Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 21753, John Hawkins, R.I. Sea Service
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
R. I.
Sea Service
Hawkins, John
Mann, Nancy or Man
NUMBER
W21753
B.L. WT. 27570-160-55
CONTENTS
(Former Widow)
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908
Rhode Island
Nancy Man
Widow of John Hawkins
who served in the Revolutionary
war as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the
27 day of July 1848
And sent to
Franklin Greene
Providence R. I.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 14 Vol. 3.
Reported
Revy [illegible] 6676
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4 [illegible] 76 ({illegible] Mar 3/55
Rev Apl 5/55
Nancy Man
Nancy Man
Formerly Formerly wid: of John Hawkins, Private
Capt. Talbott
Col. Danl. Hitchcock
27570 Ss May 23/17
War of the Revolution
U. S. Pensionser
RB. Feb. 48   908
Ad: 160 [illegible] May 17/56
Boynton
M/M
Benja. Cowell
Providence R. I.
Cir. B. Cowell Sept. 8/55
Let: Hon. C. T. James mach. 8/56
Feb 48 No 908
Vol. H. 29
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State of Rhode Island
County of Providence
On this 25 day of July A. D.  1843 personally appeared
before me Josiah Westcott Justice of the Court of
Common Pleas within & for said County Nancy
Man now resident in the City of Providence
aged 76 years who being duly sworn
according to law doth on her oath make the
following declaration in order to obtain
the benefit of the act of Congress passed July
7th 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay
pensions to certain widows”, the act of
of Congress passed August 13 1842 and
she further declares, that in the month of
January A. D. 1785 and according to her best
Recollection the twentieth day of the month she
intermarried with John Harkins of
North Residence in said County & lived
with him as his wife until he departed this
life December 10 A. D. 1786,
But she has no record of her marriage.
She was married in Providence by the Rev’d.
Manning & her first & only child by
said John was born April 1, 1786 as will
appear by the record in the old Bible.
The two old letters hereto annexed dated in
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in April, on board “Sloop Dove”, A. D. 1785
were received by her about three months
after her marriage. She then lived a widow
until she married Daniel J. Man who
belonged to Chester in the State of Vermont
& lived with him as his wife until he
was lost at sea in the year 1800.
He went to sea & was lost & since that
period she has lived a widow.
And she the said Nancy further declares
that her first husband served in the
way of the Revolution, that in 1775 he
enlisted as a private in Col. Hitchcock’s
regiment & she believes in Capt. John
Angell’s Company, & marched to Roxbury
near Boston & in the fall of the year he
& a number of others belonging to said regiment
enlisted out of it to go on board the
Brig Washington under the command
of Capt. Sim Martindale, a vessel fitted
out by order of General Washington to
intercept supplies going to the Brittish
then in possession of Boston, that he had
not been in board said Big a great while
before she was taken by the enemy &
he was made prisoners of war. That 
her husband the said John & others
of the men were all carried to
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England & there kept as a prisoner of
War until the war ended & peace was
established, when he came home, and
she further declares that she often heard the
above mentioned facts & circumstances from
him before their marriage during the short
time they lived together as husband wife,
that the old Bible herewith annexed is one
he brought from England with him & was
presented by the London Bible Society to his
Mess when a prisoner of War & was used by
him & after the peace brought home. In Confirmation
of this she refers to the Bible itself in which it will be
seen it was the "Gift of the Bible Society London
1781”, And she further declares that when
the act of Congress of July 7 1838, was passed
she thought herself entitled to a pension under
said act but was informed her second
marriage cut her off from its provisions,
but at that time there were a number of
persons living who were acquainted with
all the facts in her case & among them
were Ephraim Bowen & David Hankins
but they are now both dead. She was not
married to her first husband prior to his leaving
the service but the marriage took place
previous to the first of January Seventeen
hundred & ninety four, to wit, at the time
above mentioned.
Nancy Mann
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[illegible] In the City of Providence July 25
A. D. 1843.
Personally appeared before me the above
named Nancy Mann and made oath to the
truth of the preceding declaration by her
Signed, and I further certify that because of
age and infirmity she is unable to attend
Court, and also certify that her statements
are entitled to full credit.
Josiah Westcott Justice of the
Court of Common Pleas
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4667/.
Nancy Mann
