, each of the surviving commissioned and non-commissioned Officers, Chaplains, Musicians, and Privates, whether of regulars, volunteers, rangers, militia or teamsters, who were regularly mustered into the service of the United States, and every Officer, Seaman, Ordinary Seaman, Marine, Clerk and Landsman of the Navy in any of the years in which this country has been engaged since 1790, and each of the survivors of the Militia, Volunteers or State Troops of any State or Territory, called into military service and regularly mustered therein, and whose services has been the United States, are entitled to one hundred and sixty acres of land, provided the period of service amounted to fourteen days or more, or  they shall have actually been engaged in battle. Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary War, those who served at the invasion of Plattsburgh, in September, 1814, at the attack on Lewistown, Delaware, in the war of 1812, or in the battle of Nickojack against the confederated Indians of the South, are entitled to the benefits of the Act; and Indians are entitled in the same manner and to the same extent as white men.
If the person having been in service is dead, Bounty Land is due his widow or minor children. The second marriage of a widow is no bar to her claim, if she is a widow at the time of her application. Those are considered minors who were so at the date of the Act.
No Land Warrant can be issued under this Act, unless the service of the soldier can be proved by record evidence.
All Officers or Soldiers who have received a Land Warrant, or Land Warrants, for less than one hundred and sixty acres under any Act of Congress, are entitled, under the Act of March 3d, 1855, to additional Bounty Land, provided their service can be proved by record evidence.
Widows and minor children who have received less than 160 acres of Land, are entitled to additional Bounty Land, provided the widow is a widow at the time of her application, and the children are minors at the date of the Act, and provided the service of the soldier can be proved by record evidence. This evidence I will undertake to obtain.
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I Luther G. Hewins of New Bedford in the County of Bristol on oath depose & say that I am Clerk of the City of New Bedford in the County of Bristol and have the custody and keeping of the Records of said city; that among the marriages recorded in the Records of said CIty is the following Record on Entry - viz. "Married by Epaphras Kibby January Twenty first, Eighteen Hundred and nine, Jabez Hathaway to Hannah Hathaway, both of New Bedford."

I certify that the above is a true copy of the Record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the Record in fair, legible figures, as follows "January 21st 1809"

I Luther G. Hewins, the above named depose and say that I hold the office of City Clerk for the City of New Bedford in the County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts and that the above
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I Luther G. Hewins of New Bedford in the County of Bristol on oath depose & say that I am Clerk of the City of New Bedford in the county of Bristol and have the Custody and Keeping of the Records of said city: that among the marriages recorded in the Records of said City is the following Record or Entry - vis.
"Married by Epaphras Kibby January Twenty first Eighteen Hundred and nine, Jabez Hathaway to Hannah Hathaway, both of New Bedford."

I certify that the above is a true copy of the Record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the Record in fair, legible figures, as follows "January 21 1809"

I Luther G. Hewins, the above named depose and say that I hold the office of City Clerk for the City of New Bedford in the County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts and the the above
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is a true extract from the Records of said City with the exception above named as certified by me.

Luther G. Hewins City Clerk.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bristol County ss.

March 16th 1853 Here Subscribed and sworn to by the said Luther G. Hewins before me. And I certify that I am not the agent or attorney of the said Hannah Hathaway and have no interest in the pension sought to be obtained
Oliver Prescott
Justice of the Peace
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Hannah Hathaway
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Taunton Mass. May 13, 1853

Sir,

Accompanying this communication, is the application of the Wo Hannah Hathaway for a pension - Please forward your answer thereto to me - 
Yours Respectfully
A Bassett

L.P. Waldo Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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Brief in the case of Hannah Hathaway, widow of Jabez, Bristol County and State of Mass;
act 3d, Febry: 1853.

Claim, ("origianl,")

Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.

Husband was a Pensioner, under the Act of 7 June, 1832,
 Record evidence of Marriage,

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?

A. Bassett, Esq., Taunton, Mass
Name and residence of Agent

S.C. Boynton, Examining Clerk.
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Taunton Mass. Sept. 3. 1853

Sir, 
It seems there is an error in the Pension Certificate granted to Mrs. Hannah Hathaway widow of Jabez Hathaway decd inasmuch as her late husband had 494:83 per annum - If there is a mistake, will you please correct it - Her pension certificate is here returned for that purpose - 
Yours respectfully
A Bassett

L.P. Waldo Esq.
Comm of Pensions
Washington -
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Department of the Interior.
Widow's Pension.

I certify that in conformity with the 2d section of the act of February 3, 1853, Hannah Hathaway widow of Jabez Hathaway who was a Private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of thirty dollars and [crossed out text is "cents"] per annum, commencing on the 3d of February, 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.

Given at the Department of the Interior, this thirtieth day of August one thousand eight hundred and fifty three

R Mc Clelland
Secretary of the Interior

Examined and Countersigned,
S. Cole
Acting Commissioner of Pensions.
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I Joseph Church of Fall River County of Bristol & State of Massachusetts, aged seventy nine years, testify & say that I am well acquainted with Jabez Hathaway of New Bedford, an adjoining town, & formerly all Dartsmouth, that he is about seventy five or six, as I fully believe, that I lived near the fort in Fairhaven (then Dartmouth) on a point - which was began to be built in 1775, & was guarded, [ ] peace in which a [ ] guard was kept for most of the war afterwards, some times by a whole company, or a Lieutenants guard, that I well remember said Jabez Hathaway belonging to said Fort & serving the war as a soldier, but I cannot say how long, tho I think it was many months, for it was a considerable time. 
Joseph Church 
Bristol
July 30th 1832
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