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[preprinted form with handwritten entries]
State of Rhode Island, &c.
County of Providence
On this 31st day of March A. D. One Thousand Eight Hundred
and Fifty-five, personally appeared before me, Robert Knight
a Justice of the Peace within and for the County aforesaid,
Nancy Mann aged 87 years, now resident in
the city of Providence in said County, who being duly sworn according
to law, declares and says she was the widow of John Hawkins, formerly,
who was a private in Capt. Talbott’s company, 
and in a Regiment commanded by Col. Daniel Hitchcock
in the war of the Revolution, and that her said husband was in actual service more 
than twelve months in said war, and was honorably discharged.
And she further declares that she was married to said John Hawkins
on the 20th day of January A. D. 1785 by Rev James Manning
a Baptist minister and that her name before marriage was
Nancy Sweeting and that her said husband died on the 10th day
of December A. D. 1786 and that she is now a widow.
And she further declares that she is now a Pensioner of the United States at the
rate of $80 per annum; which pension was granted her on account of her
said husband's services in said war; which pension is payable at the Agency for paying
pensions in the City of Providence. And she further declares that when she made
a declaration to obtain her said pension she produced satisfactory evidence of her said
marriage to her said husband and of his death, to which declaration and the evidence
therewith filed, she now refers for proof of her said marriage, of her said husband's
death, and her claim to Bounty Land under the Act of Congress of March 3d, 1855,
and she makes this declaration for that purpose. She further declares that she has
never made any application for Bounty Land before the present.
Nancy Mann
We Samuel Mann and Joseph A Carr
residents of the City of Providence in said State
upon our oath and affirmation declare that the foregoing declaration
was signed & acknowledged by said Nancy Mann
in our presence and that we believe from the
appearance & statements of the applicant that 
she is the identical person she presents herself
to be.
Samuel Warner
Joseph A. Carr
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genuine.
The foregoing declation and affidavit were Sworn
and subscribed before me on the day and
year within written: and I certify that I
know the affiants to be creditable persons;
that the claimant is the person she represents 
herself to be, and that I have no
interest in this claim.
Robert Knight, Justice of the Peace
THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS.
PROVIDENCE, Sc.
[seal]
CLERKS OFFICE, COURT OF COMMON PLEAS,
PROVIDENCE, April 3d A. D. 1855
I, Amasa S. Westcott
Clerk of the Court of COMMON PLEAS of said State, within
And for the County of Providence:
DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Robert Knight is and was on the
31st day of March A. D. 1855 a Justice of the Peace for the
City of Providence in said County
Duly appointed and qualified, and authorized to administer oaths and take depositions and the acknowledgment of deeds and other instruments, and that the signature to the annexed Certificate purporting to be his is genuine.
IN ATTESTATION WHEREOF, I hereto subscribe my name and affix the Seal
of said Court, the day and year above written.
Amasa S. Westcott Clerk.
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THE NEW TESTAMENT OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST,
Translated out of the ORIGINAL GREEK,
And with the former Translations diligently Compared and Revised,
By his Majesty’s Special Command,
Appointed to be read in CHURCHES.
CAMBRIDGE,
Printed by John Archdeacon Printer to the University and sold by John, Francis, & Charles Rivington, Benjamin White, Edward Dilly and Sherman Dastroff, In London, and T. & J. Merrill, in Cambridge, 1777
CUM PRIVILEGIO.
[handwritten] Bible in file it contains no other family dates and front cover is gone.
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Providence March 28 1786 Jeremiah Hawkins
Decd. 78 1 1786
Providence April
John Hawkins Born Satday 10 3/ night
Departed this life Jeremiah Hawkins on Tusday March the 1786
Born of John Hawkins and Nancy his wife was on named John [illegible] he on Saturday
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L. W. B.
W. 21753.
This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the origtinal muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department.  Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
May 15,1897.
Sir:-
Replying to your request for information concerning John Hawkins, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised, that Nancy Mann, former widow of John Hawkins, made an application for pension on July 25, 1843, at which time she was 76 years of age and residing at Providence, R. I., and her pension was allowed for the actual service of her husband as a private in the Rhode Island troops, Revolutionary war, for a period of two years; a part of the time he served under Capt. Angel and Col. Hitchcock.  Place of his enlistment not stated.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. H. C. Hawkins,
449 Dunham Ave.,
Cleveland, Ohio.
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Note:  Handwritten letter:  handwriting is so poor as to be mostly illegible
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Note:  Handwriting is so poor as to make letter illegible
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46.616 Act March 3/55
Rec’d April 5/55
Nancy Man formerly
Widow of John Hawkins Private
Capt. Talbott
Col. Dan’l Hitchcock
Revolutionary War
(Pensioner)
Adm’d 160 acres
May 11th/56
No 27.510 May 23/56
Benjamin Cowell
Providence
R I
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Mr. Boynton [illegible]
Whom answer to
Senator James
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Providence Feb 7 1856
Dr Sir
I took the liberty a short time since to write you respecting the claim of Nancy Man formerly the widow of John Hawkins for Bounty Land.  The objection to granting it was the absence of "recorded evidence" of his services, I stated what his services were in the war of the Revolution; that he enlisted in Col Hitchcocks Regiment of R I Troops in 1775 & was stationed near Boston, & that he was taken from his regiment to go on board the Brigantine Washington a vessel fitted & maned [manned] by the express orders of General Washington, That said vessel was taken by the British & brought into Boston, from whence &c the crew were carried to England & there remained prisoners of war during the whole war, He was a prisoner for seven years & upwards,-  Respecting the capture of this vessel I refered [referred] to one of Washingtons letters, as "recorded evidence" of the capture
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of this vessel but did not give the date and where to be forwarded.  I can now give both.  His General Washington letter to Congress dated "Cambridge December 14 1775" he says "I will make application to General Hawana and propose an exchange for Mr Ethan Allen.  I am much afraid I shall have a like proposal to  make for Captain Martindale of the armed brigantine Washington and his men, which, it is reported, in as taken a few days past by a man of war and carried into Boston.  We cannot expect to be always successful"  The above is an extract from his letter of the above date and can be found in an edition of his letters "printed by Manning & Loving Boston 1795 & copied by official permission from the original papers preserved in the office of the Secretary of State Philadelphia"
I think the commissioner of Pensions must admit, that Washington's official letters must be considered "recorded evidence" of any part which he states  It is ture Washington does not state that this vessel was Captured, in so many
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words but he states the fact as "reported"
& which report was true as the event proved. 
This letter is "recorded evidence" of the capture of the vessel and crewtogether with the Bible presented to Hawkins when a prisoner in England proves his imprisonment also.  It also
proves a "battle" between the Brigantine
Washington & the British "man of war" which is sufficient of itself arguably to the 3d section of the act of March 3, 1858 
If the record of the part of Mrs Mans being pensioned is not recorded proof of service I believe Washington's official letter is,  and evidence that cannot be questioned
The above extract of his letter is from Vol 1, page 62.
In behalf of this poor widow I have to request your kind offices & to believe me very Respectfully
yours truly
[signature] Benja Cowell
Mrs Mans claim is No. 46,696
Hon. C. T. James
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Providence Feb. 18 1856
My dear Sir
Will you be kind enough to inform
me if any thing has been done with
the claim of Nancy Man formerly
widow of John Hawkins for Bounty
land under the recent act of Congress. I wrote
you some time given the inconsistancy
with regard to his services capture &
imprisonment. He was a soldier in
Col. Hitchcock’s regiment of R. I. Troops
in 1775, stationed near Boston was
detached to go on board the Brigantine
Washington [illegible] Martindale, Commander
was taken by the British, & carried
to England was there a prisoner of
war, for seven years. I wrote you
that a record of his imprisonment
would be proved by a Bible given
him by the London Bible Society
when in prison, this Bible I sent
to the Commissioner of Pensions
when Mrs. Man attained a pension
& is now in the Pension office.
I also referred to a letter of General
Washington dated "Cambridge Dec 14 1775”
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wherein Gen Washington speaks of the
Captin of Capt Martindall, this
reference was made in a second letter
I write you upon the subject of her
claim for Bounty Land, and I thought
it would be sufficient "[illegible]"
within the meaning of the [illegible]
that having heard from you since
I wrote I take the
liberty to make
the inquiry. Mrs Man is a very
respectable aged women and would
be happy
to hear something
her claim

I am [illegible]
Respectully yours
Benja Cowell

Hon
C.T. James
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Providence Oct 30 1843

Sir

I herewith enclose the application of Mrs
Nancy Man formerly widow of John Hawkins
for a pension under the acts of Congress of July
7, 1838 & Aug 23 1842. In reference to the
services of John Hawkins, there is now no person
living who served with him but I trust the evidence
herewith enclosed will be satisfactory, the old Bible
a gift of the Bible Society in London, while
he was a prisoner corroborates the testimony of
the witnesses were affidavits are annexed this
Bible John Hawkins brought home with him
after the war, and it has been in her possession
ever since and its appearance fully confirm
declaration
the account which she has given of it in her declaration
I remember a few years ago a woman
by the name of the Eunice Burlingame widow
of William Burlingame of this State, applied
for a pension under the act of Congress of July
4th 1836. Her husband was also one of the Crew
of the Washington under Capt Martindale when
that vessel was captured & he too was carried
to England and there kept a prisoner of war
until peace. In that case Col Ephraim Bowen
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was the principal [illegible] if I [illegible] rightly and it was upon his evidence the pension was granted. I refer you to the evidence he gave in that case to prove all the circumstances [illegible] to the filling out and captain of the Washington.  I also refer you to two letters of General Washington of Dec 11 & 31 1775 to Congress [illegible] of which are herewith enclosed [illegible] to the captain of that vessel.  In further confirmation I refer to the affidavits of Samuel Warner & Joshua Spooner, both men of high respectability as to what David Hawkins in his lifetime told them respecting the services of John Hawkins and fully confirm the statement in regard to his marriage.  I presume this evidence will be equally satisfactory.  The birth of his eldest son April 1, 1786 [illegible] in the bible and the two old letters dated April 14 & 16 1785 from her husband on board the "[illegible] Dove" show that at that time they were husband and wife.
Hoping & expecting this evidence will be satisfactory in this case  I am respectfully yours [illegible] Benja Cowell

J L Edwards Esq
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27,570
160 acres
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NOM

H

Cleveland O. April 21 1897

Sir, 
We have it by tradition that John Hawkins of Providence
Rhode Island served as a seaman in the war of the Revolution and
that little or nothing was known of him after his sailing-- However
I find in published records that the Council of that State in February
1786 ordered that Nancy Hawkins a widow of John Hawkins who
---
was taken pensioner early in the war be paid 4 pounds
Presuming that she eventually drew a pension from the General Government I desire that an examination be made for the purpose
of ascertaining the facts as to his enlistment, service &c. Also the year
of the Suspension of her pension

Very Respectfully
H. C. Hawkins
449 Dunham Ave

To the Honorable
Commission of
Pensions
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I Sarah Ann Warner of Providence in the County of Providence, being now forty six years of age,
on oath do testify and say that Nancy Man of said Providence
an applicant for a pension is my mother, and Daniel J Man the second husband of my mother was my father,
My father was lost at sea when I was a very young
child, as I have always understood and ever since 
that period my mother has remained a widow and is now a widow and resides with me

Sarah A Warner

Providence Ss. in Providence October 26th 1843

Personally appeared the above named Sarah Ann Warner and made to the truth to the above affidavit by her subscribed.  And I further
certify that she is a credible witness

Franklin Greene
Jus Peace
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I George Whipple of Burrillville in the County of Providence and State of Rhode Island on oath do testify and say that I am now eighty four years of age, that during the war of the Revolution I lived in North Providence in said county and was born and brought up in the town.  And I further testify that I was well acquainted with John Hawkins and lived a near neighbor to him.  In the early part of the war of the Revolution in 1775 according to my best recollection, that said John was an enlisted soldier and went down to Roxbury, and from thence as I have always understood was taken out of the Regiment and put on board a vessel in the service of the United States and was soon taken prisoner and carried to England and there remained until the war was over
[signature] George Whipple
Providence Ss In Providence October 26, 1843
Personally came the above named George Whipple and on oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him signed before me
[signature] Franklin Greene
Justice of the Peace
I also certify he is a credible witness
[signature] F Greene
Jus. Peace

F Greene
Jus. Peace
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I Sarah Hawkins of North Providence in County
of Providence on oath do testify & say that I am
now 83 years of age that I was acquainted
with John Hawkins, formerly of said North
Providence.  He married a girl by the name 
of Nancy Sweeting soon after the war of the
Revolution & soon after I married my hus-
band & came to Rhode Island to live-
Before & during the war I lived in Rhode Isl
& was not acquainted with John Hawkins
but soon after the war became acquainted
with his wife the said Nancy. She is
now the widow of her second husband
Daniel J Mann & lives in Providence
 her signature [hand drawn X] Sarah Hawkins
Attest Josiah Westcott   
Providence  in North Providence August 23, 1813
personally appeared before me Sarah Hawkins and made oath to the truth of the above and foregoing statement by her signed. And I further certify that she is a credable [credible]
witness.
[signature] Josiah Westcott, Justice, Court of
Common Pleas
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I Joshua Spooner of Wrentham in the county of Norfolk
and Commonwealth of Massachusetts in my fiftieth year
do testify & say that about four or five years ago Samuel
Warner of Providence & myself called on an old gentleman
by the name of David Hawkins of North Providence in the
State of Rhode Island.  I called to make inquirie about
the services of Thomas Spooner during the war of the Revolution.
Mr. Samuel Warner called on him to obtain some information
respecting the services of John Hawkins.  He knew nothing
respecting the service of my father, but with respect to the
services of John Hawkins he told us as follows as near as
I can recollect.  He said that John Hawkins & himself
in the year 1775 enlisted in the same regiment, Hitchcock's
regiment I believe and one Angel [Angell] was the Captain but
I am not sure as to the name of the Captain; and David Hawkins
further old me that soon after their arrival in Roxbury said
John Hawkins enlisted out of the regiment to go on board a
vessel in te employ of the United States under the command
of Capt Martindale, that soon after said vessel went to sea
she was taken by the British & the crew made prisoner,
was carried to England, and he told me that he never
returned till the war was over
Joshua Spooner
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Norfolk ss Wrentham Aug 16. 1843 
Then personally appeared the above named Joshua Spooner and made oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true - And I further certify that I am personally acquainted with Joshua Spooner and that he is a credible witness.
Before me
[signature] Samuel Warner Junr. 
Justice of the peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Septr 29 - 1843
Samuel Warren Jr of Wrentham in the County of Norfolk is a Justice of the Peace for said County
& has been such since Feby. 18 1843 in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
[signature] Jno A Bolles
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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8522
R. Island                                  another
Nancy Mann, formerly
widow of John Hawkins
10 Dec 1786
Providence R.I.
Pri in the Co
Rev War for 2 years
R. Island
80
8th
July 1844 and sent to
B. Cowell Providence R.I.
$400.00
F. L. Swann
Book D Vol. 1 Page 111
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I, Samuel Warner of Providence in the
County of Providence and State of Rhode
Island and Providence Plantations, a-
-ged fifty-seven years and upwards,
on oath do depose and say that
a few years ago I went in company
with a Mr. Joshua Spooner Junior [crossed out] of
Westhaven in the State of Massachu-
-setts, to see a man anamed David Haw-
-kins, then resident in North Provi-
-ence, but now deceased, to make inqui-
-ries about the service of Thomas Spooner
in the war of the Revolution.  He said
Thomas was the father of said Joshua
The said Joshua had obtained some informa-
-tion that [lined through] his father and one John Hae-
-kins had enlisted during the war of the 
Revolution, and had gone off together. He said
David Hawkins told us that [lined through] he remem-
-bered nothing about Thomas Spooner but
he said with regard to the  service of John
Hawkins he had a distinct recollection.
He said that John Hawkins was his kins-
-man, that in the year 1775 he and the
said John enlisted in the same regiment
in Hitchcock's regiment, and went down to
Roxbury, near Boston; that soon after
they arrived there the said John Haw-
-kins was enlisted out of said regiment
to go on board of a vessel in the employ
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of the United States under the command
of Captain Martindale, that, soon after
the vessel went to sea, and was taken
by the British and the crew made
prison of war and were carried to
England, and the said John did not 
return till after the war was over.
The above is the substance of what
he said David told us according to
the best of my recollection.  He also
called on Col. Ephraim Bowen who is
now dead. Said Bowen told us that he
fitted out the vessel which Martindale
commanded by order of Gen. Washing-
-ton, and related may circumstances in
regard to the expedition, and I think Col.
Bowen told me thee were a number 
of men who went from the vicinity
but he had no muster-rolls of the crew.
Samuel Warner

State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Providence sc  In Providence on this twenty-
sixth day of August A.D. 1843 personally ap-
-peared Samuel Warner, subscriber to the 
aforgoing deposition, and made oath of the
truth of the same, and I do certify that
said Samuel Warner is a credible wit-
-ness.
Before me,
Gamaliel L. Dwight
Justice of the Peace
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Nancy Mann
Ad
5817
Admitted
Franklin Greene
Providence
RI
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Providence
Nineteenth day of June, 1848
Providence
Nancy Mann, formerly widow of John Hawkins
Providence in the county of Providence & state aforesaid
eighty one
John Hawkins
Private and that she received a pension of Eighty
dollars 
Nancy Mann
Franklin Greene

Franklin Greene
Providence
John W. Smith Court of
Common Pleas
Franklin Greene is a Justice of the Peace
Providence on this nineettenth
July 1848
John W. Smith, Clerk
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I, Thomas Whipple of North Provi-
-dence, in the County of Providence and
State of Rhode Island sc, aged seventy
six years, almost seventy-seven years,
on oath do depose and say that I was
acquainted with John Hawkins for
-merly of said North Providence, and
the husband of Nancy Mann, who now
resides in Providence.  In the beginning
of the Revolutionary War, 1775, although
I was young, I have a distinct recollec-
-tion that said John Hawkins was
a soldier and went down to Boston
in Col. Hitchcock's regiment, according
the the best of my recollection, and
from that regiment he went on board
a vessel fitted out by the United
States by order of Gen. Washington, 
and was soon after taken prisoner
and carried to England, and never
returned until after the war was oover.
The name of the vessel, or of the com-
-mander of the same, I do not recol-
-lect.  after he returned, he married
a girl by the name of Nancy Sweeting,
as I understand.
Thomas Whipple
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State of Rhode Island and Providence
Plantations
Providence sc  In South [?] Providence
this Twenty-First day of July, A.D. 1843
personally appeared Thomas Whipple,
subscribe to the aforegoing deposition before
me, and made oath to the truth of the
same, and I do certify that said Thomas
Whipple is a credible witness
Gamaliel L. Dwight
Public Notary
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Nancy Mann
R.I.
Act 7 July 38
85d 80-
aoml [?]
2 years Marine
$80
also act 3 March 48
$80
Benja Cowell
Providence R.I.
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State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations
Providence sc
I Albert G. Greene, Clerk of
the Municipal Court of the City of Providence,
in the County of Providence and State aforesaid,
do hereby certify that Josiah Westcott, who
has signed two of the annexed certificates,
was on the days of the dates thereof, a Justice
of the Court of Common Pleas within & for
said County of Providence, duly elected:-that
Gamaliel Lyman Dwight, who has signed
three of the annexed Certificates, was, on,
the days & the dates thereof, a Justice of 
the Peace within & for said City of Providence
and a Public Notary within & for said Counry
of Providence, duly elected-and that Franklin Greene
who has signed two of the annexed Certifi-
-cates, was on the days & the dates thereof
a Justice of the Peace, within and for
said City of Providence, duly elected.

In attestation whereof, I have
hereunto set my hand, and have
hereunto affixed the seal of said
Court, this twenty seventh day of
October, A.D. 1843.
Albert G. Greene,
Clerk
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21753
21753
Nancy Mann
widow of
John Hawkins
Priv Rev War
Feb 2d, 48
Vol. M page 10
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May 15. 1894-History to
Mr. H. C. Hawkins, 449-
Dunham Ave. Clark [illegible]
Feby-27-1900
Miss Jennie Baker
Genanco Ill
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21753
1775
Capt John Angell
Col Hitchcock
Captured by enemy
taken to England &
kept prisoners total 
close of war
No Battle
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5817
R. Island.   rep 9 July "47
Nancy Man, formerly
widow of John Hawkins
Private
Rev War
80 Dollars 00
9 July 1844
B. Cowell, Esq.
Providence
R. Island
Book A
Vol 1 page 92
Page 46

Extracts from
Gen Washingtons letters
Page 47

Extract of a letter from General Washington
to Congress dated "Cambridge Dec 11 1775"
"I will make an application to general Howe
and propose an exchange for the Ethan Alllen.
I am much afraid I shall have a like pro-
posal to make for Capt Martindale [underlined] of the
armed Brigantine Washington [underlined] and his men
which it is reported was taken a few days
past by a man of war and carried into Boston"
(per page 62 [illegible] of the edition of
Washingtons official letters published
in Boston 1795)

Extract [underlined] of another letter from General Washington
to Congress dated "Cambridge Dec 31, 1775" 
(from same edition of letters)
"Captains Simple and Hockeson take under their care Mr
Kirkland, Captain Mathews & Robinson will accompany
them.  The two latter were taken prisoner by Lord
Dunmore who was sending them to Boston from
whence there is little doubt but they would be
forwarded to England to which place I am
credibly informed Captain Martindale [underlined] &
the crew of the Washington [underlined] are sent"
Page 48

I, Richard M. Field, of the City of
Providence, do certify & say, that I am City Clerk of
said City, & have by virtue of my Office, the Custody
of the Records of the Births & Marriages which have taken
place in said City, and I further certify that I have
examined all said Records between the years 1780 & 1800
and I cannot find the record of Marriage of John Hawkins to
Nancy Sweeting and I also certify that I have reason to
believe that many Marriages have taken place since the
war of the Revolution in said City which have never been brought to
be recorded.

Attest
Richard M Field
City Clerk
State of Rhode Island Providence Plantations
Providence sc  In Providence on this Twenty-
seventh day of Aug [crossed through] October, A.D. 1843, per-
-sonally appeared Richard M. Field, City Clerk
of the City of Providence, known to me as
Rich, and made oath of the truth of the
same.
Before me,
Gamaliel Lyman Dwight,
Justice of the Peace